Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 324/870 Marian Ivanov opened for 2,500 from the cutoff and was called by Gabriele Re from the button before Fabio Buremi three-bet to 8,400 from the big blind. Ivanov called and Re folded. Buremi check-called a bet of 6,100 on the flop before both players checked the turn. Buremi fired…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 344/870 Late registration is over but it will take a few minutes to verify the numbers to make sure all the qualifiers that were scheduled to play on Day 1c got into the mix. We will report the final figures as soon as they are made official. In the meantime,…
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break with the action set to kick off again at 10 p.m. local time. Late registration will be closed when the action resumes, at which point we will know how big the field got and how many players are scheduled to advance to Sunday’s Day 2 from the Day…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 378/863 Benjamin Fougerouze jammed for 12,500 from early position before the action paused on Benjamin Fougerouze from the hijack. Fougerouze asked for a count before jamming over the top for 32,000. Benjamin Fougerouze: Joem Martinsen: Martinsen’s nines held to win the hand and felt his opponent after Fougerouze bricked the…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 398/856 Angelo Censabella jammed for 13,700 from middle position and was up against Corrado Martinelli from the cutoff. Angelo Censabella: Corrado Martinelli: Censabella had one live card and it connected on the flop for a better two-pair than Martinelli. Martinelli was unable to get a two-outer to get back on…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 413/850 Massimilano Mori jammed his short stack and was up against a better hand held by Giuseppe Palmisciano. Massimilano Mori: Giuseppe Palmisciano: It was looking like showers for Mori, at least on this bullet after the hands were tabled. Things didn’t improve much for Mori on the flop. However, his…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 439/840 We caught up with 2019 Battle of Malta High Roller champion Chris Da Silva on the break while he was chatting with Charles Akadiri. Akadiri still has a stack but Da Silva was out of chips. “So, are you already on 300K?” we asked. “I was well on my…
Players are on their third break of the day. Blinds will increase to 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante when the action resumes in 20 minutes followed by 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante. The 75-minute dinner break will take place after these two levels. Late registration will close after the dinner break…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 476/809 Two players out with one stone by Martin Georgiev who celebrated loudly after winning the following massive pot. We noticed that Alessandro Spata had his short stack of less than 15,000 in the middle and Ivan Martinez with his much bigger stack of close to 60,000 also committed after…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 499/775 Angelo Vietti checked with around 15,000 in the pot and the on the board after the turn before professional backgammon guru and recreational poker player Zdenek Zizka jammed for around 19,000. Vietti tanked for more than a minute before he called for a chip or two less. Angelo Vietti:…