Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 15/1,814 The tables were turned an orbit after Dimitrios Gkatzas won a decent pot against Antonino Calabro. Gkatzas opened for a min-raised under the gun. Calabro called from the cutoff before Fotios Ntamaris defended his big blind. Ntamaris checked the flop. Gkatzas bet 200,000 which was called by Calabro before…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 16/1,814 Dimitrios Gkatzas open-jammed from under the gun for 870,000. The action folded around to Antonino Calabro who tossed in a single chip from the cutoff before the rest of the table quickly folded. Dimitrios Gkatzas: Antonino Calabro: Gkatzas doubled instead of hitting the rail after his cowboys proved to…
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 18/1,814 Antonino Calabro opened from early position. Kristian Dahl three-bet jammed for about 5 big blinds from the button and Calabro called. Kristian Dahl: Antonino Calabro: Dahl got nowhere on the board and his deep run ended in 19th place for €5,840. Antonino Calabro – 4 million Kristian Dahl –…
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 21/1,814 Nico Fren opened for 100,000 from middle position before Stefano Munafo three-bet to 300,000 from one seat over. Antonino Calabro cold-called from the button before Fren came alone for the ride to the see the flop. Fren checked before Munafo fired out for 450,000. Calabro called and Fren called…
Level 27: 25,000/50,000 (50,000 Entries: 22/1,814 Alfredo Cuti bet 425,000 into a pot of approximately 1,200,000 with the on the board after the turn and was called by Fillipo Busatto. The river brought even more action. Cuti asked to take a look at his opponent’s stack before he jammed for 2 million. Busatto, with about…
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 22/1,814 Antonino Calabro bet 100,000 into a pot of around 250,000 with the flop and was called by Michal Janczarski. The bets doubled on the turn and river with Calabro firing out for 200,000 on the turn and 400,000 on the river. Janczarski called both times online to muck his…
Welcome to the penultimate day of the 2024 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event at Casino Malta and the adjoining Eden Arena at the luxurious Intercontinental Hotel. The action is down to just 24 hopefuls to start Day 4 from the original field of 1,814 entries, each locking up at least €4,930.…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 41/1,814 Anargyros Loizos was one of the handful of Greek players still remaining. While his friend, Fotios Ntamaris found a double-up recently, the fate was far different from a smiling Loizos who hit the rail in 45th place before several others followed him in quick succession. Loizos three-bet jammed his…
France’s Antoine Talvard is once again running deep in the Battle of Malta Main Event. One year ago, he took 18th place in the 2023 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event for €5,430. He also had a deep run during the 2023 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition €600 Main Event, before bowing out…
I have developed a good friendship over the years with Greece’s Fotios Ntamaris, who is one of the handful of Greek players remaining. He came out with a group associated with Novibet to the Battle of Malta after having a blast during the autumn. I met Fotios in Bratislava many years ago when he was…