Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 92/95 The tournament is near its century mark with 95 entries already in action on Day 1a during Level 2. Three players will have to try again including Albert Sapiano, who dusted off the rest of his stack after losing a hand to Bruno Massimo. After Sapiano, both Antoine Talvard…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 87/87 This isn’t the first rodeo for United Kingdom’s Albert Sapiano at the Battle of Malta as he is well-known for providing action and fun at the tables. Sapiano chipped up a little bit before giving some back in the following hand against another well-known player in Malta in Massimo…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 76/76 Julian Micallef bet 3,500 into a pot of nearly double that with the on the board. Odyseefs Pentagiotis went into the tank for close to a minute before he opted to raise to 8,800. Micaleff tossed in two blue 5,000-denominated chips a few moments later to make the call. Pentagiotis…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 58/58 Mirko Porcaro bet 1,100 into a pot of a bit more on the board. Pavle Pecelj jacked it up to 4,200 and Porcano went into the tank before calling less than a minute later. Pecelj turned over the for trip sevens. Porcano pushed his hand face down before opting to…
Welcome to the coverage of the 2023 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition at the luxurious Casino Malta and the adjoining Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Malta. History is set to be made today as Wednesday marks the start of the biggest guaranteed event on the island in the €1.5 million guaranteed Battle of Malta €600…
Players are on their final break of Day 3. Blinds will increase to 100,000/150,000 with a big blind ante of 150,000 when the action resumes.
Level 30: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 10/1,992 Andrea Dominici opened for 250,000 from the small blind. Mikhael Busiashvili three-bet to 725,000 and Dominici called. Dominici fired out a donk-bet of 275,000 on the flop. Busiashvili raised to 600,000 and Dominici called. Dominici checked the turn. Busiashvili bet 1,100,000. Dominici went into the tank before he shoved…
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 10/1,992 Egidijus Digrys opened the button for 200,000. Giulio Di Salvo three-bet jammed for more than the 15 big blinds or so Digrys had behind. Digrys called and the flip was on. Egidijus Digrys: Giulio Di Salvo: Di Salvo improved to two pair on the board to eliminate Digrys in…
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 11/1,992 Fabian Rolli opened for 225,000 from the cutoff and was called by Victor Fryda. Miguel Bolivar three-bet jammed for 1,800,000. Rolli folded and Fryda called. Miguel Bolivar: Victor Fryda: It was looking like showers for Bolivar. Instead, he improved to a boat on the board to double his stack.…
Level 29: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 12/1,992 Mikhael Busiashvili opened for 250,000 from the hijack. Massimo Centola three-bet jammed for slightly more than 1 million. Busiashvili didn’t ask for a count before he snap-called. Massimo Centola: Mikhael Busiashvili: Both players nailed top pair on the runout. Centola had some kicker issues and hit the rail in…