Time seemingly flew by as we are already on another break. Of course, the time gap for this break from the last one was in fact shorter than before as it was after two blind levels of 40-minutes each instead of the three levels we had earlier. Arved will be doing his thing. Meaning he…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 386/780 Alfonso Simone limped from the hijack before Andrea Bracciali jammed for 10,000 from the cutoff. Domenico Zappia called from the button as did Alistair Sparrow from the big blind. Simone folded and Zappia turned his cards over as he perhaps didn’t see Sparrow’s call to show he had the…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 433/764 Emanuele Schembre checked with about 30,000 in the pot and the on the board. His opponent jammed for around 15,000. Schembre tanked for a few moments before he called. Schembre’s opponent tried to toss his hand without showing it into the muck but the dealer fished it out and…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 464/737 We caught up with the action with Ignazio Cugliandro having a three-bet for 4,900 in front of him. Grant Pirie four-bet to 12,000. Cugliandro tanked for a few moments before he called. Cugliano checked the flop before Pirie jammed for his six-figure stack. “Ace-queen?” asked Cugliandro. Pirie shrugged his…
Players are on their second break of Day 1c. We will have an assorted big stack update during the break as usual. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blinds ante before moving onto 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante. Another break will take place after both of these 40-minute blind levels.
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 466/721 Salvatore Cristiano opened for 1,500 from early position and was called by Ricardo Lukauskas before Oded Glam three-bet jammed for 6,300. Yaniv Tomsis flat-called before Cristiano four-bet shoved for 10,200. Lukauskas folded and Tomsis called having his two opponents at risk. Oded Glam: Salvatore Cristiano: Yaniv Tomsis: Glam and…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 502/694 There is a saying in poker that deuces never loses. Now between us, we know this isn’t always the case or even usually the case. But what if you flop a set of deuces? Typically you would expect them to never lose as well but that wasn’t the case…
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 499/634 Day 1c is now officially bigger than both Day 1a and Day 1b combined with the total field now approaching 1,300 entries. One player that will need to re-enter if he wants a shot at a massive payday in the Battle of Malta Main Event is Vittorio Morello after…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 506/607 There were about 20,000 in chips in the pot when Cory Desmond jammed for more than the approximately 12,000 in chips Tanel Evert had left in his stack by the time the turn came around with the on the board. Evert tanked for a few moments before opting to…
Day 1c is on its first break. The field has climbed to 528 entries with 465 players still with chips in front of them. We will update assorted big stack chip counts on the break and blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes in 20 minutes.