Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 442/474 The Day 1c field is approaching 500 entries! It won’t be a surprise at this point if Day 1c attracts around the same number of entries as Day 1a and Day 1b combined with the first two opening flights bringing in 626 entries. Grant Pirie jammed for more than…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 369/374 The turnout has been smashed for the €500,000 guaranteed 2023 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event with 374 entries already coming into today. The guarantee eventually be decimated as the prize pool will continue to grow and grow for the next couple of days. Additionally, the tournament has…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 329/331 While the pots have been relatively small as expected at many tables during Level 1, there have been some bigger spots already at other tables. In a recent hand on Table 32, Igor Buda checked with more than 10,000 in the pot and the on the board. Claudio Lauretta jammed…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 306/306 Our predictions look like they will be correct that Day 1c will grow into the largest opening flight of them all in the Main Event. There are already more than 300 entries and this will continue to climb with late registration not closing until the start of Level 11. Day…
The €150 Ladies Event is in the books after United Kingdom’s Emma Oliver defeated Florence Mazet heads-up to win the title along with the €1,460 top prize. The Ladies Event attracted 26 entries to create a €3,330 prize pool with four players cashing for at least a €400 min-cash. Oliver is no stranger to the…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 75/353 Gytis Lazauninkas came from Lithuania to the Battle of Malta with more than two dozen Lithuanians he has in his long-term staking stable. Lazauninkas wasn’t able to get much going on Day 1a and had a rough start today when he lost his first bullet. His second Day 1b…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 78/353 Balazs Onodi bet 8,000 into a multiway limped pot after the flop before Daniel Ryder jacked it up to 25,000. By this time the other players were out of the way and Onodi jammed for around 70,000. Ryder called and the cards were turned over. Balazs Onodi: Daniel Ryder:…
Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 81/353 Roberto Lollio three-bet jammed for around a starting stack and was called by Sebastiano Caruso. Roberto Lollio: Sebastiano Caruso: Lollio was one pair behind and was unable to buck the odds to stay alive on Day 1b after no love came on the board to hit the rail. “Ciao…
Players are on a 20-minute break. This could in theory be the final one of the day with 83 players remaining and 53 (or less) players advancing to Sunday’s Day 2 through the Day 1b field with at least a min-cash in hand. We will be updating the biggest stacks from around the room during…
Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 93/353 Mary Dvorkin opened from the button and was called by Uri Gilboa from the small blind before Maksym Sheingart three-bet jammed for around 20 big blinds. Dvorkin, who is currently among the chip leaders, folded and Gilboa called. Maksym Sheingart: Uri Gilboa: Gilboa was ahead after both the flop…