Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 94/353 It is always a pleasure to run into Jackie Cachia whenever we happen to be in Malta. Many know her around the local poker community as “Poker Mama” and that is how we’ve known her since we first met close to a decade ago. Poker Mama just busted from…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 103/353 Watinee Robinson three-bet jammed over an early position opener for about 30 big blinds. Georgios Bakloris called off his stack of slightly less from the blinds and the player that originally opened gave up on his hand. Georgios Bakloris: Watinee Robinson: Both players snagged a piece of the flop…
Ladies Event Final Table The €150 Ladies Event has literally taken center stage after reaching a final table of eight hopefuls with the final table being played out on the same table in the center of the room that the live-streamed Main Event final table will be played out at on Tuesday. We featured our…
The Mystery Bounty event has been providing tons of excitement. Telly Bartolo and Patrisha Rimfire have been busy conducting a fun ceremony for every bounty pull. The room was buzzing the past five minutes. First, Koen Muetstege snagged the €4,000 mystery bounty prize. “Not bad,” Meutstege said privately to this reporter with a massive smile.…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 127/353 Players are back from dinner break and late registration for Day 1b is closed. The field attracted 353 entries to bring the total up to 626 entries when taking into account the 273 entries that battled it out during yesterday’s Day 1a. These figures will still continue to climb…
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. We will update the chip counts during the break. Late registration will be closed after the break is concluded and then we will see a re-run of the 600/1,200 (1,200) blind level.
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 137/346 There were around 50,000 in the pot with the on the board after the turn when Alessandro Furneri jammed for 40,000. Dominik Asztemborski called off his stack of around 15,000 before Alessandro Francaviglia folded. Meanwhile, Joel Ylismaki, who was sitting on a sizeable chip stack, asked for a count…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 147/344 There were a few players in the hand when Marthijn Lakerveld jammed for 21,000. He got one caller in Sebastiano Caruso but likely wishes that Caruso would have just folded. Marthijn Lakerveld: Sebastiano Caruso: Caruso’s ace-queen not only held but it improved to two pair on the board and…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 156/344 Ugo Gasparini fired out for 5,900 into a pot of 15,000 after the landed on the flop. The action paused on Juri Recchi who less than a minute later shoved for about 15,000. Gasparini called and shook his head in frustration when he saw how behind he was. Juri…
Players are on their third short break. This means that we will be updating the biggest stacks from around the room on Day 1b. Blinds will increase to 500/1,000 with a 1,000 big blind ante before progressing to 600/1,200 with a 1,200 big blind ante. Players will then enjoy a 75-minute dinner break after these…