Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 212/241 Sergio Ritano checked before Eliyahu Yamin bet 6,500 into a pot of 10,000 with the on the board after the turn. Ritano tanked for about a minute before he called. Both players checked the river. Yamin turned over the for the top pair. However, Ritano won the pot with…
Day 1b players are on their first break. We will update with the biggest stacks around the room during all of the breaks today including this one. Blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes.
Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 196/214 Albert Ostrovskij fired out for 6,500 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the river. Mary Dvorkin didn’t waste more than five seconds before she called. Ostrovskij turned over and was likely betting to push Dvorkin off something better. This didn’t work for…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 173/185 Giuseppe Domicoli fired out for 4,600 into a pot of 7,000 with the on the board after the river. Domenico Condo tanked for about 30 seconds before he called. Domicoli turned over the for a rivered flush. Condo didn’t have anything better as he mucked his hand and Domicoli…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 156/162 Meir Vaqnin fired out for 6,500 into a pot of 15,000 with the on the board after the river. Marco D’Amico went into the tank for about a minute before he called. Vaqnin immediately turned over the for a set of jacks to win an early pot, while D’Amico…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 151/156 The Day 1b field has grown to 156 entries at the start of Level 2. Five players surprisingly hit the rail on the very first level of the day including Nimi Cohen, Rawal Manesh, Mantas Ungulaitis, Gediminas Dirmantas, and Uri Gilboa. Cohen fired four bullets on Day 1a before…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 117/117 Matteo Liparulo check-called a bet of 2,500 by Daniele Casino into a pot of 4,000 with the on the board after the turn before the river completed the board. Liparulo checked before Casino went into the tank for about a minute. Casino eventually jammed for 22,000. Liparulo and Casino were…
The 2023 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event kicked off its first of five opening flights with a bang with 273 entries getting into the mix. It seems based on this alone that the €500,000 guarantee will be decimated but time will tell by how much. The day ended Antoine Talvard parlayed his…
Level 15: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 42/273 Karev Tralla had a stack of around 300,000 at one point. His stack has vanished with a good part of it going to old-school Italian poker legend Dario Minieri. Tralla opened for 8,000 from middle position. Minieiri three-bet to 26,500 from the small blind. Tralla jammed for around 160,000…
Four-card enthusiasts had some fun earlier today with 41 entries creating a €6,816 prize pool in the €200 PLO Side Event. Six players finished in the money before Amit Cohen and Doron Peretz agreed to a heads-up deal with both players collecting an equal prize of €2,080. However, Cohen will go down in Battle of…