Level 16: 2,500/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 267/1,992 Domenico Gala opened for a min-raise from the button. Po Yi Wu jammed for about 80,000 from the small blind. Gala found no need to ask for a count and quickly called after Cosimo De Gennaro folded from the big blind. Po Yi Wu: Domenico Gala: Wu was far…
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 292/1,992 Many players traveled from the small Baltic country of Lithuania where this author also lives to play in the Battle of Malta. Unfortunately, Michailis Miserkejevas was unable to run out his short stack and was among the first players to head out the door to the cashier for a…
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 299/1,992 The payouts have been announced for the 2023 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event at Casino Malta by Olympic Casino. All the returning 299 players each locked up €1,000 with much more to come with Tuesday’s winner taking home a hefty top prize of €156,600! Here is…
Level 16: 2,500/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 299/1,992 Day 2 has kicked off with a replay of Level 16 with blinds at 2,500/5,000 along with a big blind ante of 5,000. There are many short stacks in play as each opening flight played down to the money. So expect some early mayhem with a slew of eliminations…
Late registration is closed for the Turbo Day 1d flight with the field attracting 193 entries to bring the total up to 1,618 entries with still one turbo flight to go tomorrow morning at 11 a.m. The prize pool has grown to a whopping €814,663 to crush the €500,000 guarantee slapped on the 2023 Battle…
Players are on a 20-minute break. The field is down to 192 players who will return to blinds at 1,500/3,000 along with a 3,000 big blind ante. Day 1c will conclude when the field is down to 120 players or less. So this might not be the last break but it will be the last…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 220/799 Giovanni Russo jammed for 3,700 from middle position. The action paused on Jukka Vainio from the button. However, Alessandro Spata likely didn’t see this from the small blind and appeared prepared to act. “How much is it?” asked Spata. He reached for his chips soon after but the dealer…
Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 232/799 There was a bit of betting going with not much in the pot preflop on the flop when we caught up with the hand with Mateusz Pawlowski committed his stack of 24,000 against Henriques Pereira. Mateusz Pawlowski: Henriques Pereira: Pawlowski was miles ahead but Pereira still had slim hopes…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 258/799 Vitalii Seman fired out for 16,500 into a pot of 31,000 with the on the board after the river. Andrea La Monica jammed for 55,600 and Seman went into the tank for around five minutes until La Monica called the clock. The floor promptly came and the clock started…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 272/799 It was a three-bet pot preflop when Cyril Vieira check-called a bet by Meir Vaqnin on the flop. Things got more interesting after the landed on the turn. Vieira led out for 9,000. Vaqnin jacked it up to 20,000. Vieira three-bet to 50,000. Vagnin four-bet shoved and Vagnin called…