Dark Knight Begins

The room is now full with the many side events running including the €220 Dark Knight. The event had 18 players from the start including the experienced Gang Wang, Harald Redl, Eleftherios Eleftherakis, Davide Crenna, and Dario Calabrese. Meanwhile, in 30 minutes, the €70 satellite to the Main Event kicks off. It looks like this…

Big Stacks at Dinner Break

Player Chips Big Blinds Alfredo Cuti 176,000 176 Espen Oeye 158,000 158 Candido Cappiello 156,300 156 Audrius Laimelis 143,000 143 Ashley Leslie Scott 132,000 132 Marko Luksa 127,000 127 Audrius Skucas 118,700 119 Robert Anscombe 108,500 109 Gaspare Sposato 105,000 105 Vittorio Bevilacqua 104,500 105 Giammarco Colucci 102,000 102 Carlo Vitti 101,000 101 Massimo Bruno…

Nut Flush for Dirmantas

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 97/184 Paul Zehetleitner checked the board before Gediminas Dirmantas bet 10,000 into a pot of slightly more. Zehetleitner called. “Nice hand,” said Zehetleitner after seeing Dirmantas table the for the nut flush. Zehetleitner opted to show his for an inferior flush as the dealer pushed the pot over to Dirmantas.…

Mystery Time! Siege of Malta Begins

The €450 Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty just kicked off its first of two opening flights moments ago. The field already stands at 65 entries from the opening bell with each opening flight allowing unlimited re-entries during the 12-level late registration period. Glen Gaines, Dragon Gali, local hero Joseph Grech, Junyu Liu, David Urban, and…

“Enjoy and Play”

The €150 Enjoy and Win has already attracted 94 entries with two more levels of late registration to go. Just 50 of those players are still in their seats. We headed over to see how both Kaidar Viikman and Kevin Houghton were doing, who were both seated on Table 83 when the following hand took…

Four-Card Fun

The €330 PLO just kicked off with 17 four-card enthusiasts in action during the opening moments including the likes of Shane Dempsey, Przemyslaw Drab, Vangelis Kaimakamis, Stylianos Kollatos, and Eyal Saidof. The PLO event is a deep-stacked affair with players starting with 25,000 in chips and blinds increasing every 25 minutes. Players can late register and…

Photos From the Opening Ceremony

As is always the case, the Battle of Malta took a lot of care in introducing players to the Main Event with a fantastic opening ceremony. Check out the photos from before the Main Event kicked off below:   Come sempre, la Battaglia di Malta ha dedicato molta attenzione all’introduzione dei giocatori al Main Event…

Sposato Doubles Through Karlsson

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 123/139 There wasn’t much in the pot when Mats Karlsson checked the flop. Gaspare Sposato bet 1,100. Karlsson check-raised to 4,000. Sposato tanked for a few moments before he called. Karlsson fired out for 5,000 on the turn and was called by Sposato before checking the river, which put a…