Level 12: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 72/273 Damir Savio opened from early position before Noam Garama three-bet to 10,500 from the button. A player cold-called from the blinds before Damir Savio four-bet jammed for 86,100. Garama asked for a count before he called, while the player in the blinds folded. Damir Savio: Noam Garama: Savio had…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 81/273 There was a massive pile of approximately 50,000 in the chips in the pot when Massimo Rizzoglio jammed over the top of a bet by Noam Garama for about 35,000 with the already on the board. Garama snap-called. “Aces?” Rizzoglio said. Rizzoglio was correct as Garama turned over the…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 91/273 Ben Simon Yoram jammed for 3,800 from the small blind. The action paused on Nir Kastoriano before he asked for a count. Yoram shrugged his shoulders to suggest it wasn’t much. The dealer counted Yoram’s stack and Kastoriano called shortly after. Ben Simon Yoram: Nir Kastoriano: Both players snagged…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 94/273 Players are back from dinner break which means late registration has been closed on Day 1a of the Main Event. The flight attracted an action-packed field of 273 entries with 94 players coming back with hopefully full stomachs hoping to survive the day. Today’s Day 1a action will end…
The dinner break of the Main Event is winding down. After the break is over, players can no longer enter Day 1a of the Main Event. They can enter another event that recently began instead in the €200 MAS Side Event. This event is a fun turbo-charged affair with players starting off with 20,000 in…
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. While the blind level will go up in number when the action returns, the blinds themselves will not as it will be Groundhog’s Day at the Battle of Malta with a repeat of blinds at 600/1,200 (1,200). Meanwhile, we will update the biggest stacks from around the room…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 100/268 Table 9 features two Greek players with big stacks in Dimitrios Kilintaris and Konstantinos Kertikidis. The duo were just battling it out in the following hand. Kilintaris bet 6,500 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the turn. Kertikidis jacked it up to…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 110/266 This reporter traveled over from Vilnius, Lithuania, where he has called his home for the past 14 years. During this time, many in the Lithuanian poker community have shown me their love and I try to give my love back whenever possible. There were literally about 40 Lithuanian poker…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 123/261 We’ve gotten to know Josef Gulas a little bit over the years as we have traveled to many of the same events. The name may sound familiar if you do not know who exactly we are talking about as his son Josef Gulas Jr. won the 2021 WSOP Europe…
One of the things the Battle of Malta is known for are its entertaining and informative introductions every day before the start of all of the opening flights for the Main Event. Patricia Rimfire and Jack Bonora put together our first video of the week about the festival’s grand opening in both English and Italian.