Top Three Stacks From Each Table at Break

Level 31: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 42/5,799 Defending champion Vasileios Zisis is going after history as he is in a prime position in second place with 42 players remaining in his quest of becoming the first two-time Battle of Malta Main Event champion. Alexandru Farcasanu leads the way at the break. Check out the top three…

Putz Loses Short Stack to Arvatu

Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 45/5,799 Ionut Arvatu min-raised from under the gun before he called a four big blind three-bet jam by Andreas Putz from the button. Andreas Putz: Ionut Arvatu: The flop wasn’t the worst for Arvatu. Putz was looking good after reducing the amount of outs to come after pairing his ace…

Khazaradze Mucks at Showdown

Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 47/5,799 Konstantinos Karkanidis opened for 250,000 from under the gun and Ivane Khazaradze defended his big blind for the two players to see the flop. Karkanidis check-called a bet of 220,000 on the flop by Khazaradze before check-calling again for 365,000 on the turn. The river completed the board and…

Zogografakis Completes Flush Draw

Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 50/5,799 Defending Battle of Malta Main Event Champion Vasileios Zisis bet 375,000 on the on the flop with less than 1 million in the pot. Emmanouil Zografakis jammed for 2.1 million. Niccolo’ Cadoni tanked before he called, while Zisis folded. Emmanouil Zogofrafakis: Niccolo’ Cadoni: Cadoni had the top pair but…

Rockets for Iftimia

Level 30: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 51/5,799 Alfonso Amendola opened for 225,000 from under the gun before Alexander Luciani jammed for a little less than 2 million from one seat over. Marius Iftimia went into the tank before he called off his stack of 1,450,000 when Amendola began shouting for Jack Bonora, who is doing a…

Petrou Holds With Cowboys

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 56/5,799 Berend Hooijer opened for 200,000 from middle position before Panagiotis Petrou called from one seat over. Benoit Kuhn three-bet to 625,000 from the hijack. Hooijer paused for a few moments before he folded, while Petrou opted to jam for 1,160,000. Kuhn snap-called and wished his opponent good luck. Panagiotis…

Straight for Khazaradze

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 57/5,799 Ivane Khazaradze bet 800,000 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the turn. Lorenzo Arduini check-called and checked again after the river completed the board. Khazaradze jammed for 990,000. Adruini quickly called and tabled the before quickly turning them upside down. Khazardadze tabled…

Rieti Triples With Ace-Queen

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 60/5,799 Luigi Rieti jammed his short stack and before a side pot was created by Konstantinos Karkanidis and Alexandru Farcasanu. Karkanidis checked the eight-high flop before Farcasanu jammed for well more than the 1.8 million Karkanidis had behind. Karkanidis folded and then slammed the table in perceived frustration after the…