It took five days, and he had to come back from behind against Dutch player Raoul Van Wersch, who led the final table chip counts from the start until heads-up play. Re found a double early in HU with ace-seven over king-queen, then won a later race with pocket fives to take it all down.…
Level 41: 1,000,000/1,500,000 (1,500,000) Entries: 1/3,432 Raoul Van Wersch nearly went wire-to-wire with the chip lead here on the final day, but then he ran into Italian Gabriele Re during heads-up play. Re found a big double in a 60/40 spot to take the lead and in the end, it came down to a flip…
Level 39: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 2/3,432 After a raise from Raoul Van Wersch to 2.3 million, Gabriele Re shoved and Van Wersch called. He had against and both players hit the flop on the board of but Re hit it harder and held for a huge double to take the lead. Raoul Van Wersch –…
Level 39: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 2/3,432 Raoul Van Wersch raised to 2 million, then called off when Alberto Cigliano shoved the big blind. It was a race between pocket eights for Cigliano versus for Van Wersch. There was a jack in the window and no further help came on the board. Van Wesch now has…
Level 39: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 3/3,432 The final three players are now back at the felt for the endgame of the 2023 Battle of Malta Autumn.
Level 39: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 3/3,432 Once the field got down to three-handed, the players took a bit of a break. Action will resume shortly with the remainder of Level 39 before they blinds drop to 30 minutes for the start of Level 40. Pos. Player Chips Table Seat #1 Raoul Van Wersch 34,650,000 21…
Level 39: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 3/3,432 Alberto Cigliano raised to 11 million, leaving about 3 million behind, then called when Szymon Kuczerski shoved with a slightly smaller stack. Cigliano had 8s] against and he smashed the flop on a board of to send Kuczerski to the cage in 4th place. Action will now shift to…
Level 39: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 4/3,432 Szymon Kuczerski shoved the small blind with but Raoul Van Wersch woke up with pocket jacks and snapped it off. Kuczerski found an ace on the board and Van Wersch couldn’t keep up. That puts Kuczerski near 20 million, and the slide of Van Wersch continues as he is…
Level 39: 500,000/1,000,000 (1,000,000) Entries: 4/3,432 Raoul Van Wersch is down to about 40 million now but is still leading at the break. He has about twice as many chips as second-place Gabriele Re. When they return to the felt the blinds will be 500k/1m with a 1m big blind ante, and once the field…
Level 38: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 4/3,432 Alberto Cigliano shoved the button with a tiny stack of 2.7m and Raoul Van Wersch felt priced in to call from the big blind. He was dominated by the Italian Cigliano who had against for the big stack. There were no surprises on the board and Cigliano stayed alive.…