Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 107/311 Entries are now closed for Day 1b of the Battle of Malta Main Event. There are 311 entries on the board at the start of Level 11, but tournament staff are still counting the numbers to make sure it all matches up. It’s unclear right now if they’ll play…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 110/303 Sergejs Korobovs raised the button to 2,500 and Martin Stoev made the call from the big blind. Stoev check-called for 2,600 on the flop and then led out for 4,900 on the turn. Stoev went back to a check on the river and then called when Korobovs bet 5,200.…
Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 130/295 Wim De Leeuw opened with a limp from the middle and three other players came along to the flop of . After a check from Luca Capostagno in the small blind, big blind Leendert Nederlof bet 2,000. De Leeuw and Alfredo Cuti folded but Capostagno called. They both checked…
Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 142/293 Arthur Israel raised to 2,000 from early position before Irina Monastirscaia tank-shoved a slightly smaller stack than Israel after getting a count. Israel called early and it was a cooler between the ace-king for Israel and ace-queen for Monastirscaia. Israel found a king on the flop to jump to…
Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 155/288 Daniel Schwensen looks to be the only player with more than 200k in chips, and he looks to be about 80k ahead of the next biggest stack. Player Chips Blinds Daniel Schwensen 220,000 220 Pavel Pecelj 140,000 140 Diogo Batista 129,000 129 Domenico Gala 125,000 125 Maurizio Braco 112,000…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 181/275 It was a three-way limp to the flop of after Giacomo Evangelista limped the button and both blinds followed suit. It checked to Evangelista on the flop and he fired 1,400. Only small blind Jose Esteves called to the turn, and both players checked it as well as the…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 181/275 Pasquale Braco opened from the hijack to 1,300 and got calls from Wim De Leeuw in the cutoff as well as big blind Miguel Fernandez. It checked to De Leeuw on the flop and he bet 2,600. Only Braco called to the and both players checked. They checked again…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 192/266 Paolo Bucci looks to be leading after the second break of the day with about 100k while Davide Iannaco isn’t far behind. Player Chips Blinds Paolo Bucci 100,000 167 Davide Iannaco 95,000 158 Luciano Cappssela 85,000 142 Leendert Nederlof 82,000 137 Ivane Kharadze 78,000 130 Antonio Ieraci 75,000 125…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 190/245 Christian Gurr opened from the cutoff with a limp, and both blinds came along for the ride to a flop of . It checked to Gurr and he bet 700 with Arthur Navellou getting out of the way from the small blind, but big blind Sasa Lalos calling to…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 190/245 Indre Stanaityte opened to 1,100 from the hijack and she was called by both Jordi Ruiz & Antoine Stackowiak in the blinds. It checked to Stanaityte on the flop and she bet 1,300. Only big blind Stackowiak called to the turn, but that was as far as the hand…