Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 74/152 Alfonso Simone is still leading the field as he is sitting with 250k at the break following Level 8. Julien Stropoli is also still sitting pretty with just over 150k. Below is a look at a few bigger stacks as they’ll be going into the final two levels of…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 76/150 It was all in before the flop when Ahmad Kheil limped early to start things off before Jianyi Liu raised to 2,000 from the middle. Small blind Ian Tabone shoved for 9,200 which pushed Kheil off his hand while Liu called it off with more. Liu was in good…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 82/145 Alfonso Simone looks to be the big stack still and is up to around 200k now after sending Killian Desnos to the rail. Taras Khilko started things off with a bet to 1,500, and he was called by Desnos on the button and Frederick Vesterby in the small blind…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 83/143 Roberto Barone is building a stack as he’s just grabbed another big hand to get up to about 80k now. The action was on the turn with the board reading and after a check from Ahmed Kheil, Barone fired 1,000. Both Athir Ali and Kheil called to see the…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 84/142 Alfonso Simone looks to be the chip leader at the break before Level 7 with a bit more than 160k. 2018 Battle of Malta winner Julien Stropoli is in second with about 145k right now. Player Chips Blinds Alfonso Simone 161,000 268 Julien Stropoli 145,000 242 Daniel Stackowiak 70,000…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 88/140 In two hands over a short period, Roberto Barone has chipped up to about 50,000. In the first hand, Barone limped and got two callers to the flop of . Action checked to cutoff Athir Ali who fired 1,100. Big blind (and runner-up from the spring series) Junyu Liu…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 95/134 Rares-Aurelian Bodea opened to 1,000 from the hijack, and big blind Grigorios Archontakis shoved the smaller stack. It was a cooler spot for Archontakis as his pocket eights were well behind the aces for Bodea and the board was no help to the underpair. Rares-Aurelian Bodea – 31,000 Grigorios…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 102/126 I arrived for the action with the flop already out reading with four players in action. Luca Lentini put out a bet of 500 that pushed a couple of people out of the hand, but Philippe Dietrich raised enough to put Lentini all in. He made the call with…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 98/114 Among the players with stacks just before the first break is Josef Gulas Jr., winner of the 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event. He’s sitting with about 70k which looks to be the second biggest right now, though the numbers below are only estimates. Pavle Pecelj is the leader with…
Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 92/95 Among the players in action today is Dario Barone, winner of the Battle of Malta back in the spring of this year. He’s been in the action from the start of the day today and is still sitting around his starting stack. He took down the spring event with…