Jakub Bosko Eliminated in 16th Place (€5,840)

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 15/1,814 Antonino Arigo raised to 175,000 on the button before Jakub Bosko jammed all-in for 940,000 in the small blind. Jan-Joost van den Bogert then called in the big blind after tanking for a while. Arigo got out of the way and the players showed down heads-up. Jakub Bosko: Jan-Joost…

James Paris Gets A Bit Cheeky

€1100 High Roller Amazing Bet Reggressive Final Level 14: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 65/193 Something strange happened on table 81 after an open from Edgaras Kausinis to 6,000 and two calls behind James Paris decided to push his 130,000 stack forward and got everyone else to fold. He then showed the table with a smile on…

Cowboys for Gkatzas

Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 16/1,814 Dimitrios Gkatzas open-jammed from under the gun for 870,000. The action folded around to Antonino Calabro who tossed in a single chip from the cutoff before the rest of the table quickly folded. Dimitrios Gkatzas: Antonino Calabro: Gkatzas doubled instead of hitting the rail after his cowboys proved to…

Rosa Chips Up as Gkatzis and Ntamaris Get Shorter

Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 16/1,814 Giuseppe Rosa raised to 125,000 in middle position, and Fotios Ntamaris and Dimitrios Gkatzas called in the blinds. All three players then checked on the flop before Ntamaris led out for 300,000 on the turn.  Gkatzas quickly folded but Rosa threw in some calling chips. The river then went…

Dirmantas Leads The Chip Counts

€1100 High Roller Amazing Bet Reggressive Final The 67 Players left are now back from their break and will continue the battle at Level 14 with blinds 1,000/2,500 and Ante 2,500. Gediminas Dirmantas is far ahead in the leaderboard with the massive 445,000 stack which amounts to 178 big blinds. He won a big pot…

Two-Table Redraw

Table Seat Player Country Chip Count Big Blinds 1 1 Marko Luksa Serbia 4,005,000 67 1 2 Rasmus Sepping Estonia 4,455,000 74 1 3 Filippo Busatto Italy 2,930,000 49 1 4 Daniel Maunders United Kingdom 3,380,000 56 1 5 Antonino Arigo Italy 3,350,000 56 1 6 Jakub Bosko Slovakia 1,095,000 18 1 7 Jan-Joost Van…

Fabio Peluso River Jams

€1100 High Roller Amazing Bet Reggressive Final As I arrived today for the start of my shift, I happened to pass table 76 of the Battle of Malta High Roller, where the colorful and enigmatic Italian player Fabio Peluso was in the act of shoving all-in for his remaining chips on a board. I’d missed…

Second Break For The High Rollers

€1100 High Roller Amazing Bet Reggressive Final Players are going for another 20-minute break. The High Roller saw 36 players bust from the tournament in the last 3 levels since the late registration was closed. 67 players remain and only 27 of them will cash the tournament. After the break, they will start at Level…

Gerth Loses It All In Two Hands

€1100 High Roller Amazing Bet Reggressive Final Level 13: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 71/193 Dirk Gerth played a three-bet pot against Andrea Crobu and both had put over 45,000 chips each in the pot on a board. Crobu was first to act and pushed his 65,500 chips in the middle, not long after Gerth called with…