Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Action folded to Davide Iannaco in the small blind, who completed with , possibly setting a trap for Shervin Ghassemlou in the big blind, who checked his option with . On a flop, Iannaco checked to Ghassemlou, who decided to take a stab at the pot with an 800,000…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Davide Iannaco found in the early position and jammed his 6,300,000 stack into the middle. Kyriakos Papadopoulos peeled in the big blind and made a quick call, risking a quarter of his stack. The flop gave Iannaco a commanding lead with the top pair, but in poker it’s never…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Vasileios Zisis opened the action with a 1,600,000 raise from the cut off holding . Ivaylo Eftimov looked down at on the button and pushed all-in for 9,450,000. The action got back to Zisis, who asked for a count and, after thinking for a couple of minutes, made a…
There were ten starting days for the Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta Main Event, five of them full price, five of them half price. Only one of the BOM November Nine made their way into Day 2 via a half price flight. The rest all paid the full €600. Here are details of…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Action folded around to Shervin Ghassemlou, who completed his small blind with , and Vasileios Zisis checked his option with . The flop of missed both, Ghassemlou took a stab with 800,000, and Zisis called with J-high and some backdoor draws. With the on the turn, Ghassemlou opted to…
The players have now gone on a 15-minute break. Vasileios Zisis remains the chip leader. Position Player Name Nationality Chips Seat 1 Vasileios Zisis Greek 61,050,000 8 2 Alexandru Farcasanu Romanian 34,450,000 1 3 Shervin Ghassemlou English 32,250,000 7 4 Kyriakos Papadopoulos Greek 20,100,000 3 5 Alessandro Siena Italian 16,900,000 5 6 Pasquale Gregorio Italian…
Level 38: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Chip leader Vasileios Zisis raised to 1,200,000 from the middle position with . Cosme Martinez, the shortest stack at the final table, defended his big blind with , leaving less than a pot bet behind. Martinez flopped trips on a board of and elected to just check-call a 600,000…
Level 38: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Kyriakos Papadopoulos raised the pot to 1,200,000 with from the early position, and Ivaylo Eftimov, one of the shortest stacks, defended his big blind with . The dealer revealed a flop of , putting Eftimov ahead, who quickly called Papadopoulos’ 800,000 continuation bet. The turn brought a , and…
The Main Event final table is not the only event taking place today. There is also day two of the slow structured €2,200 Super High Roller, in which 36 players returned for a pop at the €48,440 first prize. There are currently 25 players left and they are paying 13 places. The enigmatic Italian Fabio…
Level 38: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 The day kicked off with Ivaylo Eftimov opening the pot to 1,300,000 with from the early position and getting a call from Shervin Ghassemlou in the big blind holding . A flop of gave both players top pair with Ghassemlou being ahead with an ace kicker. He checked-called the…