Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 95/1,542 After an initial opening from Adrian Ziemichod for 30,000 from early position, Peter Jaksland went all in for roughly 200,000 seated on the Button. Ziemichod made the call. Peter Jaksland: Adrian Ziemichod: No help for Jaksland on the runout. As Ziemichod’s stack grew even bigger, Jaksland headed off to…
Level 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 108/1,542 Anargyros Loizos opened to 30,000 from UTG. S8 called from the Lo-jack, and so did Georgios Garnelis from the Button. Then, from the Big Blind, Marco Coccone went all in for 485,000. Action folded back to Garnelis who took his time, looking up to the big tournament information screen…
The latest crew of unlucky hopefuls to exit stage left all left the Eden Arena with €1,180 for their efforts. Fallers at this hurdle included Giulio Spampinato (143rd) and Joris Ruijs (128th). Position Player Prize 120 Leendert Nederlof €1,180 121 Nigel Stentiford €1,180 122 Manish Rawal €1,180 123 Konstantinos Souliotis €1,180 124 Krzysztof Grubka €1,180…
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 110/1,542 Vincenzo Pinna opened to 25,00 from the Lo-jack. Sebastian Gruszczynski decided to go all in for 232,000 from the Cut-off. Possibly, to Pinna’s surprise, Attila Szucs re-shoved from the Button. Pinna folded and Gruszczynski was the player at risk against Szucs. Sebastian Gruszczynski: Attila Szucs: There are worse boards…
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 121/1,542 Daniel Näsman opened to 24,000 from the Button, prior to Robert Perelman going all in for 199,000 from the Small Blind. Then, seated in the Big Blind, Giovanni Caggia decided to re-shove for roughly 1,000,000. Näsman folded and the two warriors went to showdown. Robert Perelman: Giovanni Caggia: “I’m…
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 123/1,542 The board read with roughly 110,000 in the middle. After an initial check from Alessandro Amenta, Christopher Rogers bet 30,000. Ioannis Tsakiris called, and so did Amenta. On the river , action was checked to Tsakiris, who bet 50,000. Amenta folded, and Rogers released a heavy sigh as he…
Level 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 129/1,542 On the flop , Giuseppe Di Bella went all in for 110,000, contending for the 75,000 already in the middle. Terence Jordon decided to make the call. Giuseppe Di Bella: Terence Jordon: To Di Bella’s misplease, the full board ran out , giving Jordon the straight. Hence, Di Bella…
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Ingird Vos 2,159,000 180 Benoit Kuhn 1,500,000 125 Claus Spieckermann 1,294,000 108 Christopher Rogers 1,170,000 98 Federico Cirillo 1,075,000 90 Michal Procner 1,059,000 88 Waldemar Kopyl 1,020,000 85 Konstantin Faerber 1,000,000 83 Terence Jordon 1,000,000 83 Aristeidis Aftias 960,000 80 Alessandro Signoriello 950,000 79
The 135 remaining players in the Battle of Malta Spring Edition are now on a 20-minute break, having completed two full levels of play. They will play six levels in total this evening. Chip counts of the leaders to follow shortly.
The next batch of former participants have now had their poker carcasses removed from the tournament floor. Meanwhile their souls have each collected €1,070 from the payout desk. One of the first to depart once the money had edged up a little was James “Grogsy” Grogan, who fell in 181st place. He had returned with…