Arbel Hason Bubbles in Brutal Fashion

Level 16: 2,500/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 41/273 After a few hands in hand for hand mode Arbel Hason was the first bubble boy of the Battle of Malta Main Event. He was all-in with against Flaviano Cammisuli who was way behind with . But the dealer fanned , giving Cammisuli a set to beat Hason. All…

Rockets for Minieri to Oust Tralla

Level 15: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 42/273 Karev Tralla had a stack of around 300,000 at one point. His stack has vanished with a good part of it going to old-school Italian poker legend Dario Minieri. Tralla opened for 8,000 from middle position. Minieiri three-bet to 26,500 from the small blind. Tralla jammed for around 160,000…

Amit Cohen Wins the PLO Side Event

Four-card enthusiasts had some fun earlier today with 41 entries creating a €6,816 prize pool in the €200 PLO Side Event. Six players finished in the money before Amit Cohen and Doron Peretz agreed to a heads-up deal with both players collecting an equal prize of €2,080. However, Cohen will go down in Battle of…

Konstantinos Kertikidis Left Gobsmacked

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 45/273 We rarely report hands without a showdown, but we just witnessed a rather unusual fold by Konstantinos Kertikidis. We missed the action before and on the flop, but with 120k in the middle the board on the turn read . Konstantinos Kertikidis, who sat in the Small Blind, shoved…

Fours No Good for Levin

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 46/273 Day 1a is just five players away from ending after Sergei Levin hit the rail in 47th place as follows. Levin, who recently doubled through Karev Tralla before losing some of his stack soon after, jammed for 41,000 from under the gun. The action quickly folded around to James…

Audrius Laimelis Finds Aces and Doubles

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 47/273 Our chip leader Antoine Talvard was moved to Table 8 with over 600k chips. After a player in middle position opened, he made it 20k from the button. In the Small Blind Audrius Laimelis moved all-in for 60k and after the initial raiser folded, the action was back on…

“Balls of Steel”

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 48/273 Arbel Hason checked with the on the board after the turn before Fabio Peluso fired out for 35,000 into a pot of slightly more. Hason tanked for a couple of minutes before he folded. “Nice hand,” Hason said to Peluso. “Show your bluff,” another player at the table said…

Digrys Picks Off Lindqwist

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 48/273 While the bubble is looming, over at Table 10, the Swede Erik Lindqwist lost a blind vs. blind pot against Egidijus Digrys. It was folded to Digrys in the Small Blind and he just completed the bet. Lindqwist checked. Flop: – Digrys bet 4k and Lindqwist called. Turn: –…

“Ace-King Can’t Be Your Last Hand”

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 50/273 The Day 1a field is down to just 50 players and will conclude after nine more players hit the rail. We almost lost one player in Sergei Levin, but Levin doubled his stack against Karev Tralla as follows. Tralla opened for 7,000 from early position before Levin jammed for…