We Bid Farewell to Desmond Farrell

Level 19: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 125/1,992 The hand began with Maksym Sheingart raising from UTG to 20k and Desmond Farrell calling the raise in the cut-off. Behind the two of them Day 1a chip leader Antoine Talvard re-raised to 70k and after Sheingart folded, Farrell called. Flop: Now Farrell moved all-in for 170,000. Talvard instantly…

Edikas Jurgutis Eliminates Emanuele Napolitano

Level 18: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 127/1,992 Flips are the most likely way to go if you bust the Battle of Malta. This just happened to Emanuele Napolitano who was taken out by Edikas Jurgutis. Napolitano moved all-in from UTG for 108,000. In the small blind Jurgutis called and the two saw a showdown: Emanuele Napolitano:…

Madis Ormisson Adds to his Stack

Level 17: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 144/1,992 Right after typing up the last hand, we returned to Table 15 and saw Madis Ormisson win the next hand. This one was only moderately spectaular. It began with him min-raising in the cut-off. Behind him Vitale Raffaele called. Flop: Ormisson bet 17k, Raffaele called. Turn: Ormisson bet 17k…

Gytis Lazauninkas Leads With Over 1M Chips

First break and first count of the chips. Currently, Gytis Lazauninkas leads the pack as the only player with over 1m chips. Name Chips Big Blinds Gytis Lazauninkas (3) 1,380,000 173 Giuseppe Dedoni (3) 980,000 123 Ameed Khalil (3) 950,000 119 Ilyaev Raul (5) 880,000 110 Junyu Liu 840,000 105 Antoine Talvard 820,000 103 Andrea…

Break Time

Day 2 players are on their first break of the day. We will update some of the bigger stacks from around the room during the break and then make another quick appearance at the party on the 19th floor of the InterContental Malta where all players are invited to chill and have some fun.

“Do You Have Jacks or Kings?”

Level 17: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 179/1,992 A big pot was developing on Table 1. While the hand didn’t have a showdown, it took close to 10 minutes to play out. We caught up with the hand when Karol Bogusz three-bet to 43,000 from the small blind and was facing a four-bet by Stavros Markovis-Taskas from…