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…
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 152/1,542 From the Hi-jack, Alastair David went all in for 119,000. Sokratis Oikonomou re-shoved from the Button and the two players turned over their cards. Alastair David: Sokratis Oikonomou: The flop gave David additional outs. The on the turn made his chances even better, but the was a brick, and…
There’s Telly, he’s the boss, always dashing around like the most enthusiastic firefly that ever lived, Diane, the steady logistics guru, Marcello staff organiser extraordinaire, Andy legend of a TD, Jason, our media mogul of sorts and Andrii, fixing problems at record pace to keep the show ticking along. But all of them, to a…
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 163/1,542 At Table 18, a three-way all in preflop between Daniel Poluk, Kevin Houghton, and Chasan Koula went down in dramatic fashion. Daniel Poluk: Kevin Houghton: Chasan Koula: “Hold”, Houghton instructed the flop as it introduced itself as . “Hold”, he continued on the turn. “We hold”, he announced as…
Level 17: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 174/1,542 From the Lo-jack, Krzysztof Chmielowski opened to 16,000. Sokratis Oikonomou (Hi-jack), Antoine Talvard (Small Blind), and Sebastian Mortensen (Big Blind) all called. The four players checked on the flop. The fell on the turn, and when action came to Chmielowski, he bet 38,000. Oikonomou was the only one to…
As soon as “shuffle up and deal” been uttered, the machine guns began firing and the attrition rate started to ratchet upwards. Within a level of the restart, fifty poker corpses were littering the battlefield floor. Their €1,000 min cashes may help to bring them back to life again someday and try again, on another…
As the high roller went underway, Philip Pearson had a side bet dedicated to charity going all in blind the first hand of the high roller. Not one to leave his friend hanging, Killian Desnos tagged along for the fun. After two early players shoved all in, Desnos made the call and the three players…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 185/1,542 Egils Upitis moved all in for 121,000 from the Cut-off. Action folded to Salvatore Agliozzo in the Big Blind, who made the call comfortably. Egils Upitis: Salvatore Agliozzo: Upitis Main Event dreams came to an end on the turn, as the board spelled out . He was sent to…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 199/1,542 From the Small Blind, Ingird Vos opened to 25,000. Daniel Heredi was seated in the Big Blind and raised to 75,000. Vos made the call. Vos then proceeded by checking on the flop. Heredi bet 50,000, only to be forced all in by Vos for roughly 150,000. Heredi made…