Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 169/5,799 James Norvock started the day with one of the shorter stacks of 195,000 and has recently become a chip millionaire while sending Claudio Barone to the rail as follows: Norvock three-bet jammed for 680,000. Barone paused for less than a minute before he called off his stack of around…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 174/5,799 We could have history in the making as the defending Battle of Malta Main Event champion Vaselios Zisis is among the chip leader on break. Could we see a back-to-back performance. It is way to early to tell with 174 players still remaining and three days of action still…
First Break: 25 Mins Entries: 174/5,799 The first two levels of the day have now been completed and the players are on a 25-minute break. When they returnm the blinds will increase to 15,00/30,000 (30,000).
The no phone on the table is being announced by the tournament floor before every event, but why is that so? The answer is that it is the result of new rules that the TDA (Tournament Directors’ Association) brought in recently, which is a measure being taken to improve game security. There have been recent…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 183/5,799 Jozeph Dobos got his 10+ big blinds in good against Berend Jooijer. Jozeph Dobos: Berend Jooijer: Dobos’s cowboys were cracked and his stack headed over to Jooijer to his dismay after an ace showed it face on the runout. Berend Jooijer – 1.6 million Jozeph Dobos – 0
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 191/5,799 There wasn’t much in the pot with the on the board after the turn when Nicusor Matei check-jammed from 65,000 to approximately 700,000. Marc Meden tanked before he called off his stack of a bit less. Marc Meden: Nicusor Matei: Meden was behind and needed a jack or a…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 199/5,799 The number of survivors in the tournament has now dipped under 200 and the payouts have jumped once again. Those who finish from 168th-199th will stagger away from the battlefield with €2,950. Those who recently departed in 200th-231st got €2,640, apart from Iason Filippidis in 210th, who receives €12,640,…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 199/5,799 Nikolaos Iakovidis opened for 70,000 from the cutoff before Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila three-bet jammed for 610,000 from the small blind. Iakovidis called off his stack of 565,000 and was ahead when the two players tabled their hands. Nikolaos Iakovidis: Viorel-Gabriel Gavrila: Ace-queen held strong on the runout for Iakovidis to…
Today’s High Roller begins its second day at 3pm and due to its regressive structure registration remains open for the first three levels of play. Registration is temporarily closed until the tournament restarts, when it will re-open. There is also an adjustment to the structure, as after registration closes, level 11 will be a repeat…
There have been some questions as to how the €2,578,172 prize pool was derived. Below is all the info from the opening flights. There were 1,357 total players playing the half-priced flight. For these players they started with a 20,000 starting stack (half of the 40,000 in the €600 full priced opening flights) and played…