Day 1c Recap – Biner Bags Biggest

It’s been a long day at the 2025 Battle of Malta, and we’ve been treated with some great and entertaining poker. Today, two flights of the €600 Main Event were featured on the schedule. Day 1c kicked off att 13:00 and – unless the numbers will surprise in tomorrow’s Day 1e – was the biggest…

Day 1d Chip Counts

Name Chips Benoit Kuhn 675 000 Angelo Vietti 594 000 Federico Cirillo 565 000 Ivaylo Eftimov 550 000 Marko Luksa 524 000 Daniel Nasman 329 000 Guido Balia 328 000 Antonino Karman 291 000 Sergej Schuhmacher 282 000 Fotios Ntamaris 262 000 Leslie Lamnea 246 000 Itzhak Dagmi 240 000 Anargyros Loizos 236 000 Georgios…

Day 1c Chip Counts

Name Chips Shai Biner 931 000 Daniel Poluk 922 000 Ceri Rees 845 000 Claus Spieckermann 823 000 Antonino Scarpaci 756 000 Ingird Vos 662 000 Flaviano Cammisuli 660 000 Christopher Rogers 639 000 Ole Roed 591 000 Marco Coccone 570 000 Maurizio Saieva 544 000 Vincenzo Mangiapane 500 000 Michael Snelders 495 000 Massimo…

Bubble Burst in Day 1c

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 103/686 Dario Marinelli was seated on the Button and forced Francis Van Uden (Small Blind) all in for roughly 50,000. Van Uden made the call; Inigo Perez Sollano folded his Big Blind and it was time for showdown on the bubble. Dario Marinelli: Francis Van Uden: No help for Van…

Day 1d – The Bubble has Burst

Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 26/171 Bubble play on Day 1d only lasted one single hand. From Under the Gun, Guido Balia went all in for 130,000. Then, Marflene Cricchiola re-shoved from UTG+1 for 190,000. Action folded to Marko Luksa in the Big Blind, who were a contender to bag the most chips. After a…

Akser Takes it Down

Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 114/686 From the Cut-off, Akser Osak opened to 12,000. Massimiliano Mauceri made it 33,000 from the Button, and then, Osak forced Mauceri all in for 162,000. Mauceri spent a couple of extra minutes thinking over his decision as the rest of the players went on the last break of the…

Vos Sets Standard

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 139/686 The flop was with 39,000 in the middle, when Tayfun Rodoplu bet 25,000. To his surprise, Ingird Vos completed a check-raise to 60,000. Rodoplu decided to make the call. On the turn , Vos forced Tayfun all in for 101,000. Tayfun asked Vos if she would show if he…

Big Stacks in Day 1d During Break

Name Chips Big Blinds Killian Bruno Eric Desnos 350,000 117 Itzhak Dagmi 265,000 88 Imad Fakhro 242,000 81 Federico Luciano Cirillo 233,000 78 Giuseppe Tredici 225,000 75 Angelo Vietti 205,000 68 Sergej Schuhmacher 200,000 67 Georgios Zisimopoulos 199,000 66 Rasmus Jon Mikael Lundstroem 190,000 63 Stephen James Murphy 180,000 60

Wong Won

Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 164/686 Action folded to Marcello Favaloro who, from the Hi-jack, opened to 6,000. Jonathan Wong went all in for 100,000 from the Cut-off, and after receiving a count, Favaloro made the call. Jonathan Wong: Marcello Favaloro: Wong’s hand was good on the red runout and he secured a double up…