Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 124/353 While we trying to catch a hand with the current chip leader Daniel Ryder (who has close to 300k chips now), we witnessed a hand at the neighboring Table 8. Dominik Asztemborski, who was having a stack of roughly 30k, open-shoved from middle position for 25 big blinds. Behind…
The Mystery Bounty event has been providing tons of excitement. Telly Bartolo and Patrisha Rimfire have been busy conducting a fun ceremony for every bounty pull. The room was buzzing the past five minutes. First, Koen Muetstege snagged the €4,000 mystery bounty prize. “Not bad,” Meutstege said privately to this reporter with a massive smile.…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 127/353 Players are back from dinner break and late registration for Day 1b is closed. The field attracted 353 entries to bring the total up to 626 entries when taking into account the 273 entries that battled it out during yesterday’s Day 1a. These figures will still continue to climb…
Dinner Break? More like Chip Count Break. We did some counting. Those are the biggest stack in the tournament. Play commences at around 10pm and then the late reg will close. So far we have 124 / 350 runners in the field. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Daniel Ryder 250,000 208 15 7 Gytis…
Get ready to trot your way to the poker tables as the Battle of Malta Tournament gallops ahead with its next thrilling side event! In just a few minutes, the H.O.R.S.E. side event will kick off, adding a whole new level of excitement to the poker arena. This multi-faceted tournament is set to challenge even…
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. We will update the chip counts during the break. Late registration will be closed after the break is concluded and then we will see a re-run of the 600/1,200 (1,200) blind level.
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 126/348 Over at Table 17 Danny Eihaiany just pulled off a huge bluff against Gytis Lazauninkas and lost most of his stack after the latter looked him up. We came to the table after the pre-flop action was over and the board read with roughly 60k in the middle. Three…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 137/346 There were around 50,000 in the pot with the on the board after the turn when Alessandro Furneri jammed for 40,000. Dominik Asztemborski called off his stack of around 15,000 before Alessandro Francaviglia folded. Meanwhile, Joel Ylismaki, who was sitting on a sizeable chip stack, asked for a count…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 139/346 Over at Table 18, two rather short-stacked players collided in a quick preflop all-in. After a raise, re-raise, and call Nicola Stagi was all-in before the flop against Watinee Robinson. Stagi had and Watinee a pair with . The board ran down – no help for Stagi and the…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 147/344 There were a few players in the hand when Marthijn Lakerveld jammed for 21,000. He got one caller in Sebastiano Caruso but likely wishes that Caruso would have just folded. Marthijn Lakerveld: Sebastiano Caruso: Caruso’s ace-queen not only held but it improved to two pair on the board and…