Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 815/1,990 I paid Table 76 a visit to see how Mike Alonso (who was the chip leader at the most recent break) was getting along. At the exact moment I got there, he called a 4,500 open from Dimitrios Orfanidis (UTG+1). Considering Alonso was the Big Blind, he was first…
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 876/1,990 Seated in the Cut-off, Alex Gleeson opened to 4,000 from the Cut-off. Nikola Filipovic decided to defend his Big Blind. Filipovic donked 3,000 on the flop, and Gleeson made the call. Filipovic continued the aggressive path on the turn, and, again, Gleeson decided to stick around. You’d think Filipovic…
Registration has just closed in Day 1g of the Battle of Malta Main Event. The final number of entries, subject to verification, is a staggering 1,989! 1,990 (they did find another player after all) This is a single biggest starting day ever in the battle of Malta’s history and perhaps one of the largest starting…
The dinner break has now ended and the tenth level of Day 1h has now begun. There are still 980 participating in this biggest ever Battle of Malta starting day, with 1,939 entries made so far and just 30 minutes left for players to join the flight.
With Day 1g on dinner break, its time for a quick roundup of everything that’s going on at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena. Main Event Day 1h has just started its 3rd level, with 293 entries so far. There are still just under 3 hours until late registration closes in this one. The MAS…
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 969/1,908 The players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. In roughly one hour, they will resume play on Level 10. I wandered the tournament area and identified some of the biggest stacks. Player Chips Big Blinds Mike Alonso 365,000 243 Evangelos Argyris 322,000 215 Robert Previsic 312,500 208 Andreas…
Level 8: 6,000/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 1,096/1,876 Seated UTG, Mauro Pugliesi attempted to limp. Domenico Persico wouldn’t allow it, though, as he raised to 3,500. The tricky Pugliesi then moved all in for 33,000 in total, and Persico made the call. Mauro Pugliesi: Domenico Persico: “Booooring,” I thought to myself as the board spelled out .…
Day 1e of the €600 Main Event attracted 922 entries. Below are the chip counts for those 138 who made it through to Day 2. Position Name Chips 1 Ruggero Magri 1,520,000 2 Enea Soumpasi Or Subashi 785,000 3 Alberto Sanchez Galiano 772,000 4 Kristian Previsic 619,000 5 Philip Cole 573,000 6 Giuseppe Ciancio 572,000…
Now that our full reporting function has returned, we’re finally able to deliver the chip counts from yesterday’s starting flights. Day 1e counts coming soon, but here’s the chip counts of the Day 1f survivors. Jonny Tang bagged the largest stack of just over 700,000 chips and won the big stack bonus of a €1,500…
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 1,176/1,784 I was thrilled to witness the festivites at Table 69. Alessandro Marano opened to 2,300 from UTG+1, and Carmelo Contursi (Hi-jack), Ioannis Kritsotakis (Cut-off), Vincenzo Scarfogliero (Button), Taago Tamm (Small Blind), and Alessio Vichi (Big Blind) all made the call. “What a treat,” I was thinking to myself; six…