Side Events Update

While the meat and potatoes of today’s schedule is clearly the Main Event, two of today’s side events are now well in progress. Registration is now closed in the Omaha Knockout, with 18 of the 60 starters still four carding away. One of those still in the hunt is Joe Grech, who built a big…

Biggest Stacks at the Second Break

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Domenico Morise 230,000 230 Alessandro Signoriello 228,700 229 Vincenzo Vitello 180,000 180 Flaviano Cammisuli 178,000 178 Alessio Vanni 161,700 162 Amadeus Janotta 157,500 158 Gustav Andersson 155,500 156 Kostadin Mihaylov 155,000 155 Joseba Gonzalez 150,000 150 Massimo Arigo 145,500 146

Aces VS Kings VS Queens

Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 436/592 After an initial opening to 2,000, Emmanouil Kostakis raised to 6,000 from middle position. From the Lo-jack, Nuno Cardoso went all in for 35,000. When action came to Sasa Lalos in the Big Blind, he then went all in for 29,000. When it was back to Kostakis, he made the call,…

Stryvakis Eliminates Papadopoulos

Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 437/572 Polykarpos Stryvakis opened to 3,500 UTG. When action came to Georgios Papadopoulos, he went all in for 14,600. After receiving a count from the dealer, Stryvakis made the call. Georgios Papadopoulos: Polykarpos Stryvakis: The board ran out , which resulted in Papadopoulos’ bullet coming to an end as Stryvakis…

Hoeh and Pohl

Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 436/557 From the Cut-off, Nico Pohl opened to 1,500. Juergen Hoeh was seated in the Big Blind and he was the only one who decided to join the party. The flop came , and Hoeh was the one to donk out for 1,200. Pohl called, which summoned the on the…

Guarantee Already Smashed

Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 436/551 Battle of Malta Event Manager Telly Bartolo and Battle of Malta host Glenn Brown just announced to the Day 1c crowd in the 2025 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event some amazing news. The €500,000 guarantee has already been smashed on Level 6 of Day 1c with…

It’s An Omaha Knockout!

Today’s Pot Limit Omaha tournament is a four card bounty version, but not progressive. It began at 3pm and is currently in level 4, with 46 players, including Joe Grech, the player who tops the all-time Maltese cashes list on The Hendon Mob. Joe was born in Malta, but has lived most of his life…

Tortorella Comes out on Top

Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 428/535 With roughly 12,000 in the middle, the board read . Sabato Tortorella checked to Flaviano Cammisuli who bet 58,000. Tortorella made the call, and the fell on the river. Tortorella now check-called a 6,400 bet from Cammisuli. Flaviano Cammisuli: Sabato Tortorella: Tortorella’s pair of sixes was good and the…

Redemption for Pearson

Level 2: 200/400 (400) Entries: 419/496 After he first moved all in until he was called do to a side bet for charity, Philip Pearson found some redemption on his second bullet. At levels of 100/200 (200), action folded to Lorenzo Gatti who called from the small blind. Pearson raised to 1,300 and Gatti made…

Who’s Here for Day 1c?

Now that the Main Event is well underway, we’ve had a chance to take a glance and see who’s making hay. Amongst their number is Emmanouil Chalkiotis, the Grecian top earner in yesterday’s Mystery Siege of Malta. There are a lot of Greek players here today, but still no sign of Vasileios Zizis, last year’s…