Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 502/694 There is a saying in poker that deuces never loses. Now between us, we know this isn’t always the case or even usually the case. But what if you flop a set of deuces? Typically you would expect them to never lose as well but that wasn’t the case…
Hold onto your poker chips and buckle up for a whirlwind of excitement, because the “Italia Play Side Event” is about to kick off at the Battle of Malta Poker Tournament! Sponsored by the folks at “Italia Play,” this event promises to be a rollercoaster ride of chips, bluffs, and nail-biting moments. Get ready to…
There’s a saying that Poker is moments of sheer terror and hours of boredom. So what do the players at the tables do during those hours of boredom? We did some counting on the side activities that the players pursue while at the tables. Here’s what we counted: Listening to music: 83 players Messaging on…
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 499/634 Day 1c is now officially bigger than both Day 1a and Day 1b combined with the total field now approaching 1,300 entries. One player that will need to re-enter if he wants a shot at a massive payday in the Battle of Malta Main Event is Vittorio Morello after…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 506/607 There were about 20,000 in chips in the pot when Cory Desmond jammed for more than the approximately 12,000 in chips Tanel Evert had left in his stack by the time the turn came around with the on the board. Evert tanked for a few moments before opting to…
Level 3: 100/300 (300) Entries: 497/583 Within the first four levels of today, David Keuftedjian entered the main event a whopping three times. So far, he had absolutely no luck with any of his bullets as we just saw him lose another all-in. Keuftedjian was already down to roughly 10k chips and we arrived at…
Tarmo Tammel is one of the most accomplished Estonian poker players. Patrisha Rimfire sat down with him to talk about his Battle of Malta experience so far. Tammel mentions that he has played in the Battle of Malta six times in the past, primarily in the main event, and although he hasn’t had any deep…
During the break, we did a super quick eyeballing of all the chip counts. We’re not sure we got all the big stacks (due to the sheer amount of tables right now), but we’re quite positive, we got the most of them. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Nuno De Sales 95,000 317 27…
Day 1c is on its first break. The field has climbed to 528 entries with 465 players still with chips in front of them. We will update assorted big stack chip counts on the break and blinds will increase to 100/300 with a 300 big blind ante when the action resumes in 20 minutes.
Eleven years ago the first Battle of Malta was launched, back then by PokerListings. The very champion was the Italian Nicodemo Piccolo who prevailed in a field of 349 entries. This year, Piccolo is back, he just took his seat at Table 58, trying to repeat his success from more than a decade ago. Good…