Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 57/1,814 Lyanyi Lu who stone-bubbled Day 1B with a flip AK vs. QQ for a 400,000 stack still managed to get into Day 2 and even Day 3. He was heads-up against Marko Luksa who limped the small blind. Lu raised him to 50,000 and Luksa called and checked the…
During the Battle of Malta, the main focus is what goes on at the tables, with most interest centered on who’s got the big stacks, crazy hands. outlandish bluffs and ultimately who walks away with the trophy and the €100,000 first prize. It might seem straightforward to players, who arrive, buy their tickets, take…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 57/1,814 Tomasz Olszewski jammed all-in from the cutoff for 300,000 chips and was called by Michal Anzulewicz in the small blind. Tomas Olszewski: Michal Anzulewicz: Olszewski calmly took a sip from his drink as the flop saw him hit a set to reverse the domination situation. The turn and river…
Place Player Prize 64 Christopher Grech €2,840 65 Simone Coppari €2,840 66 Jokubas Jancevicius €2,840 67 Sarunas Linkius €2,840 68 Claudio Barone €2,840 69 Leonidas Georgopoulos €2,840 70 Matthew Vella €2,840 71 Dimitrios Anastasakis €2,840 72 Antonio Merone €2,840 73 Domenico Condo’ €2,840 74 Salvatore Saracino €2,840 75 Martin Kanaker €2,840 76 Jordi Ruiz €2,840…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 64/1,814 Eimantas Pleksavicius was all-in against Patrick Koppitz for his last 190,000 chips. He had pocket jacks against his opponent’s pocket kings . Pleksavicius was almost out of his chair on the [6] flop, but quickly sat down on the turn that gave him a set and the double up.…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 64/1,814 The action folded to Antoine Talvard, who tanked in the small blind long enough that the clock was called on him. Near the end of his countdown, he finally jammed all-in for 140,000, after which big blind Stefano Mufano made a quick call. Antoine Talvard: Stefano Mufano: “That’s not…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 Entries: 65/1,814 Jakub Bosko was once again in the mix with an early position raise, Salvatore Di Cosimo called behind and Antoine Talvard defended his big blind. Bosko made a continuation bet on the flop and made Di Cosimo fold his hands, Talvard called and action was checked down by both on…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 69/1,814 Arriving on a turn of , Antonino Arigo made a 190,000-chip bet from the big blind into a pot of 400,000. This sent his opponent Christopher Grech on the button into the tank. After some time had passed, Grech folded, showing his in the process. Arigo instantly tabled for…
I have developed a good friendship over the years with Greece’s Fotios Ntamaris, who is one of the handful of Greek players remaining. He came out with a group associated with Novibet to the Battle of Malta after having a blast during the autumn. I met Fotios in Bratislava many years ago when he was…
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 Entries: 69/1,814 Luke Pace was down to his last 4 blinds and he pushed his short stack all-in from an early position. On his left Filippo Busatto just called and Itaco Voto did the same from the big blind. Both Voto and Busatto checked throughout the board and they both revealed ace-high…