All of the participants in Day 1C will once again leave their tables and take a short 20-minute break. Starting with Level 7 on blinds 300/600 and Ante 600 they will play 3 more complete levels before the 75-minute dinner break. So far there are 468 players in Day 1C with 623 total entries. Late…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 478/618 Alfredo Ranaudo was in the spotlight once again as he raised to 1,500 and got three-bet to 4,500 by a short-stacked Ivan Picavet who only had 14,000 chips behind. Ranaudo called and checked the flop, his opponent quickly put in a 5,000 bet and Ranaudo forced him to go…
The first of today’s three side events is now in-play, with 72 players in their seats by the end of level three. Its a one-day tournament and with ten x 25 minutes of late entry the field will grow considerably before registration closes. Players get 25,000 starting chips and blinds start at 100/100 with a…
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 477/596 Ludek Safranek raised the stakes from the hijack – Alessandro Di Cesare and Artur Sarata called behind. Sarata checked the flop from the small blind and Safranek overbet the 4,500 pot, Di Cesare threw a 5,000 chip and Sarata re-raised to 10,000. Safranek was all-in for his last 11,000…
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Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 476/566 Alfredo Ranaudo and Paolo Riga were heads-up on board and action was on Ranaoudo, he bet 6,500 chips into 14,800 pot and Riga didn’t think much before calling the bet. Ranaudo turned for a full house and Riga threw his cards into the muck. Alfredo Ranaudo – 42,600 Paolo…
The 2024 Battle of Malta Spring Edition continued on Friday the 5th April at the Eden Arena located within the Intercontinental Hotel, adjoined to Casino Malta. Although this is billed as the Battle of Malta Spring Edition, it could easily pass as a summer edition, which has arrived early at the jewel in the centre…
Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 484/546 Daniele Raimondi three-bet an early position open to 2,600 and faced an all-in for 10,700 from Dario Berisa sitting on the small blind. The original raiser folded and Raimondi easily called by flicking a chip in. Dario Berisa: Daniele Raimondi: Players were flipping up until the three sixes aligned…
Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 479/522 Dario Barone is the BoM Champion of the 2023 Spring Edition, he already fired two bullets on Day 1B yesterday and this day didn’t start well for him either after re-raises preflop he ended up calling the 31,300 all-in from Aschraf Khader with his 32,100 stack. Dario Barone: Aschraf…
Players have come back from their break and will continue fighting each other at Level 4 with blinds 100/300 and Ante 300. Take a peak at some of the bigger stacks 3 levels into Day 1C: Player Name Chip Count Manuel Maganucco 101,000 Cristian Nania 85,000 Antonio Guerrero 84,000 Mehdi Rebai 83,000 Gaetano Pipari 80,000…