Gjoka Doesn’t Joke

Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 171/246 Action folded to Artur Gjoka, who went all in for his last 7,700 from the Button. Seated next to him in the Small Blind, Arnaud Cressent made the call. Artur Gjoka: Arnaud Cressent: The flop brought all kinds of excitement, but, in the end, Gjoka doubled up as the…

Assorted Chip Leaders at the Break

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Christoph Tanner 247,600 248 Vasileios Batatolis 170,000 170 Antonio Mirabile 168,000 168 Ioannis Tsakiris 158,400 158 Cameron Sinclair 154,900 155 Alessio Assennato 148,800 149 Kostadin Mihaylov 144,000 144 Samuel Lindholm 132,000 132 Bachana Shengelia 125,000 125 Imad Fakhro 123,300 123 Oskari Piira 113,600 114 Gary Fisher 110,000 110 Krysztof Grubka…

Neither Draw gets There

Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 172/232 The board read when Thibaut Thevenet bet 10,000. Alessandro Furneri then proceeded to go all in for 16,000. Seated to the left of him, Sergej Schuhmacher called. Action was now back on Thevenet, who attempted to go all in. However, this was deemed an illegal move as the all…

Fortune Favours the Brave

Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 175/222 Kakha Khazaradze opened to 1,600 from UTG+1. Bartosz Karpowicz called from the Lo-jack, and Big Blind-player Alessio Mastrosimone also decided to join in on the fun. The flop came and Mastrosimone came out hot, betting 1,200. Khazaradze and Karpowicz both called. On the turn, Mastrosimone sized up to 2,500,…

Tebege Makes a Move

Level : 200/400 (400) Entries: 160/192 Claudio Trentacosti opened to 1,200 from early position. Samuel Tebege three-bet to 3,600 and only Trentacosti called. The flop came and Trentacosti checked to Tebege. He continued for 1,200 and was called. After the turn peeled the , Trentacosti led out for 2,500. Tebege was quick to make the…

H.O.R.S.E.S? Of Courses!

Tomorrow may be the day of the Aintree Grand National, however today at the Battle of Malta it is the mixed game players’ turn to saddle their mounts and ride for glory. The Grand National is a race of attrition, but there are guaranteed to be more fallers here at Casino Malta, once the pace…

Table 8 All Chip Counts

Seat Player Chip Count Big Blinds 1 2 3 Panagiota Nikou 67,000 168 4 Mateusz Stanielewicz 26,500 66 5 Simone Spina 42,000 105 6 Claus Spieckermann 59,000 148 7 Nuno Cardoso 21,000 53 8 Nikolaos Zylis 36,700 92 9 Giovanni Socci 14,800 37

Big Stacks at the Break

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Luigi Cocita 102,000 255 Rocco Maiorana 101,000 253 Stevan Gvozdenovic 94,000 235 Vito Roma 92,500 231 Gary Fisher 90,000 225 Krystyna Bidzan 85,000 213 Marco Venturi 82,000 205 Gaetano Martini 80,000 200 Nicola Leonesio 77,500 194 Kostadin Mihaylov 75,600 189 Daniel Samson 75,300 188 Sergej Schuhmacher 75,000 188 Samuel Tebege…