Schuhmacher Survives

Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 68/146 Sergej Schuhmacher opened to 3,000 from UTG. Julian Micallef and Rene Dreismann both decided to call. On the flop, Schuhmacher bet 2,500. Micallef called prior to Dreismann folding. The turn brought the ; Schuhmacher didn’t slow down and now bet 7,500. Micallef wasn’t going anywhere and put in chips…

Mankevich Doubles up

Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 68/145 Palina Mankevich opened to 3,000 from the Hi-jack. When action came to Marco Venturi in the Small Blind, he went all in for roughly 40,000. Mankevich made the call. Marco Venturi: Palina Mankevich: The board ran out . Mankevich won yet another pot as Venturi was eliminated. Palina Mankevich:…

The Show Must Go On!

Experimentation is nothing new at the Battle of Malta and today marks the start of another new feature, a daily talk show. We still haven’t come up with a name for this new show, feel free to make a suggestion on the Battle of Malta Facebook page. It will be a brief show, no more…

Valtatzis has Two Pair

Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 71/145 When the players came back from the dinner break, Edward Jackson-Spivack went all in for 9,000 from UTG+1. To the seat left of him, Nikolaos Valtatzis went all in, successfully isolating the rest of the players. Edward Jackson-Spivack: Nikolaos Valtatzis: The board meant Jackson-Spivack was eliminated, and Valtatzis stack…

Main Event Resumes After Dinner Break

The players in the Main Event have now returned from the dinner break and level 10 is now in progress, with blinds of 1,000/1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. The field has now risen to 143 entries, 71 of which are still in contention. Giulio Spampinato, the first player to be eliminated has now…

Top of the Field at the Dinner Break

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Salvatore Spina 222,000 148 Andreas Mavromoustakis 220,000 147 Xhulio Kacka 216,000 144 Milad Gami 183,000 122 Indre Stanaityte 161,000 107 Salvatore Caruso 155,000 103 Georgios Karakousis 145,500 97 Giulio Di Salvo 144,000 96 Sergej Schuhmacher 143,500 96 Stavros Passias 130,500 87 Kostadin Mihaylov 123,500 82 Erik Lindqwist 122,500 82 Julian…

Lindqwist Eliminates Oeie

Level 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 68/136 Erik Lindqwist bet 4,000 on a flop. Vidar Oeie called, and the was dealt on the turn. Both players checked, which brought the . Oeie was first to act and shoved roughly 40,000 into the 20,000 pot. Lindqwist took a minute before making the call. Vidar Oeie: Erik Lindqwist:…