Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 104/310 Action opened with Xi Tran raising the button to 2,500 and Daniel Schwensen called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and Schwensen check-called for 3,000 on the turn. Both players went back to checking on the river but they chopped the pot up as both players…
Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 107/311 Entries are now closed for Day 1b of the Battle of Malta Main Event. There are 311 entries on the board at the start of Level 11, but tournament staff are still counting the numbers to make sure it all matches up. It’s unclear right now if they’ll play…
Players are on a 75-minute dinner break. Late registration will be closed after the break and we will know how many players the flight will play down to as each opening flight ends when the field is down to 15% with each player in the money before the start of Day 2. There will be…
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 110/303 Sergejs Korobovs raised the button to 2,500 and Martin Stoev made the call from the big blind. Stoev check-called for 2,600 on the flop and then led out for 4,900 on the turn. Stoev went back to a check on the river and then called when Korobovs bet 5,200.…
Day 1b just reached 300 entries with 114 players still remaining nearly halfway through Level 10. This is nearly double the 154 entries attracted during yesterday’s Day 1a field which featured 154 entrants and 23 survivors. Late registration will not only be open until the end of Level 10 but also during the 75-minute dinner…
Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 130/295 Wim De Leeuw opened with a limp from the middle and three other players came along to the flop of . After a check from Luca Capostagno in the small blind, big blind Leendert Nederlof bet 2,000. De Leeuw and Alfredo Cuti folded but Capostagno called. They both checked…
Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 142/293 Arthur Israel raised to 2,000 from early position before Irina Monastirscaia tank-shoved a slightly smaller stack than Israel after getting a count. Israel called early and it was a cooler between the ace-king for Israel and ace-queen for Monastirscaia. Israel found a king on the flop to jump to…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 140/291 Killian Desnos opened for 2,300 from under the gun before Luciano Capossela three-bet to 6,200 from the hijack. Desnos quickly called for the duo to see the flop. Desnos checked. Capossela fired out for 6,200 and Desnos snap-called. Both players checked after a third diamond found its way to…
Level 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 155/288 Daniel Schwensen looks to be the only player with more than 200k in chips, and he looks to be about 80k ahead of the next biggest stack. Player Chips Blinds Daniel Schwensen 220,000 220 Pavel Pecelj 140,000 140 Diogo Batista 129,000 129 Domenico Gala 125,000 125 Maurizio Braco 112,000…