Main Event Day 1a Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 102/196 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Pia Fransson limped the 1,000 Big Blind from the Lo-jack. Dominik Wochnik joined the limp train from the Cut-off, before Mark McKenzie made it 5,000 on the Button. Fransson and Wochnik both made the call. It was Fransson who donk-bet 5,000…
Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty Day 1a Level 16: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 47/265 Prize Pool: €100,000 Guaranteed The players have been sent on a further break, with the bubble looming. A total of 40 players are scheduled to qualify, with 47 still seated. The players best-positioned to inflict bubble pain on their opponents are as…
Main Event Day 1a Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 110/194 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Renata Onodyova opened to 2,000 UTG. Alessandro Assaloni made the call on the Button, and Rami Amuri joined the fun from the Small Blind. Amuri checked the flop, and Onodyova continued for 3,000. Assaloni made the call before Amuri mucked his…
Main Event Day 1a Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 114/194 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Nihat Muldur limped from the Hi-jack. Salvatore Esposito made it 2,400 from the Button; Shachar Zvang (Small Blind) and Muldur both made the call. Action was checked to Esposito on the flop, who bet 3,000. Zvang mucked before Muldur completed a…
Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty Day 1b Level 1: 100/100 (100) Entries: 35/35 Prize Pool: €100,000 Guaranteed There are already 35 players registered for Day 1b of the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty, due to get underway at 7 p.m. Players sit down to a 30,000 starting stack in the penultimate starting flight, with 20-minute…
Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty Day 1a Level 15: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 54/265 Prize Pool: €100,000 Guaranteed There was an open from Simone Petrillo in the cutoff, before Dominik Cybulski three-bet to 26,000 from the button. Or Soumpasi was in the big blind, and after some time for deliberation, he cold-four bet jammed for around…
Main Event Day 1a Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 122/192 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Dario Barone, who won the €600 Main Event during the 2023 Battle of Malta (Summer Edition), opened to 1,300 from the Hi-jack. Marflene Cricchiola then moved all in for 12,500 from the Cut-off, and Barone made the call once action came…
Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty Day 1a Level 15: 2,000/5,000 (5,000) Entries: 65/265 Prize Pool: €100,000 Guaranteed The figures are in for Day 1a of the Siege of Malta Mystery Bounty, and it was a huge field of 265 entries to kick off proceedings. Those stats mean 40 players will qualify for Day 2, with…
Main Event Day 1a Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 124/191 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Seated in the Hi-jack, Tomas Svoboda opened to 1,800. Valerio Missori (Button) and Andrea Gagliolo (Small Blind) both made the call. All gas and no breaks from Svoboda, who bet 3,700 after an initial check from Gagliolo on the flop. Missori…
Main Event Day 1a Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 121/184 Prize Pool: €700,000 GTD Poker journalist Christoffer Karlén has arrived to Casino Malta, and is joining fellow reporter Richard Hayes on the floor, ready to cover every knook and cranny of the Battle of Malta action. Roughly 10 minutes after play resumed in Day 1a…