Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Ivaylo Eftimov fired out for 1,700,000 into a pot of around 5 million with the on the board after the turn. Davide Iannaco tanked before he called. Eftimov jammed the river. Iannaco snap-called and celebrated when his for a full house got paid with Eftimov tabling the for the…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Hendrik Blokdijk jammed for 3.9 million from the hijack. Cosme Gomez Martinez came in for a bit more with a three-bet shove of his own from the small blind and the cards were tabled after Kyriakos Papadopoulos folded from the big blind. Hendrik Blokdijk: Cosme Gomez Martinez: Ace-king held…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Players are back from break and there were already fireworks at the feature table. Cosme Gomez Martinez opened the button for 800,000. Vasileios Zisis three-bet to 2 million from the small blind. Martinez went into the tank for more than a minute before he jammed for 4.9 million and…
With the main event now on a 75-minute dinner break, it’s a good time to update you about what else is going on today here at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel. So far all the scheduled side events have gone off like clockwork. Despite this being the last full day…
Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 It’s déjà vu at the Battle of Malta Main Event as the defending champion Vasileios Zisis is cruising along once again and held the chip lead over the final 14 players at the dinner break. Meanwhile, Alessandro Siena has also been red hot and is just 100,000 behind Zisis.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Romanian Ionut Arvatu has busted in 15th for €7,280. He lost two hands in succession just before the break. In the first of these he called the all-in of Kyriacos Papdopoulos, who had moved all-in on a flop. Ionut held versus the Greek player’s . The on the turn…
The Battle of Malta Main Event is now on a 75-minute dinner break. Full chip counts of the 14 remaining players will be updated shortly. When they return, the blinds will be 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 big blind ante. Breaking News… In the very last hand before the break, Ionut Arvatu was eliminated in 15th.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 15/5,799 Cristian Mihu jammed the river in what turned out to be a pivotal pot with the on the board. Alessandro Siena snap-called. Mihu was bluffing with and got his hand caught in the cookie jar with Siena taking the chip lead after tabling the for a full house. Meanwhile,…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Hendrik Blokdijk jammed for 1.7 million under the gun. Ionut Arvatu looked down at his cards from the big blind before he announced a call. Hendrik Blokdijk: Ionut Arvatu: The flop gave Arvatu tons of outs to a straight and with outs for a pair or better. The turn…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Alessandro Siena min-raised from under the gun before Ivaylo Eftimov three-bet to 1.25 million from the small blind. Siena four-bet to 3.5 million and Eftimov called. Eftimov checked the flop. Siena fired out for 3 million. Eftimov jammed for the more than 8,150,000 Siena had behind. Siena snap-called and…