There were ten starting days for the Autumn Edition of the Battle of Malta Main Event, five of them full price, five of them half price. Only one of the BOM November Nine made their way into Day 2 via a half price flight. The rest all paid the full €600. Here are details of…
Level 39: 400,000/800,000 (800,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Action folded around to Shervin Ghassemlou, who completed his small blind with , and Vasileios Zisis checked his option with . The flop of missed both, Ghassemlou took a stab with 800,000, and Zisis called with J-high and some backdoor draws. With the on the turn, Ghassemlou opted to…
The players have now gone on a 15-minute break. Vasileios Zisis remains the chip leader. Position Player Name Nationality Chips Seat 1 Vasileios Zisis Greek 61,050,000 8 2 Alexandru Farcasanu Romanian 34,450,000 1 3 Shervin Ghassemlou English 32,250,000 7 4 Kyriakos Papadopoulos Greek 20,100,000 3 5 Alessandro Siena Italian 16,900,000 5 6 Pasquale Gregorio Italian…
Level 38: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Chip leader Vasileios Zisis raised to 1,200,000 from the middle position with . Cosme Martinez, the shortest stack at the final table, defended his big blind with , leaving less than a pot bet behind. Martinez flopped trips on a board of and elected to just check-call a 600,000…
Level 38: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 Kyriakos Papadopoulos raised the pot to 1,200,000 with from the early position, and Ivaylo Eftimov, one of the shortest stacks, defended his big blind with . The dealer revealed a flop of , putting Eftimov ahead, who quickly called Papadopoulos’ 800,000 continuation bet. The turn brought a , and…
The Main Event final table is not the only event taking place today. There is also day two of the slow structured €2,200 Super High Roller, in which 36 players returned for a pop at the €48,440 first prize. There are currently 25 players left and they are paying 13 places. The enigmatic Italian Fabio…
Level 38: 300,000/600,000 (600,000) Entries: 9/5,799 The day kicked off with Ivaylo Eftimov opening the pot to 1,300,000 with from the early position and getting a call from Shervin Ghassemlou in the big blind holding . A flop of gave both players top pair with Ghassemlou being ahead with an ace kicker. He checked-called the…
It’s the final table of the Battle of Malta Main Event Autumn Edition and after 5,790 eliminations, just nine players remain. It’s November and there are nine of them left, it would be rude not call them the November Nine. The WSOP abandoned the concept that created the original November Nine name, which was to…
Play has now begun on the final table. Before play started, the players all agreed to an adjusted prize pool, which was proposed by the tournament director after feedback at the end of Tuesday’s play in the Main Event. This is what they are now playing for: Position Prize 1 €255,800 2 €160,800 3 €115,800…
The nine remaining players have now returned to Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel and they are currently opening their chip bags and preparing to commence play. Today we have a live stream of the final table, commentary hosted by Jason Glatzer, with guests. Its being broadcast on a 30-minute delay…