The Ladies Look Good For Karlsson

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 123/154 Mortiz Nedden opened the pot by raising 800 from the first position, one player folded and Gaspare Sposato made it 3,500 – A few seconds after Mats Karlsson shoved all of his 25,000 discs in the middle, everyone behind him folded and Sposato had a decision. After some thinking,…

Photos From the Opening Ceremony

As is always the case, the Battle of Malta took a lot of care in introducing players to the Main Event with a fantastic opening ceremony. Check out the photos from before the Main Event kicked off below:   Come sempre, la Battaglia di Malta ha dedicato molta attenzione all’introduzione dei giocatori al Main Event…

Modenese Takes It on River

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 122/153 Dario Pieruzzini checked out of the big blind on a board of . Tadas Stasiulis did the same in middle position before Gianluca Modenese fired a bet of 4,100 into the already sizable pot of 12,500 from the cutoff. Pieruzzini quickly folded but Stasiulis called to see the river.…

Mercieca Hero Calls

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 125/152 Jeremy Bametz limped in from the cutoff and Arun Sardana followed suit on the button. Vitalii Shcherba completed his small blind before James Mercieca made a raise to 2,400 from the big blind. Bametz and Sarda got out of the way, but Shcherba made the call. Both players then…

Risky Business For Pace

Level 5: 200/400 (400) Entries: 126/152 A raise by UTG player and a call on his left didn’t seem to bother Itaco Voto who re-raised to 3,500. Luke Pace was sitting on the button and he didn’t think twice before putting in his remaining 13,000 chips (32,5 blinds) in the middle, the first two players…

Scott Loses Consecutive Four-Bet Pots

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 123/144 Edas Cimbolas raised to 700 in the cutoff and was called by Massimo Bruno on the button. Ashley Scott then made it 2,800 to go in the small blind before Ville Pohjalainen four-bet to 6,700. All three players folded and the pot was shipped to Pohjalainen uncontested. The next hand,…

Sposato Doubles Through Karlsson

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 123/139 There wasn’t much in the pot when Mats Karlsson checked the flop. Gaspare Sposato bet 1,100. Karlsson check-raised to 4,000. Sposato tanked for a few moments before he called. Karlsson fired out for 5,000 on the turn and was called by Sposato before checking the river, which put a…

Sardana Puts On The Pressure

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 122/142 Heads-up action between Arun Sardana and James Mercieca after a raise and a call by the latter. We saw a flop of which looked in favor of Mercieca on the small blind as he led it for 800. Sardana looked like he was thinking about a raise, but ended…

Sardana Thinks Wrong as Staniukaits Eliminates Nedden

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 123/139 Moritz Nedden threw in his final 300 chips from under the gun, after which Arun Sardana made a raise to 600 in the next seat over. Nikodermas Staniukaitis then three-bet to 2,100 on the button and Sardana called. The flop fell and Staniukaitis continued for 1,500, which Sardana check-called.…