Three-Way All-In On The FLOP!

Level 4: 100/300 (300) Entries: 121/136 A big pot was played after a raise from Domenico Condo UTG, a call by Stylianos Kollatos on the cutoff, and a re-raise by Egidijus Zube to 3,200 which was called by both his opponents. Off to the flop and quick checks by Condo and Kollatos, followed by another…

Assorted Big Stacks

Player Chip Count Big Blinds Eimantas Pleksavicius 79,000 263 Jens Voertmann 64,500 215 Vito Burgio 60,000 200 Itaco Voto 59,000 197 Vitalii Shcherba 57,500 192 Oliver Briegel 56,000 187 Tadas Stasiulis 55,500 185 Rytis Pranarauskas 53,200 177 Pawel Pudlowski 52,000 173 Achilleas-Grigorios Kouros 52,000 173

First Break of BoM

The 115 players who are playing on Day 1a of the Battle of Malta Main Event can enjoy some of the Maltese sunshine as they have been sent on a 20-minute break. I 115 giocatori che stanno giocando il Day 1a del Main Event del Battle of Malta possono godersi un po’ di sole maltese…

Straight for Cimbolas

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 115/124 There were 15,000 in chips in the pot when Bruno Massimo fired out 4,500 with the already on the board after the turn. Edas Cimbolas tanked for about 30 seconds before he called. Massimo tanked for about a minute before he checked the river. Cimbolas bet 7,000 about 30…

Dirmantas Left on Fumes as Petychakis Busts

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 116/120 Gediminas Dirmantas and Rytis Pranarauskas were heads-up in a pot of 3,900. The flop was already dealt and Dirmantas checked out of the small blind. Pranarauskas then bet 2,500 on the button and Dirmantas made the call. Dirmantas also check-called on the turn, for 7,000 chips. The river saw…

Not The Best Turn For Hopper

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 109/113 The action got heated between Paul Hopper and Vito Burgio on a board of after Paul Hopper bet 2,000 on the turn into a pot of 1,900 and got raised by Vito Burgio to 4,500 chips. A big all-in followed from Hopper for his remaining 17,400 chips and a…

It Went To A Showdown

Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 109/113 The game started with an under-the-gun open from Robert Lim to 600, a call followed by Oliver Briegel on the button and a re-raise to 2,400 from Marko Luksa sitting on the big blind, both his opponents called. Three-way to the flop and Luksa put in another 2,500 in…

Scott Fires Three in Three-Way Pot

Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 107/109 In a three-way pot of 3,700 chips, Massimo Bruno checked out of the small blind on a flop of before Ashley Scott made a bet of 1,000 from the big blind. Edas Cimbolas called in the hijack, but Bruno quickly got out of the way. The turn then fell…

Wang Gets Three-Bet on Turn

Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 102/104 In a small pot of only 500 chips, Stavros Petychakis made a bet of 300 from the small blind on a turn of . His opponent was Gang Wang, who sat in the cutoff and made a min-raise to 600. Petychakis then made it 2,500 to go and Wang…

Strong Early Showing by Lithuanians

Level 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 93/94 Lithuanians came out in big numbers for Day 1a of the Main Event. It has become a popular stop over the years with at least two dozen players enjoying the sunshine and hot poker action on Day 1a while the Spring is still heating up in the Baltics. Justina…