Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 45/1,814 Modestas Kryzanauskas opened for 50,000 chips on the button and Fotios Ntamaris defended his big blind. Ntamaris then check-raised all-in on the flop for 365,000 chips and Kryzanauskas called it off. Fotios Ntamaris: Modestas Kryzanauskas: Ntamaris’ straight remained the best hand as Kryzanauskas’ flush draw bricked on the runout,…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 45/1,814 Luke Pace limped in from the small blind and Filippo Busatto checked his option in the big blind. Pace then check-called Busatto’s 25,000 bet on the flop, as well as the 30,000 bet on the turn. On the river Busatto put Pace all-in for his final 145,000 chips and…
Lithuanian poker players are a well traveled bunch and they roam in packs. It’s rare to see just one or two Lithuanians at an overseas poker event, if you see one there’s probably at least a dozen of them in the event. The Battle of Malta is a popular event with players from northern Europe,…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 45/1,814 Vasileios Zisis started day 3 as the chip leader with a 1,6 million stack. He opened yet another pot and Mariusz Janczarski flatted from the small blind. Janczarski check-raised the 65,000 bet to 180,000 on the flop and got a call from Zisis. The turn was another diamond which…
France’s Antoine Talvard is once again running deep in the Battle of Malta Main Event. One year ago, he took 18th place in the 2023 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event for €5,430. He also had a deep run during the 2023 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition €600 Main Event, before bowing out…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 45/1,814 Egidijus Zube got in his stack of 305,000 chips from the small blind against start-of-day chipleader Vasileios Zisis on the button. Egidijus Zube: Vasileios Zisis: Zube flopped top set on , but the turn brought Zisis some outs. The river failed to bring in Broadway, however, and Zube happily…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 46/1,814 Francesco Tino raised to 60,000 from middle position and Jan-Joost van den Bogert made the call from the cutoff. Chipleader Rasmus Stepping then squeezed to 280,000 from the small blind. Tino took a minute or so before he folded, after which Van den Bogert quickly followed suit. When asked…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 49/1,814 Alessandro D’Amore jammed his last 12 blinds with against Filippo Busatto’s pocket kings and didn’t manage to get an ace on the board. D’amore ended up busting the tournament after losing it all. And on the near table we had an open from Alfredo Cuti and another jam from…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 51/1,814 In a pot of 1,100,000 chips, Erik Lindqwist put in 350,000 from the big blind on a completed board of . That was enough to put his opponent Giorgio Cristiano all-in, as he played only 215,000 chips. Cristiano sat in the tank for several minutes, but eventually laid his…
Level 24: 10,000/25,000 (25,000) Entries: 52/1,814 Andrea Agnoletto opened from under the gun to 50,000 and got a single call from Giuseppe Gallo who was sitting on the button. To the flop and Agnoletto continued for another 80,000. Galio put him all in and Agnoletto snapped. Andrea Agnoletto had pocket kings against his opponents second…