Slow & Steady Wins the Race

Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 105/3,432 Gerald Gradwohl has been grinding it out with a snail as a chip protector. Slow and steady wins the race as you can build your stack with one-hour blinds levels with some patience. However, when you were as short as Gradwohl was, it is helpful to win some quick…

Azzaro Holds with Ladies

Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 109/3,432 Giuseppe Azzaro raised to 45,000 from early position and it folded around to Szymon Kuczerski in the big blind who defended with a call. Kuczerski check-called for 60k on the flop and both players checked the turn. After Kuczerski checked again on the river, Azzaro looked like he might…

“Two-Times?”

Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 113/3,432 Alex Iannello and Dawid Szopinski got involved in a raising war before Iannello four-bet jammed for 585,000 from under the gun. Szopinski asked for a count from one seat over before he called with Iannello at risk. Alex Iannello: Dawid Szopinski: Both players had the same hand with different…

Jeffrey Loses His Short Stack

Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 116/3,432 The short stacks are attempting to run up their stacks with a few announcements of: “All-in and call.” Kyle Jeffrey was among the short stacks to bust. He jammed his four big blind stack from early position and was looked up by Carmelo La Scala. Kyle Jeffrey: Carmelo La…

Action Begins

Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 119/3,432 Cards are in the air to start Day 3 of the Main Event. The stakes are high but players still more-or-less appear relaxed and ready for battle. Best of luck to all of the Day 3 players.

Payouts Entering Day 3

Place Player Prize 120 Torben Krogh €3,250 121 Nico Pohl €3,250 122 Ioannis Poullos €3,250 123 Fabian Egger €3,250 124 Vladas Burneikis €3,250 125 Sonia Padovani €3,250 126 Clausin Sanz €3,250 127 Sebastiano Foti Belligammi €3,250 128 Matiss Celmins €3,250 129 Vladyslav Sidikhin €3,250 130 Cristian-Mihai Cojan €3,250 131 Vincenzo Pugliares €3,250 132 Dean Hutchison…

119 Players Return for Day 3

Welcome back to the coverage of the 2023 Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event. The field of 3,432 entries is down to just 119 hopefuls on the third of five days with already €3,690 locked up with much more on the line. United Kingdom’s Mitchell Hynam enters the action with a chip-leading stack of…

Day 3 Seat Draw

Table Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 1 1 Joshua Stewart 1,155,000 58 1 2 Jevgeni Onufrienko 235,000 12 1 3 Vasileios Tsaknis 595,000 30 1 4 Timothy Chung 1,555,000 78 1 5 Claudio Pagano 130,000 7 1 6 Enrico Grella 1,375,000 69 1 7 Romain Nardin 435,000 22 1 8 Eros Nastasi 610,000 31 2…

End-of-Day 2 Chip Counts

Mitchell Hynam bagged up more than 2 million in chips to lead the 119 Day 2 survivors. Cards will be back in the air on Monday at 1 p.m. and our live reporting will be back in full force. Player Chips Big Blinds Mitchell Hynam 2,260,000 113 Raoul Van Wersch 1,965,000 98 Renato Ribeiro 1,705,000…