Today’s talk show was recorded earlier this evening and is currently being edited. Today’s guests, joining Glen and Jason for a cosy chat and a game of Jenga were Greek player Fotios Ntamaris and the Battle of Malta’s Director of Staff (we’re not sure if this is his official title, but we’re running with it)…
DetailsLevel 17: 15,000/30,000 (5,000 Bring In) Entries: 1/22 Stud Hi/Lo After his whole cards showed , Bas De Laat bet 30,000 on 6th street and Soner Vanelderen moved all in for 42,000 showing . De Latt made he call and both players revealed their hands. Soner Vanelderen: Bas De Laat: De Latt caught a and…
DetailsRegistration has now closed on day one B of the main event. Today’s fight was over twice the size of day 1a with 297 players taking their seats in the €600 buy-in event. In total there have now been 443 entrants in the Main Event, with three starting days left to go. They will play…
DetailsDuring the first break in the Mystery Siege of Malta, 44 bounties were pulled. The first few players all drew small ones, but with just half a dozen players left to draw, Italian Carmelo Fangano spun the wheel, whipped out two tickets and walked away €11,000 better off, as he first pulled one of the…
DetailsLevel 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 120/297 The pot consisted of 12,000 when the flop read . Silwya Studniarz checked, Markus Loidl bet 5,000, and Imad Fakhro made the call before Studniarz folded. On the turn , Loidl bet 9,000. Then, Fakhro decided to raise to 20,000. Loidl made the call. The fell on the river…
DetailsLevel 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 130/284 During the last level before late registration closes, a contender for “Hand of the Tournament” played out at Table 14. Alexander Goldin raised to 3,500 from UTG+1. Michael Ravn was seated in the Big Blind and was the only player to make the call. The flop came . Ravn…
DetailsPlayer Chip Count Big Blinds Alessandro Furneri 302,500 202 Claus Spieckermann 233,500 156 Luca Topazio 227,500 152 Christoph Tanner 220,000 147 Wilfred Verwoert 200,000 133 Waldemar Kopyl 197,500 132 Giuseppe Di Bella 195,000 130 Jochen Halfmann 190,500 127 Marco Venturi 190,000 127 Arnaud Cressent 182,000 121 Rocco Maiorana 168,500 112 Gary Fisher 165,000 110 Krysztof…
DetailsThe Main Event is now on a 75-minute dinner break. We’re also off to get some food, but we’ll be back with the chip counts of the leaders before play resumes.
Day 1c of the Mystery Siege of Malta finished just in time for Day 2 to start just 20 mins after its scheduled 8pm start time. As it was a very quick turnaround between flights we didn’t manage to get full chip counts of the 43 who made it through Day 1c. However we did…
DetailsLevel 9: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 131/274 The board read with roughly 20,000 in the middle. Killian Desnos went all in for 28,000, and Dimitrios Anastasakis had a tough decision to make. Eventually, he made the call. Killian Desnos: Dimitrios Anastasakis: A great call by Anastasakis, but, the completed board had other plans. Desnos won an…
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