After the first ten levels are played we have a new chip leader. Antoine Talvard managed to gather a staggering 300,000 stack (pictured above) – 12 times the starting stack. No other player is even close to that. The late registration is still open until after the dinner break which will last until roughly 10pm.…
DetailsPlayers are on a 75-minute dinner break. While the blind level will go up in number when the action returns, the blinds themselves will not as it will be Groundhog’s Day at the Battle of Malta with a repeat of blinds at 600/1,200 (1,200). Meanwhile, we will update the biggest stacks from around the room…
DetailsLevel 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 98/269 With 17,000 chips already in the middle we arrived at Table 10. The hand was at the turn and the board showed Two players were still involved in the hand. One of them was Koen Meutstege who was under the gun. He bet 4,000 and his opponent, Mishe Mimony…
DetailsLevel 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 100/268 Table 9 features two Greek players with big stacks in Dimitrios Kilintaris and Konstantinos Kertikidis. The duo were just battling it out in the following hand. Kilintaris bet 6,500 into a pot of a bit more with the on the board after the turn. Kertikidis jacked it up to…
DetailsLevel 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 110/266 This reporter traveled over from Vilnius, Lithuania, where he has called his home for the past 14 years. During this time, many in the Lithuanian poker community have shown me their love and I try to give my love back whenever possible. There were literally about 40 Lithuanian poker…
DetailsMeanwhile, the first flight of the Mystery Bounty Event came to an end. Below are the chip counts. Leading the pack with an impressive 320,000 chips is the indomitable Shmuel Hadad, with Alessandro Cislaghi hot on his heels, boasting a formidable 310,000 chips. While the intense Day 1b of the Mystery Bounty Event continues to…
DetailsLevel 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 115/261 Over at Table 10 Grigoris Kyriazi just got all his chips in the middle against Rokas Asipausas. After a raise, reraise, and shove, both were all-in before the flop for 38k each. Grigoris Kyriazi: Rokas Asipausas: The board ran out . With his flopped full house Asipausas took out…
DetailsLevel 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 123/261 We’ve gotten to know Josef Gulas a little bit over the years as we have traveled to many of the same events. The name may sound familiar if you do not know who exactly we are talking about as his son Josef Gulas Jr. won the 2021 WSOP Europe…
DetailsOne of the things the Battle of Malta is known for are its entertaining and informative introductions every day before the start of all of the opening flights for the Main Event. Patricia Rimfire and Jack Bonora put together our first video of the week about the festival’s grand opening in both English and Italian.