Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 219/323 Luigi D’Alterio is usually in attendance at Casino Malta during the Battle of Malta and this time is no different. The Italian came into the festival with nearly $800,000 in tournament cashes as tracked by The Hendon Mob and is looking to possibly break the $1 million barrier if…
DetailsBoth the Knights tournaments are well underway now. The earlier starting White Knight is now in level 11 with just 14 of the 58 players who started still jousting away for a shot at the €2,100 first prize. The Dark Knight is now in the third level of the day and currently had 38 entries,…
DetailsLevel 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 225/313 We dropped by Table 21 to see how our Estonian friend Herli Olop was fairing. He has chipped up to 90,000 and shared with us one of the bigger hands along the way. Olop skipped the Battle of Malta in the Spring but was on the final table during…
DetailsLevel 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 226/312 The Battle continues to rage with many new players arriving from many countries including more than 100 from Estonia and even more from Greece and France. Of course, many in the field have also come from nearby from Italy and the host country of Malta as well. Meanwhile, several…
DetailsWhile late registration is still open in the €150 White Knight with nearly 60 entries and counting in the mix, a new tournament just began in the €200 Dark Knight, which began with 15 entries. Marco Bottani, Karl Kalmus, Sander Piir, and Valerie Bennet are among the players in the early action with late registration…
DetailsName Chips Big Blinds Ben Miller 170,000 283 Pablo Garcia Alba 125,000 208 Aleksandar Trajkovski 114,000 190 Yamen Ghanem 112,000 187 Andro Scarpa 106,300 177 Joannis Temekonisdis 106,300 177 George Demetriou 100,000 167 Neil Barron 98,500 164 Stefan Fabian 96,000 160 Ivaylo Eftimov 95,000 158 Dario Berisa 94,000 157 Jorge Geraldes 80,000 133
DetailsLevel 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 230/300 Players are beginning to file back from the break. However, during the break, the magically 300th entry got into the mix. We will be updating some of the bigger stacks shortly as the action continues for three more levels before a 75-minute dinner break.
DetailsThe first non-Hold’em offering of the Festival is now underway. Like all the non-Hold’em events the buy-in is €300+€30 and there are ten levels for late registration. Players start with 30,000 chips. One question which is probably on the minds of a few players reading this is “what the heck is Sviten?” Sviten Special, to…
DetailsThe field size is approaching 300 entries for Day 1a. This might be passed soon as players are about to head on their second 20-minute break of the day. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blind ante when the action resumes. We will update some of the bigger stacks from around the…
DetailsLevel 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 231/292 Jordi Ruiz Ribatallada earlier won a big hand with a set and now won another hand recently with another set. Ribatallada fired out for 25,000 with a bit more in the pot with the on the board. Lessa Ferreira Uribarri Soares Rui called and paid off Ribatallada after his…
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