Aladin Mrkaljevic just pulled off some magic from Aladdin’s lamp. The €450 Mystery Siege of Malta Bounty is down to a final table of nine players. Telly Bartolo and Patricia Rimfire hosted a ceremony for those who didn’t select their envelopes from the tumbula. Mrkaljevic held three tokens. The first one awarded him €1,000. He…
DetailsLevel 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 94/310 Yassine Jennane opened the betting to 2,500 from the cutoff and table big-stack Giacomo Evangelista called from the big blind. He check-called for 3,200 on the flop, but then check folded to a bet of 5,400 on the turn. Evangelista still has more than 200k while Jannane has chipped…
DetailsLevel 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 97/310 Scotland’s Andrew Hedley, known to old-school online grinders as “Picasso” is in the house. The experienced poker pro and commentator was off to a hot start off the dinner break and painted a picture on the river in the following hand. Vincenzo Popolo bet 15,000 into a pot of…
DetailsDay 1b officially attracted 310 entries. A total of 47 players are scheduled to advance from the flight for a balanced bubble as all Day 1b players will be in the money. This figure might be less for two reasons. First, Day 1b may witness two or more players hit the rail at the same…
DetailsLevel 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 104/310 Action opened with Xi Tran raising the button to 2,500 and Daniel Schwensen called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop and Schwensen check-called for 3,000 on the turn. Both players went back to checking on the river but they chopped the pot up as both players…
DetailsLevel 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 107/311 Entries are now closed for Day 1b of the Battle of Malta Main Event. There are 311 entries on the board at the start of Level 11, but tournament staff are still counting the numbers to make sure it all matches up. It’s unclear right now if they’ll play…
DetailsPlayers are on a 75-minute dinner break. Late registration will be closed after the break and we will know how many players the flight will play down to as each opening flight ends when the field is down to 15% with each player in the money before the start of Day 2. There will be…
DetailsLevel 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 110/303 Sergejs Korobovs raised the button to 2,500 and Martin Stoev made the call from the big blind. Stoev check-called for 2,600 on the flop and then led out for 4,900 on the turn. Stoev went back to a check on the river and then called when Korobovs bet 5,200.…
DetailsDay 1b just reached 300 entries with 114 players still remaining nearly halfway through Level 10. This is nearly double the 154 entries attracted during yesterday’s Day 1a field which featured 154 entrants and 23 survivors. Late registration will not only be open until the end of Level 10 but also during the 75-minute dinner…
DetailsLevel 9: 500/1000 (1000) Entries: 130/295 Wim De Leeuw opened with a limp from the middle and three other players came along to the flop of . After a check from Luca Capostagno in the small blind, big blind Leendert Nederlof bet 2,000. De Leeuw and Alfredo Cuti folded but Capostagno called. They both checked…
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