Sciacca Dragged Down by River

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 413/683 Antonio Sciacca had gone all-in preflop, being called by Rulis Irmantas in middle position and Antonio Guerrero in the big blind. With the pot totaling 20,000 chips, Irmantas and Guerrero went on to check through the board, meaning that all players had to show down. Sciacca had for queen-high,…

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Day 1d Begins at 8pm

Day 1c of the Battle of Malta Main Event is still in progress and approaching 700 entries, as it enters level nine, with a further three to go until late registration closes. But there’s also another starting day taking place today, with a turbo structure, which is run on a 20-minute clock, rather than the…

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The Price of Information

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 425/680 Graham Speechley-Price raised to 2,200 from middle position and Fabrizio D’Agostino three-bet to 5,700 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Speechley-Price, who tossed in a quick call and checked in the dark. D’Agostino continued for 3,600 on the flop, which Speechley-Price called. He also check-called the 11,600…

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Censabella Cracks Under Pressure

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 439/673 Angelo Censabella was heads up against Danijel Tatarovic on a turn of . With the pot amounting to 23,300, Tatarovic had jammed all-in for 19,100, and Censabella was in the tank with a similar stack. Eventually, the clock was called on Censabella, and under the pressure of time he…

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Aguilera Shoves Huge

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 462/649 In a blind-on-blind battle, Daniel Aguilera and Tomasz Olszewski were heads up on a flop of . With 4,600 chips in the middle, Aguilera decided to put his entire stack of 21,400 chips in the middle. Olszewski took some time to think about the unfamiliar situation before deciding to…

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Ascia Triple-Barrels

Level 7: 300/600 Entries: 461/656 Off to the flop Rocco Ascia started the action with 6,000 bet after his opponent checked. Robert Binek called the bet and we saw a turn which completed eventual flush draws, but that didn’t stop Ascia as he did the same bet. One more time Ascia bet 13,000 on the…

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