Level 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 172/187 On a flop of , all of Niccolo Cadoni’s 20,000 chips flew in from early position against Luigi Tasca in the big blind, who played slightly more. Niccolo Cadoni: Luigi Tasca: Tasca had outflopped Cadoni’s queens with two pair, and was upgraded to a full house on the runout…
DetailsLevel 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 173/184 In a pot of 11,500 chips, Simone Coppari made a bet of 10,500 with the board reading . Benjamin Nuler then went all-in for 24,700 and Coppari asked for a count. Once he heard the correct number, he reluctantly slammed in a call with the covering stack. Benjamin Nuler:…
DetailsLithuania’s Tadas Stasiulis had around 24 big blinds when he called off a jam by the table captain. His big slick proved to be no good against a pocket pair to hit the rail during hand-for-hand play at the end of Day 1a of the 2024 Battle of Malta Spring Edition Main Event when players…
DetailsLevel 3: 100/200 (200) Entries: 172/179 There was a pot of 6,700 brewing on the table when Nikolaos Mastrantonas bet 2,100 from the small blind on a flop of . Vincenzo Zitelli called in the cutoff and a turn was dealt. Without Mastrantonas having undertaken any action, Zitelli put in 5,200 chips. Mastrantonas then had…
DetailsLevel 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 164/169 Day 1b is rapidly growing in size as more tables have been put in play than on Day 1a. On one of the newest tables, Ian Smith, Rosolino Ruvolo, and a third player were on a turn of . The action checked to Ruvolo, who sat on the button…
DetailsLevel 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 151/154 Salvatore Lota limped in from early position and Kai Penzerinski tossed in a T-500 chip in the next seat over. He wanted to raise but no one had heard him announce that, so it was ruled as a call. Charis Zittis then raised from the cutoff to 600 and…
DetailsAt around this time last year, Dario Barone was the hero of the Battle of Malta after navigating through a field of 1,992 entries to win the €156,500 top prize. Barone traveled from Italy last night and is already in action. He’s not yet prepared to defend his Main Event title as he will first…
DetailsLevel 2: 100/100 (100) Entries: 135/136 Emanuele Amente and Domenico Aiello were heads-up in a pot worth 3,000 chips. The board was already completed when Amente bet an additional 800 chips from the small blind. Aiello weighed his options for a bit before flicking in a call from the cutoff. Amente showed for the nut…
DetailsLevel 1: 100/100 Entries: 121/122 Rulis Irmantas and Rosario Vassallo were looking at a turn of . Irmantas made an almost pot-sized bet of 1,900 from the cutoff and the action was on Vassallo on the button. Vassallo pumped it up to 5,100 and Irmantas took one more look at his cards before making the…
DetailsThe 2024 Battle of Malta Spring Edition is off to a scorching start at the Eden Arena located at the luxurious Intercontinental Hotel and at the Casino Malta. Thursday witnessed not only the start of the Main Event but also three side event winners. Many players are still flying in from a variety of countries…
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