Level 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 280/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Seated UTG, Calin Ciolte opened to 40,000. Danijel Tatarovic three-bet to 115,000 from UTG+2, and Ciolte made the call. First to act, Ciolte checked the flop, and Tatarovic bet 75,000. Without much hesitation, Ciolte made it 175,000 to go. Tatarovic moved all in for 540,000, and…
DetailsIt’s time for me to go home, otherwise I won’t wake up in time to write the story of Sunday at the Battle of Malta article, which will be posted tomorrow morning. Just before I go, a quick update on our former BOM Champions. There were four in the last time we reported on their…
DetailsLevel 20: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 324/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 The remaining players are now on the second break of the day. I managed to identify some big stacks prior to Level 20. Player Chips Big Blinds Angelos Michael 3,500,000 175 Jan Gompers 3,400,000 170 Mike Alonso 2,500,000 125 Nico Deperna 2,400,000 120 Ruggero Magri 2,000,000…
DetailsThey’re still falling at a pretty fast rate in the Main Event, with another hundred poker souls departing, but not empty handed. Here are the latest players to have their status changed to “eliminated.” There were actually five former Battle of Malta Main Event winners still in when we reported that there were four, our…
DetailsLevel 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 324/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Sebastian Kos moved all in for 239,000 from the Hi-jack. After receiving the count, Santino Arigo made the call from the Small Blind. Sebastian Kos: Santino Arigo: Kos was on the verge of being unliminated, but the board had different plans. Kos doubled through Arigo and…
Details“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” With that thought in mind, let’s take a look at what’s going on at the Battle of Malta, right here, right now! Main Event Day 2 Day 2 of the Main Event is swimming along nicely,…
DetailsLevel 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 483/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 UTG+2, James Heeney opened to 30,000. Andrea Pappalardo made the call from the Lo-jack, before Luigi Shehadeh made it 135,000 from the Big Blind. Heeney then moved all in for roughly 250,000; Pappalardo swiftly folded before Shehadeh made the call. James Heeney: Luigi Shehadeh: Heeney was…
DetailsLevel 19: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 367/6,039 More hopefuls who are now without a hope, going no further this time. Position Name Payout 450 Magnus Roennbrant € 1,600 451 Dariusz Maniecki € 1,600 452 Daniel Triana € 1,600 453 Pedro Faustino € 1,600 454 Antoni Dzhelaliev € 1,600 455 Andrea Valentini € 1,600 456 Domenico Virgilio…
DetailsLevel 18: 6,000/12,000 (12,000) Entries: 483/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 The remaining 483 players are now on a break. I managed to identify six considerable stacks. Player Chips Big Blinds Ruggero Magri 1,980,000 165 Athony Hughes 1,740,000 145 Enea Subashi 1,510,000 126 Carmelo Infelise 1,500,000 125 Pavel Teskov 1,450,000 121 Krisztian Kis 1,310,000 109
DetailsLevel 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 494/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 I thought it was due time to check in on some former champions. First, I paid Table 61 a visit, where the most recent champion, Adrian Ziemichod, was seated. After an initial opening from Marko Olop to 24,000, Alexandru Boboc (UTG+1), Candido Cappiello (Hi-jack), and Ziemichod…
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