Crazy Hand on Semi-Bubble

Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 49/297 Things’ been going fast during the last 30 minutes, and only four more player will bust out before the remaining 45 will bag for Day 2. At Table 9, Artur Gjoka made it 17,000 UTG. Adrian Ziemichod called from UTG+1 and when action came to Michael Ravn in the…

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Palma Eliminates Caruso

Level 14: 2,000/4,000 Entries: 66/297 In a classic Blind vs. Blind Battle, Giovanni Palma and Antonino Caruso clashed all in pre-flop. Caruso was the player at risk, having 50,000 in his stack. Giovanni Palma: Antonino Caruso: No dice for Caruso on the runout, and he brought the number of players remaining in the tournament down…

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Romme Roams the Room

Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Field: 79/297 Daniel Samson opened to 8,000 on the Button. From the Small Blind, a fairly short-stacked Jeroen Romme went all in for 29,000. Felix Vu folded in the Big Blind, but Samson made the call. Jeroen Romme: Daniel Samson: King high was good on the runout, and Romme’s still alive…

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“I Respect the Bingo”

Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 84/297 Under the Gun, Gary Fisher made it 7,000. Action folded to Sebastian Mortensen on the Button who raised to 20,000. After the blinds got out of the way, Fisher made the call. On the flop, Mortensen forced Fisher all in for 47,000. Fisher didn’t hesitate even the slightest before…

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Identified big Stacks During the Break

Player Chips Big Blinds Antonio Mirabile 225,000 75 ALessandro Cirillo 347,000 116 Krzysztof Chmielowski 269,000 90 Longmao Fan 159,000 53 Bachana Shengelia 260,000 87 Alessio Vanni 167,000 56 Cameron Sinclair 212,000 71 Oskari Piira 200,000 67 Andrew Burton 270,000 90 Waldemar Kopyl 243,000 81 Giovanni Socci 195,000 65 Christoph Tanner 170,000 57 William Gritz 300,000…

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Gjoka Doesn’t joke

Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 87/297 From the Cut-off, Artur Gjoka opened to 7,000. Giuseppe Di Bella, seated on the Button, decided to make the call. Both players checked the flop. When the fell on the turn, Gjoka bet 10,000. Di Bella raised to 30,000, and Gjoka couldn’t have made the call any faster. The…

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Late Night Poker

Play will continue well into the night here at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel. The Battle of Malta Main Event is down to 95 players and will continue until 45 remain. They’re now on level 12 with blinds of 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. The Mystery Siege of…

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45 Will Go On

Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 93/297 The floor has announced that Day 1b will end when 45 players remain. Reminder: yesterday, 22 out of 146 entries bagged for Day 2, and the last level of play was 5,000/10,000.

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Fisher Gone Fishing

Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 95/297 Gary Fisher opened to 6,500 from the Lo-jack. Leonidas Georgopoulos called from the Button, and the two players headed to the flop. On , Fisher bet 8,500, and Georgopoulos made the call. The turn was the , and action went check-check. Fisher then proceeded to check on the turn…

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Aces are Good

Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 102/297 From the Cut-off, Patryk Gabrukiewicz opened to 4,000. Francesco Piro went all in from the Button for 37,000, and from the Small Blind, Antonino Caruso re-shoved for 85,000. Gabrukiewicz folded as Piro and Caruso turned over their cards. Francesco Piro: Antonino Caruso: The board had a little bit of…

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