€15K Top Mystery Bounty

Day 2 of the €450 Mystery Siege of Malta Bounty kicked off moments ago with 80 players remaining out of the original field of 522 entries that came out in full force during the first two opening flights. All returning players already locked up €350 and will be playing for the coveted trophy along with…

Tayfun Rodoplu Bags Day 1a Chip Lead

Turkey’s Tayfun Rodoplu may not have had the best start of the day after unsuccessfully firing two bullets on Day 1a of the €1.5 million guaranteed 2023 Battle of Malta €600 Main Event at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Malta. However, the third time was a charm as he was all…

Mansour Diop Bubbles Day 1a

Level 15: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 23/154 Mansour Diop was the unfortunate player to bubble Day 1a. Big stack Tayfun Rodoplu opened the hijack with a limp and he was called by both players in the blinds. The flop came and it checked to Rodoplu who bet 6,000. The small blind got out of the way,…

Three Table Redraw

The action is down to just 24 players with the day ending with 23 players in the money. Check out the three-table Day 1a seat draw below with Tayfun Rudoplu holding the chip lead. Table Seat Player Chips Big Blinds 33 1 Tayfun Rodoplu 713,000 178 33 2 Alessandro D’amore 168,000 42 33 3 Julien…

Hassan Takes it on River

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 29/154 The action was picked up on the flop reading with both players Cory Desmond and Cory Desmond to the turn. They checked again to the river where Hassan fired 27,000 and forced the fold from Desmond. Ori Hassan – 126,000 Cory Desmond – 110,000    

Chance Pays Off for Ivanov

Level 14: 1,500/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 29/154 Ulf Andersson jammed for about 10 big blinds from the hijack before Brian Calleja three-bet shoved the button for around 100,000. The action paused on Marian Ivanov, who eventually also got into the mix for his final 69,000. Ulf Andersson: Marian Ivanov: Brian Calleja: Andersson looked as if he…