Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 44/146 Late registration for Day 1a closed after Level 10 was finished. A total of 146 entries means that play will continue until only 22 players remain. These lucky players will then bag their chips for Day 2. It’s worth mentioning that all Day 1 flights will be played down…
Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 48/146 From UTG, Fotios Ntamaris opened to 6,500. Erik Lindqwist was seated UTG+1 and decided to re-raise to 16,000. Action folded back to Ntamaris who made the call. Ntamaris was first to act on the flop and decided to check. Lindqwist continued for 10,000 and Ntamaris made the call. Action…
It’s that time of night when the blog team reduces by one, as my shift has now come to an end. But the Battle of Malta will not wait for sleepy heads like me and play will continue for many more hours. It’s not the end of the coverage though, as Chirs Karlen and Alek…
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 55/146 At Table 7, Milad Gami, Matthew Micallef, and Persico Manuel all clashed all in pre-flop. Milad Gami: Matthew Micallef: Persico Manuel: The board ran out , meaning Micallef won the large side pot with his set of tens and eliminated Manuel. Gami, however, survived. Matthew Micallef: 230,000 Milad Gami:…
The first non-satellite tournament of the Spring Edition has now ended and we have our first winner of the series. That honour goes to Gabriel Morales Ruiz, who defeated a field of 23 players to claim the €1,840 first prize. Ryan Wilson took second place for €1,220 with Ferry Sparla and Micheal Cauchi filling the…
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 68/146 Sergej Schuhmacher opened to 3,000 from UTG. Julian Micallef and Rene Dreismann both decided to call. On the flop, Schuhmacher bet 2,500. Micallef called prior to Dreismann folding. The turn brought the ; Schuhmacher didn’t slow down and now bet 7,500. Micallef wasn’t going anywhere and put in chips…
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 68/145 Palina Mankevich opened to 3,000 from the Hi-jack. When action came to Marco Venturi in the Small Blind, he went all in for roughly 40,000. Mankevich made the call. Marco Venturi: Palina Mankevich: The board ran out . Mankevich won yet another pot as Venturi was eliminated. Palina Mankevich:…
Experimentation is nothing new at the Battle of Malta and today marks the start of another new feature, a daily talk show. We still haven’t come up with a name for this new show, feel free to make a suggestion on the Battle of Malta Facebook page. It will be a brief show, no more…
Level 10: 1,000/1,500 (1,500) Entries: 71/145 When the players came back from the dinner break, Edward Jackson-Spivack went all in for 9,000 from UTG+1. To the seat left of him, Nikolaos Valtatzis went all in, successfully isolating the rest of the players. Edward Jackson-Spivack: Nikolaos Valtatzis: The board meant Jackson-Spivack was eliminated, and Valtatzis stack…
The players in the Main Event have now returned from the dinner break and level 10 is now in progress, with blinds of 1,000/1,500 and a 1,500 big blind ante. The field has now risen to 143 entries, 71 of which are still in contention. Giulio Spampinato, the first player to be eliminated has now…