At 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…
Level 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…
Level 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…
The 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…
Level 1:100/100 Entries: 102/103 Bruno Mattia had gotten all of his 300 big blinds in against Ruben Korab, who had won a small pot earlier and thus had the covering stack. Bruno Mattia: Ruben Korab: Korab had Mattia drawing dead on the turn when he hit a set on . The river did not matter…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 94/94 Daniele Puccio raised to 200 from the cutoff, which was called by Fernando Amorelli on the button. Marcelo Bona also came along from the small blind before Ignas Navickas three-bet to 1,500 from the big blind. Puccio threw in a call while the other two players got out of the…
Level 1: 100/100 Entries: 79/79 After another exciting ceremonious opening of the day, the “shuffle up and deal” echoed through the room with 79 players on the clock. Another day of Main Event action has begun as Day 1b has gotten underway. Dopo un’altra emozionante cerimonia di apertura della giornata, lo “shuffle up and deal”…
The sun has risen once more as a new day emerges on the Mediterranean island of Malta. And, this time of year, a new day means a new starting flight for the 2024 Battle of Malta Spring Edition Main event, with Day 1b, the second of five, being on the cards at 1 p.m. local…