Level 11: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 284/799 Players are back from dinner break, which means late registration has been closed. The Day 1c attracted a massive field of 799 entries with 284 players coming back from the dinner break to bring the total field up to 1,425 entries from the first three of five opening flights.…
Below are the biggest stacks we could find in the field. It looks like Romain Nardin and Angelo Onorato are the chip leaders now. Albert Keuftedjian, who is on his 5th bullet today finally managed to run his stack up and he’s among the big stacks as well. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Romain…
With the end of Level 10, all players of Main Event Flight 1c will go on a 75-minute dinner break. During this break, we will do our thing and count the biggest stacks. We will be right back!
Level 10: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 289/795 Gediminas Dirmantas opened from middle position to 2.4k and Ahmed Abdulrahman called on the button. Flop: Dirmantas checked and Abdulrahman bet 5k. The bet was called. Turn: Both players checked. River: Gediminas Dirmantas checked once more and now Ahmed Abdulrahman slid out an 8k bet. Abdulrahman quickly called. Abdulrahman…
Our very own Patrisha Rimfire met up with Telly Bartolo, Event & Marketing Director of the Battle Of Malta tournament. They chatted about the event, the atmosphere at the event, the Casino Malta, and the general player experience. You can check out the full interview in the video below.
Level 9: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 313/795 Rocco Ascia opened from middle position with a min-raise and right behind him, Vito La Barbera called. All other players folded. Flop: Ascia bet 4k and La Barbera instantly called. Turn: Ascia fired another bet, 12k. And again La Barbera called without much hesitation. River: Now Ascia slowed down…
Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 344/789 Daniele Solidoro fired out for 10,000 into a pot of around double this amount with the on the board after the turn. Daniele Gugliotta tanked for a couple of minutes before he called. The river completed the board. Solidoro jammed for 25,100. Gugliotta didn’t tank this time and made…
The anticipation is building as the Battle of Malta Poker Tournament’s Main Event flight 1d is about to kick off in less than half an hour. With a €600 buy-in, players are ready to showcase their skills and compete for a shot at glory. The action begins at 8pm. The flight promises a fast-paced experience…
After doing my thing, here are the counts of the biggest stacks – all eyeballed and approximate, but hopefully good enough. Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Lee Stewart 175,000 146 33 7 Shlomo Moalem 160,000 133 28 5 Erez Hen 155,000 129 24 3 Eylon Israel 155,000 129 27 5 Christos Paparistodemou 145,000 121…
Time seemingly flew by as we are already on another break. Of course, the time gap for this break from the last one was in fact shorter than before as it was after two blind levels of 40-minutes each instead of the three levels we had earlier. Arved will be doing his thing. Meaning he…