Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 386/780 Alfonso Simone limped from the hijack before Andrea Bracciali jammed for 10,000 from the cutoff. Domenico Zappia called from the button as did Alistair Sparrow from the big blind. Simone folded and Zappia turned his cards over as he perhaps didn’t see Sparrow’s call to show he had the…
Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 396/779 Slowly the action picks up pace. With 400/800 blinds and ante in play, players are enticed to play more aggressively and more and more players are working with shallow stacks, leading to more and more preflop all-ins. One of those all-ins we just witnessed at Table 35. In a…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 425/769 While strolling through the tournament area we witnessed the Maltese local Alistair Sparrow win a decently sized pot against Marco Siciliano from Italy. We arrived at the hand on the flop with 6k in the middle and the board reading . It was checked to Siciliano on the button…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 433/764 Emanuele Schembre checked with about 30,000 in the pot and the on the board. His opponent jammed for around 15,000. Schembre tanked for a few moments before he called. Schembre’s opponent tried to toss his hand without showing it into the muck but the dealer fished it out and…
Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 464/737 We caught up with the action with Ignazio Cugliandro having a three-bet for 4,900 in front of him. Grant Pirie four-bet to 12,000. Cugliandro tanked for a few moments before he called. Cugliano checked the flop before Pirie jammed for his six-figure stack. “Ace-queen?” asked Cugliandro. Pirie shrugged his…
The Battle of Malta Poker Tournament is about to unleash a frenzy of poker prowess in its latest spectacle, the Pot Limit Omaha (PLO) Side Event starts at 6pm. Get ready to dive headfirst into a world of four-card madness and jaw-dropping pot-building action! This ain’t your grandma’s ordinary poker game, folks. We’re talking about…
While at the break, we tried to count the biggest stacks. No guarantees, as there are way too many tables to accurately assess all stacks. But those should be the biggest stacks in the room: Name Chips Big Blinds Table Seat Leonardo Romeo 125,000 208 10 7 Andrea Agnoletto 125,000 208 49 9 Grant Pirie…
Players are on their second break of Day 1c. We will have an assorted big stack update during the break as usual. Blinds will increase to 300/600 with a 600 big blinds ante before moving onto 400/800 with an 800 big blind ante. Another break will take place after both of these 40-minute blind levels.
Level 6: 200/500 (500) Entries: 466/721 Salvatore Cristiano opened for 1,500 from early position and was called by Ricardo Lukauskas before Oded Glam three-bet jammed for 6,300. Yaniv Tomsis flat-called before Cristiano four-bet shoved for 10,200. Lukauskas folded and Tomsis called having his two opponents at risk. Oded Glam: Salvatore Cristiano: Yaniv Tomsis: Glam and…