Albanese Crosses Six Figures

Level 9: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 411/690 Sergio Ritano in the small blind had three-bet Andrea Albanese preflop, leading to a pot of 21,000 chips in the middle. Ritano put in a continuation-bet of 5,500 on the flop, which was called by Albanese. Ritano sized up to 11,100 on the turn and saw another call fly…

Sciacca Dragged Down by River

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 413/683 Antonio Sciacca had gone all-in preflop, being called by Rulis Irmantas in middle position and Antonio Guerrero in the big blind. With the pot totaling 20,000 chips, Irmantas and Guerrero went on to check through the board, meaning that all players had to show down. Sciacca had for queen-high,…

Day 1d Begins at 8pm

Day 1c of the Battle of Malta Main Event is still in progress and approaching 700 entries, as it enters level nine, with a further three to go until late registration closes. But there’s also another starting day taking place today, with a turbo structure, which is run on a 20-minute clock, rather than the…

The Price of Information

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 425/680 Graham Speechley-Price raised to 2,200 from middle position and Fabrizio D’Agostino three-bet to 5,700 in the cutoff. The action folded back to Speechley-Price, who tossed in a quick call and checked in the dark. D’Agostino continued for 3,600 on the flop, which Speechley-Price called. He also check-called the 11,600…

Censabella Cracks Under Pressure

Level 8: 400/800 (800) Entries: 439/673 Angelo Censabella was heads up against Danijel Tatarovic on a turn of . With the pot amounting to 23,300, Tatarovic had jammed all-in for 19,100, and Censabella was in the tank with a similar stack. Eventually, the clock was called on Censabella, and under the pressure of time he…

Crazy (and bloody) river for Il Pro Massari!

Livello 300/600/600 455/659 Open limp utg di Syuan Hu 600, apre utg1 Athir Kamal All 1.300 e chiamano i bui tra cui Marco “Il pro” Massari da small blind. Flop: check Hu, jam di Kamal All 24.100, call di Marcolino da small blind con dietro 40.000. Fold bb e open limp. Si gioca. Massari: Kamal…

Aguilera Shoves Huge

Level 7: 300/600 (600) Entries: 462/649 In a blind-on-blind battle, Daniel Aguilera and Tomasz Olszewski were heads up on a flop of . With 4,600 chips in the middle, Aguilera decided to put his entire stack of 21,400 chips in the middle. Olszewski took some time to think about the unfamiliar situation before deciding to…

Ascia Triple-Barrels

Level 7: 300/600 Entries: 461/656 Off to the flop Rocco Ascia started the action with 6,000 bet after his opponent checked. Robert Binek called the bet and we saw a turn which completed eventual flush draws, but that didn’t stop Ascia as he did the same bet. One more time Ascia bet 13,000 on the…

Top Stacks After The Break

The break is over and it’s time to start playing. Check out some of the top stacks currently in Day 1C: Player Name Chip Count Francesco Bartolotti 142,000 Alessandro D’Amore 134,000 Edas Cimbolas 120,000 Claudio Barone 120,000 Aschraf Khader 120,000 Mehdi Rebai 111,000 Stefanos Giannakopoulous 105,000 David Houghton 104,000 La pausa è finita ed è…

Second Break Of The Day

All of the participants in Day 1C will once again leave their tables and take a short 20-minute break. Starting with Level 7 on blinds 300/600 and Ante 600 they will play 3 more complete levels before the 75-minute dinner break. So far there are 468 players in Day 1C with 623 total entries. Late…