The action was hot at the Eden Arena in St Julian’s on second day of the Battle of Malta Autumn Edition. While Wednesday’s first full day was a little down year-on-year, Thursday’s numbers put the event back on course to potentially set another attendance record in the €1.5m guaranteed Main Event. In total, 1,226 players…
Day 1c of the Main Event attracted 612 entries. Below are the chip counts of those 92 who made it through to Day 2. Position Name Chips 1 Charalampos Siakaras 1,162,000 2 Krystian Nalepka 915,000 3 Rafal Lubczynski 898,000 4 Leonardo Romeo 897,000 5 Michael Isiguzo 874,000 6 Bartosz Paszynski 843,000 7 Kai Fuong 720,000…
Day 1d of the Main Event attracted 216 entries. Below are the chip counts of those 16 who made it through to Day 2. Position Name Chips 1 Sukru Arican 502,000 2 Joachim Andersen 487,000 3 Andro Scarpa 452,000 4 Tomas Knapek 367,000 5 Mattia Pilloni 339,000 6 Mateusz Szymanski 329,000 7 Benoit Kuhn 303,000…
Level 17: 5,000/10,000 (10,000) Entries: 92/612 The Day 1c bubble lasted “only” about 40 minutes; a cakewalk compared to yesterday’s 1a marathon. That being said, of course, it had to be in dramatic fashion. Hand-for-hand play was introduced with 94 players remaining, and Francesco Amendola became a victim in absolutely brutal fashion, as his full…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 98/612 Kai Fuong opened to 16,000 from the Lo-jack. Seated in the Big Blind, Karol Szczawinski was the sole caller (leaving himself with 57,000 behind). Szczawinski checked the flop, and Fuong bet a humble 8,000. Szczawinski wasted little to no time moving all in, and Fuong made the call in…
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 119/612 If my calculations are correct, no female players have bagged for Day 2. However, that may change today, as there are four women left in Day 1b as the bubble is approaching. Player Chips Big Blinds Miscellaneous Mackenzie Richardson 312,000 52 Winner of the 2024 Campeonato Paulista de Poker…
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 128/612 Georgios Karakousis fancied an opening to 8,000 UTG. Mariusz Zakowicz decided to see a flop from UTG+1, and Marko Cosic joined the party from the Big Blind. Cosic checked it over to Karakousis on the flop, and Karakousis put out a 25,000 continuation-bet. Within a split second, Zakowicz moved…
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Entries: 132/612 Players are busting left and right; it feels like the bubble is approaching at a rapid speed. Scott Majorino opened to 8,000 UTG. Seated in the Cut-off, Aristotelis Karanasios was the sole caller. Majorino continued the pre-flop aggression with a 10,000 continuation-bet on the flop. Quickly, Karanasios moved all…
Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 148/612 Seated UTG, Danilo Bartone min-raised to 6,000. Nicholas Katovsky then three-bet to 18,000 from the Lo-jack. When it came back to Bartone, he announced all in for perhaps 80,000 in total. Bartone nodded and snap-called. Danilo Bartone: Nicholas Katovsky: What a brutal scenario, and the disappointment in Bartone’s eyes…
Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 154/612 Thomas Woodman opened to 7,000 UTG. Merel Merdzhanov made the call from the Lo-jack before Ib Djervil moved all in for 61,000 from the Button. After receiving the count, Woodman re-shoved, and Merdzhanov folded faster than the speed of light. Ib Djervil: Thomas Woodman: Djervil was way behind, but…