Check, raise, call, rebuy! The Day 1c field has now grown to 666, but the final number of this beast is sure to be even higher, as late registration remains open until 9.35pm. Quite a few friendly faces have now been spotted in today’s mammoth field, but as a safeguard against the risk of the…
Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 356/664 25,000 in the middle when the board read . Christian Roberts checked to Alessandro de Leo who bet big, more exactly 35,000. Roberts evidently didn’t have a hand good enough to handle the pressure; he folded as de Leo’s stack surpassed the 200,000 mark. Alessandro de Leo: 205,000 Christian…
Level 8: 600/1,200 (1,200) Entries: 358/663 Leslie Lamnea and Oerjan Birkestoel clashed all in pre-flop. Lamnea was the player at risk, being all in for roughly 22,000. Leslie Lamnea: Oerjan Birkestoel: When he saw the flop, Lamnea was getting ready to leave the table, but the full board spelled out , giving him a straight…
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 414/627 Action folded to Claudio Trentacosti on the Button, who opened for 2,400. Jaime Diaz decided to defend his Big Blind and made the call. On the flop, Diaz check-called 3,600 from Trentacosti. Action repeated itself on the turn, the only difference being Trentacosti sizing up to 5,200. When the…
Casino Malta, the owner and operator of the Battle of Malta is pleased to announce an online edition in 2025. The Battle of Malta Online will take place exclusively on ACR from 13-27 July, 2025. No further details are as yet forthcoming, but more info will be released in due course. It has also been…
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 421/623 The board read , and 20,000 chips were already in the middle. Alessandro Carone check-called a 4,600 bet from Ceri Rees, revealing the on the river. Carone once again checked to Reese, who now bet 14,000. Carone folded fairly quickly and it’s a qualified guess he didn’t have a…
Level 7: 500/1,000 (1,000) Entries: 422/620 Hitchcock-like suspense at Table 8 as the board read . Sebastian Trela bet 5,000 into the pot consisting of 20,000. Then, Flaviano Cammisuli raised to 12,500. This sent Trela deep into the tank, and after a couple of minutes, he was called the clock on. When he only had…
While the meat and potatoes of today’s schedule is clearly the Main Event, two of today’s side events are now well in progress. Registration is now closed in the Omaha Knockout, with 18 of the 60 starters still four carding away. One of those still in the hunt is Joe Grech, who built a big…
Player Chip Count Big Blinds Domenico Morise 230,000 230 Alessandro Signoriello 228,700 229 Vincenzo Vitello 180,000 180 Flaviano Cammisuli 178,000 178 Alessio Vanni 161,700 162 Amadeus Janotta 157,500 158 Gustav Andersson 155,500 156 Kostadin Mihaylov 155,000 155 Joseba Gonzalez 150,000 150 Massimo Arigo 145,500 146
Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 436/592 After an initial opening to 2,000, Emmanouil Kostakis raised to 6,000 from middle position. From the Lo-jack, Nuno Cardoso went all in for 35,000. When action came to Sasa Lalos in the Big Blind, he then went all in for 29,000. When it was back to Kostakis, he made the call,…