Level 6: 400/800 (800) Entries: 437/572 Polykarpos Stryvakis opened to 3,500 UTG. When action came to Georgios Papadopoulos, he went all in for 14,600. After receiving a count from the dealer, Stryvakis made the call. Georgios Papadopoulos: Polykarpos Stryvakis: The board ran out , which resulted in Papadopoulos’ bullet coming to an end as Stryvakis…
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 436/557 From the Cut-off, Nico Pohl opened to 1,500. Juergen Hoeh was seated in the Big Blind and he was the only one who decided to join the party. The flop came , and Hoeh was the one to donk out for 1,200. Pohl called, which summoned the on the…
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 436/551 Battle of Malta Event Manager Telly Bartolo and Battle of Malta host Glenn Brown just announced to the Day 1c crowd in the 2025 Battle of Malta Spring Edition €600 Main Event some amazing news. The €500,000 guarantee has already been smashed on Level 6 of Day 1c with…
Today’s Pot Limit Omaha tournament is a four card bounty version, but not progressive. It began at 3pm and is currently in level 4, with 46 players, including Joe Grech, the player who tops the all-time Maltese cashes list on The Hendon Mob. Joe was born in Malta, but has lived most of his life…
Level 5: 300/600 (600) Entries: 428/535 With roughly 12,000 in the middle, the board read . Sabato Tortorella checked to Flaviano Cammisuli who bet 58,000. Tortorella made the call, and the fell on the river. Tortorella now check-called a 6,400 bet from Cammisuli. Flaviano Cammisuli: Sabato Tortorella: Tortorella’s pair of sixes was good and the…
Level 2: 200/400 (400) Entries: 419/496 After he first moved all in until he was called do to a side bet for charity, Philip Pearson found some redemption on his second bullet. At levels of 100/200 (200), action folded to Lorenzo Gatti who called from the small blind. Pearson raised to 1,300 and Gatti made…
Now that the Main Event is well underway, we’ve had a chance to take a glance and see who’s making hay. Amongst their number is Emmanouil Chalkiotis, the Grecian top earner in yesterday’s Mystery Siege of Malta. There are a lot of Greek players here today, but still no sign of Vasileios Zizis, last year’s…
Player Chip Count Big Blind Kostadin Mihaylov 149,700 374 Maciej Kala 145,000 363 Olga Orlova 126,900 317 Johannes Engludh 125,900 315 Giuseppe Denaro 120,000 300 Gustav Andersson 119,600 299 Polykarpos Stryvakis 116,000 290 Daniel Samson 110,000 275 Massimo Arigo’ 108,000 270 Ioannis Souroukidis 107,000 268 Henrick Willen 100,000 250 Presiyan Tsvetanov 100,000 250
It’s break time in the Main Event and already over 430 players have taken their seats to start their personal crusades to survive the squid-game like reality that is every poker tournament. There can be only one, only one player left with chips at the end of the fight, while the rest lie lifeless, their…
The Mystery Siege of Malta was won by Emmanouil Chalkiotis from Greece. He defeated a field of 617 entries to claim €23,600 in prize money (including bounties). Greek players dominated the business end of the 2-day tournament, with three of the last four players standing being of Hellenic persuasion. They all earned good paydays, but…