Level 26: 25,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 20/1,992 Over at Table 18, Nicolaj D’antoni had a very small stack for a while now and eventually, he succumbed to Cyril Vieira. D’antoni was all-in with Ace-Queen against Vieira’s Nines and couldn’t find any help on the board. Cyril Vieira – 2,300,00 Nicolaj D’antoni – 0
Day 2 of the highly anticipated Battle of Malta Poker Tournament witnessed thrilling action as the field narrowed down from 299 players to a formidable 48 survivors. This exciting phase brought together some of the finest poker talents, including the renowned WSOP Winner Dario Minieri, adding an extra layer of anticipation to the tournament. With…
With less than 15 minutes on the clock, Day 2 of the Battle of Malta Main Event is almost over. The remaining players will return tomorrow at 1 pm after a short night and play Day 3. We will be back with full (and accurate) chip counts in a little while and update you on…
Level 22: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 50/1,992 Nobody wants to play anymore. It’s late and the action at the tables is screeching to a halt. We tried catching a huge hand but failed. Maybe we just got unlucky, but maybe the players are a wee bit tired after a long night of relentless poker. One player…
Level 21: 10,000/20,000 (20,000) Entries: 52/1,992 Candido Cappiello open-raised from UTG and it folded to Vygintas Sipalis in the big blind. After having doubled up earlier, he was briefly having an average stack but lost some of the chips over the course of the last hand. Sipalis had roughly 400k left and moved all-in. Cappiello…
Players are in the last break of the day and we have eyeballed 61 remaining stacks. We had some shakeup in the chip lead position with Ameed Khalil losing almost half his stack and from the looks of it, Andrea Agnoletto is currently leading the field. Name Chips Big Blinds Andrea Agnoletto (5) 2,080,000 104…
Players are on a 20-minute break. This will be the final break of the day. Players will come back for one more hour-long blind level with blinds at 10,000/20,000 along with a 20,000 big blind ante. Surviving players will bag chips into tomorrow’s penultimate day starting at 1 p.m. We will also be updating the…
If you want to know what happened today at the Battle of Malta, but only have 98 seconds, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered! Our very own Patrisha Rimfire takes you through today’s proceedings in our fiery BoM recop.
Level 21: 10,000/15,000 (15,000) Entries: 64/1,992 The two big stacks at Table 17 just had a small brawl. It started with Ameed Khalil raising to 40k from the button and Gytis Lazauninkas reraising to 125k from the small blind. Khalil called and they saw a flop. After Lazauninkas checked, Khalil bet 200k and Lazauninkas called.…