Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 The final 64 players are back from their dinner break and are effectively 40 big blinds deep on average. Of course, there are some short stacks still in play despite the deep action. The tournament director reminded players as they were coming back that play will end the sooner…
Level 29: 40,000/80,000 (80,000) Entries: 64/5,799 Nils Jarafjall and Krzysztof Mielnik were both north of 8 million chips at the dinner break. Check out all the players above 4 million at the dinner break below: Player Chips Big Blinds Nils Jarefjall 8,300,000 104 Krzysztof Mielnik 8,200,000 103 Pasquale Gregorio 6,700,000 84 Alexander Luciani 6,300,000 79…
The 64 players left in the Battle of Malta Main Event have now gone on a 75-minute dinner break. We’ll be finding out the updated chip counts of the leaders during this break and will post them before play resumes. Remarkably, defending champion Vasileios Zisis is still in contention, with a stack of close to…
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 67/5,799 Mitja Rudolf three-bet jammed the button for about 10 big blinds and was called by Phanishsarn Tanapatr, who opened from the cutoff. Mitja Rudolf: Phanishsam Tanapatr: Rudolf had his camera ready to go as his opponent connected with his ace on the runout. Phanishsam Tanapatr – 4.4 million Mitja…
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 71/5,799 The Main Event is down to the last 72 players now, with defending champion Vasileios Zisis still in the hunt. We’ll be updating on chip counts of the leaders during the dinner break, which will be starting in about half an hour. Here are the details of those who…
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 73/5,799 Alessio Scarano already had his stack committed from the big blind. The side pot wasn’t big between the under the gun player Alexander Luciani and the player on the button in Marius Iftimia. Luciani check-folded facing a bet of 125,000 by Iftimia on the flop and Scarano and Iftimia…
Level 28: 30,000/60,000 (60,000) Entries: 80/5,799 Marton Lugosi opened for 125,000 from early position before Cosme Martinez three-bet to 355,000 from middle position. Berend Hooijer cold-called from the cutoff and Lugosi opted to get out of the way before the landed on the flop. Martinez, who had one of the bigger stacks from around the…
It’s now deep into the day and there’s still lots going on at Casino Malta. One piece of breaking news is that the satellite to the Luxon Pay Super High Roller has been canceled. It was due to start at 9pm. But there are still several other side events in play and some are still…
Level 27: 20,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 90/5,799 The action is getting exciting with under 100 players remaining in the Main Event. While the anticipation of who will advance to Day 4 and beyond will continue to build what we can tell you is that Mario Menicanin won’t be among the players that make it any further.…
Level 27: 20,000/50,000 (50,000) Entries: 95/5,799 The high attrition rate continues, with players still being sent to the rail in quick-fire fashion and there are now just 95 players left who are all still in with a chance of scooping the €300,800 first prize. The payout for the latest bustees is €3,920 and those who…