Level 26: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 133/5,799 Michal Procner opened from the button before Alexander Luciani three-bet shoved from the big blind. Procner called off his stack of 535,000 and the cards were tabled. Michal Procner: Alexander Luciani: Procner earned a double after his opponent bricked the low runout. Meanwhile, despite the dent in his stack,…
Level 26: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 136/5,799 Last time this year, Estonia’s Herli Olop advanced to the final table in the Main Event before bowing out in eighth place for €11,240. He is hoping for an even better run this time around and he shared that he recently gained a bit of breathing room with blinds…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 143/5,799 The following players participation in the Battle of Malta Autumn Edition Main Event has now come to an end. This latest batch of rail recruits includes Humberto Galindo, the Day 1a chip leader. Apart from Humberto, Michael Howard and Nikolaos Oikonomou, whp also scored opening day bonus payouts, all…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 146/5,799 We caught up in a hand where Daniel Heredi had his last 445,000 in the middle, as did Niklas Aahlund with his 1,010,000 stack. Nils Jarefjall was also involved and had both players covered. Daniel Heredi: Niklas Aahlund: Nils Jarefjall: Kings were good for Aahlund to double through Jarefjall…
The €150 FLIP (Fantastic Ladies in Poker) event has just begun in the Eden Arena, with 45 players seated when the clock was started. There were initially not enough tables to accommodate all the ladies who wanted to play and at least twenty were left waiting for more space to become available. After just a…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 165/5,799 Shaun Decesare shared his brutal ending during the break. Decesare, who began the hand with 20 big blinds, broke down the betting action as follows: Decesare called a min-raise from the small blind with and flopped a full house on the flop. His opponent bet two big blinds and…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 167/5,799 More players have now become former participants of the Main Event, this next consignment, finishing 168th-199th all collect €2,950. The players who bust next (144th-167th) will receive €3,260 Position Player Payout (€) 168 James Paris €2,950 169 Domenico Fazio €2,950 170 Ashley Scott €2,950 171 Claudio Barone €2,950 172…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 167/5,799 Tens proved to be fatal for Claudio Barone moments ago and tens just cost Ivan Furniet Martinez a chunk as he doubled up Robert Shearing as follows. Martinez opened to 60,000 from under the gun before Shearing three-bet jammed for 605,000 from middle position. Dawid Bartosz tanked for about…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 169/5,799 James Norvock started the day with one of the shorter stacks of 195,000 and has recently become a chip millionaire while sending Claudio Barone to the rail as follows: Norvock three-bet jammed for 680,000. Barone paused for less than a minute before he called off his stack of around…
Level 25: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 174/5,799 We could have history in the making as the defending Battle of Malta Main Event champion Vaselios Zisis is among the chip leader on break. Could we see a back-to-back performance. It is way to early to tell with 174 players still remaining and three days of action still…