It was another action packed day at Casino Malta and the Intercontinental Hotel in St Julian’s, as the third day of the Battle of Malta Main Event played down to the last five tables. With seven other tournaments taking place, there was a lot to choose from, with a variety of different formats on offer,…
The players have now departed from the tournament area and their chips are now all bagged up. Pos Player Name Chips Table/Seat Big Blinds 1 Ioannis Daskalis 15,950,000 6/4 106 2 Mikel Calo` 10,700,000 4/4 71 3 Gabriele Re 10,470,000 7/4 70 4 Dalibor Dula 10,270,000 6/3 68 5 Jorge Alves Geraldes 9,970,000 2/6 66…
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 39/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 The last hand I was able to cover today played out at Table. UTG, Nico Diperna spent a considerable amount of time in the tank. Eventually he was called the clock on, and as the timer approached five seconds, he mucked his hand. The next to…
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 39/6,039 There’s less than 10 minutes on the clock before the end of Day 3 and the story of the Main Event is beginning to take shape. We’ll have the full chip counts from the survivors once play ends and they’ve been counted, verified and uploaded to the system. Meanwhile,…
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 40/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Veljko Glavicic opened to 375,000; quite the hefty raise, one must admit. Gary Fisher was up for the task, though, as he called from the Button. Both players checked the flop. Glavicic checked again on the turn, and without too much hesitation, Fisher forced his opponent…
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 41/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Jan Gompers fancied an open to 250,000 from the Lo-jack. He got one caller in form of Roberto Di Giuseppe (Big Blind). Giuseppe donk-bet 225,000 on the flop. Gompers sent a “Don’t mess with me”-message with a rather swift raise to 625,000. Giuseppe considered his options…
The High Roller did reach the bubble during the first level after the dinner break, with just a few minutes left in level 20. Defending a raise from Leon Worthington-Leese from mid-position, Andre Scerri Moved all-in on a flop of and was called. He turned over for an open ended straight draw and found himself…
A few more players from the ACR Poker Super High Roller that have impressive profiles. A Cypriot Andreas Mavromoustakis is also taking part. I recently reviewed an interview that Andreas gave on The Chip Race Podcast, speaking to Dara O’Kearney and David Lappin. Its an interesting listen, but if you wan’t the cliffs, check out…
Level 28: 60,000/120,000 (120,000) Entries: 43/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Andro Scarpa opened to 240,000 from the Lo-jack. Seated right next to him, Emmanouil Chalkiotis put in a three-bet to 625,000 from the Hi-jack. Action folded back to Scarpa, who put in a four-bet. The amount looked to be 1,500,000, but before I was able to…
Level 27: 50,000/100,000 (100,000) Entries: 48/6,039 Prize Pool: €2,728,970 Davis Modans fancied an open to 230,000 UTG. Asiil Maye moved all in for 1,100,000 from the Button, and Modans made the call fairly quickly. Asiil Maye: Davis Modans: Maye was slightly ahead with the pocket pair, but Modans took the lead on the flop. He…