The clock is now running for Day 2 of the €1,100 High Roller, however it has been rolled back five levels and they begin today on level 8 once again, despite having made it to the end of level 12 when play was adjourned on Sunday. The 49 players who bagged up on Day 1…
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 40/1,542 Shai Biner opened to 80,000. Artur Gjoka made the call, and so did Terence Jordon. The flop came . Biner continued for 80,000, and Gjoka and Jordon both made the call. Biner bet 150,000 on the turn, Gjoka called, Jordon went all in for 850,000, and both players called.…
The Fantastic Ladies In Poker €170 (€150+€20) event has now begun and in a change to the original logistical plan, it is now being held in the Eden Arena upstairs rather than in the downstairs conference space. Before play began, there was an afternoon tea party in the stylish lobby of the Intercontinental Hotel, with…
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000) Entries: 41/1,542 Artur Gjoka opened to 80,000, prior to Wayne Thomas moving all in for 355,000 from the Hi-jack. Attila Szucs then re-shoved a monster stack. 13-7 folded and it was time for showdown. Wayne Thomas: Attila Szucs: The board secured a double-up for Thomas. Attila Szucs: 4,900,000 Wayne Thomas: 810,000…
These players will sadly (for them) play no further part in the tournament, as they were eliminated in positions 56-71, collecting €1,800 each. Most of these hot the rail late in the day on Sunday. Pos. Player Prize 56 Dariusz Paszkiewicz €1,800 57 Gaetano Morra €1,800 58 Demetrio Polimeno €1,800 59 Michal Procner €1,800…
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 45/1,542 Sokratis Oikonomou raised to 60,000 from the Lo-jack. Seated in the Cut-off, Danilo Scevola went all in for 240,000 and Oikonomou made the call. Danilo Scevola: Sokratis Oikonomou: The board ran out and such, Scevola busted in place 46 and earned €2,220 for his feat. Sokratis Oikonomou: Danilo Scevola:…
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 47/1,542 Clement Kerrien opened to 60,000 from the Button. Adrian Ziemichod raised to 200,000 from the Small Blind, and Kerrien made the call. Ziemichod checked the flop, and Kerrien bet 160,000. Presumably, Ziemichod’s plan was a check-raise from the get-go as he put in a 470,000 bet. After a minute’s…
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 50/1,542 Play has now been underway for 45 minutes on Day 3 of the Main Event of the Battle of Malta Spring Edition. The levels are now 75 minutes long, but despite the slowness of the structure, eight players have already gone AWOL from the Battlefield, leaving 50 poker warriors…
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 50/1,542 Absolutely astonishing scenes at Table 13 as we might have witnessed the cooler of the tournament. Rasmus Lundström limped from the Small Blind. Christopher Rogers checked in the Big Blind, and the flop came . Lundström bet 30,000, and Rogers made the call. On the turn , Lundström bet…
Level 22: 15,000/30,000 (30,000) Entries: 57/1,542 Demetrio Polimeno began Day 3 with only 5,000. During the very last hand of Day 2, he was all in for 410,000 with . He got called by a player who held with a 405,000 stack, and the runout was not in Polimeno’s favor as a four was apparent…