Level 36: 200,000/400,000 (400,000) Entries: 14/5,799 It’s déjà vu at the Battle of Malta Main Event as the defending champion Vasileios Zisis is cruising along once again and held the chip lead over the final 14 players at the dinner break. Meanwhile, Alessandro Siena has also been red hot and is just 100,000 behind Zisis.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 14/5,799 Romanian Ionut Arvatu has busted in 15th for €7,280. He lost two hands in succession just before the break. In the first of these he called the all-in of Kyriacos Papdopoulos, who had moved all-in on a flop. Ionut held versus the Greek player’s . The on the turn…
The Battle of Malta Main Event is now on a 75-minute dinner break. Full chip counts of the 14 remaining players will be updated shortly. When they return, the blinds will be 200,000/400,000 with a 400,000 big blind ante. Breaking News… In the very last hand before the break, Ionut Arvatu was eliminated in 15th.…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 15/5,799 Cristian Mihu jammed the river in what turned out to be a pivotal pot with the on the board. Alessandro Siena snap-called. Mihu was bluffing with and got his hand caught in the cookie jar with Siena taking the chip lead after tabling the for a full house. Meanwhile,…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Hendrik Blokdijk jammed for 1.7 million under the gun. Ionut Arvatu looked down at his cards from the big blind before he announced a call. Hendrik Blokdijk: Ionut Arvatu: The flop gave Arvatu tons of outs to a straight and with outs for a pair or better. The turn…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Alessandro Siena min-raised from under the gun before Ivaylo Eftimov three-bet to 1.25 million from the small blind. Siena four-bet to 3.5 million and Eftimov called. Eftimov checked the flop. Siena fired out for 3 million. Eftimov jammed for the more than 8,150,000 Siena had behind. Siena snap-called and…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 After Anthony Ouillon was eliminated in 17th place, table 23 was broken and there are now 16 players left in with a chance of scooping the €300,800 first prize. Sadly for those who exited in 17th-23rd their chance at a monster pay day is over and they will have…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 16/5,799 Daniel Mendoza opened from under the gun before he called a jam by Anthony Ouillon from the big blind to about 1.5 million. Anthony Ouillon: Daniel Mendoza: Ouillon had a flush draw on the flop but was unable to complete it on the board to hit the rail in…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 17/5,799 Daniel Mendoza three-bet jammed his stack of 4.8 million from the big blind and was called by the late-position opener Kyriakos Papadopoulos. Daniel Mendoza: Kyriakos Papadopoulos: Papadopoulos was less than pleased that Mendoza sucked out on the runout. Meanwhile, Mendoza was back in business with just below the average…
Level 35: 150,000/300,000 (300,000) Entries: 17/5,799 Anthony Ouillen got his last 650,000 from the small blind and was called by Daniel Mendoza from the big blind. Anthony Ouillen: Daniel Mendoza: Ouillen doubled for the second time in the second match-up between the two since the break after holding the winning hand on the double-paired board.…