It was a sunny Friday at Malta, and the atmosphere was absolutely electrifying at the Eden Arena & Casino Malta at the Intercontinental Hotel in St. Julians. Many players were eager when they walked through the gates around noon; today was Day 1b of the €600 Battle of Malta Main Event, and things would get…
Player Chips Krzysztof Chmielowski 741 000 Alessio Assennato 654 000 Waldemar Kopyl 637 000 Giovanni Emanuele Palma 498 000 Cameron Adam Sinclair 491 000 Ivane Khazaradze 456 000 Marco Venturi 445 000 Sebastian Lund Mortensen 424 000 Andre Scerri 408 000 Giovanni Maria Socci 388 000 Bachana Shengelia 387 000 Andrew David Burton 368 000…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 (8,000) Entries: 45/297 With 47 players remaining, Sebastian Mortensen and Luis Mata clashed all in preflop, Mata being the player at risk with a stack consisting of 86,000. Sebastian Mortensen: Luis Mata: “I’ve been running pretty good on this table,” Mortensen said before the dealer revealed the flop. He didn’t lie; the…
The second episode of the still unnamed Battle of Malta talk show has now dropped on YouTube. In today’s show Jason and Glenn were joined by Greek legend Fotios Ntamaris and the event’s Director of Staff Marcello Caloro for an informal chat and a game of Jenga! Chris Karlen, unable to resist a game of…
Level 16: 4,000/8,000 Entries: 49/297 Under the Gun, Artur Gjoka opened to 17,000. Giuseppe Di Bella went all in for 89,000 from the Hi-jack. After receiving a count, Gjoka made the call. Giuseppe Di Bella: Artur Gjoka: No ace was apparent on the board and Di Bella doubled up at a crucial stage of the…
Level 15: 3,000/6,000 (6,000) Entries: 49/297 Things’ been going fast during the last 30 minutes, and only four more player will bust out before the remaining 45 will bag for Day 2. At Table 9, Artur Gjoka made it 17,000 UTG. Adrian Ziemichod called from UTG+1 and when action came to Michael Ravn in the…
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 Entries: 66/297 In a classic Blind vs. Blind Battle, Giovanni Palma and Antonino Caruso clashed all in pre-flop. Caruso was the player at risk, having 50,000 in his stack. Giovanni Palma: Antonino Caruso: No dice for Caruso on the runout, and he brought the number of players remaining in the tournament down…
Level 14: 2,000/4,000 (4,000) Field: 79/297 Daniel Samson opened to 8,000 on the Button. From the Small Blind, a fairly short-stacked Jeroen Romme went all in for 29,000. Felix Vu folded in the Big Blind, but Samson made the call. Jeroen Romme: Daniel Samson: King high was good on the runout, and Romme’s still alive…
Level 13: 1,000/3,000 (3,000) Entries: 84/297 Under the Gun, Gary Fisher made it 7,000. Action folded to Sebastian Mortensen on the Button who raised to 20,000. After the blinds got out of the way, Fisher made the call. On the flop, Mortensen forced Fisher all in for 47,000. Fisher didn’t hesitate even the slightest before…
Player Chips Big Blinds Antonio Mirabile 225,000 75 ALessandro Cirillo 347,000 116 Krzysztof Chmielowski 269,000 90 Longmao Fan 159,000 53 Bachana Shengelia 260,000 87 Alessio Vanni 167,000 56 Cameron Sinclair 212,000 71 Oskari Piira 200,000 67 Andrew Burton 270,000 90 Waldemar Kopyl 243,000 81 Giovanni Socci 195,000 65 Christoph Tanner 170,000 57 William Gritz 300,000…