Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 87/297 From the Cut-off, Artur Gjoka opened to 7,000. Giuseppe Di Bella, seated on the Button, decided to make the call. Both players checked the flop. When the fell on the turn, Gjoka bet 10,000. Di Bella raised to 30,000, and Gjoka couldn’t have made the call any faster. The…
Play will continue well into the night here at Casino Malta and the Eden Arena at the Intercontinental Hotel. The Battle of Malta Main Event is down to 95 players and will continue until 45 remain. They’re now on level 12 with blinds of 1,000/2,500 and a 2,500 big blind ante. The Mystery Siege of…
Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 93/297 The floor has announced that Day 1b will end when 45 players remain. Reminder: yesterday, 22 out of 146 entries bagged for Day 2, and the last level of play was 5,000/10,000.
Level 12: 1,000/2,500 (2,500) Entries: 95/297 Gary Fisher opened to 6,500 from the Lo-jack. Leonidas Georgopoulos called from the Button, and the two players headed to the flop. On , Fisher bet 8,500, and Georgopoulos made the call. The turn was the , and action went check-check. Fisher then proceeded to check on the turn…
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 102/297 From the Cut-off, Patryk Gabrukiewicz opened to 4,000. Francesco Piro went all in from the Button for 37,000, and from the Small Blind, Antonino Caruso re-shoved for 85,000. Gabrukiewicz folded as Piro and Caruso turned over their cards. Francesco Piro: Antonino Caruso: The board had a little bit of…
Today’s talk show was recorded earlier this evening and is currently being edited. Today’s guests, joining Glen and Jason for a cosy chat and a game of Jenga were Greek player Fotios Ntamaris and the Battle of Malta’s Director of Staff (we’re not sure if this is his official title, but we’re running with it)…
Level 17: 15,000/30,000 (5,000 Bring In) Entries: 1/22 Stud Hi/Lo After his whole cards showed , Bas De Laat bet 30,000 on 6th street and Soner Vanelderen moved all in for 42,000 showing . De Latt made he call and both players revealed their hands. Soner Vanelderen: Bas De Laat: De Latt caught a and…
Registration has now closed on day one B of the main event. Today’s fight was over twice the size of day 1a with 297 players taking their seats in the €600 buy-in event. In total there have now been 443 entrants in the Main Event, with three starting days left to go. They will play…
During the first break in the Mystery Siege of Malta, 44 bounties were pulled. The first few players all drew small ones, but with just half a dozen players left to draw, Italian Carmelo Fangano spun the wheel, whipped out two tickets and walked away €11,000 better off, as he first pulled one of the…
Level 11: 1,000/2,000 (2,000) Entries: 120/297 The pot consisted of 12,000 when the flop read . Silwya Studniarz checked, Markus Loidl bet 5,000, and Imad Fakhro made the call before Studniarz folded. On the turn , Loidl bet 9,000. Then, Fakhro decided to raise to 20,000. Loidl made the call. The fell on the river…