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Tournament organisers continue finding new ways to spice up the poker game. Just a few years ago it was a simple cash game or freezout tournament, but now we have so much more. Last week 120 poker players in Malta participated in a new style of poker called ‘ Team Poker ’. This is where players are [...]

‘Hitting the Nuts’ Poker movie enjoying a great reception amongst American audiences. The film was released on DVD on the 15th April 2011, and it’s currently the most recent poker movie to make it to the shelves.  By the looks of it, it’s already a very popular pick amongst American audiences. The movie tag-line gives us [...]

  Why do some players still reveal what cards they had while a hand is going on? Why be cocky and criticize? A few deliberately play out of turn. Profanity and obscene language! Do you have to needlessly stall the action of a game? Do I care what cards you had? Yes, I do, it helps. But [...]

The new extension now has 10 poker tables to accommodate more poker players on a daily basis.  Today, the casino is hosting a €35 Freezout starting at 20:00, complemented with delicious finger food and bubbly to add that extra spark to a grand night.

In the short term, Facebook texas holdem poker is usually a game of luck. This is mainly because a large percentage of Facebook players depend on that lucky flop or the 6% outer on the river.  Over the course of a few minutes, even the worst player can hit a lucky streak and win a few [...]

Salvatore Bonavena is mostly known as the first Italian player to win a European Poker Tour event.  He’s currently 4th in the Italian all time money list.  He also placed 4th in a WSOP event, nearly winning himself a bracelet at the tournament, and so far has made over $2m in tournament winnings alone.  IPT, [...]

Fabio Albamonte wins the title after a heads-up against Claudio Di Francesco. Albamonte, who was also last years BetPro Live Poker Tour 2010 runner-up, is taking home €75,000 and a sponsorship deal with BetPro.it worth € 30,000. Claudio Di Francesco who qualified for this event through a satellite costing him €1, cashed out €50,000. Peter [...]

Malta Poker Dream Live Stream
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Here are the players at the final table for this year’s Malta Poker Dream.  You may recognise some of these players from previous tournaments that have taken place in Malta, in particular Pietro Monica who has already won a Betpro Live tournament at the Portomaso Casino earlier last year. Pietro Monica 2.755.000 Domenico Stellitano 2.590.000 [...]

At the start of day 2, with an average stack of 73K at the Malta Poker Dream main event many of the local poker fan’s eyes were fixed on Martin Kjaer and Keith Boniface who held 152k and 140k respectively. George Galea was still far off at that point of the tournament holding 47,200 which was [...]

  George Galea is the only Maltese player left in the tourney.  There are only 51 players left at the event.  Average stack is now up to 400,000 and George is hanging in there with 440,000.  He just doubled up after pushing all in with 88 vs an opponent who called with 77.  George also hit [...]

  Graziella Vella took the 3rd prize at the Malta Poker Dream ladies event.  The €160 freeze-out tourney attracted 37 players for a pool of around €5,500.  Many of the local Poker ladies took part in the event, including Iva Pavlova, Anna Colley, Sofia Edbom, Sharona Refalo, as well as some newcomers like Maureen Sultana. [...]

Cosimo Dambra had an up and down ride all throughout the day.  After qualifying for the Malta Poker Dream satellite main event of €1,100 earlier this week, he made it to Day 2 of the main event starting with around 75K.  Unluckily, he just finished the tournament in 88th place, and he’s here to fill [...]

As the blinds take their toll on the remaining participants, here’s the chip update of the players we’re following at the Malta Poker Dream tourney.  We’re at the 16th level of blinds which reached 2,000/4,000 and 500 antes. 107 players are left in the game and the average stack has risen to 190,654 chips. George [...]

Here are the chip counts of the more familiar faces from the local Poker scene! We’re at the 15th level, 1,600 / 3,200 blinds and 400 antes.  132 players from the original starting count of 408 remain in the tourney.  Average stack is up to 154,545!

A few minutes after we finished our interview with Andrew, we saw Jackie Cachia as she stood up at her table.  Moments later, she shook a players hand and distanced herself from the table.  We caught up with Jackie who told us how her final hand played along. JC: I started the day with 23,600 chips.  [...]

Andrew found his way in the Malta Poker Dream tourney by winning a satellite tourney held on Tuesday the 29th March at the Portomaso Casino. His first day was a bit of a roller-coaster ride, but eventually he ended the day with 22,300.  After starting on the 11th level on day 2 he played 6 [...]

Malta Poker Dream 2011 – Day 2 As the tournament moves into its second phase, the blind levels will be extended by to 1 hour compared to 50 minutes on Day 1.  As 73 players have survived from Day 1A, together with another 204 from Day 1B,  day two will be starting with 277 players at 2pm [...]