Mark Attard - Malta Poker Dream

Mark Attard started off the day with just over 100,000 chips but he busted out of the tournament after 2 hands that  his hurt his stack and ended his tournament prematurely.

We caught up with Mark as he shared with us the last moments of his Malta Poker Dream experience.

MA: I’m disappointed  as I came here today with high hopes, as everyone knows I was the first Maltese Player in the tournament as regards to chip count, but as Poker goes, I got a bad hit and ended up bleeding really badly. Usually strong opponents always raise when they have something strong, but I encountered a different play – kind of a strange hand. I had 4 7 and I had to play because I was on the BB, nobody raised and I hit 2 pairs on the flop.

A 2 pair with 47 cannot be thrown away so I had to bet, a player raised and I had to call, then he went allin with 40k and I called it.  He showed 44 so he hit trips against my 2 pairs.
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Malta Poker Dream Day 1A

Malta Poker Dream

Day 1A of the Malta Poker Dream tournament will start in less than an hour, being scheduled for kick off at 16:00hrs. The Italian poker operator – Betpro.it – has created a wave of excitement across all Italy and Malta with the Malta Poker Dream tournament which made it’s debut in May 2010 a little less than a year ago.

Today will see the first batch of players make their way into the tourney.  There have been approximately 90 players registered for Day 1A, and over 220 who already booked Day 1B as their starting day.  This choice is probably due to the fact that most players preferred to play their tournament in successive order without having a day break in between Day 1 and Day 2.  The organization is expecting well over 300 players for this tourney. Read the rest of this entry →

Only seven days are left for the start of the Malta Poker Dream 2011.  We are now at the second edition of the event that once again is taking place at the Portomaso Casino in St. Julians, Malta.  Over 300 players have already confirmed their attendance to the event and have registered through the Malta Poker Dream site, with day 1B almost at full capacity of 250 players allowed for each starting day.

Filippo Candio - One of the November 9 in WSOP 2010

Some of the more regular names who will be present at the Italian poker fest include players like Maurizio Agrello, pro player on Betpro.it, Dario Rusconi, Carmelo Vasta, Eros Nastasi, Armando Graziano, Roberto Nulli, and many more who in these last few days have started to confirm their attendance at the Italian Poker frenzy.

Rumour has it that Filippo Candio, one of the most popular names from the Italian poker scene, who made it to international fame with his stellar performance at the WSOP may also be joining us for the event.  In 2010, the iconic Candio was the first Italian player in the history of Italian poker to make it to a final table of the World Series of Poker. Read the rest of this entry →