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Vanja Torbarov about the Unibet Open Malta 2011
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Vanja Torbarov Unibet Open Malta 2011
Amongst the crowds of players who took part at the Unibet Open Malta Poker Tournament, we took a minute with local player, Vanja Torbarov’s, after he exited the tournament for an in depth look at his tournament progression. Whilst commenting on the tournament itself, he also gave us a technical look into some of his plays throughout the early stages of the tournament, as well as the most crucial hands in his Unibet Open experience.
PM: What attracted you to take part in this tourney
VT: I missed a few of these International tourneys recently as I was abroad and couldn’t play. I was speaking with some colleagues of mine who mentioned the tournament to me and thought, ‘why not?’. I wanted the experience but I didn’t have time for satellites so I invested the €1,700 buy-in and gave it my best.
PM: What were your impressions of the tournament
VT: Well, I didn’t last too long, but while I was there it all seemed to go fairly well. The tournament was well organized, I cannot complain, smooth registration without queues; Tourney started on time…so really it was all fine.
PM: Your thoughts about the tournament structure and your progress?
VT: Maybe for €1,650 we could have had 20k to start off with, but the blinds were slow so it compensates. When I went out, before the hand started, I managed to come back to 8k. Previously I had dropped to about 5/6 k and I picked some hand then went up to 8k. With the BB at 150 its still a decent stack, but then…. Read the rest of this entry →
