PLA, Malta shedule for 2011/2012

I never really gave any report back how the last PLA went, WPT got in between and it slipped my mind. Now i saw Portomaso Casino, Malta got several more PLA events confirmed from Goldbet so i thought i post the dates for you guys... Last PLA didn't go very well for me, i was not really up for the task, wanted the weekend off, laying in sofa reading a book but felt i had to play in order to try my best to defend my FT placement in the PLA before that to make a so called eagerly wanted by most:  back to back.

Well... that will not happen if you dont enjoy what you where doing and day1 i was so unbelievable tired, playing Friday evening after a weeks work is not optimal, however i did manage to make it to day2, but it was an uphill from start to end for me, didn't get any cards to do anything with whatsoever and managed to steal few potts in order to maintain my little stack but busted after 4 hrs play and i can easy say that the funniest thing that happened that day was when the dealer just stood up after a hand and left, walked straight into the break room for the dealers and left us sitting there wondering WTF happened? She thought there was another dealer behind her to take over so she just left, but there was no one and no one had been behind her since she sat down 20 min earlier so we where all quite amused by the scene  ... just looked way to funny! She didnt even look back just walked the 40 meters to the break room and we all looking at each other wondering what happened.


Below are the confirmed scheduled events for PLA 2011/2012


PLA - LIVE Poker MALTA ADVENTURE TOUR STOP 2
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 14/10/2011

PLA - LIVE Poker MALTA ADVENTURE TOUR STOP 3
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 11/11/2011

PLA - LIVE Poker MALTA ADVENTURE TOUR STOP 4
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 09/12/2011

PLA - LIVE Poker MALTA ADVENTURE TOUR STOP 5
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 27/01/2012

PLA - LIVE Poker MALTA ADVENTURE TOUR STOP 6
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 09/03/2012

PLA - LIVE Poker MALTA ADVENTURE TOUR STOP 7
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 06/04/2012

PLA - Poker LIVE ADVENTURE "Italy & Malta"TOUR STOP 8
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 11/05/2012

PLA - Poker LIVE ADVENTURE "Italy & Malta"STOP 9
Texas Hold'em No Limit€ 300 + € 30
FreezeoutFriday 06/08/2012

-and as we all know our loved Italian organizers skills in organizing, be sure some dates will be changed, its just how it is :) no big deal ...hakuna matata ..

WPT wrap up - we got a winner!

After a very long and entertaining final table, where the commentators Roy Brindly, Phil Hellmuth and on and off between girls and wine also Tony G, did their best to keep our attention. After suck outs to the right and to the left there was one man left standing, and it was one of the 2 i predicted will win, well done me :)

The Winner of WPT, Malta 2011, was Matt Giannetti. He is also one of the November 9'ers so one can say he got some good practice even though am quite sure he find the competitors very different at that table then this. He was heads up against our blond Italian train that completely massacred the field for days playing wild and unpredictable but also having a great instinct of the game. Cecilia Pescaglini came second in this years WPT Malta but still its about her the talk is, and i am very sure we will see her soon again going deep in a big tourney, for sure it is very entertaining!

Matt Giannetti's victory speach was a very humble one and also a very tired one, they played long for several days. He said:  'it wasn't right some of the beats i gave some ppl' , and i think thats a very humble winner and i sincerely hope he go all the way in November.

Tony G called one of the players call  'like a lose slot machine' and with that genius expression  i wrap my  WPT observations up and call it a day and go grab a a few drinks down the casino... my god what a good expression ' like a lose slot machine' hahahahah ! Rock on Tony G!
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WPT Malta Day3 at a glance...

Day 3 of WPT Malta kicked of on time, one really must say they been very organized and big thumps up to the team and Casino Portomaso, and also as always, GREAT buffet. Thx !

The blond aggressive Cecilia kept on to her lead with some ups and downs, and for sure entertained us, all day long! Holding 1 milj in chips and losing small potts and getting furious is kind of entertaining, especially if it happens all the time…and never did I think so many bad words could come out of the mouth from such tiny  person that also is wearing Hello Kitty headphones. Maybe good not all understood her rambling! Still, big respect girl, for doing it as well as you have and fingers crossed you go all the way, the foul language is just an awesome bonus. Thx.







And Christ man I got surprised when suddenly I hear a voice behind me calling out my name, and to my big surprise see someone I haven’t seen for several years, Roy Brindley. I met him in Ireland quite often when I used to go to the very green island (wazz up with me and islands? ) and play poker. It turns out he will be commentating the FT tomorrow so really look forward to that, together with our beloved ‘poker bratt’ and hopefully guest starring Tony G aswell. Lets hope it be a good old Irish craic afterwards; I for sure know the film team are good at that as well … craic you say? Well you know that Irish thing every one talk about but not know what it REALLY is.
I know what it is.
I will lead the way….
-Hey Boss- I might be late in on Monday, ok?

Of the 8 ppl left, MY money is on the French little guy, Tristan Clemencon,  I think he been playing very very well, ofc he is up for some big resistance and one force to be recon with is Matt Giannetti. Matt has a big date in November that he can’t be late for so let’s wrap it up people. Matt is one of the November 9 players heading back to Vegas for the last battle. There are also 2 swedes left on the table and i know one of them, it be a blast if he win I really would love that, but… ah well let’s see .... in poker anything can happen so buckle up and join the ride!

Again dear people.. do NOT mess with someone who stack his chips like this, and on top of that also look like an English football hooligan, you will end up in serious trouble, for sure! (Simon Trumper, a very nice guy)


 


Then again, if a mans stack looks like this, the chips might be jinxed and very hostile towards organized surrounding’s, but as most men have something naturaly build in them against order, these kind of chips are more friendly in the long run then the neat one, these one you can wake up beside without makeup, important. Really. i am serious. Neat one's... too much fuzz.




Ohh yes, almost forgott, today I actually had a mission, but it might been slipping through my hands, in fact, this is the case, Tony G owes me a coffee, and he is bloody 4 years late with it. Its soon 4 years since he promised me this coffee, and it been on my mind ever since. I travelled to Sidney to play the APPT Grand final 2007 and really looked forward to my coffee, however he never showed up so I got plain and simple dumped... Well.... I been thinking of this now for 4 years and in my opinion this coffe have upgraded itself to a drink or two, I just need to find him, and explain, am sure he will be understanding about it. Or? Come on.. 4 years? Seriously?

No am not mentaly disturbed, i just want MY coffee!

What? Chipcounts?

I already told you that i dont do that! But okey...one more time then:
Seat 1: Cecilia Prescaglini: 1.218,000
Seat 2: Filippo Bianchini: 188,000
Seat 3: Fabien Sartoris: 654,000
Seat 4: Matt Giannetti: 309,000
Seat 5: Mats Karlson: 452,000
Seat 6: Simon Trumper: 631,000
Seat 7: Tristan Clemencon: 2.215,000
Seat 8: Christofer Williamsson: 510,000

Hep hep
anna panna

WPT Malta Day2 at a glance....

Another day on the rock kicked off and ppl are seated to play day2 of WPT. It will be a long day for the players, as they won’t stop until reaching 27 players….and blinds today are 90 minutes so they are up for a long night. I passed by and stayed a few hrs and met up with new faces, old faces, pretty faces, famous faces and all other random faces.

To my big joy a gorgeous blond chick was chipleader when I arrived, a Italian chick that was sitting behind a pile of chips and a little teddy bear.  Always great fun when a female takes the lead, sadly its not so often they go all the way. This very fine sample of female beauty did very well and took down mini IPT in Nova Gorcia few weeks back , her name is Cecilia Pescaglini and am sure we see a lot more of her in future. Fingers crossed to you Cecilia, hope you go all the way. (with some imagination one can actually... no.. ehh hmmm.. she does have a top, its NOT allowed to play topless in Malta. Its a very chatolic country. We couldnt even get divorced until a few weeks ago.



Very close to her was Tony G and I think he passed her by now as I read the updates. I be extremely happy to se a heads up between Tony G and Phil Helmuth I think that would be the very best The organizers and Casino as well as all us spectators could possible hope for. They are behaving quite well, both of them, or well.. tony G made a girl cry and Phil Helmuth seriously tilted his neighbor player by saying he played stupid, but hey…  just another day at the office right?






There are a few job in the world I really would not like to have, massaging siting ppl I think have to be on that list. Seriously?






Its quite funny to see how ppl stack their chips, and I learned the hard way that someone who stacks his chips this neatly and proper, I don’t want to go up against, because they play mostly monster’s, probably because they don’t want to mess their stack up for small suited connector’s and such, I think that’s  a bit rude to the beautiful small suited connector’s anyway, but that’s me….. The feeling of taking a bit part of a stack like that and purposely stack them in odd color and uneven heights just completely random stuff… are a very special feeling, one can almost see how it hurts the player and how eager he is to make his stack justice again. Love it :)





And as a special treat i add this one aswell, its from the side event and the very respectable stack belongs to a friend, Fabian' The Beard man ' Mezanger representing chilipoker with, of course a chili.. spice it up baby!


So thanks for today and remember ppl, poker is not that hard, just toss em in and hope for the best, and spades beats everything!

C4Q

WPT Malta Day1 at a glance...

I sneaked down to Portomaso casino just after the players been to their dinner break and it was pretty quiet and sleepy and most action was all the busted ppl coming to tell me their bad beats.. ah well.. its ok.. this time it dont cost ya a cent but dont make it a habit!

A few old friends playing and its always good to see old friends! But god knows both Tony G and William Thorsson must have had a rough year, they lost a lot of weight. It’s not easy to be a pro player these days indeed. Respect.

Gorgeous Christine Sammut from Portomaso Casino along with legendary ( yea I know, am in the middle of  HIMYM, sorry) tournament director Matt Savages'sweet wife.




Josef Borg, Casino Portomaso surrounded by family members, his father plays some of the tournaments at Portomaso from time to time and often with respectable stack.



Erik Smith dont leave his table so often, but a man does what a man has to do when a gorgeous blond walks into the room, he is weak our dear Erik, but who can blame him? Not me. ;) 
 



And a bit later he doubled up with QQ against 77 and am very confident it was my 'scrubananas' as we like to call it, that did the trick!



And just like that, out of the blue, there he is, what the enitre room been waiting for,  with just a level of playing day1A left he entered and created the normal chaos that suround him: The poker brat! Phil Hellmuth, to honour the day is in an outfit that would make every gay fashion designer on earth envy him, black trousers, red jacket and pink (yes correct) cap. Accordingly to himself he rather be downstairs in the bar drinking Red Label (hmm me, i prefer the black label) so he made the pain fast and sharp like a doctors cut and was all in after just few hands.....


Federico Cipollini our brave contester opened up in mp with 1000 (blinds 150/300) Phil Hellmuth in sb says 3000 and got a call.

Flop is out and say Jh4c3h
Phil bet 4000 and Frederico calls.

Turn is 5c and Phil is all in.
Frederico gives the Brat some resepct and ad some Hollywood show but end up calling.

Phil holds: Ks7s
Federico holds: Ah6c
River is 9s and the poker bratt is gone..... for today.. for sure we see him reenter tomorrow.









On his way out he got some standard trash talk from our loved Tony G and he was also told to stop crying like a baby, all in good old Tony G style , one gotta love it! Exact quote i think was ''"You are an absolute disgrace... Showing up here late and losing all your chips immediately..."

Chipcounts?? Naeee that boring stuff you gotta read somewhere else, tjung tjng!

/C4Q