€560 Main Event Day 1ab | 2024 EAPT Malta

04-08-2024 17:05 UTC+2

Emerton Saved by Trips

Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Cards went on their backs on Table 3, with Josh Emerton in the hijack at risk for 3,600 against David Tavares Fialho on the button.

Josh Emerton: A♣4♣ All in
David Tavares Fialho: A♦J♦

Emerton stood up and was ready to leave when he revealed his cards. But he was lucky enough to hit trips on a board of Q♣4♠7♦3♣4♦ to stay in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Tavares Fialho	33,000
Josh Emerton	13,700

Tags: David Tavares Fialho Josh Emerton

04-08-2024 16:53 UTC+2

Full Over Full for Florio

Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a board of 9♥9♦A♦2♥Q♥ with approximately 28,000 in the pot, Krisztian Kis under the gun bet 26,500, but saw Cesare Florio on the button raise to 65,000.

Kis seemed to had no choice but to call, so he did with A♥10♥ for the nut flush. But he was quite surprise to discover that Florio had Q♣9♣ for a full house hit on the river.

Thanks to this pot, Florio has now more than 150,000 chips, while Kis only has 33,000 chips left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesare Florio	153,000
Krisztian Kis	33,000

Tags: Cesare Florio Krisztian Kis

04-08-2024 16:41 UTC+2

172 Entrants on Day 1a of the €560 EAPT Malta Main Event

Maxime Taldir

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Late Registration closed after the break at the end of Level 6. A total of 172 players were recorded on the first flight of the Main Event.

The Day will end when there will be 26 players remaining. All the players who bag chips tonight will qualify for Day 2 and be in the money.

At the same time, Day 1b is about to start in another part of the room, with 30-minute levels.

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

04-08-2024 16:17 UTC+2

New Break

Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The 121 players still in the tournament are on a 15-minute break.

04-08-2024 16:03 UTC+2

Meisser Applies Pressure on Houghton

Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kevin Houghton opened to 2,000 from the hijack and faced Marco Meisser, who defended from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 4♥A♠7♣. Houghton fired a continuation bet, but Meisser check-raised to 5,500. Houghton snap-called to find the Q♦ turn, which was quickly checked by both players.

On the river 5♠, Meisser bet more than Houghton's stack to force him to go all-in. But Houghton wisely folded to keep his last 16,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Meisser	121,000
Kevin Houghton	16,200 16,200	16,200

Tags: Kevin Houghton Marco Meisser

04-08-2024 15:50 UTC+2

A Better Flush for Taylor

Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

After an open to 1,800 by the player under the gun, Tristan Taylor in middle position and Mohamed Aissani in the big blind both called.

Everybody checked on the 8♣J♣K♣ flop. But after two more checks, Taylor bet 1,500. He was only called by Aissani.

The 5♠ on the river brought no more action, and the pot went in Taylor's direction as he flipped over 10♣7♣ for a flush while Aissani had 3♣3♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Aissani	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tristan Taylor	73,000 73,000	73,000

04-08-2024 15:36 UTC+2

Last Level for Late Registration

Maxime Taldir

Level 6 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Level 6 just started and it is the last level for late registration. 160 entrants have been recorded so far on Day 1a.

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-08-2024 15:28 UTC+2

Tsitos Makes Peluso Fold

Maxime Taldir

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

At his new seat, Fabio Peluso defended from the big blind after Nikolaos Tsitos opened to 1,300 from middle position.

The flop of 4♥4♣8♥ brought no action as both players checked. But on the turn 7♥, Peluso led out for 2,000. Tsitos called, then bet 7,000 on the turn 10♥.

This bet was way too much for Peluso, who check-folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolaos Tsitos	43,000 43,000	43,000
Fabio Peluso	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Fabio Peluso Nikolaos Tsitos