GGPoker Battle of Malta Online Main Event (€3M GTD)

Battle of Malta Online €550 GTD Main Event (€3M GTD)
Day: 2
Event Info

GGPoker Battle of Malta Online Main Event (€3M GTD)

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
€378,286
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€3,443,798
Entries
6,591
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
1,250,000 / 2,500,000
Ante
300,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 20,000

Ponakovs Doubles with Big Slick

Level 17 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Aleksejs Ponakovs

"pokerfrank" jammed for 1,797,828 from under the gun and Aleksejs Ponakovs called off for about 40,000 less from the big blind.

Aleksejs Ponakovs: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
pokerfrank: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}

Ponakovs was ahead and pulled out of the gate to take a bigger lead in the hand after his king paired up on the {3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} flop. Ponakovs was assured a double on the {2-Diamonds} turn and it was made official after the {j-Clubs} river completed the board.

"pokerfrank" didn't have much in his stack after that and was soon out of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs lv
Aleksejs Ponakovs
WSOP 2X Winner
3,677,644 3,362,331
pokerfrank hk
pokerfrank
Busted

Favia Whiffs with Suited Connectors

Level 17 : 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
Francesco Favia
Francesco Favia

Francesco "Pachamama" Favia jammed for 1,260,984 from the cutoff. "Cracked_" three-bet shoved for 3,632,524 from the button and the rest of the table folded.

Francesco "Pachamama" Favia: {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Cracked_: {a-Spades}{j-Clubs}

It wasn't looking good for Favia after "Cracked_" paired their ace on the {k-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{4-Spades} flop. Favia was drawing dead on the {2-Spades} turn and was eliminated in 53rd place for €6,946 after the {8-Hearts} river completed the board.

Level: 17

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 15,000

Rockets for Sandev

Level 16 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

Georgi Sandev opened for 2.2 big blinds and was called by "no bueno" from one seat over.

Sandev check-called a bet of 178,860 on the {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} flop before doing the same for 674,790 on the {5-Hearts} turn. The {q-Clubs} river completed the board and Sandev checked again. "no bueno" jammed for 1,647,688 and Sandev quickly called off for 1,405,741.

"no bueno" held {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} and was left with crumbs as Sandev won the hand with {a-Diamonds}{a-Hearts}. Those crumbs left his possession shortly after to end their run in the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Georgi Sandev bg
Georgi Sandev
5,060,782 3,374,475
no bueno ma
no bueno
Busted

Full House for Sheils

Level 16 : 50,000/100,000, 12,500 ante

Brandon "TryLSD" Sheils min-raised from the cutoff and was called by "pokerfrank" from the big blind.

"pokerfrank" check-called bets of 146,200 on the {k-Spades}{9-Clubs}{a-Spades} flop and for 272,000 on the {2-Hearts} turn. The {k-Hearts} paired the board on the river and "pokerfrank" jammed. Sheils called off for 1,186,038.

"pokerfrank" turned over {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for trips but this wasn't good enough as Sheils doubled up after he turned over {k-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon "TryLSD" Sheils
Brandon "TryLSD" Sheils
3,638,476
pokerfrank hk
pokerfrank
2,768,828 -1,279,148
Jonah Silverstein ca
Jonah Silverstein
Busted