2017 Cash Game Festival Malta

2017 Cash Game Festival Malta
Day: 5

Finland's Petteri Vanhapelto Off to a Hot Start

Finland's Petteri Vanhapelto, who lives locally in Malta, is off to a hot start on the €1/€2 no-limit hold'em televised feature table. In a recent hand, he raised from early position with {Q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} to €10 before calling a three-bet to €25 from his fellow countrymate Arttu Iisakka, who was holding {a-Hearts}{q-Spades}.

Both players checked the {Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{10-Spades} flop despite Vanhapelto flopping two pair and his opponent holding top pair. This is where things got interesting. Vanhepelto jammed his stack of around €175, which represented a huge overbet of the pot when the {4-Spades} appeared on the turn and was snap called by Iisakka. A blank appeared on the river and Vanhapelto was awarded a huge pot.