Less than 100 players remain on Day 1a of the €560 EAPT Malta Main Event. They are on a 15-minute break.
Less than 100 players remain on Day 1a of the €560 EAPT Malta Main Event. They are on a 15-minute break.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Florian Korkuti opened to 4,000 from under the gun, and received a single call by Tomasz Brzezinski on the button.
Korkuti continued for 3,500 on a flop of 4♣10♠5♥, and he was called. But he slowed down on the 7♦ turn, as he checked.
Brzezinski took this opportunity to bet 12,000. Korkuti scratched his head, and eventually folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
140,000
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140,000 |
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55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
Stavros Petychakis found himself at risk for 29,000 chips from the cutoff against Javier Cabera in the blinds.
Stavros Petychakis: K♠K♥
Javier Cabera: A♦Q♣
On a board of 6♥Q♠10♦10♠7♠, Petychakis' kings held and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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165,000 | |
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63,000 |
After the dealer fanned a flop of 2♦A♦3♦, Dmitrij Bogdanov in the blinds went into the tank when Andrei Satirbasa shoved for 51,000. Bogdanov eventually called with approximately the same stack.
Andrei Satirbasa: A♥2♥
Dmitrij Bogdanov: A♣2♣
Both players with the asme hand flopped two pair, so they split the pot after the turn 9♠ and the river 10♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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62,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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56,000
56,000
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56,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
An all-in and call situation occurred on Table 3, with James Scorgie in the big blind at risk for 23,500 against Martin Fricker in the hijack.
James Scorgie: A♦10♦
Martin Fricker: K♥Q♠
Fricker took the lead on a flop of 6♣Q♥J♦, but Scorgie hit the nut straight on the turn K♠ to double up after the river 5♥. The table broke after this hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
83,000
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83,000 |
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Down to 3,500 chips, Oleksandr Khlaponin shoved from under the gun and faced Marco Meisser in the big blind.
Oleksandr Khlaponin: J♠9♦
Marco Meisser: 4♠3♠
Meisser hit two pair on a board of 3♥2♦6♦A♥A♠, leading to Khlaponin's elimination.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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171,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000