Barone First Elimination of the EPT12 Malta Main Event
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
It took just a little more than a level for the first elimination of the day.
We didn't see it unfold, but learned after the fact that it happened after a player opened for 300 and Michael Wang called from the button. The player in the small blind came along, and then Alessandro Barone three-bet to 1,300 from the big blind.
The original raiser folded, Wang called with the 
, and the small blind got out of the way to make it heads-up action to the 
flop. Barone led out for 3,000, Wang raised to 7,800, and Barone shipped all in with what turned out to be aces. Wang made the call and held as both the turn and river bricked.
With that, Barone became the first elimination of the tournament, while Wang sits with nearly double the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | |
|
Busted |