One for Newey
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Paul Newey is a high roller. He literally travels around the world playing the the biggest buy-in events. He doesn't do it for money, nor fame, but simply for love of the game. As such, Newey isn't afraid to play tournaments outside of high rollers, like today's EPT Malta Main Event.
In a recent hand, the man from the UK raised to 250 under the gun and action folded all the way around to Lebanon's [Removed:2] in the big blind. He opted to defend and then check-called a bet of 325 on the 
flop. After the dealer burned and turned the 
, Maksoud checked and Newey bet again, this time 600. It did the trick as Maksoud wasted little time in releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,600
600
|
600 |
. The initial preflop aggressor bet 550 and Tureniec raised to 1,500, which was met by a check-raise to 4,300 from PokerStars qualifier McEathron for 4,300 in total.
. His short-stacked opponent was at risk with 
but improved on a board of 
.
. Italy's Virgilio di Cicco checked from the big blind and McEathron bet 600 from the cutoff. The Italian made the call and then checked once again on the 
river.
for aces and deuces with a king kicker, and it was good as di Cicco flashed the 
, Ivan Stokes checked from the big blind and Tomas Samol bet 500 from the under-the-gun position. Ignat "0Human0" Liviu bet called from the cutoff, Stokes folded, and it was heads-up action to the 
he folded to a bet of 800 whereas Joseph Portelli check-raised to 2,400 and took down the pot. It was Portelli who had taken half the stack of Albert Daher previously and is almost up to 50,000 in chips.
before over-betting the 
river for 2,000. His opponent quickly called and Horecki's 
