2018 Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2018 Malta Poker Festival

Final Results
Winner
Emanuele Onnis
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€662,510
Entries
1,366
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
40,000

Ibald Plays an "Great" Hand

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Donna Morton limped in from mid-position and Karl-Tim Ibald raised to 2,500 from the button and was only called by Christian Gamsjager in the big blind.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, Gamsjager check-folded to the 2,500 continuation-bet of Ibald.

"Did you see that great hand?" Ibald commented to the PokerNews live reporting team.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Gamsjager at
Christian Gamsjager
55,000 23,575
Donna Morton gb
Donna Morton
30,700 14,700
Karl-Tim Ibald de
Karl-Tim Ibald
18,500 -6,500

Tags: Christian GamsjagerKarl-Tim Ibald

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Koop Doing Better on his Second Bullet

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Niko Koop raised to 1,500 from mid-position and was called by Marcus Mattheas in the hijack and Andreas Uhde in the big blind.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, Uhde checked, Koop continued with a bet of 2,500 which only Mattheas called.

The turn was the {6-Spades}, Koop now bet 5,000 and Mattheas called again.

The river completed the board with the {8-Clubs}, Koop fired a bet of 10,000 over the line and Mattheas decided to give up on the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Uhde de
Andreas Uhde
76,000
Niko Koop de
Niko Koop
44,000 44,000

Tags: Andreas UhdeNiko Koop

Wilsmann Doubles Up

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Jona Wilmsmann shoved all in from under the gun for 7,700 and Par Johanssen did the same with the bigger stack from mid-position. The rest of the table folded so their cards could go on their backs.

Jona Wilmsmann: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Par Johanssen: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}

The flop came {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{j-Clubs} for Wilmsmann to flop a pair of queens and Johanssen the straight draw,

The turn was the {6-Spades} which didn't change the situation, neither did the {j-Diamonds} on the river as the double-up of Wilmsmann was secured.

Player Chips Progress
Par Johanssen
Par Johanssen
20,000 20,000
Jona Wilmsmann de
Jona Wilmsmann
17,100 9,075
Wouter Schuurbiers be
Wouter Schuurbiers
7,000 -13,000

Tags: Jona WilmsmannPar Johanssen

Mrkaljevic Has Aces Against Borg

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

The flop read {5-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}, Aladin Mrkaljevic checked his small blind and Ronni Borg bet 2,400 which Mrkaljevic called.

The turn brought them the {q-Diamonds}, now Mrkaljevic check-called the 5,300 continuation-bet of Borg.

The river completed the board with the {3-Hearts}, Mrkaljevic checked for the last time. Borg decided to barrel another bet of 10,200 over the line and Mrkaljevic quickly called. Borg tabled {q-Hearts}{7-Spades} for the turned pair of queens. Mrkaljevic showed {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} for the overpair to scoop up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Aladin Mrkaljevic dk
Aladin Mrkaljevic
78,000 19,000
Ronni Borg dk
Ronni Borg
19,000 -32,000

Tags: Ronni BorgAladin Mrkaljevic