€550 Grand Event Day 1b | 2018 Malta Poker Festival

11-02-2018 22:58 UTC+1

Siciliano Doubles Through Vella

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

When the break had started Mark Vella and Marco Siciliano were still seated at their table.

Vella was sitting on the button and in the tank with a bet of 12,000 in front of him. Marco Siciliano was in the under-the-gun position and was all-in for 50,200. Vella looked pained and reluctantly made the call with the slightly bigger stack.

Marco Siciliano:
Marko Vella:

The flop came to give Siciliano a set immediately and Vella needed to hit a runner-runner flush or quad jacks to eliminate Siciliano.

The turn was the which meant that Vella was drawing dead and the on the river was just a formality to complete the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Siciliano	112,600
Mark Vella	11,100

Tags: Marco Siciliano Mark Vella

11-02-2018 23:13 UTC+1

Selection of Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Pagano	142,000 110,000	110,000
Nicko Christensen	140,000 140,000	140,000
Adam Davies	140,000 140,000	140,000
Yotam Bar-Yosef	131,000 131,000	131,000
Idan Levy	130,000 130,000	130,000
Serdar Demircan	110,000 46,000	46,000
Aladin Mrkaljevic	100,000 22,000	22,000
Daniel Jacobsen	98,000 98,000	98,000
Daniel Stacey	70,000 70,000	70,000
Dario Marinelli	70,000 13,000	13,000
Fabrice Soulier	59,000 59,000	59,000

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

11-02-2018 23:39 UTC+1

Even More Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Davorin Stefanovic	215,000 80,000	80,000
Rafal Lubczynski	162,000 162,000	162,000
Ilana Belski	146,000 1,000	1,000
Manoj Navani	140,000 140,000	140,000
Kornelius Lien	132,000 132,000	132,000
Espen Engevik	130,000 130,000	130,000
Mark Rubbathan	125,000 125,000	125,000

Gabriele Re	116,000 116,000	116,000
Mickael Thomas	102,000 102,000	102,000
Jonas Johansson	100,000 100,000	100,000
Christian Gamsjager	95,000 40,000	40,000
Glenn Gerber	85,000 85,000	85,000
Nicolaj D'Antoni	83,000 83,000	83,000
Jens Knossalla	80,000 80,000	80,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	79,000 21,000	21,000
[Removed:155]	76,000 46,300	46,300
Grazia Caruso	61,000 19,000	19,000
Karl-Tim Ibald	40,000 21,500	21,500
Daiva Byrne	40,000 6,500	6,500
Andy Hills	39,000 5,000	5,000

Nicholas Ehrenholz	36,000 36,000	36,000
Andrew Hedley	30,000 17,200	17,200
James Noonan	15,500 15,500	15,500

11-02-2018 23:46 UTC+1

Some Eliminations

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
James Noonan	Busted
Niko Koop	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
Mark Vella	Busted
Par Johanssen	Busted
Marco D'Amico	Busted

11-02-2018 23:56 UTC+1

Mrkaljevic Gets the Fold

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Aladin Mrkaljevic raised to 3,500 from mid-position and Daniel Jacobsen three-bet to 10,000 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Mrkaljevic who took some time before making the call.

The flop came , Mrkaljevic check-raised Jacobsen's bet of 8,000 to 22,000. Jacobsen considered it for a bit but then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aladin Mrkaljevic	90,000 10,000	10,000
Daniel Jacobsen	46,000 52,000	52,000

Tags: Aladin Mrkaljevic Daniel Jacobsen

11-03-2018 00:08 UTC+1

Marinelli Doubles Through Cohen

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Dario Marinelli shoved all in for 22,600 from the lojack and was called by Tsvi Cohen in the big blind.

Dario Marinelli:
Tsvi Cohen:

The flop came for Marinelli to stay ahead.

The turn was the so Marinelli just needed to avoid the ace or king to stay alive.

The river brought them the to pair the board and double Marinelli up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsvi Cohen	64,000
Dario Marinelli	47,800 22,200	22,200

Tags: Dario Marinelli Tsvi Cohen

11-03-2018 00:18 UTC+1

Drosakis Loses it All

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Shirley Ang

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Alexandros Drosakis raised to 3,600 from mid-position, Yotam Bar-Yosef three-bet to 8,300 from the hijack, and Arie Kliper four-bet to 23,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Drosakis who shoved for 34,400. Bar-Yosef decided to also shove with the bigger stack. Kliper tanked as he still had around 30,000 left so he would be at risk if he made the call. After a while, Drosakis called the clock on him. The floor came over and the dealer explained the situation to the floor. The floor didn't say anything to Kliper and Kliper folded after contemplating for a bit longer.

Alexandros Drosakis:
Yotam Bar-Yosef: