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
Players Left 1 / 1,366
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D'Antoni Into the Chip Lead

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Daniel Mor raised to 4,500 from the lojack and was called by Naji Ghoson in the hijack. Nicolaj D'Antoni three-bet to 13,800 from the button and Mor was the only one to make the call.

The flop came {2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{q-Hearts}, Mor check-snap-called the shove by D'Antoni with the shorter stack so he'd be at risk.

Daniel Mor: {A-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Nicolaj D'Antoni: {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

They both held ace-high with D'Antoni with the higher kicker but Mor had the flush draw.

The rest of the board was completed with the {9-Spades} on the turn and the {j-Diamonds} on the river to eliminate Mor from the tournament and propel D'Antoni into the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicolaj D'Antoni
259,000
176,000
176,000
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Daniel Mor
Busted
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Andreas Uhde
Busted

Tags: Daniel MorNaji GhosonNicolaj D'Antoni

Privitera Doubles Through Belski

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Fabrizio Privitera shoved from the small blind for 17,600 and Ilana Belski contemplated for a while in the big blind. In the end, she reluctantly made the call.

Fabrizio Privitera: {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Ilana Belski: {9-Spades}{8-Clubs}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for Privitera to stay ahead and double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Ilana Belski
147,600
1,600
1,600
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Fabrizio Privitera
37,900
37,900
37,900

Tags: Fabrizio PriviteraIlana Belski

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Siciliano Shot Down by Monteiro

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Fares Shehadeh raised to 6,000 from under the gun and was called by Marco Siciliano in mid-position, Pedro Monteiro on the button, and David Carrasco in the big blind.

The flop came {2-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, both Carrasco and Shehadeh check-folded when Monteiro raised the 11,500 bet of Siciliano to 26,000 and Siciliano called.

The turn was the {4-Hearts} to pair the board up. Siciliano shoved for around 58,000 and Monteiro called.

Marco Siciliano: {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}
Pedro Monteiro: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

They both held a pocket pair with Monteiro holding the better one.

The river completed the board with the {a-Clubs} for the situation to not change and Siciliano getting eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Pedro Monteiro
220,000
220,000
220,000
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Fares Shehadeh
98,600
98,600
98,600
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David Carrasco
73,000
73,000
73,000
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Marco Siciliano
Busted

Tags: David CarrascoFares ShehadehMarco SicilianoPedro Monteiro

Byrne Flops the Set

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Daiva Byrne
Daiva Byrne

Daiva Byrne has just been moved to her fifth table of the day and was off to a good start immediately.

Byrne raised to 5,000 from the hijack and was called by Oscar Petterson in the big blind.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}, Petterson check-called the 4,000 continuation-bet of Byrne.

The turn brought them the {7-Diamonds}, Petterson checked again and now fired a bet of 10,000 over the line. Petterson took a few seconds before he called.

The river completed the board with the {10-Clubs} and they both checked. Petterson showed {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for the flopped top pair but that couldn't the {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} of Byrne as she was awarded the pot.

"Welcome to the table," someone at the table said.

Player Chips Progress
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Emanuele Napolitano
293,000
293,000
293,000
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Traian Bostan
155,000
155,000
155,000
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Oscar Petterson
130,000
130,000
130,000
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Daiva Byrne
72,000
32,000
32,000

Tags: Daiva ByrneOscar Petterson

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 4,000

Grella Doubles Through Stefanovic

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 4,000 ante

Giovanni Grella raised from the button, Alessandro Siena shoved from the small blind, and action folded back to Grella who snap-called for the 77,900 he had behind.

Giovanni Grella: {A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Alessandro Siena: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

The flop came {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} to give Grella the pair of aces to jump ahead of Siena's pocket pair of jacks.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} which didn't change the situation and the river completed the board with the {7-Hearts} on the river and Grella doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Alessandro Siena
219,000
219,000
219,000
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[Removed:155]
170,000
94,000
94,000
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Giovanni Grella
162,400
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Espen Uhlen Jorstad
105,000
14,000
14,000

Tags: Alessandro SienaGiovanni Grella

Navani Doubles Banks Up and Then Gets Eliminated

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 4,000 ante

The board read {j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{6-Spades} with around 60,000 in the middle already.

Nicholas Banks shoved from the hijack for 58,100 and Manoj Navani tanked and then made the call.

Nicholas Banks: {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Manoj Navani: {8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

Banks had flopped a pair of jacks and Navani had a pair of sevens and the open-ended straight draw.

The river completed the board with the {5-Clubs} which didn't help Navani as he had to pay Banks the double up and he was left with 500.

The hand right after, Banks raised to 6,000 from the lojack, Gil Zemer three-bet to 16,000 from the hijack and Navani was all-in for his last 100 after paying the ante. Action folded back to Banks who folded.

Manoj Navani: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Gil Zemer: {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{a-Clubs}, Navani turned a flush draw but bricked the river to get eliminated in the last level of the night.

Player Chips Progress
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Nicholas Banks
180,000
Profile photo of Gil Zemer
Gil Zemer
140,000
Profile photo of Manoj Navani
Manoj Navani
Busted

Tags: Nicholas BanksManoj NavaniGil Zemer