2018 Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1c
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 Info - Day 1c

Moschitta Doesn't Need to Show

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jonas Eriksson raised to 1,600 from mid-position and was called by Luca Moschitta in the hijack, Kashi Kambiz on the button, and Simon Goldthorpe and Ilya Shvartsman in the blinds.

The flop came down {4-Spades}{a-Hearts}{7-Spades}, everyone checked to Moschitta who decided to bet 3,700 and Goldthorpe was the only one to make the call.

They both checked through the {j-Spades} on the turn to the {7-Hearts} on the river to pair the board up and complete the flush draw. Now Goldthorpe took over the initiative by leading out for 7,200 which Moschitta snap-called. Goldthorpe took a second and then flung his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Kashi Kambiz se
Kashi Kambiz
136,000 136,000
Simon Goldthorpe il
Simon Goldthorpe
81,000 81,000
Massimiliano Rosi it
Massimiliano Rosi
73,000 23,000
Luca Moschitta it
Luca Moschitta
69,000 45,000

Tags: Ilya ShvartsmanJonas ErikssonKashi KambozLuca MoschittaSimon Goldthorpe

Proust Doubles Through Velardita

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante

Nicolas Proust raised to 2,000 from the hijack and Andrea Velardita three-bet to 8,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Proust who shoved for 20,700 and Velardita snap-called.

Nicolas Proust: {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Andrea Velardita: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}

The flop came {j-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs} for Velardita to stay ahead.

The turn was the {8-Diamonds} to Velardita to still stay ahead but now Proust had some extra outs as he had an open-ended straight draw.

The river completed the board with the {a-Spades} which was one of the original outs Proust needed to double up indeed.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Adams gb
Matt Adams
54,000
Nicolas Proust fr
Nicolas Proust
43,600 43,600
Alexander Stevendahl se
Alexander Stevendahl
37,800 -25,200
Andrea Velardita it
Andrea Velardita
35,000 35,000

Tags: Andrea VelarditaNicolas Proust

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Camarda Takes Lau Down

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Salvatore Camarda was sitting on the button and was heads-up against Teri Lau in the small blind where they were both all-in and Lau at risk with the shorter stack.

Teri Lau: {A-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Salvatore Camarda: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{7-Hearts} with the five in the window followed by the queen to the relief of Camarda.

The turn was the {10-Hearts} which didn't change the situation, neither did the {10-Clubs} on the river as Lau was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Salvatore Camarda it
Salvatore Camarda
35,000 10,000
Teri Lau gb
Teri Lau
Busted

Tags: Salvatore CamardaTeri Lau

Worthington-Leese Gets the Fold

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Philip Benvenuto raised to 1,200 from mid-position and was called by Leo Worthington-Leese in the big blind.

The flop came {6-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}, Worthington-Leese check-called the 800 continuation-bet of Benvenuto.

They both checked through the {5-Clubs} on the turn to the {4-Clubs} on the river to complete the board. Worthington-Leese bet 5,000 and Benvenuto folded his cards after taking a few seconds to consider his options.

Player Chips Progress
Espen Engevik no
Espen Engevik
69,000 41,000
Jesper Hougaard dk
Jesper Hougaard
WSOP 2X Winner
55,000 55,000
Leo Worthington-Leese gb
Leo Worthington-Leese
31,000 31,000
Philip Benvenuto it
Philip Benvenuto
23,000

Pignataro Takes From Pulliainen

Level 7 : 300/600, 100 ante

Luigi Pignataro raised to 1,525 from the early position and Sami Pulliainen was the only one to make the call from the hijack.

The flop came {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, Pignataro continued with a bet of 1,400 and Pulliainen called again.

The turn was the {3-Hearts}, now Pignataro checked and Pulliainen bet 2,800 which Pignataro called.

The river completed the board with the {j-Hearts} and they both checked again for Pignataro to scoop the pot with {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Luigi Pignataro it
Luigi Pignataro
34,000 34,000
Sami Pulliainen fi
Sami Pulliainen
24,000 20,500

Tags: Luigi PignataroSami Pulliainen