€550 Grand Event Day 3 | 2018 Malta Poker Festival

11-05-2018 17:03 UTC+1

Francesco Cortorillo Eliminated in 13th Place (€5,000)

Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Eyal Bensimhon raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Francesco Cortorillo shoved in the cutoff for 495,000. Action folded back to Bensimhon who called.

Francesco Cortorillo:
Eyal Bensimhon:

The board ran out for Bensimhon to hit a pair of queens on the river to eliminate Cortorillo in 14th place for €5,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Bensimhon	2,100,000 595,000	595,000
Francesco Cortorillo	Busted

Tags: Eyal Bensimhon Francesco Cortorillo

11-05-2018 17:10 UTC+1

Salvatore Doubles Through Cosic

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Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Fabian Gumz raised to 205,000 from the hijack and Marko Cosic shoved in the small blind for around 1,600,000. Giovanni Salvatore tanked in the big blind until he heard that Francesco Cortorillo had busted on the other table and then shoved for 585,000. Gumz quickly folded.

Giovanni Salvatore:
Marko Cosic:

The board ran out for them both to flop a pair but the river saves Salvatore as he now had two pair to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Salvatore	1,240,000 640,000	640,000
Marko Cosic	1,000,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Fabian Gumz Francesco Cortorillo Giovanni Salvatore Marko Cosic

11-05-2018 17:18 UTC+1

Eyal Bensimhon Eliminated in 12th Place (€7,000)

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Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Emanuele Onnis raised to 375,000 from the button and Eyal Bensimhon shoved from the big blind for about 2,000,000 which Onnis called.

Eyal Bensimhon:
Emanuele Onnis:

The flop came for Onnis to hit a pair and give Bensimhon the open-ended straight draw.

The turn was the which didn't change the situation, neither did the on the river as Bensimhon was sent to the cashier to pick up his cash for €7,000 for finishing in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emanuele Onnis	6,700,000
Eyal Bensimhon	Busted

Tags: Emanuele Onnis Eyal Bensimhon

11-05-2018 17:30 UTC+1

Salvatore Doubles Again

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Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Giovanni Salvatore shoved from the hijack for 835,000 and was called by Federico Petruzzelli in the small blind.

Giovanni Salvatore:
Federico Petruzzelli:

The flop came for Salvatore to flop a straight draw.

The turn was the and Salvatore got up from his chair already.

The river completed the board with the which meant Salvatore rivered a pair of aces to double up as he did a little dance on the stage from happiness.

Player	Chips	Progress
Federico Petruzzelli	2,540,000 1,215,000	1,215,000
Giovanni Salvatore	1,830,000 590,000	590,000

Tags: Federico Petruzzelli Giovanni Salvatore

11-05-2018 17:45 UTC+1

Dypvik Takes Some Back

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Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Giovanni Salvatore limped in from the hijack, Federico Petruzzelli completed his small blind and Borge Dypvik opted to check in the big blind.

The flop came , Petruzzelli check-folded to Dypvik's bet of 150,000 and Salvatore called.

The turn brought them the , Petruzelli called Dypvik's continuation-bet of 250,000.

The river completed the board with , now Dypvik bet 335,000 and Salvatore slid his cards over the line for the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Borge Dypvik	3,800,000 935,000	935,000

Giovanni Salvatore	1,700,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Borge Dypvik Federico Petruzzelli Giovanni Salvatore

11-05-2018 17:53 UTC+1

Jona Wilmsmann Eliminated in 11th Place (€7,000)

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Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Nicolaj D'Antoni raised to 225,000 from the button and Jona Wilmsmann shoved from the big blind for 1,285,000 which D'Antoni called.

Jona Wilmsmann:
Nicolaj D'Antoni:

The board ran out for D'Antoni to hit the nine on the river to eliminate Wilmsmann from the tournament in 11th place for €7,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolaj D'Antoni	5,500,000 1,570,000	1,570,000
Jona Wilmsmann	Busted

Tags: Jona Wilmsmann Nicolaj D'Antoni

11-05-2018 18:01 UTC+1

Gumz Gets the Big Double-Up

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Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Fabian Gumz raised to 200,000 from the cutoff, Federico Petruzelli three-bet to 550,000 on the button. Action folded back to Gumz who shoved for 2,250,000 and Petruzzelli called.

Fabian Gumz:
Federico Petruzzelli:

The board ran out for Gumz to hit a pair of aces on the flop to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Gumz	4,700,000 1,675,000	1,675,000

Federico Petruzzelli	1,400,000 1,140,000	1,140,000

Tags: Fabian Gumz Federico Petruzzelli

11-05-2018 18:08 UTC+1

Federico Petruzzelli Eliminated in 10th Place (€7,000)

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Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante

Federico Petruzzelli shoved from under the gun for 1,400,000 and was called by Giovanni Salvatore on the button.

Federico Petruzzelli:
Giovanni Salvatore:

The board ran out for the pocket aces of Salvatore to hold and eliminate Petruzzelli in 10th place for €7,000.

The final nine players will be moved onto one table and have gone for a short break. One more player needs to bust before the official final table has been reached and they can bag their chips for the final day tomorrow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Salvatore	3,200,000 1,500,000	1,500,000
Federico Petruzzelli	Busted

Tags: Federico Petruzzelli Giovanni Salvatore

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

11-05-2018 18:24 UTC+1

Unofficial Final Table Seating and Chip Counts

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Shirley Ang

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

The players are still on a break but here is the information on how they are situated in regards to the seat draw and chip counts:

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Fabian Gumz	Germany	4,590,000	38
2	Andre Henning	Sweden	2,660,000	22
3	Nicolaj D'Antoni	Italy	5,715,000	48
4	Steven Iglesias	Norway	1,675,000	14
5	Giovanni Salvatore	Italy	3,235,000	27
6	Espen Uhlen Jorstad	Norway	4,760,000	40
7	Marko Cosic	Serbia	1,405,000	12
8	Emanuele Onnis	Italy	6,790,000	57
9	Borge Dypvik	Norway	3,290,000	27

Player	Chips	Progress
Emanuele Onnis	6,790,000 90,000	90,000
Nicolaj D'Antoni	5,715,000 215,000	215,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	4,760,000 360,000	360,000
Fabian Gumz	4,590,000 110,000	110,000

Borge Dypvik	3,290,000 510,000	510,000

Giovanni Salvatore	3,235,000 35,000	35,000
Henning Andre	2,660,000 60,000	60,000
Steven Iglesias	1,675,000 170,000	170,000
Marko Cosic	1,405,000 405,000	405,000