2019 The Malta Poker Festival
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The 93 remaining players have been sent for their second 15-minute break of the day.
Dalibor Laskovic raised to 4,000 from the middle position and was called by Eviatar Mor in the small blind.
The flop came ![]()
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, Mor check-called the 15,000 continuation-bet of Laskovic.
The turn brought them the
, Mor checked again and snap-called another 15,000 bet of Laskovic.
The river completed the board with the
. Mor snap-checked. Laskovic looked at his cards.
"I will call you!" Mor said before Laskovic did anything.
Laskovic nodded and checked too. Mor tabled ![]()
for the flush.
"You're lucky!" Laskovic said and showed he held ![]()
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A discussion about how the hand played out and what would have happened if one of them did something different ensued.
The board read ![]()
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with 5,000 in the middle already.
Achille Olivieri had bet 2,500 from the small blind and was called by Dalibor Laskovic in the hijack. Jon Garaialde raised to 10,000 and Olivieri was contemplating his options. In the end, he opted to fold and so did Laskovic. Garaialde showed he held the
for at least a flopped pair of kings.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Joep Raemaekers was seen leaving the tournament area but was kind enough to relay what had happened:
Alan Vinnicombe raised to 2,000 from under the gun and Raemaekers shoved from the middle position for 7,400. Massimo Bruno shoved too but for around 12,000 from the button. Action folded back to Vinnicombe who made the call.
Joep Raemaekers: ![]()
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Massimo Bruno: ![]()
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Alan Vinnicombe: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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for Bruno to hit a full house immediately and Raemaekers and Vinnicombe trip aces.
The turn was a
which didn't change things but the river completed the board with a
to give Vinnicombe the bigger full house and double knock-out.
Linda Nguyen raised to 1,700 from under the gun and Salvatore Ritrovato defended his big blind.
They both checked through the ![]()
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flop to the
on the turn. Ritrovato bet 1,500 which Nguyen called.
The river completed the board with the
, Ritrovato now checked and Nguyen fired a bet of 4,000 over the line. Ritrovato went through the options for a bit before flicking his cards into the muck for the fold.