2019 The Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 The Malta Poker Festival
Final Results
Winner
Tomas Sujeta
Winning Hand
98
Prize
€150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€642,140
Total Entries
1,324
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
205
Players Left
38
Players Left 1 / 1,324
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Recent Eliminations

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

A Flush for Mor

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Dalibor Laskovic raised to 4,000 from the middle position and was called by Eviatar Mor in the small blind.

The flop came {q-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, Mor check-called the 15,000 continuation-bet of Laskovic.

The turn brought them the {10-Clubs}, Mor checked again and snap-called another 15,000 bet of Laskovic.

The river completed the board with the {9-Hearts}. 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 {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for the flush.

"You're lucky!" Laskovic said and showed he held {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}.

A discussion about how the hand played out and what would have happened if one of them did something different ensued.

Tags: Dalibor LaskovicEviatar Mor

Garaialde Shows a King

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The board read {2-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} 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 {k-Clubs} for at least a flopped pair of kings.

Tags: Achille OlivieriDalibor LaskovicJon Garaialde

Some Chip Counts

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Vinnicombe Scores Two Eliminations

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

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: {a-}{q-}
Massimo Bruno: {5-}{5-}
Alan Vinnicombe: {a-}{j-}

The flop came {a-}{a-}{5-} for Bruno to hit a full house immediately and Raemaekers and Vinnicombe trip aces.

The turn was a {10-} which didn't change things but the river completed the board with a {j-} to give Vinnicombe the bigger full house and double knock-out.

Tags: Alan VinnicombeJoep RaemaekersMassimo Bruno

Recent Chip Counts

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Nguyen Gets Ritrovato to Fold

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Linda Nguyen
Linda Nguyen

Linda Nguyen raised to 1,700 from under the gun and Salvatore Ritrovato defended his big blind.

They both checked through the {3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} flop to the {k-Clubs} on the turn. Ritrovato bet 1,500 which Nguyen called.

The river completed the board with the {2-Diamonds}, 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.

Tags: Linda NguyenSalvatore Ritrovato