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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Jana Krcova raised to 1,300 from the hijack and was called by both Liran Derei on the button and Jim Odeen in the small blind.
The flop came 
, both Odeen and Krcova checked. Derei bet 2,600 which only Odeen called.
They then both checked through the 
on the turn and the 
on the river for Odeen to claim the pot with 
for the flopped pair of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 11,000 |
|
58,000 | |
|
28,000 |
The flop read 
with 5,300 in the middle already.
Tomasz Brzezinski had checked in the big blind and Petter Redemo led out for 3,500. Brzezinski responded with a shove for just over 16,000 which sent Redemo into the tank. After a while, Redemo opted to let the hand go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
112,000 | -3,000 |
|
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34,500 | -50,500 |
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
Gerben Miedema shoved from under the gun for 13,800 and was called by Alan Vinnicombe in the cutoff while the rest of the table folded.
Gerben Miedema: 
Alan Vinnicombe: 
The board ran out 
for Miedema to hold with the pocket pair to double back to almost the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
29,100 | 14,100 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | |
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100,000 | |
|
80,000 | 8,000 |
|
70,000 | 40,000 |
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59,000 | 29,000 |
|
51,000 | 21,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
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15,000 | 4,000 |
Marcin Puczylowski was all-in for 11,400 from the cutoff and at risk as he was called and covered by Giulio Di Salvo in the early position.
Marcin Puczylowski: 
Giulio Di Salvo: 
The board read 
by the time all the cards were dealt for Puczylowski to have flopped top pair and improve to two pair to double up and stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000 | |
|
24,300 |
Photos courtesy of Joseph Hall/The Malta Poker Festival
Level: 7
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600