2019 The Malta Poker Festival
Andre Scerri was sporting a big stack after having eliminated two opponents and was kind enough to relay what had happened:
Scerri raised to 7,500 from under the gun and the player in the early position three-bet to 15,000. The player in the hijack called and action folded back to Scerri. Scerri thought about shoving with ![]()
but opted to call instead.
The flop came ![]()
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, Scerri now shoved and both of his opponents called. The early position player held ![]()
for the set of tens and the player in the hijack had ![]()
for the set of queens.
The turn brought them the
for Scerri to hit the flush, he only needed to avoid the board to pair up.
The river completed the board with the
for Scerri to hold with the flush to eliminate both of his opponents.
The board read ![]()
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with over 30,000 in the middle already.
Marcus Larsson had checked in the big blind and Liran Derei bet 17,000 on the button. Larsson responded with a shove, having Derei covered. Derei dived into the tank and then made the called with ![]()
. Larsson tabled ![]()
for the flush to send Derei to the rail.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
The 90 remaining players have all been sent for their final 15-minute break of the night.
The flop read ![]()
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with 27,000 in the middle already.
Liran Derei had checked in the big blind and Jostein Grodum shoved from the cutoff for 62,700. Derei made the call.
Jostein Grodum: ![]()
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Liran Derei: ![]()
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The turn brought them the
to give Derei an open-ended straight draw but the river completed the board with the
for Grodum to hold with the rockets to double up.
Michael Jesse shoved from the middle position for around 23,000 and so did Brian Calleja in the late position for more. The rest of the table folded to let them battle it out.
Michael Jesse: ![]()
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Brian Calleja: ![]()
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The board ran out![]()
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for Calleja to hold with the pocket pair to eliminate Jesse.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000