2019 The Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1b
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
Entries
1,324
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
329
Players Left
58

Torregrasso Doubles With Quads

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Fabrice Soulier raised to 3,200 from the early position and was called by Adriano Torregrasso in the cutoff, Andreas Nordam on the button, and Ion Stanica in the big blind.

The flop came {2-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, both Stanica and Soulier checked. Torregrasso bet 7,000, Nordam raised to 15,000 and both Stanica and Soulier folded. Torregrasso three-bet shoved and Nordam asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Torregrasso had 44,100 behind. Nordam considered it for a while and then made the call.

Adriano Torregrasso: {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}
Andreas Nordam: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}

Torregrasso had flopped a set while Nordam had a gutshot to a wheel.

The turn brought them the {3-Hearts} for Nordam to hit the wheel indeed but the river completed the board with the {4-Clubs} for Torregrasso to improve to quads to stay alive and double up.

Player Chips Progress
Hans Homner de
Hans Homner
262,000 232,000
Lars Eketrapp
Lars Eketrapp
117,000
Dmitri Dan il
Dmitri Dan
Day 3 Chip Leader
111,000
Adriano Torregrossa it
Adriano Torregrossa
103,400 77,400
Andreas Nordam de
Andreas Nordam
98,000
Ion Stanica ro
Ion Stanica
95,000
Matteo Parlato it
Matteo Parlato
78,000 -79,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
64,000 12,000

Tags: Fabrice SoulierAdriano TorregrassoAndreas NordamIon Stanica

Selection of Chip Counts

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Richard Rich gb
Richard Rich
183,000 183,000
Jostein Grodum no
Jostein Grodum
160,000 -42,000
Mehmet Ongorur se
Mehmet Ongorur
Day 1B Chip Leader
159,000 78,500
Mari Nitteberg no
Mari Nitteberg
145,000 145,000
Trevor Bulless gb
Trevor Bulless
103,000 45,000
Jens Hauschke de
Jens Hauschke
96,000 65,000
Marcus Larsson se
Marcus Larsson
69,000 40,000
Ina Pavlova bg
Ina Pavlova
51,000 -26,000
Tracy Taylor gb
Tracy Taylor
Busted
Hrvoje Magzan hr
Hrvoje Magzan
Busted
Colin Turnbull gb
Colin Turnbull
Busted
John Reeves gb
John Reeves
Busted
Luca Beretta it
Luca Beretta
Busted
Tom Laghzaoui fr
Tom Laghzaoui
Busted

Lecomte Doubles Through Schwaederle

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Quentin Lecomte
Quentin Lecomte

Quentin Lecomte raised to 3,500 from under the gun and Cedric Schwaederle defended his big blind.

The flop came {q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{k-Hearts}, Schwaederle check-called the 3,000 continuation-bet of Lecomte.

The turn brought them the {7-Spades}, Schwaederle checked again and now Lecomte bet 12,000. Schwaederle shoved with the bigger stack and Lecomte called for 57,900 with {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} for the flopped top two pair. Schwaederle held {q-Spades}{4-Spades} for the lower two pair.

The river completed the board with the {2-Spades} for Lecomte to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Grech mt
Andre Grech
187,000 119,000
Matthias Kribben de
Matthias Kribben
150,000 150,000
Quentin Lecomte fr
Quentin Lecomte
132,800 72,800
Renato Messina it
Renato Messina
125,000 125,000
Darren Harbinson ie
Darren Harbinson
118,000 118,000
Max Broens nl
Max Broens
83,000 -55,000
Alain Bucher ch
Alain Bucher
40,000 40,000
Cedric Schwaederle fr
Cedric Schwaederle
32,500 -52,500

Tags: Cedric SchwaederleQuentin Lecomte

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Kuhl Busts Adams

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

Nathaniel Adams raised to 3,000 from the button and Thomas Kuhl three-bet to 9,200 in the big blind. Adams contemplated his options and then decided to make the call.

The flop came {2-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}, Kuhl continued with a bet of 10,000 and Adams shoved. Kuhl asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Adams had 50,200 behind. Kuhl took a few seconds and then made the call.

Nathaniel Adams: {a-Spades}{6-Spades}
Thomas Kuhl: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Adams had flopped two pair but Kuhl had the higher two pair.

The rest of the board was completed with the {k-Diamonds} on the turn and the {7-Clubs} on the river for Kuhl to hold and eliminate Adams.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Kuhl de
Thomas Kuhl
206,000 154,000
Liran Derei il
Liran Derei
187,500 139,100
Cosmin Balan ro
Cosmin Balan
121,000 121,000
John Reeves gb
John Reeves
85,000 8,000
Jonathan Therme fr
Jonathan Therme
WSOP 1X Winner
46,000 16,000
Peter Slettstober de
Peter Slettstober
44,500 44,500
Gary Armstrong gb
Gary Armstrong
42,000 -27,000
Nathaniel Adams (UK) gb
Nathaniel Adams (UK)
Busted

Tags: Nathaniel AdamsThomas Kuhl

One for Van Ravenswoud

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

Carlo van Ravenswoud raised from the early position and was called by Geir Berland in the cutoff and Shane Dempsey in the big blind.

They all checked through the {3-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop to the {j-Diamonds} on the turn. Dempsey bet 5,000 which only Van Ravenswoud called.

The river completed the board with the {2-Clubs} and they both checked. Dempsey tabled {k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for Van Ravensoud to claim the pot with {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Geir Berland no
Geir Berland
163,000 163,000
Jens Gorgen no
Jens Gorgen
95,000 95,000
Vytautas Aganauskas lt
Vytautas Aganauskas
84,000 84,000
Fabio Berti it
Fabio Berti
84,000 64,000
Shane Dempsey ie
Shane Dempsey
71,000 71,000
Carlo van Ravenswoud nl
Carlo van Ravenswoud
54,000 24,000
Paul Romain gb
Paul Romain
32,000 20,000
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
31,000 1,000

Tags: Berland GeirCarlo van RavenswoudShane Dempsey

One Win, One Loss for Soulier

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

Fabrice Soulier raised to 2,600 from under the gun and was called by Kyle Pullicino on the button and Dante Peykar and Dan Olin in the blinds.

They all checked through the {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop to the {k-Spades} on the turn. Peykar and Olin checked again, Soulier bet 3,000 and only Pullicino made the call in the end. The river completed the board with the {4-Spades}, Soulier bet 7,000 and Pullicino called after taking some time to go through his options. Soulier tabled {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and that was enough to take down the pot.

The hand after, Peykar raised to 4,000 from the button and Soulier defended his big blind.

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, Soulier check-called the 4,000 continuation-bet but check-folded to the 10,000 bet of Peykar on the {7-Clubs} on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Ekkaphong Phromtha de
Ekkaphong Phromtha
78,000
Grzegorz Tryba pl
Grzegorz Tryba
73,000
Dante Peykar se
Dante Peykar
62,000
Dan Olin se
Dan Olin
61,000 19,000
Petter Redemo se
Petter Redemo
58,000 42,000
Kevin Price (UK) gb
Kevin Price (UK)
54,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
52,000 52,000
Konstantin Lobach ru
Konstantin Lobach
40,000
Kyle Pullicino mt
Kyle Pullicino
37,000 -95,000

Tags: Dan OlinFabrice SoulierKyle PullicinoDante Peykar