Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
2019 The Malta Poker Festival
€550 Grand Event
Day: 1b
Players Left 1 / 1,324
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
The 140 remaining players have been sent for another 15-minute break.
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ina Pavlova raised to 2,500 from the hijack and Mantas Petrauskas shoved for just over 11,000 on the button. Action folded back to Pavlova who made the call.
Mantas Petrauskas: 
Ina Pavlova: 
The board ran out 
for Pavlova to hold with the pocket sixes and make a full house to eliminate Petrauskas.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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110,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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107,000
107,000
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107,000 |
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77,000
31,000
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31,000 |
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24,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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17,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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Busted |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
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Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Robert Blaauwgeers raised to 2,300 from the cutoff and Vera Kuhl shoved on the button for 16,600. Jon Kyte called in the big blind while Blaauwgeers folded.
Vera Kuhl: 
Jon Kyte: 
The flop came 
with the nine in the window and for both of them to flop a pair. Kyte was still ahead with the higher pair though. The rest of the board was completed with the 
on the turn and the on the river for Kyte to send Kuhl to the rail.
The hand after, Philippe Houman was all-in for his last 100 from the early position. Hrvoje Magzan raised from the button and was called by William Mitchell in the big blind. Houman was playing a pot of 1,400 in total.
The flop came 
, Mitchell bet 3,500 and that was enough to get Magzan out of the way for the cards to go on their backs.
Philippe Houman: 
William Mitchell: 
Houman was ahead with the higher hole cards.
The turn was the for Houman to hit top pair. He only needed to avoid a nine and he did as the completed the board on the river to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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97,000
97,000
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97,000 |
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95,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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88,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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1,400
39,600
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39,600 |
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Busted |
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Day 1b's registration period is now officially closed and it has attracted 329 entries in total. Together with the 205 entries of Day 1a, this means there have been 534 entries collected over the first two of four starting flights.
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
John Vella raised to 1,300 from the early position and Steven Watts three-bet to 3,000 in the cutoff. Vella called before Lasse Ovre had made a decision in the big blind. This was pointed out to Vella and Ovre took some time to consider his options before folding.
Vella then checked in the dark as the 
flop was dealt.
"I'm all in," Watts responded.
"I'm all out," Vella replied and then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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141,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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70,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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47,000 | |
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35,000 | |
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34,000 | |
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33,000 | |
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25,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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17,000 | |
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16,000 |
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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102,000 | |
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90,000 | |
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77,000 | |
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69,000 | |
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43,000
2,400
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2,400 |
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42,000 | |
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20,000 | |
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19,000 | |
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18,000 |
Level 8
: 400/800, 800 ante
Philippe Houman limped in on the button and Blaz Bolanca completed his small blind. Kenneth Fjellskal opted to check in the big blind.
They all checked through the 
on the flop, the 
on the turn, and the 
on the river.
"Three," Bolanca said and Fjellskal tabled 
for the rivered pair of eights to pick up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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85,000
62,000
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62,000 |
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80,500
60,000
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60,000 |
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47,000 | |
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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41,000 | |
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36,000 | |
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31,000 | |
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15,000 | |
