€550 Grand Event Day 1b | 2019 The Malta Poker Festival

11-01-2019 00:55 UTC+1

Grodum Doubles Through Derei

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The flop read 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:
Liran Derei:

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jostein Grodum	152,400 7,600	7,600
Liran Derei	112,000 75,500	75,500

Tags: Jostein Grodum Liran Derei

11-01-2019 01:03 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlo van Ravenswoud	Busted
Byungwook Ahn	Busted
Shane Dempsey	Busted
Blaz Bolanca	Busted
Andreas Nordam	Busted
Kim Lungstad	Busted
Max Broens	Busted
Jon Kyte	Busted
Trevor Bulless	Busted
Marjan Mitrovski	Busted
Donna Morton	Busted
Dan Olin	Busted

Last Break of the Day

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The 90 remaining players have all been sent for their final 15-minute break of the night.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

11-01-2019 01:37 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Turgay Akin	260,000 249,700	249,700
Anders Karlsen	182,000 90,000	90,000
Lars Viggander	170,000 60,000	60,000
Asa Holmberg	170,000 110,000	110,000
Tondaro Tancredi	167,000
Nicolas Courbin	165,000 165,000	165,000
Fares Shehadeh	150,000 13,000	13,000
Mario Manara	148,000
Steven Watts	148,000 131,000	131,000
Barny Boatman	125,000 69,000	69,000

Michele Slama-Saad	Busted
Corel Theuma	Busted
Dario Amato	Busted

Larsson Eliminates Derei

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The board read 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehmet Ongorur	230,000 71,000	71,000

Marcus Larsson	220,000 151,000	151,000
Liran Derei	Busted

Tags: Liran Derei Marcus Larsson

11-01-2019 01:57 UTC+1

Scerri Takes Two Out

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

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 , 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Scerri	287,000 287,000	287,000

Tags: Andre Scerri

11-01-2019 01:59 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vytautas Aganauskas	Busted
Fabrice Soulier	Busted

Kenneth Fjellskal	Busted
Barny Boatman	Busted

Dante Peykar	Busted
Christoph Grabner	Busted

11-01-2019 02:06 UTC+1

Fundingsrud Falls to Calleja

Share on Twitter Share on Facebook

Shirley Ang

Level 13 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Inge Fundingsrud shoved for 19,000 from under the gun and action folded to Brian Calleja in the small blind who made the call. Mark Vella looked at Calleja and contemplated for a bit but opted to fold his big blind.

Inge Fundingsrud:
Brain Calleja: