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

11-01-2019 19:40 UTC+2

Guilbert Gets Maso to Fold

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

Serena Maso limped in from under the gun and Johan Guilbert raised to 1,700 in the cutoff. Action folded back to Maso who made the call.

The flop came for both of them to check through to the . Maso checked again and now Guilbert bet 5,300. Maso quickly folded.

"Straight," Guilbert said before pushing his cards to the muck and collecting the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Guilbert	100,000 65,000	65,000
Serena Maso	28,000 28,000	28,000
Jona Wilmsmann	13,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Johan Guilbert Serena Maso

11-01-2019 19:55 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Wozniak	125,000 125,000	125,000
Colin Turnbull	92,000 92,000	92,000
Barny Boatman	80,000 48,000	48,000

Fabrice Soulier	48,000 18,000	18,000

Clint Sammut	25,000 -7,000	-7,000
Luca Beretta	20,000 -10,000	-10,000
Cedric Schwaederle	19,000 19,000	19,000
John Seth	Busted
Kieran O'Riordan	Busted
Luca Iannizzotto	Busted
Steven Watts	Busted
Gabi Mrad	Busted
Daniel Jacobsen	Busted
Evangelos Bechrakis	Busted
Terence Jordan	Busted

Break Time

Shirley Ang

Level 6 : 300/500, 500 ante

One part of the field has gone for their 75-minute dinner break and the other part has left for their 15-minute break with 637 entries showing on the tournament clock and 422 players remaining.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

11-01-2019 20:40 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Shimon Levi	160,000 160,000	160,000
Dario Comitini	123,000 123,000	123,000

Uri Gilboa	87,800 57,800	57,800

Oskar Wedde	85,000 85,000	85,000
Andrei Tamaduianu	84,000 84,000	84,000
Mor Lybovich	75,000 43,000	43,000
Matthias Heubach	70,000 70,000	70,000
Bo Bjork	68,000 68,000	68,000
Alexander Richnau	57,000 57,000	57,000
Davide Iannaco	56,000 56,000	56,000
Daragh Davey	50,000 50,000	50,000
Alexander Stevendahl	45,000 14,000	14,000
Antonio Barbato	25,000 4,000	4,000

The turbo edition of the starting flight of the Grand Event is set to start at 8 p.m. local time and will take place in the lower tournament room which is on the same floor as the reception and registration desk. There are currently almost 40 players registered for that flight.

11-01-2019 21:00 UTC+2

Selection of Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Massimo Bruno	174,000 174,000	174,000
Nicolaj D'Antoni	150,000 140,000	140,000
Davide Iannaco	133,000 77,000	77,000
Barny Boatman	85,000 5,000	5,000

Wilhelmine Connolly	75,000 -35,000	-35,000
Andreas Hoivold	47,000 47,000	47,000

Colin Lovelock	43,000 43,000	43,000
Andreas Klatt	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gilles Vandendriessche	Busted

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

11-01-2019 21:14 UTC+2

Bartkus Doubles Through Wu

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Gediminas Bartkus just doubled up through Jonathan Wu with on the board for 32,500 when all the chips went in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Salvatore Cultraro	143,000
Liran Derei	137,000 137,000	137,000
Serdar Demircan	120,000 17,000	17,000
Giovanni Piccione	116,000
Gediminas Bartkus	70,000
Jonathan Wu	20,000
Koen De Cooman	Busted

11-01-2019 21:20 UTC+2

Level 7 for Tables #1-20 and #51-58

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

The players seated on Table #1-20 and #51-58 have returned from their dinner break and will play Level 7 now while the rest will finish Level 8 before going for their 75-minute dinner break.