2019 The Malta Poker Festival
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Photos courtesy of Joseph Hall/The Malta Poker Festival
The board read ![]()
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with around 15,000 in the middle already.
Berk Suyabatmaz had bet from the early position and Nikolay Zhadanov shoved in the hijack which Suyabatmaz called for his last 25,500 with ![]()
. Zhadanov had ![]()
for the turned two pair.
The river completed the board with the
to give Suyabatmaz the higher two pair to double up and stay alive with.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/300
Ante: 300
With 559 entries showing on the tournament clock, the 502 remaining players have been sent for their first 20-minute break of the day.
The flop read ![]()
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with 2,300 in the middle already.
Gilles Vandendriessche and Barny Boatman checked in the blinds and Wilhelmine Connolly bet 1,700 on the button. Vandendriesschemade the call after a few seconds but Boatman folded.
The turn was the
, Vandendriessche took over the initiative and led out for 3,100 which Connolly called.
The river completed the board with the
, Vandendriessche now bet 5,800 which sent Connolly into the tank. After a while, Connolly slowly pushed her hole cards over the line for the fold.
Sagi Rabinovich raised from the button and Rita Logozzo defended her big blind.
They both checked through the ![]()
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flop to the
on the turn. Logozzo checked again and now Rabinovich bet 1,000. Logozzo responded with a raise to 4,000 immediately. Rabinovich shook his head lightly and then opted to fold.