€550 Grand Event Day 2 | 2019 The Malta Poker Festival

11-02-2019 19:33 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Noske	Busted
Michele Tocci	Busted
Bas de Laat	Busted
Mats Karlsson	Busted
Carmerlo Crucitti	Busted
Fabrice Soulier	Busted
Lasse Ovre	Busted
Vasos Georgiou	Busted

Vella Doubles Through Mor

Shirley Ang

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Eviatar Mor had a raise of 37,000 in front of him in the hijack and Mark Vella had shoved for 135,000 in total on the button. Mor asked the dealer to spread the pot and there was 57,000 in the middle already. Mor took a few seconds and then made the call.

Mark Vella:
Eviatar Mor:

Vella got up from his chair while his rail looked along as the dealer dealt the board for Vella to hold and sit down again as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eviatar Mor	540,000	-204,000
Mark Vella	327,000	268,000

Tags: Eviatar Mor Mark Vella

11-02-2019 19:20 UTC+2

More Day 2 Photos

Shirley Ang

Photos courtesy of Samuel Meilak/The Malta Poker Festival

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

11-02-2019 19:12 UTC+2

Bustout Bonanza In One Level

Shirley Ang

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After the bubble burst, the eliminations flew all over the place with almost 50 players leaving the tournament during one level:

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Benso	Busted
Vito Montalto	Busted
Cristoferro Palermo	Busted
Terje Bremseth	Busted
Andrea Melluzzo	Busted
Giulio Mascolo	Busted
Grzegorz Tryba	Busted
Geir Berland	Busted
Asif Warris	Busted
Colin Turnbull	Busted
Dennis Romeo	Busted
Illuminato Torrisi	Busted
Hans Homner	Busted
Andre Sivertsen	Busted
Claudio Pagano	Busted
Alan Vinnicombe	Busted
Niklas Nyman	Busted
Gary Armstrong	Busted
Antonio Alba	Busted
Fabio Berti	Busted
Alan Kelleher	Busted
Andrea De Silvestre	Busted
Marjan Mitrovski	Busted
Puillippe Houman	Busted
Anders Auset	Busted

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Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

11-02-2019 19:03 UTC+2

Bell Takes Bubble Prize

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The Bubble would receive a Special Pack Golden Cyprus:

This is what was included in the prize:

- Includes 1 buy-in Main Event €800 to the Golden Series Cyprus with a €1,500,000 guaranteed prize pool
- Transfer from the airport to the resort
- 8 days/7 nights at the 5* resort Noah’s Ark Deluxe, all-inclusive, with double occupancy.

As Stuart Bell, Frederick Field, and Marcus Larsson all busted in the final hand of the bubble, they would be playing an all-in flip for the package while the other two players would min-cash for €1,000.

Bell drew the button with Marcus Larsson in the small blind and Frederick Field in the big blind.

The hole cards were dealt but kept closed.

The flop came and the cards stayed closed.

The turn was the , Larsson flipped over the , Field had a and Bell held the for Larsson to be ahead at that moment.

The river completed the board with the . Larsson revealed his second card which was the for a pair of fours. Field turned over the for the higher pocket pair of sixes. Bell then opened the for the higher pair of kings for him to win the package to Cyprus.

Tags: Frederick Field Marcus Larsson Stuart Bell

11-02-2019 18:55 UTC+2

Three Out to Burst the Bubble

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Table #7:
Stuart Bell pushed his last 9,000 in from the early position and was up against Sarah Herzali on the button as the rest of the table had folded.

Stuart Bell:
Sarah Herzali:

The board ran out for Herzali to flop a set to eliminate Bell.

Table #2:
Edoardo Mancinelli raised from the hijack and Frederick Field called for his last 14,000 in on the button for the rest of the table to fold.

Frederick Field:
Edoardo Mancinelli:

The flop came for them both to hit a pair but keep Mancinelli ahead. The turn was the and the rest of the field gasped as Field turned two pair. The river completed the board with the for everyone to be in shock as Mancinelli rivered trips to send Field out of the tournament too.

Table #13:
Alexandros Bantzelatze had raised from under the gun and Marcus Larsson shoved in the big blind for his last 58,000 which Bantzelatze called.

Marcus Larsson:
Alexandros Bantzelate:

The board ran out to not bring any help to Larsson as he was eliminated too.

All three players would be playing an all-in flip as there was a special bubble prize set up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stuart Bell	Busted
Marcus Larsson	Busted
Frederick Field	Busted

Tags: Alexandros Bantzelatze Frederick Field Marcus Larsson Sarah Herzali Stuart Bell

11-02-2019 18:31 UTC+2

A Double-Up for Auset

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Daniele Degennaro raised from under the gun and Anders Auset three-bet from the middle position. Action folded back to Degennaro who four-bet shoved which Auset called for 257,000.

Anders Auset:
Daniele Degennaro:

The board ran out for Auset to hold and double up.

Tags: Anders Auset Daniele Degennaro

11-02-2019 18:28 UTC+2

Boatman Busts Affatato

Shirley Ang

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Valter Affatato was all-in from the cutoff for 51,000 when the board read and covered by Barny Boatman in the small blind.

Valter Affatato:
Barny Boatman:

Boatman had flopped the nut flush and Affatato was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the to seal the deal and bring the field down to 144 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Valter Affatato	Busted