2019 The Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 The Malta Poker Festival

Final Results
Winner
Tomas Sujeta
Winning Hand
98
Prize
€150,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€642,140
Entries
1,324
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
274
Players Left
21

Smith Adds More to His Stack

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Sulaiman Sesay raised to 35,000 from under the gun and Craig Smith three-bet to 80,000 in the small blind which only Sesay called.

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}, Smith continued with a bet of 150,000 to which Sesay folded after a few seconds.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Barone it
Dario Barone
1,375,000
375,000
375,000
Antonio Barbato it
Antonio Barbato
700,000
310,000
310,000
Craig Smith us
Craig Smith
696,000
464,500
464,500
Sulaiman Sesay mt
Sulaiman Sesay
511,000
283,500
283,500
Oliver Said mt
Oliver Said
449,000
169,500
169,500

Tags: Sulaiman SesayCraig Smith

Israel Folds to Gorgen

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jens Gorgen raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Mordechai Israel defended his big blind.

They both checked through the {j-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{k-Hearts} flop to the {q-Spades} on the turn. Israel bet 24,000 and Gorgen called.

The river completed the board with the {2-Diamonds}, Israel now check-folded to the 70,000 bet of Gorgen.

Player Chips Progress
Sarah Herzali fr
Sarah Herzali
1,027,000
298,000
298,000
Tomas Sujeta lt
Tomas Sujeta
926,000
126,000
126,000
Teijo Sinervo fi
Teijo Sinervo
912,000
75,000
75,000
Jens Gorgen no
Jens Gorgen
838,000
238,000
238,000
Salvatore Cultraro it
Salvatore Cultraro
600,000
100,000
100,000
Sven Kolwes de
Sven Kolwes
243,000
79,000
79,000
Mordechai Israel il
Mordechai Israel
223,000
-177,000
-177,000

Tags: Jens GorgenMordechai Israel

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

Some Chip Counts

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Matteo Parlato it
Matteo Parlato
1,120,000
120,000
120,000
Shawn Morales gb
Shawn Morales
957,000
-46,000
-46,000
Itzhak Nachmias il
Itzhak Nachmias
665,000
437,000
437,000
Martyn Frey gb
Martyn Frey
620,000
461,500
461,500
Pasquale Gregorio it
Pasquale Gregorio
394,000
100,000
100,000
Rein Isane no
Rein Isane
348,000
152,000
152,000
Mark Vella mt
Mark Vella
317,000
-139,000
-139,000
Hod Levy il
Hod Levy
177,000
-136,000
-136,000
Ulf Carlsson
Ulf Carlsson
Busted
Jana Krcova it
Jana Krcova
Busted
Tsvi Cohen il
Tsvi Cohen
Busted

Israel Falls to Herzali

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mordechai Israel shoved from under the gun for 199,000 and was called by Sarah Herzali in the small blind.

Mordechai Israel: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}
Sarah Herzali: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} for Herzali to hold with kings again but to this time eliminate Israel.

Player Chips Progress
Sarah Herzali fr
Sarah Herzali
1,345,000
318,000
318,000
Mordechai Israel il
Mordechai Israel
Busted

Tags: Mordechai IsraelSarah Herzali

Garaialde Doubles Through Marcus

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jon Garaialde just doubled through Leendert Marcus with {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} while Marcus had {k-}{k-}.

The board read {7-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} when all the cards were dealt for Garaialde to get paid the full 255,000 he had in front of him.

Player Chips Progress
Leendert Marcus nl
Leendert Marcus
1,022,000
-278,000
-278,000
Ion Stanica ro
Ion Stanica
755,000
512,500
512,500
Jon Garaialde es
Jon Garaialde
649,000
424,000
424,000
Tondaro Tancredi it
Tondaro Tancredi
484,000
326,500
326,500
Quentin Lecomte fr
Quentin Lecomte
450,000
-70,000
-70,000
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
370,000
281,000
281,000
Mario Manara it
Mario Manara
354,000
171,500
171,500
Simone Lombardo it
Simone Lombardo
281,000
104,000
104,000
Chris Da-Silva gb
Chris Da-Silva
Busted
Eviatar Mor pl
Eviatar Mor
Busted
Day 1A Chip Leader
Lars Viggander se
Lars Viggander
Busted
Giuseppe Pacenza it
Giuseppe Pacenza
Busted

Tags: Jon GaraialdeLeendert Marcus

Table #4 Chip Counts

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tomasz Brzezinski pl
Tomasz Brzezinski
1,700,000
500,000
500,000
Oskar Wedde no
Oskar Wedde
1,040,000
419,000
419,000
Craig Smith us
Craig Smith
750,000
54,000
54,000
Jacopo Achille it
Jacopo Achille
678,000
133,000
133,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ioannis Vogiatzoglou gr
Ioannis Vogiatzoglou
460,000
366,500
366,500
Tomas Jauring se
Tomas Jauring
340,000
176,500
176,500
Konstantinos Spiliopoulos gr
Konstantinos Spiliopoulos
226,000
-92,000
-92,000
Paul Monaghan gb
Paul Monaghan
150,000
-300,000
-300,000
Antonio Barbato it
Antonio Barbato
Busted

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000