Pasquale Gregorio raised from the middle position and Hod Levy shoved from the small blind for 95,000 which was called by Gregorio.
Hod Levy: 
Pasquale Gregorio: 
The board ran out 
for Levy to hold and double up.
Table #19:
Mehmet Ongorur shoved from the cutoff for 119,000 and was called by Salvatore Cultraro in the big blind.
Mehmet Ongorur: 
Salvatore Cultraro: 
The flop came 
for Caltraro to flop an open-ended straight draw and a gutshot straight draw for Ongorur. The turn was the for Ongorur to hit the straight indeed. The river completed the board with the 
for Ongorur to hold and double up.
Table #17:
Robert Law shoved from under the gun for 89,000 and was called by Dario Barone in the big blind.
Robert Law: 
Dario Barone:
The flop came 
fpr Law to hit a set but for Barone to draw to a Broadway. The turn was the 
which didn't change things and neither did the 
on the river as Law to double up.
Table #9:
Gary Armstrong raised to 17,000 from the early position and Alan Kelleher shoved from the late position for 77,000. Armstrong tanked for a while and then made the call after the action folded to him.
Alan Kelleher: 
Gary Armstrong:
The board ran out 
for Kelleher to hold and double up.
Table #11:
Pablo Boegershausen raised from the cutoff and Thomas Noske shoved again, now from the big blind for 60,000 which Boegershausen called.
Thomas Noske: 
Pablo Boegershausen:
The board ran out 
for Noske to hold and double up again.
Michele Tocci shoved from the early position for 22,000 and was called by both Andrea De Silvestre on the button and Sergio Benso in the big blind.
Benso and De Silvestre both checked through the whole 
board.
Michele Tocci:
Andrea De Silvestre:
Sergio Benso:
Tocci tripled up.
On Table #9, the board read 
and Daniele Degennaro had shoved from the big blind for 137,000 and was called by Michal Janczarski on the button with for the straight but Degennaro had 
for the full house to double up with.
On Table #11, Thomas Noske had shoved for 22,000 from the early position and was called by Mark Vella in the small blind.
Thomas Noske:
Mark Vella: 
The flop came 
which kept Noske ahead. The turn was the to give Vella a pair of tens. The river completed the board with the for Noske to double up.
The tournament clock has been paused as hand-for-hand play will commence for the bubble with 145 players left in the field.
The chips all went in on the turn or river when Mario Musacchia was all-in and covered by David Knight.
Mario Musacchia: 
David Knight:
The board read when all the cards were dealt for Musacchia to be eliminated before the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
294,500
|
294,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
There are now 147 players left and the bubble is really looming now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Photos courtesy of Samuel Meilak/The Malta Poker Festival
Level: 18
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
The 152 remaining players have been sent for their first break of the day which will last 15 minutes. Nine players are left to bust before the remainder of the field will be in the money.
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