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

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

11-02-2019 15:15 UTC+2

Lecomte Takes Out Pichierri

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In one of the last hands, before the level went up, Alessandro Pichierri raised to 9,000 from under the gun. Quentin Lecomte three-bet to 27,000 on the button. Action folded back to Pichierri who tanked for a while and then shoved for just over 100,000. Lecomte snap-called.

Alessandro Pichierri:
Quentin Lecomte:

The board ran out for Lecomte to flop top pair and improve to two pair on the turn to send Pichierri packing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quentin Lecomte	520,000 324,000	324,000
Alessandro Pichierri	Busted

Tags: Alessandro Pichierri Quentin Lecomte

11-02-2019 15:29 UTC+2

More Eliminations

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hans Hagberg	Busted
Gustaf Segertad	Busted
Gerrit Blanckaert	Busted
Paolo Pinazzo	Busted
Henry Evans	Busted
Lukasz Fraczek	Busted
Anders Karlsen	Busted
Matthew Pace	Busted
Frank Bastow	Busted
Adam Lynas	Busted
Alexander Richnau	Busted
Jaroslaw Wolny	Busted
Francesco Aru	Busted

11-02-2019 15:44 UTC+2

Bigger Stacks Around the Room

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Antoniou	665,000 464,000	464,000
Oskar Wedde	621,000 267,000	267,000
Dario Marinelli	610,000 248,500	248,500
Jacopo Achille	545,000 402,500	402,500

Chris Da-Silva	540,000 208,000	208,000
Dario Comitini	486,000 6,000	6,000

Luca Sebastiani	465,000 65,000	65,000
Gabriele Re	390,000 173,500	173,500
Antonio Barbato	390,000 219,000	219,000
Nicolaj D'Antoni	370,000 201,000	201,000
Matteo Parlato	350,000 138,500	138,500
Raymond Church	300,000 229,000	229,000
Lars Viggander	250,000 9,500	9,500

11-02-2019 15:56 UTC+2

Therme Scores a Huge Double-Up

Shirley Ang

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The flop read with 42,000 in the middle already.

Peter de Bruin had checked in the small blind and Fabio Berti bet 12,000 from the early position. Jonathan Therme raised to 30,000 from the middle position and De Bruin responded with a three-bet to 90,000. Berti quickly got out of the way and Therme took a few seconds before announcing he was all-in. De Bruin asked for a count and it was confirmed Therme had 188,500 behind. De Bruin contemplated his options for a while and then made the call.

Jonathan Therme:
Peter de Bruin:

De Bruin had flopped top pair but Therme had the set of eights.

The turn was the which now gave De Bruin a gutshot to a straight for them to split the pot.

The river completed the board with the for Therme to hold and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter de Bruin	410,000 56,000	56,000
Jonathan Therme	399,000 280,000	280,000

Fabio Berti	135,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Jonathan Therme Peter de Bruin

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

11-02-2019 16:00 UTC+2

Bunch of Bustouts

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoph Ruck	Busted
Giordano Santambrogio	Busted
Cosmin Balan	Busted
Lukasz Winski	Busted
Davide Iannaco	Busted
Hannu Pernu	Busted
Robert Lim	Busted
Robert Cohen	Busted
Pasquale Porcino	Busted
Marion Mizzi	Busted
Lennart Gunst	Busted
Stephane Oberer	Busted
Christian Bilda	Busted
Ionel Serbu	Busted
Christoforos Charvatis	Busted
Adriano Torregrossa	Busted
Giulio Spampinato	Busted
Massimo Aguzzi	Busted
Luca Beretta	Busted

11-02-2019 16:13 UTC+2

Sesay Shoves on Kolwes

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The board read with 72,000 in the middle already.

Sven Kolwes bet 30,000 from the middle position and Sulaiman Sesay responded with a shove on the button. Kolwes asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Sesay had 125,500 behind. Kolwes contemplated for a bit but opted to fold in the end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Comitini	354,000 73,500	73,500
Sulaiman Sesay	227,500 96,000	96,000
Liran Derei	191,000 81,000	81,000
Sven Kolwes	164,000 -60,000	-60,000
Yarin Gabriel	154,000 74,000	74,000
Vasos Georgiou	96,000 -57,000	-57,000
Vito Montalto	65,000 -21,500	-21,500
Ron Mamon	64,000 -9,500	-9,500

11-02-2019 16:27 UTC+2

Closing in On the Bubble

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The eliminations are flying in fast, with only 143 players getting paid and 158 players remaining, the bubble is going to approach soon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Wozniak	Busted
Massimiliano Rosi	Busted
Richard Rich	Busted
Fabio Fedullo	Busted
Killian Desnos	Busted
Kevin Price (UK)	Busted
Shalom Hershkovitz	Busted
Doron Vaalany	Busted
Enrico Mosca	Busted
Carl Gasstorp	Busted
Giuseppe Palmisano	Busted
Giada Fang	Busted
Paul Romain	Busted
Alf Martinsson	Busted
Marco Fontanella	Busted
Mantas Petrauskas	Busted
Komil Khamidov	Busted

Francois Laurent	Busted
Richard Sambron	Busted
Steven Penny	Busted
Jacqueline Cachia	Busted
Maurice Meijer	Busted
Giuseppe Tarsia	Busted
Andre Scerri	Busted
Borge Dypvik	Busted

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11-02-2019 16:34 UTC+2

Silcock Doubles Through Torrisi

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The board read with over 90,000 in the middle already.

Rickie Silcock shoved for 89,000 from the cutoff and Illuminato Torrisi was considering his options from the button. In the end, he made the call with for the pair of jacks. Silcock turned over for the same pair of jacks but with the higher kicker.