€550 Grand Event Day 3 | 2019 The Malta Poker Festival

11-03-2019 16:22 UTC+2

Giovanni Piccione Eliminated in 16th Place (€3,500)

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tomas Sujeta raised to 140,000 from the middle position and Giovanni Piccione shoved from the hijack for 1,040,000 in total Sujeta heard how much it was when the action was folded to him and made the call.

Giovanni Piccione:
Tomas Sujeta:

The board ran out for Sujeta to flop a set and improve to a full house to send Piccione out in 16th place for €3,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Sujeta	4,650,000	1,200,000
Giovanni Piccione	Busted

Tags: Giovanni Piccione Tomas Sujeta

11-03-2019 16:11 UTC+2

Day 3 Photos

Shirley Ang

Photos courtesy of Joseph Hall/The Malta Poker Festival

11-03-2019 16:08 UTC+2

Sujeta Hoped Wedde Would Bluff

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Oskar Wedde raised to 130,000 from the hijack and Tomas Sujeta defended his big blind.

The flop came , Sujeta bet 455,000 and Wedde called after confirming the amount.

They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Sujeta checked and so did Wedde.

"Fuck, I thought you could bluff!" Sujeta said with some despair in his voice before tabling for the flopped two pair.

Wedde laughed and he and Peter de Bruin commented about having showdown value.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oskar Wedde	4,630,000	-585,000
Tomas Sujeta	3,450,000	595,000
Craig Smith	1,425,000	300,000
Mario Manara	1,385,000	-440,000
Peter de Bruin	1,150,000	365,000
Mark Vella	1,050,000	-415,000
Giovanni Piccione	990,000	-460,000
Linda Nguyen	715,000	-795,000

Tags: Oskar Wedde Peter de Bruin Tomas Sujeta

11-03-2019 16:00 UTC+2

Final Two Tables

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

With ten minutes left in the level, the players have resumed play after haven taken their new seats.

Table	Seat	Player
1	1	Dario Marinelli
1	2	Pasquale Gregorio
1	3	Dmitri Dan
1	4	Teijo Sinervo
1	5	Martyn Frey
1	6	Leendert Marcus
1	7	Michel Vat
1	8	Quentin Lecomte

2	1	Linda Nguyen
2	2	Oskar Wedde
2	3	Peter de Bruin
2	4	Mark Vella
2	5	Mario Manara
2	6	Tomas Sujeta
2	7	Craig Smith
2	8	Giovanni Piccione

11-03-2019 15:59 UTC+2

Samuel Quesada Eliminated in 17th Place (€3,500)

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Oskar Wedde raised to 130,000 from the cutoff and Samuel Quesada shoved from the button for 880,000. The blinds folded and Wedde made the call.

Samuel Quesada:
Oskar Wedde:

The board ran out for Wedde to hold and send Quesada to the payout desk in 17th place for €3,500.

The 16 remaining players will now be redrawn to the final two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oskar Wedde	5,215,000	2,020,000
Samuel Quesada	Busted

Tags: Oskar Wedde Samuel Quesada

11-03-2019 15:50 UTC+2

Jacopo Achille Eliminated in 18th Place (€3,500)

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The flop read when Jacopo Achille's chips were all in from the big blind for around 850,000. He was called by Dmitri Dan in the hijack with the bigger stack.

Jacopo Achille:
Dmitri Dan:

Achille had flopped top pair but Dan had hit a set of sixes.

The turn was the to keep Dan ahead and the river completed the board with the to seal the deal for Achille as he picked up a pay jump to €3,500 for his efforts over the past days.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitri Dan	8,115,000	1,705,000
Jacopo Achille	Busted

Tags: Dmitri Dan Jacopo Achille

11-03-2019 15:41 UTC+2

Nicolaj D'Antoni Eliminated in 19th Place (€2,900)

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The flop read and Nicolaj D'Antoni was all-in from the big blind for his last 450,000 and called and covered by Leendert Marcus in the small blind.

Nicolaj D'Antoni:
Leendert Marcus:

D'Antoni had flopped a pair of eights and Marcus picked up the flush draw.

The turn was the which didn't change things but the on the river gave Marcus the flush indeed to send the third-place finisher of 2018 to the rail in 19th place for €2,900.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leendert Marcus	5,670,000	770,000
Nicolaj D'Antoni	Busted

Tags: Leendert Marcus Nicolaj D'Antoni

11-03-2019 15:34 UTC+2

Salvatore Cultraro Eliminated in 20th Place (€2,900)

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Salvatore Cultraro shoved from the hijack and action folded to Martyn Frey in the big blind who asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Cultraro had 585,000 behind. Frey dived deep into the tank and made the call after about 3 minutes.

Salvatore Cultraro:
Martyn Frey:

The board ran out to not bring any help to Cultraro as he was the second player of the day to be sent to the rail for €2,900.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martyn Frey	1,600,000	500,000
Salvatore Cultraro	Busted

Tags: Martyn Frey Salvatore Cultraro

11-03-2019 15:10 UTC+2

Domenico Tortomasi Eliminated in 21st Place (€2,900)

Shirley Ang

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Domenico Tortomasi raised to 125,000 from under the gun and was called by Leendert Marcus in the hijack.

The flop came , Tortomasi continued with a bet which Marcus called.

The turn was the and Tortomasi bet again which Marcus called.

The river completed the board with the and Tortomasi shoved. Marcus called with the bigger stack holding for the flush. Tortomasi held for two pair and was eliminated as the first player of the day.