2019 The Malta Poker Festival

€550 Grand Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
21
Players Left
8

Mario Manara Eliminated in 12th Place (€7,000)

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Mario Manara
Mario Manara

Linda Nguyen shoved from under the gun for 260,000 and was called by Mario Manar on the button for his last 175,000. Tomas Sujeta shoved too from the small blind for Craig Smith to fold his big blind.

Mario Manara: {k-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Linda Nguyen: {a-Spades}{4-Hearts}
Tomas Sujeta: {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

The flop came {8-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} for them all to hit a pair but keepNguyen ahead.

The turn was the {9-Clubs} which didn't change much and neither did the {6-Diamonds} on the river as Nguyen eliminated Manara and earned a full double-up through Sujeta.

Player Chips Progress
Tomas Sujeta lt
Tomas Sujeta
4,580,000
-70,000
-70,000
Linda Nguyen no
Linda Nguyen
855,000
385,000
385,000
Mario Manara it
Mario Manara
Busted

Tags: Craig SmithLinda NguyenMario ManaraTomas Sujeta

Michel Vat Eliminated in 11th Place (€7,000)

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Michel Vat
Michel Vat

Leendert Marcus raised to 180,000 from the hijack and Michel Vat shoved in the cutoff for 1,285,000. Dmitri Dan overshoved in the big blind and Marcus contemplated for a while but opted to fold.

Michel Vat: {a-Spades}{j-Spades}
Dmitri Dan: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{10-Spades} for Dan to hold and claim another victim as Vat was eliminated in 11th place for €7,000.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitri Dan il
Dmitri Dan
12,700,000
1,450,000
1,450,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Michel Vat mt
Michel Vat
Busted

Tags: Dmitri DanLeendert MarcusMichel Vat

Chip Counts During the Break

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dmitri Dan il
Dmitri Dan
12,710,000
10,000
10,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Tomas Sujeta lt
Tomas Sujeta
6,175,000
1,595,000
1,595,000
Dario Marinelli it
Dario Marinelli
4,920,000
2,605,000
2,605,000
Leendert Marcus nl
Leendert Marcus
4,115,000
-1,555,000
-1,555,000
Oskar Wedde no
Oskar Wedde
2,745,000
-1,885,000
-1,885,000
Pasquale Gregorio it
Pasquale Gregorio
2,365,000
65,000
65,000
Peter de Bruin nl
Peter de Bruin
2,165,000
-1,175,000
-1,175,000
Craig Smith us
Craig Smith
1,970,000
545,000
545,000
Mark Vella mt
Mark Vella
1,950,000
-300,000
-300,000
Linda Nguyen no
Linda Nguyen
735,000
-120,000
-120,000

Level: 29

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Linda Nguyen Eliminated in 10th Place (€7,000)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Linda Nguyen
Linda Nguyen

Linda Nguyen shoved from under the gun and Tomas Sujeta asked for a count in the small blind. The dealer confirmed Nguyen had 735,000 behind and Sujeta made the call after considering it for a minute.

Linda Nguyen: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Tomas Sujeta: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

The flop came {2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades} for Sujeta to hit top pair immediately.

The turn was the {k-Hearts} which didn't change things and neither did the {6-Diamonds} on the river. Nguyen was eliminated in tenth place and she was sent to the payout desk to collect €7,000.

The nine remaining players will be redrawn to the final table and a seat draw is to follow.

Player Chips Progress
Tomas Sujeta lt
Tomas Sujeta
7,000,000
825,000
825,000
Linda Nguyen no
Linda Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Linda NguyenTomas Sujeta

Final Table Seat Draw

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

With 57 minutes left in the current level, the nine remaining players have continued play and the day will end when there are 8 players left.

SeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
1Pasquale Gregorio2,400,00024
2Dario Marinelli4,900,00049
3Craig Smith2,000,00020
4Leendert Marcus4,000,00040
5Tomas Sujeta7,000,00070
6Mark Vella1,900,00019
7Peter de Bruin2,100,00021
8Dmitri Dan12,700,000127
9Oskar Wedde2,700,00027

More for Dan

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Dmitri Dan
Dmitri Dan

Dario Marinelli raised to 210,00 from the early position and was called by both Dmitri Dan and Oskar Wedde in the blinds.

The flop came {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}, both Dan and Wedde check-called the 205,000 continuation-bet of Marinelli.

They all checked through the {4-Hearts} on the turn to the {k-Spades} on the river. Dan took over the initiative and led out for 575,000 which was enough to get the rest to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitri Dan il
Dmitri Dan
13,750,000
1,040,000
1,040,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Dario Marinelli it
Dario Marinelli
4,655,000
-265,000
-265,000
Oskar Wedde no
Oskar Wedde
2,730,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Dario MarinelliDmitri DanOskar Wedde

Mark Vella Eliminated in 9th Place (€10,000)

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Mark Vella
Mark Vella

Mark Vella shoved from under the gun and Dario Marinelli asked for a count from the cutoff. The dealer confirmed Vella had 1,500,000 exactly. Marinelli decided to shove for more and Leendert Marcus shoved too from the small blind with a similar stack. Tomas Sujeta quickly folded his big blind for what was to be a huge setup.

Mark Vella: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Leendert Marcus; {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}
Dario Marinelli: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Everyone from the rail and the side events rushed to the table to see what was happening.

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for the aces to hold which meant Vella was out in 9th place. The stack of Marcus was counted and confirmed to be 3,815,000. Marinelli had him covered but wasn't left with much.

Player Chips Progress
Leendert Marcus nl
Leendert Marcus
9,330,000
5,215,000
5,215,000
Dario Marinelli it
Dario Marinelli
590,000
-4,065,000
-4,065,000
Mark Vella mt
Mark Vella
Busted

Tags: Dario MarinelliLeendert MarcusMark VellaTomas Sujeta