2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,500/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Tommy Lievens opened for 4,500 and was called by Dov Friedland and Hugo Menant. Florian Guertler made the squeeze by pushing all-in for 105,000. The other players showed no resistance, and Guertler dragged in the dead money.
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and 35,000 in the middle, Steven Smith bet 11,000 from the big blind. Wouter Schuurbiers called from the cutoff and Tanguy Pellerin called from the button.
Smith continued for 26,500 on the
river and Schuurbiers snap-called before Pellerin folded.
Smith turned over his ![]()
for bottom pair and his opponent scooped holding the ![]()
for a pair of sixes.
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Steven Smith bet 7,100 which was called by Tommy Lievens.
Smith continued the aggression on the
turn for 12,500 again called by Lievens. A river of
allowed Smith to fire the third barrel for 16,000 which was too much for Lievens who folded.
Level: 10
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Karol Bogusz opened to 3,500 from middle position and then called the 9,500 three-bet from Giovanni Nava in the cutoff.
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flop was checked through to the
river. Bogusz check-folded when Nava bet 8,500.
Paul Amsellem and Daniel Stancer had their chips in the middle preflop with the former at risk of elimination.
Paul Amsellem: ![]()
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Daniel Stancer: ![]()
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Amsellem was immediately an underdog and was gone from the event after the ![]()
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runout.