2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1d
Event Info

2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€71,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€486,720
Entries
1,014
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
252
Players Left
65

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Balogh Ousts Palma

Level 11 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante
Giovanni Palma
Giovanni Palma

Giovanni Palma had the last of his 70,000 chips in front of him in the small blind and was at risk of elimination after Koppany Balogh called his all-in from the big blind.

Giovanni Palma: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Koppany Balogh: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

Palma was ejected from the tournament after the {7-Hearts}{2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Hearts} runout.

Player Chips Progress
Koppany Balogh hu
Koppany Balogh
180,000
180,000
180,000
Giovanni Palma it
Giovanni Palma
Busted

Magy Eliminated by Akhoum

Level 11 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Daniel Magy moved all-in preflop for 47,000 and was called by Charif Akhoum.

Daniel Magy {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Charif Akhoum {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

An {a-Diamonds} in the window was enough to spell the end for Daniel Magy as the board ran out {a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Player Chips Progress
Charif Akhoum
Charif Akhoum
110,000
110,000
110,000
Daniel Magy hu
Daniel Magy
Busted

The Last of Woltz

Level 11 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Lothar Wolz moved all-in preflop for 52,000 and was called by Uwe Matthias.

Lothar Wolz: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Uwe Matthias: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

A cooler for Wolz and there was no help on a board of {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Spades}{6-Clubs}{2-Diamonds} and is eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Uwe Matthias de
Uwe Matthias
200,000
200,000
200,000
Lothar Wolz de
Lothar Wolz
Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Chip Counts at the Final Break

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sami Pulliainen fi
Sami Pulliainen
290,000
290,000
290,000
Simon Yili Ye se
Simon Yili Ye
275,000
275,000
275,000
Pawel Zawadowicz pl
Pawel Zawadowicz
272,000
272,000
272,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Federico Cirillo mx
Federico Cirillo
230,000
230,000
230,000
Sebastian Blomer de
Sebastian Blomer
206,000
206,000
206,000
Niko Heggelmann de
Niko Heggelmann
180,000
180,000
180,000
Peter Laufersweiler fr
Peter Laufersweiler
180,000
180,000
180,000
Martyn Frey gb
Martyn Frey
178,000
Robert Lim gb
Robert Lim
159,000
119,000
119,000
Anne-Marie Yuen nl
Anne-Marie Yuen
150,000
70,000
70,000
Katherine Arnsby gb
Katherine Arnsby
130,500
130,500
130,500

River Gives Heggelmann Chip Lead

Level 12 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Niko Heggelmann
Niko Heggelmann

Niko Heggelmann opened to 6,500 from the hijack before Koppany Balogh made it 18,000 on the button. Heggelmann four-bet to 56,000 and Balogh paused. He waited about 30 seconds before moving all-in for 137,500.

Heggelmann, who was the covering stack, asked for a count. He eventually slid in his chips to set up the all-in showdown.

Koppany Balogh: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Niko Heggelmann: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

Balogh had his opponent drawing extremely thin on the {a-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop and looked to scoop a massive double on the {3-Hearts} turn.

For some reason, Balogh called for a ten on the river. And that's exactly what came in the form of the {10-Diamonds} river.

The table erupted and Balogh congratulated Heggelmann who let out a huge sigh of relief.

Player Chips Progress
Niko Heggelmann de
Niko Heggelmann
301,500
121,500
121,500
Koppany Balogh hu
Koppany Balogh
Busted