€550 Grand Event Day 1d | 2022 Malta Poker Festival Spring

04-29-2022 16:58 UTC+3

Pre-Break Eliminations and Re-Entries; Paddington on Final Bullet

Calum Grant

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Colin Paddington	50,000
Simon Sennhauser	50,000 50,000	50,000
Giovanni Palma	50,000 50,000	50,000
Federico Petruzzelli	50,000 50,000	50,000
Corel Theuma	Busted
Justin Scicluna	Busted

04-29-2022 16:55 UTC+3

Pujol Finishes Off Rigby

Calum Grant

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Javier Casal opened to 600 from middle position and was called Anne-Marie Yuen in the cutoff and Alain Pujol in the small blind. Daniel Rigby moved all-in for 7,100 from the big blind. Only Pujol called.

Daniel Rigby:
Alain Pujol:

Pujol, who had already beaten Rigby with ten-deuce, was looking to do it again but it seemed unlikely after the flop. The turn gave Pujol two pair. Rigby made a smaller two pair on the river and exited the tournament room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anne-Marie Yuen	80,000 80,000	80,000
Alain Pujol	63,000 8,000	8,000
Daniel Rigby	Busted

04-29-2022 16:47 UTC+3

Simkus Takes From L'Allemend

Calum Grant

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Mindaugas Simkus opened to 1,300 from early position and only Agnes L'Allemend called from the button.

Simkus fired for 1,000 on the flop and was called. He sized up to 2,500 on the turn and again was called.

The river prompted a third barrel from Simkus, this time to 5,000, and it was enough to get L'Allemend to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Agnes L'Allemend	70,000
Mindaugas Simkus	60,000

04-29-2022 16:44 UTC+3

Preflop Posturing from Noske and Wendt

Chris Bean

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Steven Wendt min-clicked from under the gun. Thomas Noske three-bet to 2,200 and was cold-called by Francesco Micucci in the big blind. Wendt four-bet 11,500 and was met by a verbal all-in by Noske.

Micucci folded and Wendt open folded in disgust with Noske's shove

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Noske	70,000
Steven Wendt	37,000 -8,000	-8,000

04-29-2022 16:36 UTC+3

Cosmin Aggression Wins Pot

Chris Bean

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

On a flop of Nica Cosmin checked from the small blind, Franck Pelourson bet 400 from the big blind and was called by Paul Strangeways in late position, and Bianca Heinen on the button.

Cosmin was not content with four players in the pot and bet 2,200. Pelourson called, Strangeways, and Heinen folded.

The turn brought the and Cosmin fired again for 5,500. Pelourson folded and Cosmin raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nica Cosmin	57,000 57,000	57,000
Bianca Heinen	55,000 55,000	55,000
Paul Strangeways	52,000 52,000	52,000
Franck Pelourson	38,000 38,000	38,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 200/300

Ante: 300

04-29-2022 16:20 UTC+3

WPA's Read Runs into Aces

Calum Grant

Level 2 : 100/100, 200 ante

Women's Poker Association (WPA) advocate and profession poker player Christina Read has had a tough couple of days, running into aces several times in Day 1c.

Well she has picked up where she left off, this time getting into a preflop cooler with pocket kings versus Marios Eracleous' pocket aces.

Recapping the action, she explained that it was a five-bet pot in the blinds and that her kings were never close to winning as the board ran out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marios Eracleous	100,000 100,000	100,000
Christina Read	15,000 -35,000	-35,000

04-29-2022 16:13 UTC+3

Chierchia Wins Showdown Uncontested

Chris Bean

Level 2 : 100/100, 200 ante

Massimo Chierchia on the button bet 4,500 on the turn with a board of and was called by Pavlos Benakis.

The came on the river which was checked by Benakis. Chierchia weighed up his options and opted for a check. Before Chierchia could declare his hand Benakis threw his cards face-down into the muck.

Chierchia was stunned and coyly asked, "Do I need to show?" The dealer indicated it was up to him and the Italian threw his cards into the muck and dived onto the chips to protect them.

04-29-2022 16:06 UTC+3

Pujol Flops a Flush

Calum Grant

Level 2 : 100/100, 200 ante

Alain Pujol has made a habit of flopping some big hands in the €550 Grand Event and today has been no exception. The Frenchman opened to 600 from the cutoff and then faced a 1,600 three-bet from Daniel Rigby on the button.

The blinds got out of the way and Pujol called.

Rigby bet 1,700 on the flop and then went into the tank after Pujol made it 7,500.

"This might be the one sir," Rigby said.

He took some time before ultimately folding and Pujol flashed his for a flopped flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alain Pujol	55,000 55,000	55,000

04-29-2022 15:58 UTC+3

Paddington First to Bust in Day 1d; Quickly Re-Enters

Calum Grant

Level 2 : 100/100, 200 ante

Colin Paddington was the first casualty on Day 1d after being stacked by Angela Juass. The United kingdom grinder has re-entered the fray with a fresh starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angela Jauss	100,000 100,000	100,000
Colin Paddington	50,000 8,000	8,000