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

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 16:47 UTC+3

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

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 16:58 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 17:00 UTC+3

Magy Nearing Six Figures

Chris Bean

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

Five-ways to a flop of Daniel Magy bet 6,200 and had one customer in Mark Attard.

The turn was the and Magy grabbed a handful of chips which was enough to put Attard's tournament life on the line. After mulling it over Attard elected to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Magy	99,000 99,000	99,000
Mark Attard	22,700 22,700	22,700

04-29-2022 17:04 UTC+3

Guarantee Eclipsed

Calum Grant

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

The €550 Grand Event has hit its €300,000 guarantee as there are now over 600 players who have entered the tournament.

Day 1d had not even reached its first break of the day before the milestone was hit.

04-29-2022 17:05 UTC+3

Break Time

Calum Grant

Level 3 : 200/300, 300 ante

The 151 remaining players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.

Level: 4

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

04-29-2022 17:31 UTC+3

Yuen Steadily Building Stack

Chris Bean

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

A flop prompted a bet of 3,200 from Mariano Bucca on the button. Anne-Marie Yuen raised to 8,000 which gained a fold from Bucca.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anne-Marie Yuen	88,000 8,000	8,000

04-29-2022 17:35 UTC+3

Hawes Back Raises

Calum Grant

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante

Lothar Wolz opened to 1,500 from under the gun and was called by Gary Hawes from the cutoff. Gregor Ceglarek three-bet to 4,100 from the big blind, leaving around 23,000 behind.

Wolz mucked and Hawes back-rasied to 15,000. It caught Ceglarek off guard and he went deep into the tank for several minutes.

He finally decided to fold and it was clear Hawes was disappointed to not get stacks in.