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

Piazza Takes Out Rohling

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Tasja Rohling
Tasja Rohling

On a flop of {3-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} Tasja Rohling bet 4,000 and was called by Massimiliano Piazza. The {3-Hearts} paired the board and Rohling shoved, Piazza called.

Massimiliano Piazza: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Tasja Rohling: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Rohling did not hit one of her remaining two outs and headed to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Massimiliano Piazza it
Massimiliano Piazza
78,000
28,000
28,000
Tasja Rohling de
Tasja Rohling
Busted

Hawes Doubles Ceglarek

Level 4 : 200/400, 400 ante
Greg Hawes
Greg Hawes

With 10,000 in the middle on the {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{7-Hearts}{j-Spades} board, Greg Hawes checked from early position before he faced an 18,800 jam from Gregor Ceglarek in the cutoff.

Hawes immediately asked for a count but took a moment to mull over his options. He decided to put his chips in the middle.

Hawes has the {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for top pair, top kicker while Ceglarek had flopped a set with his {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}. The {4-Diamonds} completed the board and Ceglarek doubled up to a starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Greg Hawes gb
Greg Hawes
52,000
-28,000
-28,000
Gregor Ceglarek de
Gregor Ceglarek
50,000
50,000
50,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Updated Counts

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Massimiliano Piazza it
Massimiliano Piazza
79,000
29,000
29,000
Frank Robotka de
Frank Robotka
73,000
24,500
24,500
Vlantouts Kourka gr
Vlantouts Kourka
70,000
20,000
20,000
Ilana Belsky gb
Ilana Belsky
51,000
1,000
1,000
Barnabas Nagy hu
Barnabas Nagy
43,000
-7,000
-7,000
Lukas Wahlster de
Lukas Wahlster
42,000
-13,000
-13,000
Andras Halasi hu
Andras Halasi
35,000
-11,000
-11,000
Robert Lim gb
Robert Lim
22,500
-27,500
-27,500
Andrea Masendore it
Andrea Masendore
20,000
-31,500
-31,500
Stefano Pizzuti it
Stefano Pizzuti
17,000
-40,000
-40,000

Lim in Quandry, Paddington Shove Gets Through

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

On a Broadway board of {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}, Lu Wang moved all-in for 36,000. Lim was in the tank and the clock was called by another player. Lim released his cards before the tournament director started the count.

On the next table on a board of {j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades} with 38,000 in the middle, Colin Paddington jammed for 33,000. Zvezda Tadic had the clock called on him and folded.

Sascha Unertl attempted to extract information from Paddington through conversation to no avail and folded. Paddington revealed he had {a-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for the nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
Lu Wang us
Lu Wang
82,000
82,000
82,000
Colin Paddington gb
Colin Paddington
71,600
21,600
21,600
Sascha Unertl de
Sascha Unertl
55,000
55,000
55,000
Zvezda Tadic rs
Zvezda Tadic
30,600
30,600
30,600
Robert Lim gb
Robert Lim
24,000
1,500
1,500

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800