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

04-30-2022 19:27 UTC+3

Jan Hoogendijk Takes Commanding Lead in Heads Up-Play in The Hendon Mob Championship

Calum Grant

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Andreas Blaskov and Jan Hoogendijk are heads up for The Hendon Mob Championship with the latter just taking a commanding chip lead.

Blaskov opened to 360,000 from the button before Hoogendijk jammed for 3,625,000. Blaskov went deep into the tank before calling as the covering stack.

Jan Hoogendijk:
Andreas Blaskov:

Blaskov paired his nine on the flop and then picked up the nut flush draw on the turn. The river was a brick and Hoogendijk propelled his stack to 7,410,000 while Blaskov now sits with 2,400,000.

04-30-2022 19:24 UTC+3

Chip Counts at the Break

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Chris Bean

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Figurella	176,000 24,000	24,000
Norbert Bundik	175,000 15,000	15,000
Tomasz Bishara	174,000 174,000	174,000
Paul Monaghan	160,000 107,000	107,000
Marco Herman	145,000 145,000	145,000
Haris Durmic	144,200 144,200	144,200
Angelo Patane	140,500 140,500	140,500

04-30-2022 19:21 UTC+3

Break Time

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

The second scheduled break is in motion and play will recommence in 15-minutes. There have been 231 entries and 180 players remain.

04-30-2022 19:02 UTC+3

Kourka Lets It Go

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Calum Grant

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Vlantouts Kourka opened to 1,800 under the gun and was called by Davide Iannaco and Matthias Grobacty from middle position and the big blind respectively.

Action checked through on the flop to the turn. Kourka bet 3,000 and only Iannaco called.

Kourka checked on the river and then mucked when his opponent bet 4,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davide Iannaco	112,000
Vlantouts Kourka	52,500 10,500	10,500

04-30-2022 18:45 UTC+3

Chierchia Sends Abbate to the Rail

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Chris Bean

Level 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Luciano Abbate moved all-in for 30,000 on the button and was called by Massimo Chierchia from the big blind.

Luciano Abbate:
Massimo Chierchia:

The flop and turn was safe for Abbate, but the curtailed Abbate's participation in the event, and his compatriot Chierchia chipped up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Massimo Chierchia	80,500 80,500	80,500
Luciano Abbate	Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

04-30-2022 18:37 UTC+3

Bust Outs and Re-Entries

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
April Facey	50,000 50,000	50,000
Flaviano Cammisuli	50,000 50,000	50,000
Sascha Manns	Busted
Uwe Ziegler	Busted

04-30-2022 18:36 UTC+3

Vietti Eliminated by Cosmin

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Chris Bean

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Angelo Vietti moved all-in preflop for 23,000 and was called by Nica Cosmin.

Angelo Vietti:
Nica Cosmin:

A safe-looking flop of soon turned into a horror show for Vietti as Cosmin hit runner-runner to hit a wheel and sent Vietti to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nica Cosmin	80,000 41,500	41,500

04-30-2022 18:31 UTC+3

Day 1e High Flyers

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Calum Grant

Level 5 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Figurella	200,000 20,000	20,000
Norbert Bundik	160,000 54,000	54,000
Ho Tien Cheung	147,000 147,000	147,000
Eden Azulay	120,000 80,000	80,000
Maher Achour	112,000 112,000	112,000
Zhivko Todorov	112,000 112,000	112,000
Massimo Bruno	110,000 22,000	22,000