€550 Grand Event Day 1c | 2025 Malta Poker Festival Autumn

10-29-2025 18:44 UTC+2

Entries and Reentries

Stewart Morrison

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	50,000 50,000	50,000
Fanos Zachariou	50,000
Patrick Wulf	50,000
Martin Sanden	50,000
Damir Savio	50,000
Jairo Dominguez	50,000 50,000	50,000
Bartosz Paszynski	50,000
Ciaran McCullagh	50,000
Carsten Mawick	50,000 50,000	50,000
Sion Madar	50,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

10-29-2025 18:39 UTC+2

Loporto Hits the Road

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The action was joined as Robert Loporto was all in preflop for his remaining 17,000, and at risk versus Magnus Pukk.

Robert Loporto: 8♠8♦ All in
Magnus Pukk: J♠J♦

There was no help from the deck for Loporto, as the board ran out a safe 10♦A♥4♣6♣2♥ for Pukk's pocket jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Magnus Pukk	75,500 17,000	17,000
Robert Loporto	Busted

Tags: Magnus Pukk Robert Loporto

10-29-2025 18:27 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Fryda	Busted
Erik Ostergaard	Busted
Johan Sundgren	Busted
Marcello Genna	Busted
Damien Gallagher	Busted
James O'Brien	Busted
Per Gaassand	Busted
Antanas Gilaitis	Busted
Tibor Hegedues	Busted
Marius-Marcel Popescu	Busted

Djervil Heads to the Exit

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

After the player under the gun limped in, Ib Djervil followed suit one seat to his left. Next to act, Matthieu Burguiere then raised to 5,000. The action folded back to Djervil, who made the call.

The dealer fanned out a A♠Q♥2♠ flop, and when Burguiere continued for 5,000, Djervil immediately check-raised to 10,000. Burguiere made the call.

The J♠ turn card joined the board, and Djervil moved all in for 28,000. This time, it was Burguiere who acted immediately, making the call.

Ib Djervil: K♥Q♣ All in
Matthieu Burguiere: 10♠9♠

Djervil was drawing dead, and, as such, the river 5♦ was inconsequential, seeing him hit the rail as his chips moved across to his neighbour.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthieu Burguiere	109,000 109,000	109,000
Ib Djervil	Busted

Tags: Ib Djervil Matthieu Burguiere

10-29-2025 18:10 UTC+2

Farrell Takes from Aprile

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

When action folded to Fabio Aprile in the cutoff, he raised to 1,600, which only Killian Farrell called, defending his big blind.

The dealer spread a connected Q♣10♣K♠ flop, and Farrell checked over to his opponent. Aprile continued with another bet of 1,600, but quickly relinquished as Farrell check-raised to 4,600.

Player	Chips	Progress
Killian Farrell	62,000 12,000	12,000
Fabio Aprile	51,800

Tags: Fabio Aprile Killian Farrell

10-29-2025 18:01 UTC+2

Leading the Way

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Stewart Morrison

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Raymond Church	177,800 177,800	177,800
David Older	152,000 102,000	102,000
Felix Berlin	125,000 32,800	32,800
Edvin Ujhazi	103,000 103,000	103,000
Lino Loddo	101,000 51,000	51,000
Kjetil Hanstvedt	99,800 99,800	99,800
Thomas Bellanger	97,000 97,000	97,000
Andre Snekkevag	94,500 94,500	94,500
Gunter Wichmann	88,000 88,000	88,000
Gary Fisher	82,000 32,000	32,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

10-29-2025 17:40 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The remaining players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.

10-29-2025 17:34 UTC+2

Flush Draws All Around

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Stewart Morrison

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Action was joined as Hendrik Kwiatkowski, Mike Alonso, and Matthew Micallef were competing for a pot that already had 5,700 in the middle.

The flop 3♠2♠2♥ saw Alonso bet 2,200 from the small blind before Hendrik Kwiatkowski moved all in for 7,500 from the big blind. The action was then on Matthew Micallef, who also moved in, for 36,900. After a moment's thought, Alonso made the call.

Remarkably, all three players revealed they had a flush draw, with none of them having a pair.

Hendrik Kwiatkowski: Q♠4♠ All in
Matthew Micallef: 10♠8♠ All in
Mike Alonso: A♠9♠

Alonso was ahead and had both players at risk, but the 8♦ turn shifted the balance in favour of Micallef.

The river K♣ didn't change the outcome, and as Micallef pulled in the pot, Alonso rued what could have been, whilst Kwiatkowski headed to the exit.