2025 Malta Poker Festival Autumn

€550 Grand Event
Day: 1d
Event Info
2025 Malta Poker Festival Autumn
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€141,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€903,498
Entries
1,987
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
600,000 / 1,200,000
Ante
1,200,000
Players Info - Day 1d
Entries
365
Players Left
55
Players Left 1 / 1,987
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Kings No Good

Level 10 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Sean Purcell raised under the gun to 7,000 before Timothee Rey moved all in from the small blind for 38,000. The big blind folded, and Purcell made the call.

Timothee Rey: KK All in
Sean Purcell: AK

The flop 2A2 left Rey needing a minor miracle, which was unforthcoming when the dealer completed the board with the Q turn and 8 river.

Player Chips Progress
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Sean Purcell
125,000
75,000
75,000
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Timothee Rey
Busted

Tags: Sean PurcellTimothee Rey

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Aces Cracked

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Norton raised to 4,000 from early position, which was met by a three-bet to 11,000 from Thomas Gisler in the hijack. Matthieu Burguiere then put in a four-bet to 23,000 on the button.

The action returned to Norton, who went deep into the tank. Minutes passed as the tortured-looking tried to come to a decision. A little bit more time went by before another player called the clock. Norton verbalised that this was more than fair, as he was taking a long time, his time to make a decision then expired, killing his hand.

Action back to Gisler, who made the call.

The dealer put out a K35 flop, which saw Burguiere continue for 8,000 and Gisler check-raise all in for 33,000, which Burguiere called.

Thomas Gisler: 55 All in
Matthieu Burguiere: AA

It was bad news for Burguiere, who had been outflopped. There was no reprieve as the board was completed with the 2 turn and the K river, seeing the pot pushed towards Gisler.

Norton then let the table know he folded ace-king.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Gisler
121,000
121,000
121,000
Profile photo of Daniel Norton gb
Daniel Norton
110,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Matthieu Burguiere fr
Matthieu Burguiere
33,000
33,000
33,000

Tags: Daniel NortonMatthieu BurguiereThomas Gisler

Quads for Hesserud

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Simon Hesserud raised to 4,000 from the cutoff, and only Vilmos Varkas called, defending his big blind.

Both players checked on the 368 flop, seeing the dealer add the 6 turn to the board.

Varkas checked for a second time before calling a bet of 3,000 from Hesserud.

The river 8 saw Varkas check again, and Hesserud responded by putting his opponent all in.

Varkas folded straight away, which was a wise choice, as Hesserud flipped over 88, for rivered quads.

Player Chips Progress
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Simon Hesserud
103,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Vilmos Varkas hu
Vilmos Varkas
21,000

Tags: Simon HesserudVilmos Varkas

Top Chip Counts Around the Room

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Richard Broda hu
Richard Broda
287,500
14,100
14,100
Profile photo of Taki Petros cy
Taki Petros
210,000
210,000
210,000
Profile photo of Alexander Harthil de
Alexander Harthil
188,000
188,000
188,000
Profile photo of Linus Lind se
Linus Lind
187,000
187,000
187,000
Profile photo of Dmitri Dudakov ee
Dmitri Dudakov
185,000
87,000
87,000
Profile photo of Aivaras Bardauskas lt
Aivaras Bardauskas
183,500
183,500
183,500
Profile photo of Shona Barry gb
Shona Barry
177,500
127,500
127,500
Profile photo of Peter Horkay hu
Peter Horkay
177,000
113,500
113,500
Profile photo of Thomas Grahs se
Thomas Grahs
169,500
169,500
169,500
Profile photo of Jeffrey Gregor dk
Jeffrey Gregor
153,000
153,000
153,000
Profile photo of Georgi Kolarov bg
Georgi Kolarov
144,000
144,000
144,000
Profile photo of Alexander Gavaghan gb
Alexander Gavaghan
142,000
142,000
142,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Prydvor Ousts Merone

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Denys Prydvor raised to 3,000 from the hijack, which met immediate resistance from Antonio Merone, who three-bet all in for 29,000. The action returned to Prydvor, who made the call.

Antonio Merone: 1010 All in
Denys Prydvor: KK

There was no help to be found for Merone, who was drawing dead on the turn, as the board ran out AAJA7, seeing him head to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Denys Prydvor
150,000
96,000
96,000
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Antonio Merone
Busted

Tags: Antonio MeroneDenys Prydvor