€550 Grand Event Day 2 | 2025 Malta Poker Festival Autumn

11-01-2025 23:22 UTC+2

Baali Hits to Stay Alive

Stewart Morrison

Level 18 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Seeing a raise to 60,000 ahead of him, Abdellah Baali responded by moving all in for 325,000 from the cutoff. The action folded to Francesco Cortorillo in the big blind, who moved all in too, for 510,000.

The original raiser got out of the way, and the players tabled their cards.

Abdellah Baali: A♣J♥ All in
Francesco Cortorillo: 8♣8♦

The flop was safe for Cortorillo, coming out 5♦5♥9♥, but the A♦ turn saw Baali leapfrog him into the lead.

The river 9♦ kept things as they were, seeing Baali earn a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdellah Baali	485,000 249,000	249,000
Francesco Cortorillo	165,000 139,000	139,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

11-01-2025 23:05 UTC+2

Mortensen Unrelenting

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Sebastian Mortensen opened to 40,000 on the button, seeing only Vester Vergeest call, defending his big blind.

The dealer spread a J♣A♥2♣ flop, which saw Vergeest check-call Mortensen's continuation-bet of 35,000.

Vergeest checked for a second time on the 6♣ turn, prompting Mortensen to place another bet, this time a more substantial wager of 145,000.

Vergeest didn't waste much time returning his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vester Vergeest	1,200,000 225,000	225,000

Sebastian Mortensen	715,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Sebastian Mortensen Vester Vergeest

11-01-2025 22:56 UTC+2

Thin Value for Capossela

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Danilo Mercuri kicked the action off with a raise to 40,000 from middle position, which only Luciano Capossela called on the button.

The action checked through on the K♣K♠2♠ flop, prompting the dealer to add the K♥ turn to the board.

Mercuri checked for a second time before seeing Capossela place a bet of 20,000, which Mercuri called.

The river 8♥ saw action check through again, and it turned out to be kicker issues for Mercuri, as his A♠9♥ was pipped by Capossela's A♣10♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luciano Capossela	1,275,000 1,119,000	1,119,000
Danilo Mercuri	620,000 485,000	485,000

Tags: Danilo Mercuri Luciano Capossela

11-01-2025 22:47 UTC+2

Catch the Latest Edition of The Rundown

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

11-01-2025 22:39 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Lindqwist	Busted
Allan Kettles	Busted
Veeti Tikkanen	Busted
Ferdinand Janssen	Busted
Przem Zielinski	Busted
David Holm	Busted
Robert Richmond	Busted
Nigel Cahill	Busted
Tommy Nyberg	Busted
Killian Farrell	Busted
Anthony Burguiere	Busted
Emmanouil Chalkiotis	Busted
Giulio Di Salvo	Busted
Aivaras Bardauskas	Busted
Magnus Pukk	Busted
Pablo Garcia	Busted
Marco Bartolini	Busted
Dmitri Dudakov	Busted
Lino Loddo	Busted
ohnny Andreassen	Busted
Manfred Frick	Busted
Ulf Carlsson	Busted
Stephan Ecke	Busted
Stewart Kirby	Busted
Deborah Espe	Busted

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11-01-2025 22:32 UTC+2

Wills Takes from Nanos

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action was picked up on a 2♠8♠6♣ flop, with Ioannis Nanos and Scott Wills competing blind versus blind.

With roughly 135,000 already in the pot, Nanos put out a bet of 30,000 only to see Wills raise to 90,000, which Wills called.

The turn 4♥ saw action check through, and the J♦ river completed the board.

Nanos picked his betting lead back up, placing a bet of 100,000, which Wills quickly called.

Wills flipped over A♠J♣, which was more than enough to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Nanos	1,350,000 325,000	325,000
Scott Wills	985,000 591,000	591,000

Tags: Craig Smith Scott Wills

11-01-2025 22:24 UTC+2

Paul Heads to the Payout Desk

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Mikkel Stenkjer opened to 55,000 from the cutoff, which saw Paul David respond with a three-bet shove for roughly 200,000 on the button. The players in the blinds folded, and Stenkjer called.

Paul David: 7♠7♣
Mikkel Stenkjer: A♠J♠

The flop saw Stenkjer fire into the lead, coming out 4♥J♦10♣.

There was no help to be found for Paul on the 2♦ turn or the K♠ river, seeing him eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikkel Stenkjer	1,001,000 586,000	586,000
Paul David	Busted

Tags: Mikkel Stenkjer Paul David

11-01-2025 22:10 UTC+2

Chip Leaders Returning from Break

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Stewart Morrison

Level 17 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Grahs	1,675,000 1,331,000	1,331,000
Ioannis Nanos	1,675,000 1,233,000	1,233,000
Benjamin Nicault	1,615,000 910,000	910,000

Jon Kyte	1,575,000 604,000	604,000
Jesper Joldher	1,450,000 403,000	403,000

Marko Luksa	1,440,000 294,000	294,000
Vester Vergeest	1,425,000 15,000	15,000

Kieran Collins	1,415,000 865,000	865,000
Richard Gray	1,250,000 250,000	250,000
Bora Uludag	1,175,000 453,000	453,000
Simone Aiello	1,165,000 478,000	478,000
Gareth Howard	1,120,000 307,000	307,000
Gordon Paterson	1,100,000 2,000	2,000

Lorenzo Pannunzi	1,075,000 364,000	364,000
Lars Viggander	1,050,000 299,000	299,000

Rohan Rakha	1,000,000 584,000	584,000
Richard Broda	950,000 429,000	429,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000