Level: 22
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
€170 PokerNews Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€170
Prize Pool
€41,467
Entries
291
Level
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Entries
44
Players Left
1
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Level 21
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
2,450,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
1,300,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
1,150,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
1,000,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Level 21
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Bora Uludag opened to 160,000 from early position and Van Dang defended his big blind. The latter jammed for around 500,000 on the A♠7♠2♥ flop and Uludag called.
Van Dang: 7♣6♣
Bora Uludag: A♥9♦
Uludag's top pair was ahead of Dang's pair of sevens and the Q♠Q♣ runout confirmed Dang's departure.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,400,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
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Level 21
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Level 21
: Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Bora Uludag opened from early position to 160,000 and the action folded around to Lawrence Bonnici who reraised all-in for a total of 1,150,000. Uludag snapped called and the players tabled their hands with Bonnici at risk.
Lawrence Bonnici: A♣10♦
Bora Uludag: A♥A♠
Bonnici was behind and needed some help to stay alive and picked up some extra outs on the 5♠K♦Q♣ flop. The turn came the 8♦ leaving Bonnici needing a jack to double, but the river was the 5♦ and Uludag added to his stack whilst Bonnicis run came to an end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
1,130,000
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1,130,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 21
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Angelo Vietti moved all in for 180,000 from the hijack and after some deliberation, Sophie Waddingham called from the big blind.
Angelo Vietti: K♣Q♦
Sophie Waddingham: J♠2♥
Vietti smacked the A♣K♥Q♣ flop, making two pair. However, Waddingham improved to Broadway on the 10♦ turn to take the lead. The 5♥ river was a brick and Vietti bowed out in eighth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
750,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 21
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
Level 20
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Craig Marcuss Smith pushed his final 7 big blinds to the middle with 7♠7♥ and he was called by button Filip Danyi with A♣5♣.
The flop was J♣8♣3♦ which gave Danyi a flush draw and the 7♣ completed that flush on the turn, however it also gave Smith a set and a chance of filling up on the river. However this didn't happen as the 5♥ was dealt and thus Smith was eliminated in 9th place.
After receiving his goodie bag he also collected €980 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,125,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 20
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,605,000
1,570,000
|
1,570,000 |
|
|
1,560,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
1,135,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
1,015,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
575,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
570,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
|
545,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
400,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
330,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
