Level: 13
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
€550 Grand Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€555,940
Entries
1,202
Level
32
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
82
Players Left
12
Players Left 1 / 1,202
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Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Johannes-Herald Stephan opened to 9,000 under the gun, and received calls from Steven Penney in early position and Harry Sandford in the big blind.
The 7♥5♣3♦ flop was checked to Penney, who fired out a bet of 10,000. Only Sandford called.
Sandford check-called versus a bet of the exact same size from Penney on the 7♠ turn.
The 4♠ river was checked through, and Sandford mucked when Penney tabled 8♣8♥ for two pair, eights and sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
190,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Andrew Fleming was all-in for 84,000 and at risk versus Mihai Norocel.
Andrew Fleming: 8♣8♦ 
Mihai Norocel: 7♣7♠
Fleming had Norocel crushed, and Norocel could not find an unlikely escape on the K♣J♣4♣A♥9♥ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
183,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
70,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Around 74,000 was in the middle already on a flop of 5♥4♦2♦, in a hand between Harry Sandford in the cutoff and Bob Jansen in the small blind.
Jansen continued with a bet of 22,000, which failed to shake off Sandford.
The 3♥ hit on the turn, bringing multiple one-card straight possibilities. Jansen jammed with the covering stack and was snapped by Sanford.
Harry Sandford: A♦K♣
Bob Jansen: K♠J♦
Jansen was drawing dead to a chop versus Sandford's wheel straight, and the 7♥ river did not save him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
252,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
210,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Around 52,000 was in the middle already on a board of J♠10♠4♣4♦, in a hand between Harry Sandford in early position and Boban Stevanovic in the big blind.
Stevanovic checked, and Sandford fired out a bet of 35,000. After some thought, Stevanovic called.
The J♥ river paired the board, and Stevanovic quickly called versus a bet of 95,000 from Sandford.
Sandford tabled Q♠J♦ for a full house, and the pot was chopped with Stevanovic holding J♣8♦. "Lucky river", mused Sandford.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
355,000
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
|
245,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break, with the bubble approaching. There are currently 15 players still standing, with play to conclude once the field has been reduced to 12 players.
Level 13
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
851,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
|
|
432,000
77,000
|
77,000 |
|
390,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
360,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
354,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
|
347,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
|
289,000
121,000
|
121,000 |
|
|
211,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
|
189,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
|
181,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
164,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
|
103,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
86,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
73,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
|
45,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
David Leger moved all in for 93,000 from under the gun, and was looked up by Steven Penney in the big blind.
David Leger: 5♦5♥
Steven Penney: A♣10♣
Leger was ahead in a race, and remained so after his opponent bricked the K♥9♠3♦2♠K♦ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
206,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
|
170,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
Level 14
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Andres Rengifo opened to 16,000 from the cutoff, and was met with a three-bet jam by Ludovic Uzan from the big blind.
Rengifo thought it through, saying "What are you jamming with here", before eventually making the call for his roughly 120,000 stack.
Andres Rengifo: A♦Q♠
Ludovic Uzan: 2♠2♥
"It's a flip" said Uzan, smiling.
The flop came 7♦4♦2♦, giving Uzan bottom set and Rengifo the nut flush draw.
However the 7♠ turn improved Uzan to a full house and left Rengifo drawing dead, the Q♣ river completing the board.
Uzan continues to tear through the field, and approaches the seven-figure mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
950,000
99,000
|
99,000 |
|
|
Busted |
