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

05-02-2025 00:41 UTC+2

Assennato Gets Lucky to Bust Skawinski as Bubble Looms

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Richard Hayes

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Grzegorz Skawinski was all-in for 115,000 and at risk versus Alessio Assennato.

Grzegorz Skawinski: A♣K♥ All in
Alessio Assennato: K♥Q♠

Skawinski had Assennato dominated, but the queen was in the window on the Q♣8♣3♣ flop.

Skawinski had the ace of clubs, but the K♦ turn improved Assennato further to two pair. He was then able to fade an ace or club on the 9♦ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alessio Assennato	550,000 550,000	550,000
Grzegorz Skawinski	Busted

Tags: Alessio Assennato Grzegorz Skawinski

05-02-2025 00:31 UTC+2

Quads for Ferrara

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Richard Hayes

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Matteo Ferrara was raking in a double-up, after his 9♠9♣ turned quads versus Mathieu Choffardet's A♠K♣ on the K♥9♦6♥9♥10♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Choffardet	260,000 40,000	40,000
Matteo Ferrara	235,000 127,000	127,000

Tags: Mathieu Choffardet Matteo Ferrara

05-02-2025 00:21 UTC+2

Trips for Reigstad

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Richard Hayes

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Matteo Ferrara opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, and received action from Jaime Lozano Diaz on the button and big stack Kjetil Reigstad in the big blind.

Action was checked to Ferrara on the K♠6♥6♣ flop, who fired out a bet of 13,000. Both of his opponents called.

The 9♣ turn was checked through to the 7♠ river. Reigstad led out with a bet of 55,000 and Ferrara called.

He was shown the bad news when Reigstad tabled J♣6♠ for trip sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kjetil Reigstad	625,000 23,000	23,000
Jaime Lozano Diaz	450,000 245,000	245,000
Matteo Ferrara	108,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Jaime Lozano Diaz Kjetil Reigstad Matteo Ferrara

05-02-2025 00:16 UTC+2

Ace-High Good for Sammut

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Richard Hayes

Level 15 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Raffael Wilbertz opened to 20,000 from the cutoff, and received calls from Owen Sammut on the button and Daniele De Vita in the big blind.

On the Q♦Q♣5♦ flop, action was checked to Wilbertz, who continued with a bet of 25,000. Only Sammut called.

The 3♥ turn and 6♥ river were checked through, where Sammut's A♣J♦ was good versus Wilbertz's K♣10♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Owen Sammut	435,000 135,000	135,000
Raffael Wilbertz	170,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Daniele De Vita Owen Sammut Raffael Wilbertz

Level: 15

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

05-02-2025 00:01 UTC+2

Sanz Bluff Catches

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Marc Sanz was raking in a pot, after finding a river call of 72,000 into a big pot versus a jam from Michele Adamo with the covering stack.

The board read K♥J♠3♥5♠J♣ and A♦3♦ was in front of Adamo, while Sanz had 7♥5♥, finding the call with two pair jacks and fives.

The table were suitably impressed with Sanz's cajones, congratulating him on a number of occasions. Adamo could only grin and bear it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Sanz	340,000 300,000	300,000
Michele Adamo	75,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Marc Sanz Michele Adamo

05-01-2025 23:56 UTC+2

Hanstvedt Wins Flip to Double

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Kjetil Hanstvedt was all-in for 119,000 and at risk against Grzegorz Skawinski.

Kjetil Hanstvedt: 10♥10♣ All in
Grzegorz Skawinski: A♣Q♠

Hanstvedt was ahead in a race, and his opponent bricked the J♣4♥2♣2♦J♦ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kjetil Hanstvedt	250,000 25,000	25,000
Grzegorz Skawinski	119,000 191,000	191,000

Tags: Grzegorz Skawinski Kjetil Hanstvedt

05-01-2025 23:43 UTC+2

Scicluna Continues to Build

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Justin Scicluna opened to 17,000 from the button, and was called by Vincenzo Popolo in the small blind.

The K♠9♣5♦ flop was checked through to the 10♠ river after Popolo checked in the dark.

The 10♠ hit on the turn, and Popolo check-called versus a bet of 18,000 from Scicluna. The 7♣ river completed the board, and Popolo check-folded in the face of a 40,000 bet from Scicluna.

Scicluna tabled Q♥7♠ for the rivered pair of sevens, but he clearly deemed it to be a bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Scicluna	645,000 275,000	275,000
Vincenzo Popolo	100,000 75,000	75,000

Tags: Justin Scicluna Vincenzo Popolo

05-01-2025 23:39 UTC+2

Pecelj Claims Another Scalp

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Jorgen Jessen moved all in from middle position for 48,000, and Pavle Pecelj looked him up in the big blind.

Jorgen Jessen: 8♣8♦ All in
Pavle Pecelj: K♣J♣

It was off to the races, but the king was in the window on the K♠7♦2♥ flop, and the 7♥ turn and 9♠ river failed to alter matters.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavle Pecelj	310,000 40,000	40,000
Jorgen Jessen	Busted

Tags: Jorgen Jessen Pavle Pecelj

05-01-2025 23:29 UTC+2

Top Counts at Dinner Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 14 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kjetil Reigstad	602,000 462,000	462,000
Jan Jensen	445,000 175,000	175,000
Aleksandar Zuberovski	410,000 60,000	60,000
Justin Scicluna	370,000 235,000	235,000
Grzegorz Skawinski	310,000 274,000	274,000
Mathieu Choffardet	300,000 50,000	50,000
Martin Pedersen	300,000 15,000	15,000
Owen Sammut	300,000 265,000	265,000
Per Gaassand	275,000 200,000	200,000
Daniele De Vita	270,000 270,000	270,000