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Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
The players have been sent on their first 20-minute break of the day.
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
€550 Grand Event
Day: 1c
Event Info
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1c
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€555,940
Total Entries
1,202
Places Paid
180
Level
32
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
206
Players Left
31
Players Left 1 / 1,202
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Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
A pot of 32,000 had developed on a completed board of Q♥9♣8♣A♥A♠, each of Ziv Cohen, Sascha Manns and Mattei Pisani putting in 6,000 on the turn.
The river was checked through. Pisani showed A♣10♣ for trip aces, and that was good versus Mann's Q♠J♣ and Cohen's Q♣4♣.
"Nice runout" remarked Manns.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Martin Svoboda was getting up out of his chair after busting to Jan Jensen.
All the money went in on the K♥5♦3♣ flop, with Jensen's 5♥3♥ from the big blind ahead of Svoboda's A♠K♦.
The J♣ turn was a brick and Jensen improved to a full house on the 3♠ river.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
A pot of around 9,000 had developed on a flop of Q♠J♠6♥.
Torben Jorgensen slid out a bet of 2,300, and received a call from Piotr Wasilewski, before Parminder Kandola raised to 10,000 from the button. Jorgensen folded but Wasilewski called.
The J♣ turn paired the board, and Wasilewski check-folded versus a bet of 11,000 from Kandola.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Marc Sanz opened to 1,300 and was met with a three-bet to 3,700 from Philip Roberts in the cutoff. Action folded back to Sanz, who called.
On the 8♠5♣4♠ flop, Sanz check-called versus a bet of 3,400 from Roberts.
The K♠ rolled off on the turn, and Sanz checked once more. Roberts fired out a bet of 6,000, but folded to a check-jam to 17,000 from Sanz.
Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
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Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Jaime Lozano Diaz opened to 900 from middle position, and was faced with a three-bet to 4,500 from Sorin Pruteanu in the small blind. Action folded back to Diaz, who called.
Pruteanu continued with a bet of 4,000 on the Q♥8♣7♦ flop, which failed to dispose of Diaz.
The 5♣ turn slowed Pruteanu down, who check-called versus a bet of 4,500 from Diaz.
The 2♣ river was checked through. Pruteanu tabled A♠K♣ for ace-high, and Diaz took the pot with K♦Q♦ for a pair of queens.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Dewi James opened to 800 from middle position, and received a call from Marinko Tubak and the player on the button, before Holger Bruck produced a three-bet to 5,100 from the small blind. James and Tubak both called.
"Nice pot", remarked Bruck before the dealer spread the K♣Q♦3♠ flop. Bruck continued with a bet of 8,500, leading to folds from both of his opponents, Tubak open-folding queen-ten.
"Worst flop possible, jacks" remarked James, as Bruck showed ace-king.
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Matthias Kribben opened to 1,000 from middle position, and Hannes Praks defended the big blind.
On the A♥8♥8♦ flop, Praks check-called versus a bet of 1,000 from Kribben.
The 2♣ hit on the turn, and Praks checked once more. Kribben fired out a bet of 3,000, leaving himself 13,000 behind.
Praks responded with a check-jam with the covering stack, and Kribben quickly called.
Matthias Kribben: A♦5♦ 
Hannes Praks: 8♣5♥
Kribben was drawing to an ace, and it did not arrive on the Q♣ river.
