Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
€550 Grand Event
Day: 1de
Event Info
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1de
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€555,940
Entries
1,202
Level
32
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
258
Players Left
39
Players Left 1 / 1,202
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Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
A monstruous pot of 40,000 had brewed on a completed board of 10♠9♣2♠K♣7♥, in a hand between Jonathan Hewston and Sergiu-Valentin Mihai-Popecu.
Hewston had jammed for 41,200 and Mihai-Popescu was in the tank, with around 25,000 behind.
Eventually he made the call with A♠K♠, for top pair kings after flopping a flush draw - but was shown the bad news when Hewston had 10♥10♣ for a set of tens.
"Nice hand" said the Romanian as he departed, "Unlucky mate" replied Hewston.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
102,000
102,000
|
102,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Jan-Thore Flatt opened to 600 under the gun, and received a call from Adrian Trigo on the button and Christian Ruopp in the big blind.
As Flatt opened, Adrians Imsa quipped "Oh pressure is on, the media is here", causing everyone to have a good chuckle.
The flop came A♦8♥6♦, and Flatt attempted to continuation bet of 1,000. As he tried to drop a single 1,000 chip into the middle, he only succeeded in rolling it off the table, causing uproar at the table. "He's losing it" said Imsa, Flatt and the table dissolving into laughter.
After he retrieved his chip, both of his opponents called.
The 5♥ hit on the turn, and action was checked to Trigo - "Okay time to slow down now" said Flatt. Trigo fired out a bet of 2,500 and both opponents quickly folded.
"Nothing worse than two pair bets now" said Flatt, as the table was still chuckling to itself.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
60,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Padraic O'Connor limped from middle position and Mark Hayes raised to 1,300 from the next seat. Action folded back to O'Connor, who jammed for 24,200, about half of Hayes' remaining stack.
The two players, who seemed to be enjoying each other's company at the table, then engaged in another bout of table talk as to whether O'Connor wanted a call.
"Tell me what you have and I'll tell you if I want a call" smiled O'Connor. "Good pair" claimed Hayes, who stuck in a call after a bit more thought.
Padraic O'Connor: A♥K♦ 
Mark Hayes: J♦J♣
It was a fair fight, but the king was in the window on the K♣6♥5♦ flop, and Hayes could not find a two-outer on the 8♣ turn and 8♦ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
30,000
36,400
|
36,400 |
Level 2
: Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Alfredo Porcino opened to 600 from early position, and was faced with a three-bet to 2,500 from Adrian Trigo in middle position.
Action folded back to Porcino, who produced a four-bet to 10,000. After some thought, Trigo dumped his hand.
"I have it this time" said Porcino, as he showed A♣A♦.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
55,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
A pot of 30,500 had developed by the river on a board of A♣3♦2♥9♦8♣, in a hand between Betina Ostergaard-Nissen in early position and Oliver Mihajlovski in middle position.
Ostergaard-Nissen fired out a bet of 10,000, and Mihajlovski quickly jammed for 34,000. Ostergaard-Nissen took a bit of time but made the call to put herself at risk
She was shown the bad news when Mihajlovski tabled 9♥9♠ for the turned set, usurping his opponent's A♠Q♥ for a pair of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,500 | |
|
Busted |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Around 4,600 was in the middle on a board of K♠5♣4♠5♥, in a hand between Craig Marcuss Smith in middle position, and Junyu Liu in the big blind.
Smith slid out a bet of 2,000 when action was checked to him, but Liu responded with a check-raise to 7,500. Smith thought it through, but ultimately sighed and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
44,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Alfredo Porcino opened to 800 from the hijack and Piotr Wasilewski defended the big blind.
The 9♥8♣8♦ flop was checked through to the 8♥ turn, where Wasilewski led out with a bet of 2,000, which failed to shake off Porcino.
The 4♠ river completed the board, and Wasilewski fired out a bet of 6,000, leading to a swift fold from Porcino.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
47,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
