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

05-02-2025 14:18 UTC+1

Barnett Gets Job Done on River

Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nicholas Galtos opened to 1,400 from the button, and received a call from Matthew Barnett in the big blind.

Barnett check-called versus a bet of 1,700 from Galtos on the K♣Q♦7♠ flop.

The 2♥ turn was checked through to the 3♣ river, where Barnett led out with a bet of 6,000 - forcing a fold from Galtos.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Barnett	60,000 15,300	15,300
Nicholas Galtos	44,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Matthew Barnett Nicholas Galtos

05-02-2025 14:15 UTC+1

Da Ponte Check-Jams

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Richard Hayes

Level 4 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Avarino Peligra opened to 1,200 from early position, and received calls from James Paris and Christoforos Chyrsochidis, along with Alessandro Da Ponte in the big blind.

On the K♠K♦7♠ flop, action was checked to Chrysochoidis, who fired out a bet of 2,200.

Da Ponte responded with a check-jam to 12,200, and Chrysochoidis open-folded 7♦ after a bit of thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christoforos Chrysochoidis	80,000
Alessandro Da Ponte	25,000

Tags: Alessandro Da Ponte Christoforos Chyrsochidis James Paris

Level: 4

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

05-02-2025 13:55 UTC+1

Caramazza Bluff Catches

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Richard Hayes

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Francesco Caramazza opened to 1,000 from the hijack, and received calls from Theodor Kramarics on the button, and the players in the blinds.

The A♣10♦9♦ flop was checked through to the 3♦ turn. Action was checked to Caramazza, who slid out a bet of 2,000, which only only Kramarics called.

The 5♣ river completed the board, and Caramazza checked. Kramarics fired out a po-sized bet of 7,000, and Caramazza called after a bit of thought

Kramarics tabled K♣Q♦ for the missed straight and flush draws, and Caramazza was good with second pair tens with Q♣10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francesco Caramazza	60,000
Theodor Kramarics	23,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Francesco Caramazza Theodor Kramarics

05-02-2025 13:52 UTC+1

Wasilewski Double Barrels

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Richard Hayes

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
Alfredo Porcino	58,000 3,000	3,000
Piotr Wasilewski	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Alfredo Porcino Piotr Wasilewski

05-02-2025 13:42 UTC+1

Liu Check-Raises

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Richard Hayes

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
Craig Marcuss Smith	55,000 5,000	5,000
Junyu Liu	44,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Craig Marcuss Smith Junyu Liu

05-02-2025 13:40 UTC+1

Set for Mihajlovski

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Richard Hayes

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.