Level: 5
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
€550 Grand Event
Day: 1fg
Event Info
2025 Malta Poker Festival Spring
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1fg
Buy-in
€550
Prize Pool
€555,940
Entries
1,202
Level
32
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
498
Players Left
122
Players Left 1 / 1,202
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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.
Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
Rene Lumiste was getting up out of his chair, after busting to Dan Gunnar Joakim Olin.
Lumiste had K♥Q♥ on J♥J♠5♥7♣10♥, having missed his flush draw, and Olin had J♣10♣ for the full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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88,000 | |
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Busted |
Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
A big pot of 34,000 had developed by the turn, on a board of J♣7♦4♥5♣, in a hand between Alfredo Cuzzocrea, Frank Stacker and Dominik Holzmuller, all in middle position.
The turn was checked through to the 2♥ river. Action was checked to Holzmuller, who jammed for 34,6000. Cuzzocrea quickly got out of the way, but Stacker went into the tank.
After about 90 seconds he made the call, and the table was astonished when he turned over A♥K♥ for ace-high. However it was a chop after Holzmuller showed A♠K♠.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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97,000
47,000
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47,000 |
|
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55,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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32,000
32,000
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32,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
There was 4,500 sitting in front of each of Rene Lumiste, Frederic Soete and Corrado Vizzini, before Joseph Saunders jammed from the big blind for 49,500.
All his opponents took a reasonable time before ultimately folding, allowing Saunders to pick up around 25 big blinds unopposed.
"I'm the goat" joked Saunders, as the last of his opponent's folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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61,000 | |
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60,000 | |
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59,000
59,000
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59,000 |
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26,000 |
Level 4
: Blinds 300/600, 600 ante
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Level: 4
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Maria Koutsouki opened to 1,000 under the gun, and was faced with a three-bet to 2,600 from Giuseppe Lorenzano. Oleg Drews cold-called in the next seat, and action folded back to Koutsouki.
She reached for chips and produced a four-bet to 8,000. Lorenzano folded but Drews called.
On the 9♣8♦7♣ flop, Koutsouki came out firing with a bet of 14,000, making it clear she was playing for stacks. Drews took some time before jamming for 36,000, and Koutsouki made the quick call.
Oleg Drews: 7♠7♥ 
Maria Koutsouki: Q♠Q♣
Drews was ahead with a set, and Koutsouki looked absolutely disgusted.
The 10♠ hit on the turn, and Koutsouki started calling for the jack for the chop. She got what she desired, but via the 6♠ river.
Koutsouki celebrated enthusiastically - "I've never been so pleased with a fucking chop", and Drews looked suitably sickened.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000
65,000
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65,000 |
|
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48,000
48,000
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48,000 |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
A pot of 20,000 had developed on a board of 3♣3♠2♣10♠, and Sami Barghouthi fired out a pot-sized bet. His opponent, Adrians Imsa, thought for a bit before jamming for 26,000, Barghouthi making the quick call with the covering stack.
Adrians Imsa: 9♥9♠
Sami Barghouthi: J♥J♠
Imsa was crushed, and he couldn't find a two-outer on the A♥ river.
Barghouthi celebrated in an understated manner, and after his opponent left the table, remarked "I was starting to think he had queens."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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81,000
81,000
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81,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 3
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Lukas Bischoff opened to 1,100 under the gun, and received calls from Giacomo Comitini in middle position, and Kat Arnsby on the button.
Action was checked to Arnsby on the 5♣4♣2♣ flop, who fired out a bet of 1,100. Only Bischoff called.
The 8♠ hit on the turn, and Bischoff checked once more. However he decided he could not continue in the face of a bet of 5,500 from Arnsby.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
34,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
