€400 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2025 SiGMA Poker Tour Malta
€400 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2025 SiGMA Poker Tour Malta
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€400
Prize Pool
€150,000
Entries
411
Level
29
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
60
Players Left
1
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
After a marathon 12-hour final day, Davide Iannaco has emerged triumphant in the €400 buy-in, €150,000 guaranteed SiGMA Poker Tour Malta Main Event here at Portomaso Casino.
Iannaco earned his first recorded live tournament victory after coming from the middle of the pack during the final table. He battled back from a heads-up deficit against Tomasz Brzezinski, and takes home the sum of €28,500 and the trophy, after a back-and-forth encounter.
Everything went right for Iannaco heads-up, who repeatedly made the best hand against his Polish rival, who was full of confidence and fresh off a near €500,000 score in the EPT Barcelona Main Event.
SPT Malta Main Event Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davide Iannaco | Italy | €28,500 |
| 2 | Tomasz Brzezinski | Poland | €19,000 |
| 3 | Romain Gachet | France | €12,800 |
| 4 | Joachim Vaesen | Belgium | €9,100 |
| 5 | Jon Persent | Norway | €7,500 |
| 6 | Guillaum Otto | Belgium | €5,600 |
| 7 | Christopher Convery | South Africa | €4,300 |
| 8 | Agostino Vitiello | Italy | €3,600 |
| 9 | Terje Bremseth | Norway | €3,000 |
Winner's Reaction
Iannaco was overjoyed with his first live tournament victory.
The Italian, now residing in Malta, said "I'm very happy, I'm not a pro, I don't study like they do, but I have a good group of friends who are professionals or coaches and I like to talk about the game with them.
This won't change much in terms of my poker plans, I'll play everything in Malta like I always do, and see where things take me. It was a fantastic tournament, I played well and ran well. Thank you to the organizers, it was a great event."
Final Day Action
The tournament attracted a total of 411 entries, just missing the €150,000 guarantee. A total of 60 players from 61 qualifiers returned for Day 2, after Ashley Scott bagged twice and secured two minimum cashes of €600.
The knockouts came thick and fast at the start of the day, including Remy Hordan busting in a brutal beat versus Massimo Rizzoglio. Sebastian Mortensen was the Day 2 chip leader, and he started strongly, but would ultimately fall in eleventh to Guillaum Otto.
Day 1e chip leader Romain Gachet came to the fore in the second session, taking the chip lead when he picked up rockets in a battle of the blinds, and fellow big stack Micaela Arcusin also woke up with a premium. Gachet remained at the front of the pack until the final table, helped by spiking the river to bust Salvatore Incardona in a crazy hand, but he would ultimately come to the end of the road in third, exiting to Iannaco.
Brzezinski claimed the scalp of WSOP Online bracelet winner Jonathan Therme, before the final table was set when Gachet won a flip against Fredrik Eggen.
At that point Gachet led from Brzezinski, and the Pole would claim the first knockout at the final table when he rivered Terje Bremseth to take over the lead. Gachet eliminated short-stack Agostino Vitiello in eighth.
Iannaco began his charge for the title when he woke up with cowboys to bust Christopher Convery. Iannaco now had momentum and busted Otto in sixth, while Brzezinski eliminated Jon Persent in fifth.
Iannaco then disposed of Joachim Vaesen and Gachet with rockets in quick succession after the third break to set up the heads-up match, where he would ultimately prevail after around two hours of dueling.
That concludes PokerNews coverage of the SPT Malta Main Event, but be sure to check out our coverage from tournaments across the world.
Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Tomasz Brzezinski jammed from the button for 6,225,000 and was called by Davide Iannaco.
Tomasz Brzezinski: K♣2♦ 
Davide Iannaco: K♦Q♣
Brzezinski was crushed, and Iannaco had the Pole drawing dead by the turn on the 9♥8♠4♦Q♠8♥ runout.
Brzezinski congratulated Iannaco, the players shaking hands after a hard fought heads-up match.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,085,000
7,935,000
|
7,935,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Tomasz Brzezinski jammed from the button with the covering stack, and Davide Iannaco called.
Davide Iannaco: Q♣10♣
Tomasz Brzezinski: 5♠5♦
It was a flip, and with the title on the line, Iannaco turned a pair to double on the A♦J♦3♥10♦A♠ runout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,150,000
3,975,000
|
3,975,000 |
|
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8,525,000
3,775,000
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3,775,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Tomasz Brzezinski limped the button with 5♠3♥ and Davide Iannaco checked 7♦6♠.
The 9♥8♦2♦ flop was checked to the 2♥ turn, where Iannaco led out with a bet of 400,000, and Brzezinski folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
12,300,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
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8,175,000
800,000
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800,000 |
Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Davide Iannaco opened to 900,000 from the button with A♥4♥, and Tomasz Brzezinski defended 7♥5♥ in the big blind.
The Q♣8♥6♣ flop was checked through to the 7♦ turn, where Brzezinski led out with a bet of 850,000. Iannaco folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,500,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
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|
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8,975,000
900,000
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900,000 |
Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Tomasz Brzezinski limped from the button, and called a jam from Davide Iannaco.
Tomasz Brzezinski: A♣Q♣
Davide Iannaco: K♦3♥
With the title on the line, the flop came 6♥5♣4♥, favouring Iannaco, but Brzezinski found a pair on the Q♠ turn, and the J♠ river was a brick, to bring Brzezinski level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,600,000
4,500,000
|
4,500,000 |
|
|
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|
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9,875,000
4,875,000
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4,875,000 |
Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Tomasz Brzezinski limped the button with 9♣8♠, and Davide Iannaco checked J♠6♦.
On the 8♣6♥4♥ flop, Iannaco check-called versus a bet of 350,000 from Brzezinski.
The 10♦ hit on the turn, and Iannaco check-folded versus a bet of 750,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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14,750,000
1,425,000
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1,425,000 |
|
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6,100,000
1,700,000
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1,700,000 |
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Level 29
: Blinds 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Davide Iannaco limped the button with 10♥7♥, and Tomasz Brzezinski knuckled Q♣8♣.
The Q♥10♠8♥ flop was checked to the J♥ turn, where Brzezinski check-called versus a bet of 600,000 from Iannaco.
The 2♦ river completed the board, and Brzezinski check-called versus a bet of 1,600,000 from Iannaco, who took the pot with a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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16,175,000
3,700,000
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3,700,000 |
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4,400,000
3,700,000
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3,700,000 |
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Level: 29
Blinds: 150,000/300,000
Ante: 300,000
