2025 SiGMA Poker Tour Malta

€400 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2025 SiGMA Poker Tour Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
€28,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€400
Prize Pool
€150,000
Entries
411
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1b
Entries
72
Players Left
11
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Alessi Bluff Catches to Take Chunky Pot

Level 12 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mauro Alessi
Mauro Alessi

Mauro Alessi opened to 8,000 from early position, and received calls from Sylvere Paillot on the button and the small blind.

Alessi continued with a bet of 9,000 on the K53 flop when the small blind checked, and Paillot responded with a raise to 27,500. The small blind folded, but Alessi called.

The 8 hit on the turn, and Alessi check-called a bet of 20,000 from Paillot.

The 10 river completed the board, and Alessi checked once more. Paillot fired out a bet of 65,000, leaving himself only 10,000 behind, and Alessi quickly called.

Paillot had AQ for air, and Alessi's decision was easy by the river with K10 for top two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Mauro Alessi
350,000
225,000
225,000
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Sylvere Paillot
10,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Mauro AlessiSylvere Paillot

Level: 12

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Squillaci's Kings Cracked by Vitiello

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Francesco Squillaci
Francesco Squillaci

Francesco Squillaci jammed the flop on 632 for around 115,000, over a bet and a call from two opponents, including Agostino Vitiello. He called, and the other player folded.

Francesco Squillaci: KK All in
Agostino Vitiello: 66

"Oh my god" said Squillaci when he saw he'd been the victim of a two-outer, and the status quo was maintained over the 87 runout.

Player Chips Progress
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Agostino Vitiello
350,000
350,000
350,000
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Francesco Squillaci
Busted

Tags: Agostino VitielloFrancesco Squillaci

Mortensen Three-Bet Folds

Level 11 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Gustaf Soderholm opened to 7,000 under the gun, and received a call from Simon Forster in the cutoff, before Sebastian Mortensen produced a three-bet to 26,000 from the button.

Soderholm took some time to think before four-betting to 67,000. After around 90 seconds of thought, Mortensen open-folded AQ.

Player Chips Progress
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Sebastian Mortensen
420,000
420,000
420,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Gustaf Soderholm se
Gustaf Soderholm
370,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Simon Forster mt
Simon Forster
150,000
10,000
10,000

Tags: Gustaf SoderholmSebastian MortensenSimon Forster

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

Farrugia Doubles via Rizzoglio

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Justin Farrugia (Right)
Justin Farrugia (Right)

Massimo Rizzoglio limped from the small blind, and called an all-in bet of 19,000 from Justin Farrugia in the big blind.

Justin Farrugia: Q9 All in
Massimo Rizzoglio: A2

Rizzoglio was ahead, but Farrugia found a pair on the turn on the J8496 runout.

Player Chips Progress
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Massimo Rizzoglio
95,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Justin Farrugia mt
Justin Farrugia
44,000
24,000
24,000

Tags: Justin FarrugiaMassimo Rizzoglio

Soderholm Stacking Chips

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Gustaf Soderholm
Gustaf Soderholm

Chip-leader Gustaf Soderholm is streaking ahead of the field, and he informed PokerNews that it had been a steady accumulation of chips rather than one or two crucial hands.

He was on the right end of an aces versus kings versus queens cooler earlier in the day he tell us, for around 1.5 starting stacks.

Player Chips Progress
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Gustaf Soderholm
435,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Gustaf Soderholm

Morais On a Tear to Bust Samonov

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Ihor Samonov
Ihor Samonov

In the very next hand, Ihor Samonov jammed from the cutoff for 25,000 and Nuno Morais looked him up in the big blind.

Ihor Samonov: Q8 All in
Nuno Morais: 109

Samonov was ahead, but Morais hit the A103 flop, and despite finding a pair on the 8 turn, Samonov bricked the 6 river.

"Thank you guys, good game", said Samonov, as he bumped fists with Morais.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nuno Morais pt
Nuno Morais
155,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Ihor Samonov ua
Ihor Samonov
Busted

Tags: Ihor SamonovNuno Morais