€400 Main Event Day 1cd | 2025 SiGMA Poker Tour Malta

09-05-2025 18:58 UTC+2

Chip and a Chair for Karlsen After Three-Way All-In

Richard Hayes

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player opened to 2,000, and received calls from two players including Luca Ittiresu, before SiGMA ambassador Drea Karlsen three-bet jammed from the button for 46,500.

Marcus Larsson was in the big blind, and he took a bit of time for thought before four-betting to around 100,000, covering all remaining players.

The opener and first caller got out of the way, but Ittiresu moved his 46,000 total stack into the middle.

Luca Ittiresu: Q♥Q♦ All in
Drea Karlsen: A♦Q♣ All in
Marcus Larsson: A♣Q♠

Ittiresu was in a dream spot with queens, although he was unlikely to improve.

His opponents bricked the 9♠4♣2♥10♦K♥ runout, and Ittiresu secured the triple-up, while Karlsen was left with a literal chip and a chair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Ittiresu	160,000 160,000	160,000
Marcus Larsson	86,000 14,000	14,000
Drea Karlsen	500 51,500	51,500

Tags: Drea Karlsen Lars Larsson Luca Ittiresu

09-05-2025 18:53 UTC+2

Scheurer Jams River

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Richard Hayes

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A big pot of 100,000 had developed by the river on a board of Q♥J♠6♣9♠5♦, in a hand between Michael Scheurer and Karol Guzla.

Scheurer jammed for 35,500 and Guzla went deep into the tank. After around two minutes, he sent his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Scheurer	125,000
Karol Guzla	108,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Karol Guzla Michael Scheurer

09-05-2025 18:49 UTC+2

Top Stacks at Second Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 9 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thibaut Thevent	200,000 5,000	5,000
Alioscia Oliva	180,000 130,000	130,000
Christian Nilsson	165,000 43,000	43,000
Dumitru Straistari	160,000 75,000	75,000
Jonathan Therme	160,000 30,000	30,000

Tayfun Rodoplu	130,000
Antonio Fiorito	125,000 125,000	125,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

09-05-2025 18:25 UTC+2

Flashback: SiGMA Poker Tour Kicks Off in Brazil with Orpaz Victory

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The curtains were drawn on the first-ever SiGMA Poker Tour festival in April, held at the Monte Carlo Poker Club in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The $770 Main Event was the main attraction following the SiGMA gaming conference, and there was no shortage of entertainment throughout the series.

The festival was capped off with a dominant performance from Deddi Orpaz, who entered the final table as the chip leader and captured his second career title for $58,700. Orpaz outlasted a field of 293 entries over the course of five starting flights and finally took down Jacques Blit from Argentina in a rather quick heads-up match.

The Israeli native was very proud to come out on top of such a stellar field, mostly filled with Brazilians, and lay claim to another five-figure payday. "I actually came here for the SiGMA convention and my son's company got an award," Orpaz mentioned in a post-victory interview. "We took the first award as a small Israeli group and my son told me 'you have to take another award' so that's what I did."

2025 SiGMA Poker Tour Brazil Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (USD)
1	Deddi Orpaz	Israel	$58,700
2	Jacques Blit	Argentina	$32,600
3	Cristhian Rico	Brazil	$23,300
4	Erik Marasco	Brazil	$17,100
5	Samara Alexandre	Brazil	$12,900
6	Wilson Paiva	Brazil	$10,100
7	Joao Leao	Brazil	$7,900
8	Edson Onofre	Brazil	$6,600
9	Marcelo Lopes	Brazil	$5,300

Read the Full Recap Here

09-05-2025 18:21 UTC+2

Break Time

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The players have been sent on their second break of the day.

09-05-2025 18:13 UTC+2

Popolo Limp-Raise Backfires versus Morais

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Vincenzo Popolo limped from under the gun, and the player on the button raised to 4,000. Nuno Morais called in the small blind, as did the big blind, before Popolo produced a three-bet to 18,000.

The opener folded, but Morais, who often looks almost personally offended if put in a position where he may have to consider folding, made the call after a fair bit of thought, and the big blind also got out of the way.

The Q♠6♦5♥ flop was checked to the 2♥ turn, where Morais casually flicked out a lead bet of 21,500.

Popolo quickly folded, and Morais tapped the table to himself, it seeming like he was having to resist the strong urge to show a bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nuno Morais	92,000 31,000	31,000
Vincenzo Popolo	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Nuno Morais Vincenzo Popolo

09-05-2025 18:03 UTC+2

De Marzi Jams Flop

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Around 14,000 was in the middle on a flop of Q♣J♠8♣, with 6,000 in front of Grzegorz Skawinski, whose bet had been met with an all-in of 23,000 from Alessandro De Marzi.

Tayfun Rodolpu was in the tank, and he eventually folded, quickly followed by Skawinski.

"No!", exclaimed Rodolpu, "I would have called if I'd known you'd fold!". De Marzi claimed there was no chance Rodolpu was good as he raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tayfun Rodoplu	130,000 76,000	76,000
Grzegorz Skawinski	80,000
Alessandro De Marzi	48,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Alessandro De Marzi Grzegorz Skawinski Tayfun Rodolpu

09-05-2025 17:59 UTC+2

Thevent Tackles Ritrovato

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Richard Hayes

Level 8 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Thibaut Thevent opened to 3,500 from the button, and was met with a three-bet jam to 37,500 from Salvatore Ritrovato from the big blind. Thevent took a bit of time, but made the call.

Salvatore Ritrovato: 10♥8♦ All in
Thibaut Thevent: A♥J♠

Ritrovato needed some help, but he bricked the A♣7♦5♥5♣K♦ runout, Thevent taking the pot with two pair.