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

09-05-2025 17:43 UTC+2

Blocker Works for Attard

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Mark Attard opened to 2,500 from middle position, and called a three-bet to 7,500 from Mats Karlsson on the button.

Attard check-called a bet of 5,000 from Karlsson on the A♠K♦4♣ flop, leading to the 6♣ turn.

Action was quickly checked through to the 2♥ river, where Attard led out with a bet of 5,000, leading to a swift fold from Karlsson.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Attard	92,000 32,000	32,000
Mats Karlsson	85,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Mark Attard Mats Karlsson

09-05-2025 17:35 UTC+2

Larsson Bluff Catches

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Richard Hayes

Level 7 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Alessandro De Marzi opened to 2,400 from the cutoff, and was met with a three-bet to 7,500 from Marcus Larsson in the small blind. Action back to De Marzi, who called.

The Q♠J♣8♦ flop was checked to the 10♦ turn, where Larsson check-called a bet of 10,000 from De Marzi.

The K♦ river completed the board, and Larsson checked once more. De Marzi slid out a bet of 20,000, and after around two minutes of thought, Larsson called.

De Marzi's cards hit the muck as soon as he did so, but Larsson showed K♣Q♦ for two pair anyway.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcus Larsson	100,000 100,000	100,000
Alessandro De Marzi	42,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Alessandro De Marzi Marcus Larsson

Level: 7

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

09-05-2025 17:18 UTC+2

Nilsson Good at Showdown

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Richard Hayes

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Christian Nilsson opened to 2,000 from middle position, and Malcolm Buttigieg defended the big blind.

On the 9♣6♣5♥ flop, Buttigieg check-called a bet of 1,500 from Nilsson.

Buttigieg led out with a bet of 2,500 on the 10♥ turn, which failed to shake off Nilsson.

The 4♥ hit on the river, and Buttigieg led out once more with a bet of 5,000. Nilsson didn't appear to like it but made the call, and his J♣10♣ was good versus Buttigieg's A♦9♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christian Nilsson	122,000 14,000	14,000
Malcolm Buttigieg	68,000 68,000	68,000

Tags: Christian Nilsson Malcolm Buttigieg

09-05-2025 17:02 UTC+2

Said Raises Turn

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Richard Hayes

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A decent pot of 24,000 had developed by the turn on a board of 10♠5♠2♦10♥, in a hand between Sebastian Curcu in the small blind and Oliver Said on the button.

Curcu slid out a bet of 7,000, and Said responded with a raise to 35,000. Curcu went into the tank, but ultimately folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Said	85,000 33,000	33,000
Sebastian Curcu	26,000

Tags: Oliver Said Sebastian Curcu

09-05-2025 16:55 UTC+2

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Richard Hayes

Level 6 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

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Level: 6

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

09-05-2025 16:48 UTC+2

Straight for Straistari in Battle of the Blinds

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 600 ante

Davide Iannaco raised to 2,600 from the small blind, and Dumitru Straistari made the call.

The J♠8♥4♥ flop was checked to the 9♣ turn, where Iannaco led out with a bet of 3,000, which failed to shake off Straistari.

The 8♣ hit on the river and Iannaco checked once more. Straistari quickly fired out a bet of 6,200, just over half of Iannaco's stack, and he made a somewhat crying call.

He was shown the bad news when Straistari tabled Q♥10♦ for the turned queen-high straight, and Iannaco mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dumitru Straistari	85,000 85,000	85,000
Davide Iannaco	5,100 39,900	39,900

Tags: Davide Iannaco Dumitru Straistari

09-05-2025 16:37 UTC+2

Kolcubasi Doubles via Robinson

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : 400/800, 600 ante

A player opened to 2,000, and received a call, before Lukas Robinson three-bet to 7,500 from the small blind. Yucel Kolcubasi was in the big blind and he four-bet jammed to 17,000, forcing the other two players out. Robinson made a quick call.

Yucel Kolcubasi: 10♣10♠ All in
Lukas Robinson: A♣K♦

It was a fair fight, and Kolcubasi managed to dodge flush outs on the turn in addition to the overcards across the 6♦4♦2♥5♦Q♥ runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yucel Kolcubasi	42,000 8,000	8,000
Lukas Robinson	32,000 6,200	6,200

Tags: Lukas Robinson Yucel Kolcubasi

09-05-2025 16:30 UTC+2

Top Stacks at First Break

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Richard Hayes

Level 5 : Blinds 400/800, 600 ante

WSOP Online bracelet winner Jonathan Therme is in the field and has got off to a hot start.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Therme	130,000 130,000	130,000

Thibaut Thevent	128,000 128,000	128,000
Christian Nilsson	108,000 108,000	108,000
Mats Karlsson	90,000 90,000	90,000
Alessandro De Marzi	85,000 35,000	35,000
Alessandro D'Amore	80,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Jonathan Therme