€1,100 Main Event | 2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta

07-02-2023 18:03 UTC+1

Nguyen Wins One With Four-Bet

Matt Warburton

Level 32 : 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Simone Andrian raised from the button and Tommy Nguyen called in the small blind. Marcin Lesniewski reraised from the big blind to 1,200,000. Andrian folded and Nguyen put in a four-bet to 3,400,000. Lesniewski folded and Nguyen scooped a significant pot preflop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Nguyen (Norway)	7,200,000 300,000	300,000
Marcin Lesniewski	6,700,000 1,400,000	1,400,000

Tags: Marcin Lesniewski Simone Andrian Tommy Nguyen

07-02-2023 18:32 UTC+1

Action Slows Down In Main Event

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Matt Warburton

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Action has slowed down in the Main Event during the last blind level, with many pots taken down with a preflop reraise or postflop bet. Stack sizes are relatively even and so play, for the time being at least, has tighted up.

07-02-2023 18:36 UTC+1

Players Heading for 15-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 32 : Blinds 100,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Players in the PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Main Event are heading for a 15-minute break. There are just four players remaining in contention. Blind levels are now running at 45-minutes.

Level: 33

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

07-02-2023 19:02 UTC+1

David Docherty Eliminated In 4th place (€52,660)

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Matt Warburton

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Marcin Lesniewski open raised to 400,000 from the button and David Docherty reraised to 3,000,000 from the small blind. Simone Andrian moved all in from the big blind and Docherty called. The two players flipped their cards, with docherty at risk.

David Docherty: 3♥3♠
Simone Andrian: A♥K♦

The board ran out J♠K♥8♥A♠4♣. The flop brought Adrian a pair of kings and he further improved to two pair on the turn.

Docherty was eliminated from the tournament in 4th place for €52,660. He wished the other players "Good luck", fist pumped them, and left to collect his prize.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Andrian	14,000,000 9,700,000	9,700,000

David Docherty	Busted

Tags: David Docherty Marcin Lesniewski Simone Andrian

07-02-2023 19:09 UTC+1

Marcin Lesniewski Eliminated In 3rd Place (€68,470)

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Matt Warburton

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

The very next hand following Docherty's bustout, Tommy Nguyen raised preflop and was called by Marcin Lesniewski. The flop came 10♦4♦K♥ and Nguyen continued for 1,000,000 chips. Lesniewski made the call.

The turn came the A♥ and Nguyen moved all in for the rest of Lesniewski's stack. Lesniewski made the call for 3,200,000.

Lesniewski flipped A♠J♥ for a pair of aces. Nguyen turned over K♦10♠ for two pair, kings and tens. He won the pot and Lesniewski was eliminated from the tournament in 3rd place for €68,470.

With that, the tournament went to heads-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Nguyen (Norway)	13,000,000 5,800,000	5,800,000
Marcin Lesniewski	Busted

Tags: Marcin Lesniewski Tommy Nguyen

07-02-2023 19:11 UTC+1

Heads-Up Chip Counts

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Matt Warburton

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Simone Andrian	14,400,000 400,000	400,000

Tommy Nguyen (Norway)	13,075,000 11,775,000	11,775,000

07-02-2023 19:12 UTC+1

Heads Up Players

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Matt Warburton

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

07-02-2023 19:38 UTC+1

Chopped Pot Stops Nguyen Doubling

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Matt Warburton

Level 33 : Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Tommy Nguyen limped the button and Simone Andrian raised from the big blind to 1,000,000. Nguyen reraised to 4,000,000 and Andrian went all in. Nguyen quickly called and players flipped their cards, with Nguyen at risk.

Tommy Nguyen: A♠Q♠
Simone Andrian: A♥K♣

It looked like it was all over for Nguyen. The board ran out 3♠Q♦2♠4♣5♦. The flop gave Nguyen a pair of queens, but the river brought both players a straight. It was a close call. In the end though, it was a chopped pot.