2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta

€1,100 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€153,610
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€879,360
Total Entries
916
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
916
Players Left
1
Players Left 1 / 916

Bubble Bursts as Arovaara Busts

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Tom Arovaara
Tom Arovaara

Two hands were frozen on the bubble as players had their all ins called. In the first hand, action was on the river on a board of 76Q77. Nataliia Alkhimova checked and Luc LaFontaine shoved all in.

Alkhimova showed JJ for a full house with sevens full of jacks. LaFontaine showed AQ for a full house with sevens full of queens. He doubled up and the bubble continued.

Luc LaFontaine
Luc LaFontaine

Immediately, spectators, floor staff and media moved over to the adjacent table, where two players were all in preflop. Tom Arovaara was all in against Florian Ahlmer, with Arovaara at risk.

Tom Arovaara: QQ
Florian Ahlmer: JJ

Arovaara was well ahead with his pocket queens against Ahlmer's jacks. However, the board ran out 9J684 to give Ahlmer a set of jacks on the flop.

Arovaara was eliminated on the bubble. The rest of the players have now guaranteed themselves €1,700.

Tags: Florian AhlmerLuc LaFontaineTom Arovaara