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

06-28-2023 16:20 UTC+1

Romain Busts to Cardinali's Aces

Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Andrea Cardinali and Ludovic Romain stacked off all-in preflop, with Ludovic at risk. The two players flipped their cards.

Ludovic Romain: A♦K♣
Andrea Cardinali: A♥A♣

Romain had ace king, but ran into Cardinali's pocket aces. The board ran out 3♠9♣3♦3♥4♣ and Cardinali's aces held up. Romain was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Cardinali	72,000 72,000	72,000
Ludovic Romain	Busted

Tags: Andrea Cardinali Ludovic Romain

06-28-2023 16:21 UTC+1

Players Heading for Second Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Players in the PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Main Event are heading for their second 20-minute break of the day. There are 231 entries so far and 177 players remain.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

06-28-2023 16:57 UTC+1

Azimai Eliminated as Trips No Good

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was on the river on a board of K♦7♥K♥A♣4♥ when Hanna Azimai shoved all in for her remaining chips. Giovanni Agliozzo quickly made the call and the two players flipped over their cards, with Azimai at risk.

Hanna Azimai: Kx10x
Giovanni Agliozzo: AxKx

Azimai had trip kings, but Agliozzo had a full house with kings full of aces to win the pot. Azimai was eliminated from the tournament and wished her opponents "good luck" before making her exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Agliozzo	53,000 24,000	24,000
Hanna Azimai	Busted

Tags: Giovanni Agliozzo Hanna Azimai

06-28-2023 17:19 UTC+1

Puczylowski Makes River Call to Double Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Marcin Puczylowski raised from middle position and Tonino Schmitz, sitting on one of the bigger stacks in the tournament, made a reraise to 3,500. Puczylowski made the call.

The flop came 6♦4♣Q♥ and Puczylowski checked to the aggressor. Schmitz made it 3,000 to go and Puczylowski made the call. The turn came the 2♦ and both players checked.

The river was the 2♣ and Puczylowski opted to make a small bet of 1,100. Schmitz shrugged his shoulders before declaring all in for the rest of Puczylowski's stack, an effective bet of 11,600.

Puczylowski quickly made the call and flipped over Q♦J♦ for top pair. Schmitz tapped the table and mucked his hand, while Puczylowski scooped the pot for a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tonino Schmitz	98,000 98,000	98,000
Marcin Puczylowski	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Marcin Puczylowski Tonino Schmitz

06-28-2023 17:34 UTC+1

Ibold Eliminated by Puczylowski

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Marcin Puczylowski raised to 1,100 from middle position and Christopher Ibold moved all in for 4,500 chips. Puczylowski was priced in and made the call. The two players flipped their cards, with Ibold at risk.

Christopher Ibold: 4♥4♣
Marcin Puczylowski: K♠7♠

Ibold had pocket fours, but the board ran out J♥Q♦K♣2♣3♦ to give Puczylowski a pair of kings on the flop. He held up and Ibold was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcin Puczylowski	46,000 5,000	5,000
Christopher Ibold	Busted

Tags: Christopher Ibold Marcin Puczylowski

06-28-2023 17:40 UTC+1

Docherty Wins Small Pot

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Van Hong Quang Tran raised to 1,000, David Docherty reraised to 2,000 and Tran made the call. The flop came 2♥7♦3♠. Tran checked and Docherty continued for 1,100. Tran folded and Docherty scooped a small pot.

Docherty won the 2023 Irish Open earlier in the year, turning $109 into €365,000 in the process. He currently has under the starting stack, but is still in contention for the Summer Festival Malta Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	21,000 9,000	9,000
Van Hong Quang Tran	17,000

Tags: David Docherty

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-28-2023 18:05 UTC+1

Lipshitz Turns Flush to Double Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Yoni Lipshitz opened the action with a raise and Izzat Bananyarli called on the button, as did the player in the big blind.

The flop came 10♣3♦J♣. Lipshitz checked, as did the big blind, and Bananyarli bet 1,500. Lipshitz then pushed all in with a short stack and Bananyarli made the call.

Yoni Lipshitz: A♣3♣
Izzat Bananyarli: Q♥10♥

Lipshitz was drawing to the nut flush and Bananyarli had a pair of tens. The turn came the 2♣ and the river the 9♣. The turn completed Lipshitz flush to give him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yoni Lipshitz	22,000 22,000	22,000
Izzat Bananyarli	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Yoni Lipshitz

06-28-2023 18:27 UTC+1

LaFontaine Takes it Down With Four-Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Many of the hands recently played have been taken down preflop with raises and reraises.

In one such hand, Luc LaFontaine opened under the gun and picked up a call from the small blind before Max Buschmann reraised to 6,300 from the big blind. LaFontaine didn't relent though. He put in a four-bet to 16,500 and Buschmann made the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Max Buschmann	73,000 24,000	24,000
Luc Lafontaine	62,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Luc LaFontaine Max Buschmann