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

06-29-2023 19:22 UTC+1

Zufferey Wins Race to Double Up

Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Grantas Naujokas raised from early position and Jonathan Zufferey reraised from the big blind. Naujokas shoved all in with a starting stack of around 30,000 and Zufferey made the call. The two players flipped their cards, with Naujokas at risk.

Grantas Naujokas: J♥J♦
Jonathan Zufferey: A♣K♠

It was a classic poker race. The board ran out 5♦A♦4♦2♥7♣. Naujokas had pocket jacks, but Zufferey hit a pair of aces on the flop and held up to win the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Zufferey	70,000
Grantas Naujokas	47,000 35,500	35,500

Tags: Jonathan Zufferey

06-29-2023 19:06 UTC+1

Play Resumes In Main Event

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Matt Warburton

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Day 1c of the Main Event has resumed. So far there are 368 entries and 212 players remain. There are four more 60-minute levels to play and late registration remains open until Day 2.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

06-29-2023 17:48 UTC+1

Players Heading for 75-Minute Dinner Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players in the Main Event are heading for a 75-minute dinner break.

06-29-2023 17:47 UTC+1

De Gennaro Shoves Turn and Takes it Down

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Peter Onnestam open raised from the button and Cosimo De Gennaro reraised from the big blind. Onnestam called.

The flop was J♥3♦9♠. De Gennaro led out for 3,500 and Onnestam called. The turn came the 8♣ and De Gennaro led again for 4,300. Onnestam reraised to 11,500 and De Gennaro shoved all in for 37,000. Onnestam made the fold and De Gennaro took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cosimo De Gennaro	61,000
Peter Onnestam	35,000

Tags: Cosimo De Gennaro Peter Onnestam

06-29-2023 17:26 UTC+1

Malakoti Eliminated and Bidinger Doubles

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Sebastian Bidinger found himself all in against Mehdi Malakoti preflop. Both players had a short stack, but Bidinger had Malakoti slightly covered as players flipped their cards.

Mehdi Malakoti: J♦10♦
Sebastian Bidinger: A♣A♠

The board came K♣2♥Q♦8♣7♠. Bidinger had pocket aces against Malakoti's jack ten. The flop brought Malakoti a straight draw, but he faded his outs and Bidinger held to win the pot. Malakoti was eliminated from the tournament and Bidinger close to doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Bidinger	26,000
Mehdi Malakoti	Busted

Tags: Mehdi Malakoti Sebastian Bidinger

06-29-2023 17:14 UTC+1

Alkhimova Rivers Straight to Gain Impressive Stack

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Matt Warburton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Natalliia Alkhimova opened with a raise to 1,200. Valeriu Pelinschii called on the button and the big blind also called.

The flop came the 3♠7♥Q♥. The action checked around to Pelinschii, who made it 1,400 to go. Alkhimova threw in a reraise of 4,500 and looked across the table defiantly at her opponent.

Pelinschii was undeterred and pushed all in and Alkhimova quickly called. The two players flipped over their cards, with Pelinschii at risk.

Valeriu Pelinschii: A♥8♥
Natalliia Alkhimova: J♥10♥

"Nice," said Alkhimova as she realised that Pelinschii was holding a superior flush draw in his hand.

The turn came the 9♣ to give Alkhimova a straight draw and liven up her hand. The river was the K♦ which completed her straight. Pelinschii was eliminated from the tournament and Alkhimova chipped up to close to 150,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Natalliia Alkhimova	148,000 148,000	148,000
Valeriu Pelinschii	Busted

Tags: Valeriu Pelinschii

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

06-29-2023 16:34 UTC+1

Emmett's Doubles Through Nastasi

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Mullin Emmett was all in preflop for around 17,000 against Eros Nastasi. The two players flipped their cards, with Emmett at risk.

Mullin Emmett: 3♠3♥
Eros Nastasi: A♦Q♦

The board ran out 5♣7♥6♥4♦K♠. Nastasi failed to pair up his hand and so Emmett's pocket threes held to give him the double up to a little over a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eros Nastasi	37,000 37,000	37,000
Mullin Emmett	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Eros Nastasi

06-29-2023 16:25 UTC+1

Berggren Eliminated by Regonaschi

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Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Following a late position raise, Marco Regonaschi reraised to 3,500 from the button and Christopher Berggren moved all in from the big blind for 11,000. The original raiser folded and Regonaschi made the call. Two players flipped their cards, with Berggren at risk.

Christopher Berggren: A♠4♠
Marco Regonaschi: K♠10♥

The board ran out 9♠Q♥5♦K♦Q♠ to give Regonaschi two pair with his king and the queens on the board. He scooped the pot and Berggren was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Regonaschi	47,000
Christopher Berggren	Busted

Tags: Christopher Berggren Marco Regonaschi