€1,100 Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta

07-01-2023 17:18 UTC+1

Bar Doubles Up Blind Versus Blind

Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action folded around to Eros Natasi, who pushed all in from the small blind against the shorter stack for around 190,000 effective. Gal Bar made the call in the big blind and was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Gal Bar: 5♦6♦
Eros Natasi: 9♥8♥

The board ran out 4♥J♣3♦6♠A♦ to give Bar a pair of sixes on the turn for the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eros Natasi	590,000
Gal Bar	210,000 115,000	115,000

Tags: Eros Natasi Gal Bar

07-01-2023 17:24 UTC+1

Schneiders Doubles With Ace King Versus Ace King

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Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action folded around to Felix Schneiders in the cutoff, who shoved all in for around 280,000. He was called by Nima Saken Shaft in the small blind. Players flipped their cards, with Schneiders at risk.

Felix Schneiders: A♥K♥
Nima Saken Shaft: A♦K♣

It looked like the pot would be chopped until the board ran out 9♥7♥3♣J♥3♠. The flop brought Schneiders the flush draw and the turn completed his flush to give him the double up. Shaft took it well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Felix Schneiders	590,000 340,000	340,000
Nima Saken Shaft	370,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Felix Schneiders Nima Saken Shaft

07-01-2023 17:42 UTC+1

Puczylowski Cracks Atmaca's Queens

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Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Following an under the gun raise and call, Marcin Puczylowski moved all in from the small blind for 285,000. Ercan Atmaca called in the big blind and the original raiser called out "F*CK!".

Atmaca assured his opponent that he can never be bluffing here. All other players folded and Puczylowski and Atmaca flipped their cards, with Puczylowski at risk.

Marcin Puczylowski: 8♠8♦
Ercan Atmaca: Q♥Q♠

Puczylowski was behind and in trouble, but the board ran out 2♦8♣9♥10♠5♣ to give him a set of eights on the flop. Atmaca shouted out for a jack on the river, but it wasn't to be. Puczylowski doubled up with his set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ercan Atmaca	1,350,000 691,000	691,000
Marcin Puczylowski	600,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Ercan Atmaca Marcin Puczylowski

07-01-2023 17:45 UTC+1

Latest Bustouts as Tournament Approaches Final Three Tables

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Matt Warburton

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Anastasiades	Busted
Kristaps Deksnis	Busted
Bruno Compagna	Busted
Aristeidis Theodoridis	Busted
Kevin Berman	Busted

Level: 24

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

07-01-2023 18:04 UTC+1

Shaft Eliminated By Asgoudakis

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Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Wooram Cho raised to 40,000 from early position and Emmanouil Asgoudakis reraised. Nima Saken Shaft moved all in with a short stack, Cho folded and Asgoudakis made the call, putting Shaft at risk.

Nima Saken Shaft: A♥9♥
Emmanouil Asgoudakis: A♣Q♦

"Good luck," said Shaft. Asgoudakis remained silent.

The board ran out 8♣4♠10♠5♣Q♣. Asgoudakis was already ahead and made a pair of queens on the river. Shaft was eliminated in 32nd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emmanouil Asgoudakis	1,400,000 938,000	938,000
Nima Saken Shaft	Busted

Tags: Emmanouil Asgoudakis Nima Saken Shaft Wooram Cho

07-01-2023 18:22 UTC+1

Roperto Outkicks Atmaca to Double Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ludovic Roperto raised from the button and Ercan Atmaca reraised from the big blind. Roperto moved all in for around 600,000 and Atmaca called. Players flipped over their cards, with Roperto at risk.

Ludovic Roperto: A♣K♣
Ercan Atmaca: K♦J♣

The board ran out 8♥8♠K♥2♠5♦. Both players made two pairs on the flop with their kings and the pair of eights on board. Roperto had the ace high kicker, which played to give him the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Roperto	1,200,000 270,000	270,000
Ercan Atmaca	990,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Ercan Atmaca Ludovic Roperto

07-01-2023 18:26 UTC+1

Eremia Loses Race and Busts

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Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Emmanouil Asgoudakis opened the action with an early position raise and Niculae Eremia moved all in from the button with a shorter stack. Emmanouil Asgoudakis made the call and players flipped their cards.

Niculae Eremia: 10♥10♣
Emmanouil Asgoudakis: A♦K♣

It was a classic poker race between Eremia with his pocket tens and Asgoudakis with ace king. The board ran out 8♦7♥A♠9♣2♠ to give Asgoudakis a pair of aces. Eremia was eliminated from the tournament in 31st place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emmanouil Asgoudakis	1,700,000 300,000	300,000
Niculae Eremia	Busted

Tags: Emmanouil Asgoudakis Niculae Eremia

07-01-2023 18:50 UTC+1

Bar Rivers Flush to Double Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action folded around to Grzegorz Skawinski, who raised to 50,000 from the cutoff. Fotios Ntamaris called on the button and then Gal Bar moved all in from the small blind for 140,000. Skawinski folded and Ntamaris made the call. Two players flipped their cards for the all in, with Bar at risk.

Gal Bar: A♠K♠
Fotios Ntamaris: 6♦6♣

The board ran out 10♠3♣2♠J♥5♠. Ntamaris had pocket sixes and by the turn he was up against a hand that had a lot of outs. Bar hit his flush on the river to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fotios Ntamaris	455,000 56,000	56,000
Gal Bar	350,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Fotios Ntamaris Gal Bar Grzegorz Skawinski

07-01-2023 19:06 UTC+1

Talvard Loses All In Battle Then Wins Rollercoaster Hand

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Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Antoine Talvard made a late position raise and Marcin Puczylowski reraised to 455,000, leaving just a few chips behind. Talvard moved all in for the rest of Puczylowski's stack. Puczylowski attempted a little stalling but was quickly pulled up for it by the floor staff and made the call. He was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Marcin Puczylowski: K♠Q♠
Antoine Talvard: A♥J♥

The board ran out 4♥K♦2♦Q♦5♥ to give Puczylowski two pair with his kings and queens. He claimed the double up and Talvard took a hit.

The following hand, Talvard raised again and was met with an all in for 560,000 from Adam Salamov. All other players folded and Talvard made the call with slightly more chips. Players flipped their cards.

Adam Salamov: K♥Q♣
Antoine Talvard: K♣K♠

Talvard was well ahead against Salamov. In what would become a rollercoaster of a hand, the board ran out J♣A♣10♥8♣5♣. That gave Salamov a straight on the flop and it looked like Talvard was set to lose most of his chips.

However, the river completed Talvard's flush. He took down the pot and Salamov was eliminated from the tournament.