2012 World Poker Tour Malta

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 World Poker Tour Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€120,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€491,790
Entries
169
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Who Holds All Of The Chips?

An up-to-date chip count for you fine people.

Player Chips Progress
Jeffrey Rossiter au
Jeffrey Rossiter
95,000
Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
91,000
5,000
5,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
85,000
-8,000
-8,000
Alfonso Amendola it
Alfonso Amendola
82,000
Mats Karlsson mt
Mats Karlsson
66,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
52,000
-300
-300
WPT 1X Winner
Federico Cipollini it
Federico Cipollini
47,500
26,100
26,100
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
42,000
-3,700
-3,700
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
36,000
1,800
1,800
WPT 1X Winner
[Removed:163]
[Removed:163]
35,000
-1,100
-1,100
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
30,000
30,000
30,000
WPT 2X Winner
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
28,000
Kyle Cheong au
Kyle Cheong
27,000
Cecilia Pescaglini
Cecilia Pescaglini
26,000
-1,300
-1,300
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
20,000
-10,000
-10,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
18,000
550
550
Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
12,000
-8,600
-8,600

Lebel Wins The 10-Minute Pot

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Mike Sexton is one of many players who believes live poker should have a basketball-type shot clock, and if it ever one was put in place Gianluca Mattia would certainly fall foul of it.

Bastien Lebel opened the betting with a raise, Mattia three-bet to 1,900 and then called (after 90 seconds) when Lebel four-bet to 5,600. The duo saw the flop come down {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{8-Spades} and Lebel made a continuation bet of 5,500. Mattia tanked for close to two minutes before making the call.

The {a-Clubs} on the turn saw Lebel bet again, increasing his bet size to 7,500and once again Mattia tank-called. The river was another eight and Lebel bet 10,000 leaving himself just 20,000 behind. Mattia went deep into the tank for four minutes before Kyle Cheong called time on him. The tournament director got all the way down to 10 seconds, from 60, before Mattia mucked his hand.

Tags: Gianluca MattiaBastien Lebel

Nabuurs River Shove Folds Out Latz

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Joining the action on a {9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{J-Clubs} board where Puk Nabuurs had moved all-in for 38,000, putting the maximum amount of pressure on Hendik Latz.

Lats looked like he was about to call but he ultimately got out of the way.

"Will you tell me what you had after the tournament?" pleaded Latz before adding "I had ace-high but I wanted to call."

"After today, maybe I will tell you," came the reply.

Then Vladimir Geshkenbein piped up. "Great play! Call the turn and then fold the river. Put half of your stack in and then fold! You might still make it to the dinner break though!"

Tags: Vladimir GeshkenbeinPuk NabuursHendrik Latz

Pescaglini Heads To The Sidelines

Cecilia Pescaglini
Cecilia Pescaglini

Cecilia Pescaglini has been eliminated at the hands of Alfonso Amendola. The chips went flying in on the {4-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop, Pescaglini holding the best hand with her {k-Clubs}{8-Clubs} . However, it only stayed the best hand until the river because the {j-Hearts} fell on the turn then the {A-Hearts} on the river to improve Amendola's {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} to the best hand and the volatile Pescaglini has been eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Alfonso Amendola it
Alfonso Amendola
98,000
16,000
16,000
Cecilia Pescaglini
Cecilia Pescaglini
Busted

Tags: Alfonso AmendolaCecelia Pescaglini

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Multi-tasking Duhamel Adds To Stack

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Kiryl Radzivonau was the player UTG+1 and he looked down at his cards, liked what he saw and raised to 1,025. The next two players folded but former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel found time to three-bet to 2,250 despite playing online poker on his iPad.

Suddenly Radzivonau's hand did not look so strong and he quickly sent it back to the muck.

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelKiryl Radzivonau

Phil Hellmuth Is In The House

Phil Hellmuth has just arrived after buying in just before the dinner break. Hellmuth is sporting his black Aria clothing and looks like he has lost some weight and s actually smiling for once and is looking happy. How long will that last part remain true? We cannot answer that right now.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
30,000
Poker Hall of Famer