Claudio Rinaldi's tournament has come to an end at the hands of Tony G. Rinaldi got his short stack into the middle with 
and Tony G three-bet all-in over the top with what turned out to be 
.
Tony G spiked an ace on the 
and he stayed in the lead as the 
fell on the turn, followed by the 
on the river and we are down to just 19 players in the Main Event.
Rodrigo Caprioli has busted out of the WPT Malta Main Event when his top pair, made with 
on a 
flop, ran into the pocket queens of Daniele Mazzia.
To add insult into injury Mazzia turned a third queen then hit a fourth on the river to send Caprioli to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
185,000 | 104,500 |
|
Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000 | -127,500 |
|
580,000 | 58,000 |
|
540,000 | 135,000 |
|
450,000 | 30,000 |
|
295,000 | 161,500 |
|
290,000 | 59,000 |
|
290,000 | 95,000 |
|
260,000 | 5,000 |
|
250,000 | 90,000 |
|
220,000 | 20,000 |
|
195,000 | -95,000 |
|
|
180,000 | -5,000 |
|
160,000 | 20,000 |
|
150,000 | 80,000 |
|
135,000 | -67,000 |
|
135,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
85,000 | -215,000 |
|
76,000 | -149,000 |
Maurizio Arca has just been eliminated over on Table 1.
Hui Chen Kuo opened from UTG+1 to 10,000 and after the next three players folded Tony G made the call. To Tony G's left was Maurizio Arca and he squeezed all-in for 35,000 in total. Hui Chen Kuo then re-shoved over the top and Tony G got out of the way, albeit reluctantly.
Hui Chen Kuo: 
Arca: 
Arca took an unlikely lead on the 
flop and when the 
landed on the turn it looked like Arca would double up. However, those thoughts were soon put to bed when the 
fell on the river and sent Arca to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Tony G has doubled up through Jackson Genovesi and is now back in business in the WPT Malta main event.
The pair shared a flop reading 
, a flop that Tony G checked, Genovesi bet 17,500 and Tony G check-raised to 110,000. Genovesi moved all in and Tony G made the call.
Tony G's 
were in front of the 
and they stayed in front as the turn and river were the 
and respectively and Tony G climbs to 340,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
480,000 | -160,000 |
|
|
340,000 | 180,000 |
Ilan Boujenah got the betting round started with a raise to 10,000 from under the gun. Nobody wanted to take on the live-wire until the action passed to Tony G in the small blind and the Lithuanian made the call. Next to act was Jusso Leppanen, a well-built Finn and he decided now was the time to get his 119,500 chips into the middle. He was all-in.
Boujenah is a player who prefers to shove rather than call a shove and he pondered for a solid minute before folding. Tony G also folded and Leppanen scooped the pot.
Valeriy Chupin has just been eliminated at the hands of Serkan Kurnaz. Kurnaz is going about his business quietly in this tournament so keep your eye out for him because he could be a dark horse.
Kurnaz opened to 10,000 and Chupin shoved for around 115,000 chips. Kurnaz called and showed 
and was up against Chupin's 
. Kurnaz caught a king on the 
flop and stayed ahead as the turn was the 
and the river the 
. We are down to 16 in the main event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
395,000 | 100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
We have just lost Juuso Leppanen but don't have the exact details. We do know that Jonathan Roy busted him whilst holding pocket jacks and Leppanen was holding 
for a draw that obviously missed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 165,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Daniele Mazzia has just been eliminated by Serkan Kurnaz. It was all-in pre with Mazzia missing with ace-queen and Kurnaz holding with pocket queens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Enver Abduraimov moved all-in from under the gun and Eris Nastasi made the call from the big blind.
Nastasi:
Abduraimov: 
Board: 
Three quick fire eliminations just before the break and we are down to 13 players!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
