Leonardo Pires raised to 650 and received three callers including Sergio Benso on the button and Jerry Oedeen in the small blind. In the 
flop, action cheked to Pires and he continued for 1,000. Only Benso called and the 
on the turn was checked through.
Pires then checked the 
river and Benso bet 3,550. Pires called and mucked once he was shown the 
. The same table also features Dara "Doke" O'Kearney and Antoine Saout.
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Niveau: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
So far the screens show 257 entrants for Day 1b and they are all heading into the first 20-minute break of Day 1b with a handful of seat open thus far.
The board was 
and Sirzat Hissou bet 650 from the cutoff. To his left, Govert Metaal raised to 1,750 and Hissou called.
The river was the 
and Hissou checked to his neighbor. Metaal waited till the clock was down to zero, so the break would start after the hand. He then fired 5,725 and Hissou folded, while slamming a 
on the table.
Metaal laughed and showed 
for a missed straight draw and rubbed some salt into the wounds of Hissou.
With around 10,100 in the pot on the 
turn, Cristinal Sandu bet 5,000 and Ricardo Cuerda Cuartero moved all in for 16,925 from one seat over. Sandu asked for the count, contemplated some more and then called.
Cuartero showed the and Sandu turned over 
, the river blanked.
It would really turn into a great comeback story if Francois Evard gets far into the event, as the Swiss was down to just two big blinds in the first level. Just now he check-called a bet of 1,200 on the 
turn by Pawel Chmiel and both then checked the 
on the turn. After the 
river, Evard bet 2,600 and Chmiel called, then mucked when Evard showed the .
The very same table now also features a former EPT champion in Julian Track.
A lot of poker players are living on Malta but only a few of them originate from this island country.
There are four Maltese players in the field today. One of them is Mark Vella. The local hero just lost a small pot against Natalia Panchenko but nothing much to worry about.
The other three players are really close to the top of the Maltese all-time money list. Charlo Azzopardi is placed in second on that list with $116,260. In fourth, we find Konrad Abela who's just $30,000 behind Azzopardi.
Jacqueline Cachia is placed in between those gentlemen.
She just lost a small pot against Miroslav Forman. He three-betted Cachia's opening raise to 1,050 and Cachia called. She check-called 900 on the 
flop.
Both checked when the 
came down on the turn. Cachia then check-folded to a 3,700-bet when the showed up at the river.
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