Ole Schemion raised to 4,400 out of the small blind and Eros Nastasi three-bet all in from one seat over. Schemion was covered and called with the for his last 36,700. Nastasi had the , but failed to send the German to the rail after a board of .
Instead, Nastasi busted soon after and was joined on the rail by Simen Birkelund, Adrian Mateos, [Removed:155] and Simon Trumper.
Davidi Kitai raised to 3,700 from the cutoff and Marko Popovic called in the big blind. On the flop, Popovic check-called a bet of 4,000 and did so again on the turn for 12,500. After the river, Popovic checked and Kitai checked behind.
Popovic flashed the and then grinned to the Belgian with the words "almost."
There just has been a big clash between Pasi Sormunen en Guillaume Diaz. Sormunen opened preflop and Diaz raised. The Finn threw in a four-bet and got a call, he told us.
On the he bet half the pot and Diaz cold again, creating a pot of over 80,000. On the turn Sormunen moved all in for 52,700.
Diaz needed a long time to think about the situation. He didn't look very happy about it but eventually he made the call.
"Good call, you have it", Sormunen said as he tabled . Diaz showed for a huge call.
Only a king on the river could save Sormunen. The didn't help him and the Finn was on his way to the exit.
One hand after the bust out of Sormunen, Thi Xoa Nguyen moved all in on the same table. Her shove was for about 24,000 and she got a call from Grzegorz Grochulski.
Thi Xoa Nguyen:
Grzegorz Grochulski:
Nguyen was in bad shape against Grochulski's jacks and after the board ran out she was gone from this Main Event.
Yesterday Dietrich fast was wearing a shirt with a slogan that indicated he was never beaten, then paid off a full house. Today, the German wears a shirt with "every damn pair" and that's what he just had to send Mikalai Vaskaboinikau packing.
On the , Vaskaboinikau bet 7,400 and Fast called on the button.
The on the river completed the board and the Belorusian checked. Fast bet 22,000 and Vaskaboinikau shoved for around 40,000 after some consideration. Fast snap-called with for a full house and his opponent mucked.
New this season at the European Poker Tour, a €10,000-buy-in Single Reentry Pot-Limit Omaha event. The tournament was organized in Barcelona for the first time, attracting a total of 88 entries. Alex Manzano Ramirez from Chile won that event for €237,500 ($268,988), Steve O'Dwyer finished runner-up for €174,200 ($197,295).
Here in Malta the event is a bit smaller. So far, the tournament has attracted 13 players but late registration is open for a while. Amongst the players are Jorryt van Hoof, Anthony Zinno, Vladimir Troyanovskiy and Sam Greenwood.
Before getting 3rd place in yesterday's €10,300 Single-Day High Roller, Charlie Carrel chatted with PokerNews about the oh-so-hot topic of William Kassouf
On the feature table, Benny Spindler shoved for his last 14,900 from the hijack and the action folded around to Stephen Chidwick in the big blind. He peeked at his cards and then called quickly.
Benny Spindler:
Stephen Chidwick:
The flop of didn't help Spindler and he was drawing dead after the turn, making the on the river a formality.
On the flop of , Aleksandar Spadijer check-raised to 7,400 and Peter Akery in the cutoff called to see the on the turn. Spadijer check-called a bet of 8,800 and checked again the on the river. Akery checked back and Spadijer rolled over to claim the pot.
Jacqueline Cachia, the "poker mama" of Malta and third on the all-time money list of the island, faces some tough competition at her table with Ismael Bojang, Roberto Romanello, Dan Shak and Ludovic Geilich.
Geilich just raised to 4,000 from early position and then quickly got out of the way when Cachia reraised in the blinds.