At the end of play Day 4, we asked Dominik Panka how he stayed focus and got lucky to go from 3 big blinds to one of the chip leaders of the EPT Malta Main Event
Marco Bartolini flew under the radar for more than four days. The Italian quietly played himself to the last 11 in the EPT Malta Main Event, but his journey ended there.
From the button, Marco Bartolini open-shoved 280,000. Due to Colautti's bustout in the previous hand, there was only a big blind with Xixiang Luo. The Chinese took some time before calling, presumably waiting until the camera's had arrived to capture the moment.
Marco Bartolini: 
Xixiang Luo: 
Bartolini was in a deep hole from the start and couldn't catch up on 
. The Italian did score a payjump, and he received a sweet payday of €32,140.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
2,050,000 | 450,000 |
|
Eliminé |
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From the cutoff, big stack Dmitry Yurasov raised to 55,000. It was folded to Daniele Colautti in the big blind and he made a three-bet to 150,000.
Yurasov double checked his cards, gave it a short moment of thought and then moved all in. Colautti quickly called for a little less than 900,000 in total and the cards were tabled.
Dmitry Yurasov: 
Daniele Colautti: 
Colautti was in good shape for a double up, but the 
flop turned the tables around. Yurasov hit his set and when the 
hit the turn, Colautti was down to two outs.
The river wasn't a nine but the 
and Colautti stood up from the table.
"Unlucky", Ockenden said.
Colautti didn't seem too disappointed. "I had to lose one eventually", he replied.
Dmitry Yurasov now sits on an even bigger stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000 | 600,000 |
|
Eliminé |
From the cutoff, Daniele Colautti made it 50,000 to go and Tomas Macnamara made it 150,000 from the small blind. Colautti four-bet shoved for over 650,000, which appeared to shock Macnamara as he suddenly sat up straight in his seat.
The Brit considered it for the better part of a minute, but decided to give it up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
970,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
900,000 | 100,000 |
From first position, Tomas Macnamara came in raising to 50,000. Peter Ockenden made the call and so did big blind Xixiang Luo.
The flop was 
and was that didn't bring any action. The turn was the and now, Luo bet 100,000. Macnamara called, Ockenden folded.
The 
fell on the river and Luo fired again, this time for 165,000. Macnamara called and was good as Luo mucked his hand.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
1,005,000 | 400,000 |
Aliaksei Boika raised to 55,000 from under the gun. In the next seat over, Mats Karlsson three-bet to 135,000. Back on Boika, the Belarusian four-bet shoved for 942,000.
That was too much for Karlsson, who folded his hand after twenty seconds of thought.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
2,240,000 | -240,000 |
|
1,137,000 | 67,000 |
Marco Bartolini, who's flown mostly under the radar here in the past days, open-shoved for 360,000 in middle position. Everybody quickly folded their hands.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
410,000 | -140,000 |
Dmitry Yurasov is in control of the outer table. He's clearly the table captain and so far it's mostly Yurasov at that table, with Luo picking up his fair share.
By raising and taking several pots Yurasov has surpassed the two-million-mark.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,000,000 | 300,000 |
Elie Saad has been quite active in the first half hour of day 5. He raised a couple of times and just opened again.
He made it 55,000 to go, only to see Louis Cartarius throw in a three-bet. From the small blind, the German popped it up to 160,000. It was back to Saad, who raised it up once more, making it 380,000.
Cartarius couldn't stand the heat and threw his hand in the muck.
In the next hand, Mats Karlsson raised from first position. He made it 60,000, only to see Saad raise to 160,000. Karlsson called and the two saw the 
flop.
Karlsson checked to his neighbor and folded immediately when Saad slid out some chips for a bet.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,480,000 | -70,000 |
|
1,280,000 | 191,000 |
|
905,000 | 26,000 |
From first position, Dmitry Yurasov came in with a raise to 55,000. Daniele Colautti called from the button and so did Tomas Macnamara from the big blind.
The flop was 
and it was checked to Colautti. The Italian made a bet of 75,000 and only Yurasov called.
The turn was checked through and the 
hit the river. Yurasov checked and folded when Colautti fired out a 300,000-bet.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000 | -125,000 |
|
|
800,000 | 103,000 |
|
|
605,000 | -60,000 |
