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 |
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 |
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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 |
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 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 |
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 |
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
Elie Saad raised to 55,000 in the small blind and Bastian Dohler defended his big blind. Saad continued with 55,000 on 
, Dohler raised to 130,000, and Saad called.
On the turn, Saad checked, Dohler bet 150,000, and Saad called again.
The river 
completed both straight and flush draws. Saad checked and Dohler emptied the clip. This time, the German Spin & Go qualifier bet 200,000. It took Saad two minutes, but eventually he counted out the call.
Bastian Dohler: 
Elie Saad: 
"Nice call," muttered the German, whose total airball with queen-high got called by second pair. Dohler had to ship half his stack to his Lebanese neighbor.
In the hand afterwards, Saad snapped off a bluff from Dominik Panka as well and now sits around 1,8 million in chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,800,000 | 520,000 |
|
462,000 | -571,000 |
The 10 remaining players are on their first 30-minute break of the day. Chip counts to follow soon.
The first level of the day started with a blast. In the first couple of hands, two players were sent to the rail.
Benjamin Pollak was the first one to go. The Frenchman was left crippled when he doubled up Xixiang Luo in the first hand of the day. His eights couldn't hold against Luo's ace-king. The next hand, he lost his last chips, again it was Luo who took them from him.
Meanwhile, short stack Ole Schemion found his much-needed double up in the second hand of the day, when he rivered a flush with ace-four against Aliaksei Boika's pocket nines. The German was still short and busted some hands later when Mats Karlsson made a straight with king-ten against Schemion's ace-king.
The action slowed down after that and most of the pots were decided preflop. The level ended with two other bust outs both of Italian origin.
First, Daniele Colautti moved all in with nines and was up against Dmitry Yurasov's sixes. The Russian flopped a set and Colautti hit the rail. Shortly after, Marco Bartolini followed the same route. He ran his tens against Luo's queens and finished in 11th place.
Mats Karlsson leads the final 10 but Dmitry Yurasov and Xixiang Luo have more than two million in chips as well. PCA 2014 champion Dominik Panka and so is €10 spin-and-go qualifier Bastian Dohler.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,710,000 | 470,000 |
|
|
2,495,000 | -105,000 |
|
|
2,060,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
1,785,000 | -15,000 |
|
1,320,000 | -91,000 |
|
|
920,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
789,000 | -348,000 |
|
745,000 | -160,000 |
|
600,000 | -459,000 |
|
|
450,000 | -12,000 |
