Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 39/1,460
Richard Koppel checked from the small blind with the [invalid notations] for a wheel to win a big pot that didn’t develop until the river with a wheel.
Roar Flotre – 3.1 million
Richard Koppel – 2.8 million
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | Emanuele Napolitano | €2,280 |
| 49 | Thomas Jakobsen | €2,280 |
| 50 | Vikram Digpal | €2,280 |
| 51 | Jari Hurri | €2,280 |
| 52 | Jamie Scannell | €2,280 |
| 53 | Alex Montgomery | €2,280 |
| 54 | Thomas Hofmann | €2,280 |
| 55 | Philip Hoerwarter | €2,280 |
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 56 | Lennart Bernett | €1,980 |
| 57 | Mark Attard | €1,980 |
| 58 | Ashley Scott | €1,980 |
| 59 | Kelly Kellner | €1,980 |
| 60 | Mark Vella | €1,980 |
| 61 | Patrick Von Rohr | €1,980 |
| 62 | Thomas Lange | €1,980 |
| 63 | Nidal Dawoud | €1,980 |
Level 24: 25,000/50,000 (50,000)
Entries: 53/1,460
Jordan Dumas opened for 125,000 from middle position. Alex Montgomery three-bet jammed for about 480,000 from late position and was snap-called by Dumas after the action folded back around to him.
Alex Montgomery: 4♥4♦
Jordan Dumas: A♠A♣
Dumas was miles ahead and Montgomery eventually lost his stack to his opponent’s full house after the 3♦5♦8♠A♦8♥ ran out on the board.
Jordan Dumas – 1.8 million
Alex Montgomery – 0
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 64 | Kai Vater | €1,760 |
| 65 | Robert Hanoch | €1,760 |
| 66 | Marcello Favaloro | €1,760 |
| 67 | Kathleen Padoani | €1,760 |
| 68 | Evy Albrigtsen | €1,760 |
| 69 | Andrea Dominici | €1,760 |
| 70 | Matthew Cartwright | €1,760 |
| 71 | Simon Taylor | €1,760 |
The €250 Deepstack by HiBet hosted by Eros Nastasi attracted 192 entries thus far with late registration still open. While Nastasi was unable to play in his signature event due to a deep run in the Grand Event, the rest of the HiBet team is in full force. Check out some of the photos below from the Deepstack.
Players are on their second to last short break of Day 2. Blinds will increase to 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 big blind ante before moving along to 30,000/60,000 with a 60,000 big blind ante.
There will be another break after these two blind levels. After that, the 40,000/80,000 (80,000) and the 50,000/100,000 (100,000) blind levels will be played out. Players surviving these blind levels will bag up their stacks into Monday’s final day.
Level 23: 20,000/40,000 (40,000)
Entries: 58/1,460
A massive hand broke out on Table 5 with both local hero Mark Vella and Kelly Kellner hearing the roar from Roar Flotre.
Vella jammed from under the gun for 470,000. Flotre three-bet shoved from one seat over for 1.3 million and Kellner called off from a couple of seats over with a bit less.
Mark Vella: A♣2♣
Kelly Kellner: 9♥9♦
Roar Flotre: K♣K♥
Flotre’s cowboys were good with all the board cards coming out with a number on them to win a huge pot just before the break.
Mark Attard is now the last Maltese player remaining in the Grand Event after all-around nice guy Vella, who plays most major events on the island, hit the rail.
Roar Flotre – 2.75 million
Kelly Kellner – 0
Mark Vella – 0
The following players cashed for €1,580 in the Grand Event. The remaining field now locked up €1,760 and counting.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 72 | Fabio Berti | €1,580 |
| 73 | Oliver Said | €1,580 |
| 74 | Oliver Mihajlovski | €1,580 |
| 75 | Matthew Church | €1,580 |
| 76 | Jake Caldwell | €1,580 |
| 77 | Roy Trickett | €1,580 |
| 78 | Kevin Quinlan | €1,580 |
| 79 | Baris Topuz | €1,580 |