€1,100 Main Event Dia 2 | 2023 PokerStars Summer Festival Malta

2023-06-30 23:19 UTC+2

Florian Ahlmer Bursts Bubble To Gain Chip Lead in PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Main Event

Mwarburton

Nível 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Day 2 of the PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Main Event, running at the InterContinental Hotel, has concluded. There are now just 77 players who remain in contention. The winner is set to take home €153,610.

At the end of Day 2, Florian Ahlmer of Germany emerged as the chip leader after eliminating Tom Arvaara to burst the bubble of the tournament. Ahlmer has 1,035,000 chips.

Close behind, and the only other player to have reached the one million mark, is Pedro Faustino of Portugal.

Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz, Sergio Grosso and Grzegorz Skawinski round out the top five.

End of Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
1	Florian Ahlmer	Germany	1035000	129
2	Pedro Faustino	Portugal	1000000	125
3	Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz	Spain	828000	103
4	Sergio Grosso	Italy	772000	96
5	Grzegorz Skawinski	Poland	675000	84
6	Ercan Atmaca	Germany	659000	82
7	Gal Bar	Israel	633000	79
8	Alessandro Sarro	Italy	632000	79
9	Maher Achour	Tunisia	611000	76
10	Marcin Lesniewski	Poland	609000	76

Felix Schneiders is among the other notable players who is still in contention. He took a relatively short stack and turned it into a playable one when he doubled up and then made a set of aces late in the day. Irish Open 2023 winner David Docherty is also still in the mix, as are WSOP bracelet winners Simone Andrian and Tommy Nguyen.

The Main Event attracted 916 entries, which made for a total prize pool of €879,360. This represents a 12 percent increase on the field size from last year. Players hailed from 57 countries, with Italy, France, Germany, Greece and the UK all well represented.

There are now just 77 players remaining. They are all guaranteed to take away at least €2,230.

Day 3 kicks off tomorrow at 12 p.m. local time. Blind will start at 4,000/8,000 with an 8,000 big blind ante. Levels will run for 60-minutes with a break every two levels.

Join PokerNews for live coverage of Day 3 straight from the floor as the tournament plays down deeper into the money and closer to the final table.

Tags: Alessandro Sarro David Docherty Ercan Atmaca Felix Schneiders Florian Ahlmer Gal Bar Grzegorz Skawinski Jordi Ribatallada Ruiz Maher Achour Marcin Lesniewski Pedro Faustino Sergio Grosso Simone Andrian Tom Arvaara Tommy Nguyen

2023-06-30 20:32 UTC+2

Schneiders' Run Continues as He Finds a Set

Mwarburton

Nível 18 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Joshua Stewart was all in preflop against Felix Schneiders, who just a few hands ago found a double up. Stewart was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Joshua Stewart: A♦Q♣
Felix Schneiders: A♠A♥

The board ran out 6♦A♣K♣J♦K♦. Stewart was already getting up to leave once the flop had fallen. He did pick up a backdoor straight draw on the turn but didn't manage to complete it on the river.

Schneiders hit a set of aces and piled more chips onto his stack, which now stands at a respectable 360,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Felix Schneiders	360,000 150,000	150,000

Joshua Stewart	Eliminado

Tags: Felix Schneiders Joshua Stewart

2023-06-30 20:00 UTC+2

Schneiders Outpairs Onnestam to Double Up

Mwarburton

Nível 17 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Felix Schneiders raised from middle position and Peter Onnestam three-bet from the button. Schneiders moved all in and Onnestam called. Players flipped their cards and Schneiders was at risk.

Felix Schneiders: 10♥10♠
Peter Onnestam: 9♠9♣

Onnestam had pocket nines and Schneiders had pocket tens. The board ran out 2♥6♥J♠6♣2♠. Neither player improved and so Schneiders held with his pocket tens to double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Felix Schneiders	210,000 180,000	180,000

Peter Onnestam	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Felix Schneiders Peter Onnestam

2023-06-30 19:09 UTC+2

Bubble Bursts as Arovaara Busts

Mwarburton

Nível 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Two hands were frozen on the bubble as players had their all ins called. In the first hand, action was on the river on a board of 7♥6♥Q♥7♠7♦. Nataliia Alkhimova checked and Luc LaFontaine shoved all in.

Alkhimova showed J♥J♦ for a full house with sevens full of jacks. LaFontaine showed A♥Q♣ for a full house with sevens full of queens. He doubled up and the bubble continued.

Immediately, spectators, floor staff and media moved over to the adjacent table, where two players were all in preflop. Tom Arovaara was all in against Florian Ahlmer, with Arovaara at risk.

Tom Arovaara: Q♥Q♣
Florian Ahlmer: J♥J♦

Arovaara was well ahead with his pocket queens against Ahlmer's jacks. However, the board ran out 9♥J♣6♥8♣4♦ to give Ahlmer a set of jacks on the flop.

Arovaara was eliminated on the bubble. The rest of the players have now guaranteed themselves €1,700.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Florian Ahlmer	510,000 251,500	251,500
Luc Lafontaine	250,000 115,000	115,000
Nataliia Alkhimova	140,000 -70,000	-70,000
Tom Arovaara	Eliminado

Tags: Florian Ahlmer Luc LaFontaine Tom Arovaara

2023-06-30 18:46 UTC+2

Pfeiffer Busts Before Absolute Bubble

Mwarburton

Nível 16 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Right before the absolute bubble, three players were all in, with both Anastasiades and Pfeiffer technically at risk.

Patrick Pfeiffer: K♥K♦
Andreas Anastasiades: A♥A♦
Andres Karlsen: K♣K♠

Although Anastasiades was at risk in terms of his stack, the other two players both had pocket kings and so had each other's outs. But the hand wasn't without sweats.

The board ran out 9♠4♠7♠8♣Q♥. Three spades on the flop brought Karlsen a flush draw. The turn and river bricked out for him, though, and Anastasiades held with his pocket aces to win the pot.

Karlsen took a hit to his stack, but it was Pfeiffer who was eliminated from the tournament in 137th place, just one before the money bubble.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andreas Anastasiades	220,000 139,000	139,000
Andres Karlsen	90,000 90,000	90,000
Patrick Pfeiffer	Eliminado

Tags: Andreas Anastasiades Andres Karlsen Patrick Pfeiffer

2023-06-30 17:47 UTC+2

Alkhimova Further Reduces Olivieri's Stack

Mwarburton

Nível 15 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded around to Enrico Olivieri, who raised from the cutoff. Nataliia Alkhimova reraised to 17,500 from the small blind and Olivieri made the call.

The flop came 2♣3♦K♣ and Alkhimova made a continuation bet of 12,500, which Olivieiri called.

The turn was the 2♦ and Alkhimova bet again, this time for 30,000. Olivieiri once again made the call.

The river came the Q♠ and both players opted to check it back. Alkhimova showed 10♥10♦ for two pair with her pocket tens and the deuces on board. Olivieri mucked his hand and Alkhimova scooped the pot.

Olivieri started the day as the chip leader but is now down to a little over 100,000 chips. Alkhimova, meanwhile, has chipped back up to over 200,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nataliia Alkhimova	210,000 116,000	116,000
Enrico Olivieri	110,000 -265,000	-265,000

Tags: Enrico Olivieri

2023-06-30 16:23 UTC+2

PokerStars Summer Festival Malta Payouts

Mwarburton

Nível 14 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The total prize pool in the PokerStars Summer Festival Malta is €879,360

There will be 135 players who make the money and the min-cash is €1,700. The top prize is set for €153,610.

The full payouts can be found below.

Position	Prize
1	€153,610
2	€95,850
3	€68,470
4	€52,660
5	€40,510
6	€31,510
7	€23,970
8	€18,440
9	€14,180
10 – 11	€11,320
12 – 13	€9,440
14 – 15	€7,860
16 – 17	€6,830
18 – 20	€5,940
21 – 23	€5,170
24 – 27	€4,490
28 – 31	€3,900
32 – 39	€3,390
40 – 55	€2,950
56 – 71	€2,570
72 – 95	€2,230
96 – 119	€1,940
120 – 135	€1,700

2023-06-30 16:11 UTC+2

Zehetleitner Runs Draw Into Flush and Busts Out

Mwarburton

Nível 14 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Thomas Mjeldheim raised to 5,500 from middle position and picked up called from Christopher Kiefert and from Paul Zehetleitner in the big blind.

The flop came K♦8♦6♦. Zehetleitner checked and Mjeldheim bet 9,000. Kiefert folded and Zehetleitner moved all in. Mjeldheim made the call and had Zehetleitner covered as players flipped their cards.

Paul Zehetleitner: 9♥7♦
Thomas Mjeldheim: Q♦J♦

Zehetleitner had a straight draw and flush draw. Mjeldheim, however, had already made a queen high flush, leaving Zehetleitner drawing very thin.

The turn came the K♠ and river was the 5♦. Mjeldheim held with his flush and Zehetleitner was eliminated from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Thomas Mjeldheim	275,000 174,000	174,000
Paul Zehetleitner	Eliminado

Tags: Christopher Kiefert Paul Zehetleitner Thomas Mjeldheim

2023-06-30 15:24 UTC+2

LaFontaine Doubles After Flopping Two Pair

Mwarburton

Nível 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of A♣6♠9♥. Luc LaFontaine checked and Garin Paul bet out 23,000. LaFontaine responded with a check-raise all in and Paul made the call, putting LaFontaine at risk of elimination.

Luc LaFontaine: A♠6♣
Garin Paul: A♥J♠

Paul had a pair of aces with jack kicker and LaFontaine had two pair aces and sixes. The turn came the 2♦ and the river was the 8♠, blanks for both players. LaFontaine held with his two pair to double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Luc Lafontaine	135,000 25,500	25,500
Garin Paul	80,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Luc LaFontaine

2023-06-30 15:05 UTC+2

Vuksanaj Misses Straight and is Eliminated by Fong

Mwarburton

Nível 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 6♥Q♥7♣. Angelo Pediglieri bet out 7,500 and Matthiue Fong called. Eridon Vuksanaj moved all in for his remaining 25,000 chips and Fong made the call. Vuksanaj was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Eridon Vuksanaj: 8♥9♣
Matthiue Fong: Q♣10♣

Vuksanaj had a straight draw and Fong had top pair with his queen. The turn came the K♣ and the river was the J♠. Fong held up and Vuksanaj was eliminated from the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Matthiue Fong	210,000 90,000	90,000
Eridon Vuksanaj	Eliminado

Tags: Angelo Pediglieri