Dan Petrea raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Marko Cosic reraised to 18,000 from the small blind. Petrea moved all in for a little over 100,000 and Cosic called. The two players flipped their cards, with Cosic at risk.
Marko Cosic: 9♥9♠
Dan Petrea: 5♥5♦
Petrea had pocket fives and Cosis had pocket nines. The board ran out Q♦A♦K♣10♠9♦. Cosis further improved his hand with a set of nines on the river. He doubled up, leaving Petrea with just a starting stack to play with.
Jakub Piwowarski opened the action with a raise to 3,000 from middle position and was met with an all in from Julian Herold with a short stack in the small blind. Fabian Bartuschk isolated with a shove of his own from the big blind and Piwowarski folded. Players flipped their cards, with Herold at risk.
Julian Herold: 4♥3♥
Fabian Bartuschk: A♠Q♥
The board ran out Q♦K♠7♣J♠9♦ to give Bartuschk a pair of queens on the flop. He held to the river and Herold was eliminated from the tournament.
Jarno Janssens and Matthiue Fong clashed preflop, getting all their chips in the middle. Fong had Janssens slightly covered as players flipped their cards.
Jarno Janssens: A♠Q♥
Matthiue Fong: 9♠9♥
The board ran out 7♦7♣2♠3♥8♠. Janssens didn't pair up his hand and Fong held with his pocket nines to win the pot and close to double up his stack. Janssens was eliminated from the tournament.
Salvatore Donato raised from early position and was called by Ercan Atmaca and the player in the big blind.
The flop came 7♠3♠6♥. The big blind checked and Donato made a continuation bet of 8,000. Atmaca called and the big blind folded.
The turn was the 8♣. Donato checked and Atmaca bet out 12,000. Donato quickly made the call. The river was the 9♥ and Donato checked again. Atmaca pushed in a pile of blues worth 30,000 chips and Donato called.
Atmaca flipped over A♦Q♠ for ace high and was running a bluff. Donato showed 5♥5♠ for a turned straight and scooped the pot.
The PokerStars Summer Festival Malta, running at the InterContinental Hotel, continues today with Day 2 of the Main Event starting at 12 p.m. local time.
All four starting flights have now finished. However, late registration stays open for the first two levels of Day 2, and so the number of entries and total prize pool are not yet fully confirmed.
So far though, a total of 814 entries were made in the opening days, making for a prize pool of €732,600. Of those, 270 players made it through their respective flights to earn a seat, .
The full prize pool and payouts will be available on PokerNews shortly after they are announced.
Enrico Olivieri of Italy has emerged as the overall chip leader heading into Day 2. He'll be sitting down with 375,000 chips. Currently in second place is Tiago Luis of Portugal with 340,000, followed by Maher Achour of Tunisia with 335,000 chips.
Blinds on Day 2 will start at level 11 on 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante and will run for 60-minutes with a break every two levels. There will be 10 levels played today. Whoever survives will make it through to Day 3 and the business end of the tournament.
Away from the tables, players can explore the stunning Mediterranean island, take a jet ski ride, or put their feet up and relax in the Player's Lounge. The official PokerStars Padel tournament is also running today for those who want to try their hand at the racket sport.
PokerNews will be bringing live updates of Day 2 straight from the tournament floor and following the Main Event down to a winner.
