APAT Malta Updates - 3rd/4th Nov 2019

[IrishTom]

Welcome to second hosting of our Malta Championship here at the Portomaso Casino in St Julians, Malta.

The Maltese Amateur Poker Championship will play as follows:             
                 
Sun 3rd Nov 2019

14:30 APAT Maltese Amateur Poker Championship (NLHE) €100+€20 Day 1 (40k stack, 40 min levels, 8 levels of late reg with 1 re-entry allowed) 
   
Mon 4th Nov 2019

12:30 APAT Maltese Amateur Poker Championship Day 2

APAT Structure

(40k stack, 40 min levels, 20 mins HU)

Breaks are subject to change on the day

	LEVEL	SMALL	BIG	ANTE
14:30	1	100	100
15:10	2	100	200
15:50	3	100	200	200
16:30					20 min break
16:50	4	200	400	400
17:30	5	300	600	600
18:10	6	400	800	800
18:50					40 min Dinner
19:30	7	500	1000	1000
20:10	8	600	1200	1200
20:50	9	800	1600	1600	Chip-up 100/500
21:30					20 min break
21:50	10	1000	2000	2000	End of Late Reg at start of L10
22:30	11	1000	3000	3000
23:10	12	2000	4000	4000	End of Day 1 (23:50)
12:30	13	2000	5000	5000
13:10	14	3000	6000	6000
13:50	15	4000	8000	8000
14:30					20 min break
14:50	16	5000	10000	10000
15:30	17	6000	12000	12000
16:10	18	8000	16000	16000	Chip-up 1000
16:50					40 min Dinner
17:30	19	10000	20000	20000
18:10	20	15000	30000	30000
18:50	21	20000	40000	40000
19:30					10 min break
19:40	22	30000	60000	60000
20:20	23	40000	80000	80000
21:00	24	60000	120000	120000
21:40					10 min break
21:50	25	80000	160000	160000
22:30	26	100000	200000	200000
23:10	27	150000	300000	300000	(estimated completion)
	28	200000	400000	400000
	29	250000	500000	500000
	30	300000	600000	600000

(40k stack, 40 min levels, 20 mins HU)
                       

[Luthee13]

We are off and running and Roxanne Monaghan and Terry Evans hit the ground running.7

There's around 15k in the pot, the board has run out and Roxanne has bet out for 11k.

Terry spends a long time talking through the options before eventually folding

Roxanne adds a nice pot to her stack early doors.

[IrishTom]

Some familiar faces in the crowd:

Chris   Alexander
David   Amos
Vikki   Anstey
Pip Arthur
Antony   Auty
Alison Awome
Joe Awome
Tracey   Baggott
Stephen   Bailey
Joe Ball
Tony   Blee
Steve   Bradbury
Les   Brannon
Warren Brooks
Ben Burnhill
Karl Bursford
Christine   Coe
Bryan   Coe
Mandy   Coultard
Andy   Coultard
Rob   Davies
Terry   Evans
Richard   Faria
Suzanne Gleeson
Nathan   Godfrey
David   Hardy
Brian Harland
David   Hawley
Simon Hord
Daniel   Howie
Viktors   Kursitis
Lewis   Laker
Paul   Lanfranco
Bob   Law
Mark   Leverett
David   Lonergan
Karen Mead
Roxanne   Monaghan
Ben   Murray
Colin   Murray
John   Nixon
Julie   Nixon
Lisa   North
David   Paxton
Alan   Pearcy
Steve Roderick
Mark   Scargill
Robbie   Senior-Watson
Paul    Shillaber
Craig Simpson
Paul Skinner
Steve Smiter Smith
Ger Smyth
Holly   Stanswood
Gail   Swain
James   White

[Luthee13]

Three clubs on the flop means Dave Hardy flops the flush.

The fourth club on the river sees him lose a chunk to a better rivered flush.

"I didn't like losing those chips...ouch"

[Luthee13]

Roxanne Monaghan and Maxim Meshiv are heads up on the river.

The board is

The pot is over 22k

Maxim bets 20k

Roxanne moves all in over the top for around 45k

Maxim thinks for a second and makes the call.

Roxanne swiftly shows

Maxim then shows

Roxanne down to around 12k.

[Luthee13]

Primo Cistola raises from under the gun plus one.

It folds to Dave Amos in the small blind. He re raises and Primo calls.

The flop is

Dave continues for 3.5k

Primo raises it to 8k and Dave makes the call.

The turn is and Dave checks.

Primo ships for around 15k and Dave instantly calls.

Primo shows and groans when Dave turns

The river is a very blank and Dave takes the pot and knocks out Primo.

[Luthee13]

Karen Mead scoops in a nice pot with on a board of board.

Terry Evans amongst the contributors, Karen on around 52k, Terry around the 21k mark.

Terry and Karen 'face off'...

[Luthee13]

Steve Bradbury loses the majority of his chips, in his own words, "because aces don't always win, do they?"

He doesn't manage to double his fumes and exits the tournament.

[Luthee13]

Lisa North adds a sizeable pot to her stack with now on around 40k.

[Luthee13]

Players return from the break to Level 4, blinds 200/400/400

Les Brannon raises it to 2k from mid position with about 11k behind.

Matthew Oughton, big blind, makes the call.

The flop is

Matthew checks, Les ships, Matthew instantly calls and flips

Les groans and turns

turn and river means Les hands over the rest of his chips to Matthew.

[Luthee13]

Vicky Anstey makes it 1100 from the cut off.

Marion Mizzi makes the call from the button and Suzanne Gleeson calls in the big blind.

The flop is

Suzanne checks, Vicky bets 1k and both call.

The turn is

Suzanne checks, Vicky bets 2k.

Marion calls, Susan folds.

The river is

Vicky checks, Marion bets 1500 and Vicky calls.

Marion shows

Vicky sighs and shows she had

Marion scoops the pot.

[Luthee13]

We are at the turn and the board is

Lewis Laker ships for 12k

Robbie Senior Watson calls.

Ger Smyth moves all in over the top.

Hans Benny Hagberg moves all in over the top of Ger.

Robbie calls it all.

Lewis has

Ger shows

Hans turns

Robbie flips

Lewis calls for a Queen

The river is

Lewis quadruples up to over 55k

The counting begins to pay out Ger and Hans.

Robbie left with around 16k.

[Luthee13]

Mandy Coultard raises pre and gets called by Dave Amos and Joe Ball.

The flop is

Mandy bets 6k

Dave ships.

Joe ships.

Mandy calls.

Dave has

Joe shows

Mandy tables

The turn is a blank but the river sees Dave take the lead sending Joe to the rail and reducing Mandy to around 17k.

Dave on around 66k

[Luthee13]

Lewis Laker finishes Robbie Senior Watson off when he calls his all in pre with vs Robbie's

Lewis hits the on the flop and Robbie doesn't improve.

[Luthee13]

Middle of Level 5, blnds 300/600, Holly Stanswood finds and raises it up.

She finds herself in a raising war resulting in her 50k+ going into the middle.

She is called and is shown

She has a little sweat with on the board...

But her Jacks hold and she sends a player to the rail and boosts her stack to over 100k.