Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
When leaving the tournament area we stumbled over Sinem Melin and the charity event winner here in Malta quickly recalled her unfortunate Day 2 to us. First she lost two bigger pots with pocket kings and then called with a flush draw without hitting. That left the Brit down to eight big blinds and the chips vanished with 
versus 
.
Moments later, Vincent Gabel joined and also told his story. The Belgian had flopped a set of sixes on 
and found one opponent in Sergey Sergeev with both players investing 3,200 into a pot of 7,500. On the 
turn, Sergeev bet 6,300 and Gabel just called to see an on the river.
The Russian got it in with for a back door straight and Gabel's slow play backfired in cruel fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
59,600
|
59,600 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
. Salvatore Bonavena was the one going to battle with the German holding 
.
and Zhang hit the rail. Jan Bendik in the meantime, told Bonavena he had folded 
before the flop.
turn, both Olivier Busquet and Dominik Panka checked over on table 6. Busquet had registered before the start of Day 2 and already almost doubled up his stack. Panka then bet the 
river for 7,000 and Busquet eventually released his cards.
, made him beat pocket aces. Phiniotis won the hand and he's now sitting on 68,000 chips.
and Lövgren tripled up. Vitti made his exit, Angell got the 1,200 change.
turn with a pot of 26,000, Christian Golob bet 25,000 and sent Artem Litvinov into the think tank. The Russian tanked and even apologized to the other players at the table for thinking for so long. Litvinov then shoved and some small talk followed before Golob released his cards.
for a flush and Golob sighed. "This guy hits everything!"
