Level: 30
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
2024 ESPT/UKIPT Malaga
€1,100 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
2024 ESPT/UKIPT Malaga
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€1,100,160
Entries
1,146
Level
37
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Entries
15
Players Left
1
Level 29
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Level 29
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Toke Mortensen bet 775,000 from early position which left the Dane with 5,000 behind. Guido Pieraccini believed he was facing an all in. He called and turned over his hand. To add to the confusion Mortensen tabled his hand.
Toke Mortensen: A♠10♥
Guido Pieraccini: A♣A♥
Both players made a boat after the turn with a board of A♦10♠5♠10♦, which left Mortensen with one out. The 2♣ came on the river to give Pieraccini the pot.
It was then noticed that Mortensen still had a 5,000 chip behind and did not announce all in. The floor ruled that Mortensen is still in the competition, but will only have five seconds per decision.
Two hands later Mortensen was forced all in from the big blind and was knocked out by Pia Fransson
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
8,800,000
1,450,000
|
1,450,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Ricard Gonzalez shoved from the small blind to put Giovanni Bellini at risk for 645,000. The Italian decided to make the call.
Giovanni Bellini: K♥7♥
Ricard Gonzalez: Q♣10♥
Bellini was right to stand up to bullying as he was ahead. The board came 7♠2♦2♣4♣2♠ to improve Bellini to a boat and secured a vital double-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,075,000
-1,005,000
|
-1,005,000 |
|
1,350,000
495,000
|
495,000 |
Level 29
: Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Alex Romero bet 120,000 from under the gun. Venelin Pashev moved all in to put Romero at risk for 1,030,000. The Spanish Pokerstars commentator made the call.
Alex Romero: A♦K♥ 
Venelin Pashev 10♥10♦
A classic race which Romero lost as the board came J♠J♥9♦8♦2♣ to knock him out of the tournament. At least he can get back to work and do his job now!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,665,000
1,060,000
|
1,060,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 29
: 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
In the second hand of the day Gaspar Perasovic moved all in from under the gun for 1,075,000 and was called by Ricard Gonzalez on the button.
Gaspar Perasovic: A♠K♣
Ricard Gonzalez; A♦A♣
Perasovic walked into Gonzalez's rockets and was drawing dead by the turn on the board of 10♣9♥5♥10♥3♠. The big Croatian cashes for €9,100.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,080,000
1,195,000
|
1,195,000 |
|
Busted |
Level: 29
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
Cards went in the air 12.30 p.m local time and as a result, live reporting of this event will begin at 1 p.m. local time.
The final day has been reached of the Pokerstars €1,100 ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event, held at the wonderful Gran Madrid Casino Torrequebrada.
Fun and frolics in the sun have been put on hold by the remaining 15 players over the last three days with all of them dreaming of lifting the Main Event trophy and collecting a staggering €185,000 in prize money.
Guido Pieraccini is the chip leader with 7,350,000 which is around a fifth of the total chips in play. Pieraccini is a regular on the Pokerstars €1k circuit and back in 2011 he won an IPT title at San Remo for €32,400
Fellow Italian Rafaelle Sorrentino by far has the most live poker experience having lifetime cashes of $2,344,532, with the lion share coming from 2017 where he finished 3rd at PSC Barcelona for €850,000 and won PSC Monte Carlo for €466,000. He will return as one of the short stacks, but his opponents will need to keep an eye on him.
Second in chips is Spain’s Artus Gimenez who is not afraid of confrontation at the table. In the last hour of play, he sent three players to the rail to increase his stack to 6,350,000.
ESPT/UKIPT Malaga Main Event FInal Day Seat Draw
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laurent Cessy | France | 2,500,000 | 50 |
| 2 | Guido Pieraccini | Italy | 7,350,000 | 147 |
| 3 | Artus Gimenez | Spain | 6,350,000 | 127 |
| 4 | ||||
| 5 | Toke Mortensen | Denmark | 765,000 | 15 |
| 6 | Rafael Anera Ruiz | Spain | 1,820,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Pia Fransson | Sweden | 1,375,000 | 28 |
| 8 | Jordy Vleugels | Belgium | 300,000 | 6 |
| 1 | Alex Romero | Spain | 1,030,000 | 21 |
| 2 | Ricard Gonzalez | Spain | 1,885,000 | 38 |
| 3 | Giovanni Bellini | Italy | 855,000 | 17 |
| 4 | Rafaelle Sorrentino | Italy | 750,000 | 15 |
| 5 | Perasovic Gaspar | Croatia | 1,075,000 | 22 |
| 6 | Giulio Astarita | Italy | 3,410,000 | 68 |
| 7 | Tomasz Wrobel | Poland | 3,275,000 | 66 |
| 8 | Venelin Pashev | Bulgaria | 1,605,000 | 32 |
Play will resume at midday local time with blinds at 25,000/50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000. The final day will be live-streamed for a Spanish audience and PokerNews will provide updates on a 30-minute delay.
Play will continue until a winner is crowned, stick with PokerNews for all of the latest news from the Costa Del Sol.
€1,100 Main Event
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