Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2012 World Poker Tour Malta
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Poker Tour Malta
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€491,790
Entries
169
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Level 2
: 75/100, 0 ante
Have a break, have a Kit Kat*. See you in 15-minutes.
*Other chocolate based snacks are also available.
Back-to-back WPT Champion Marvin Rettenmaier is in the house and looking for his third title. Whilst Erik Cajelais, who final tabled WPT Cyprus with Rettenmaier is also in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
On a flop reading 
Arnaurd Mattern tested the water with a 1,100 bet only to see the hyper-aggressive Cecilia Pescaglini raise to 2,850. Mattern quickly called and it was off to the 
turn.
Mattern now checked and no sooner had Pescaglini bet 1,300 Mattern folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,800
1,200
|
1,200 |
|
22,300
7,700
|
7,700 |
Level 2
: 75/100, 0 ante
On a flop reading 
Dominik Nitsche fired a bet of 1,000 from the big blind seat and it was enough to fold out Julien Zemmouri in middle position and Roger Hairabedian in the small blind.
Level 2
: 75/100, 0 ante
There will be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of the sixth level, then we will play two levels after that before wrapping up for the night. Just to keep you in the loop.
Level 2
: 75/100, 0 ante
Gianluca Mattia got the preflop betting round started with a raise to 350 from middle position, a raise that found three callers. Two to Mattia's left was Enrico Tau, he called, and to Tau's direct left was Casey Kastle who also called. The trio of callers was completed when Bastien Lebel tossed in the extra chips from the big blind.
The action checked to Tau on a 
flop and when the action was on Tau he laid out a bet of 625. Kastle called, Lebel folded and Mattia stuck along and made the call.
Mattia then came out firing on the turn but Tau did not believe him and almost instantly made the call. Kastle, who has a frozen (not literally) iPad on his knee, had a quick count of the active stacks and then folded.
The 
completed the board and Mattia now checked. Tau did not let up the aggression though and bet an enticing amount of 2,250. Mattia looked at his opponent over the top of his over-sized sunglasses before relinquishing his hand.
Kiryl Radzivonau has climbed past the 45,000 chip mark after being paid off in a huge hand by Jorryt van Hoof.
We joined the action as van Hoof, under the gun, was considering calling a 7,700 bet on a 
board and call he did after a minute's thinking time. Radzivonau, three to van Hoof's left, flipped over 
for trip eights and van Hoof just smiled and mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,600
15,600
|
15,600 |
Level 2
: 75/100, 0 ante
Despite it not being cold here in the vast tournament area Cecilia Pescaglini is now sporting a camouflage-print fleece. Maybe she is wearing it to blend into her surroundings or so she feels more comfortable in trying to shoot Arnaud Mattern down, who has just been seated at her table. Or maybe she is actually cold?
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/100
Ante: 0
