Thursday Mediterranean Tour Malta Poker Tour opened with a $ 100,000 guaranteed no-limit hold'em tournament.
The first competition, held at the Hilton Hotel in Portomasp, was won by Canadian Tommy Pavlicek. In the decisive hand with J-10 in hand against Portuguese Jose Quintas, he hit a fantastic flop of Q-9-8 and beat his opponent's aces. For his victory, the Canadian received 30,000 euros, the runner-up Jose Quintas was forced to settle for only 20,000. Alexey Milushin's 10th place pleased him.
Here's how the finalists settled down:
1. Tommy Pavlicek € 30,000
2. Jose Quintas € 20,000
3. Alexander Digholm € 12,500
4. Philip Roch € 9,500
5. Dean Lyall € 7,500
6. Andre Schroers € 6,000
7. Teemu Lahtinen € 5,000
8. Philipp Oehmke € 4,000
9. Björn Kammermann € 3,000
10. Alexey Milyushin € 2,500
The second tournament was won by the Swede Johan Jansson. Despite the fact that from time to time at the table Full Tilt Poker pro Martin Kleser, in the end he finished only 6th place. Martin got his short leadership quite interestingly. He dared to steal the blinds with a weak 9-5 hand, and then the pot odds were forced to call his opponent's all-in with QQ. The 9-6-5 flop justified such a dubious decision of the professional.
Final arrangement of the participants of the 2nd tournament:
1. Johan Jansson € 30,000
2. Robin Lacey € 20,000
3. Jonas Gutteck € 12,500
4. Thomas Wolff € 9,500
5. Renato Almeida € 7,500
6. Martin Kläser € 6,000
7. Manfred Rohrer € 5,000
8. Sascha Firth € 4,000
9. Alexandre Andermatt € 3,000
10. Anders Jörgensen € 2,500
The 3rd tournament of the series starts tonight.
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