Main Event
Giorno 2 iniziato
2012 World Poker Tour Malta
Main Event
Giorni 2
Event Info
Risultati finali
Event Info
Informazioni livello
2012 World Poker Tour Malta
Buy-in
€3,000
Montepremi
€491,790
Entries
169
Livello
28
Bui
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
WPT Malta Day 2: Jackson Genovesi Is The Man To Catch
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Welcome back to our coverage of the World Poker Tour Malta Main Event where at 13:00 CET the 105 players who managed to navigate through the two starting flights will take their seats in the Casino at Portomasa and play out Day 2 of this event.
At the start of play it will be Jackson Genovesi who is the man to catch, his 147,500 chips the most of any player still in the tournament. However, with so many big names still in the field including Anton Wigg, Marvin Retenmaier, Tony G, Phil Hellmuth, Vanessa Selbst and Jason Mercier, Genovesi will have a tough time hanging onto that lead.
Keep tyour browsers locked to PokerNews for all kf the action, as it unfolds, from the WPT Malta Main Event.
Start of Day 2 Chip Counts
Here are were the colorful ceramic discs are spread out at the start of play.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
147,500 | 23,500 |
|
123,600 | |
|
|
116,000 | |
|
106,300 | |
|
106,000 | |
|
|
103,700 | |
|
99,000 | |
|
96,100 | 25,100 |
|
95,800 | 9,800 |
|
94,800 | |
|
94,100 | |
|
|
93,500 | |
|
|
91,400 | |
|
|
85,600 | |
|
82,400 | |
|
|
82,200 | |
|
81,700 | |
|
81,100 | |
|
78,300 | |
|
77,400 | 20,400 |
|
77,100 | |
|
74,800 | 28,800 |
|
|
71,600 | |
|
71,400 | |
|
|
69,600 |
Livello: 9
Bui: 400/800
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up And Deal
Livello 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Day 2 is under way and the cards are in there air!
A Few Juicy Tables
Livello 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
As you would expect with such an tightly packed field, there are some rather juicy tables out there.
Directly behind behind media row is Table 5 and that is the home to Tony G, Jonathan Duhamel and Erik Cajelais whilst Table 6 hosts Vanessa Selbst, Anton Wigg and Marvin Rettenmaier.
Table 10 features Andrea Dato, Gordon Huntly and Johan Guilbert, whilst 11 is where Jason Mercier, Ilan Boujenah, Alessio Isaia and Kiryl Rdzivonau
Jesse May The Negotiator
Livello 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Yesterday we brought you some behind the scenes footage from the Tony G vs Phil Hellmuth triathlon and today we bring you a video staring Jesse May, Hellmuth, Tony G, Kristy Arnett and a Hotdog!
Hellmuth Ready To Gamble With The Kids
Phil Hellmuth is ready "to gamble with the kids" over on Table 4 and has just helped himself to a nice early pot doing so.
The action folded to the 12-time WSOP bracelet winner and he said "Raise it up" before saying "26" and raising to 2,600.
"Really?" said someone at the table.
"You kids like to raise smaller, I like to raise a little more," replied Hellmuth.
To his immediate left, on the button, Timothy Reilly three-bet to 5,400 which forced out the blinds. With the action back on Hellmuth he said, "I'll have to gamble with the kids today," before making the call.
The flop came down 
and Hellmuth placed his sunglasses on and checked. Reilly continued with a bet of 6,000 and Hellmuth sat staring him down for 30 seconds before check-raising to 15,000. Reilly tanked for close to two minutes before relinquishing his hand.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 8,400 |
Kings Hold For Radzivonau
Kiryl Radzivonau has gotten off to a roller coaster of a start here in Malta, first dropping to 22,000 and now he is back up to almost 60,000.
It was Radzivonau who opened to 1,700 from UTG+1 and to his immediate left was Tomasz Gluszko who queried how many chips he had behind and when he was told "20 or so" moved all in. Jason Mercier then called the shove and when the action folded back to Radzivonau he moved all in and Mercier called.
Mercier: 
Gluszko: 
Radzivonau: 
"One time" said Gluszko as the dealer fanned out the 
flop. The turn was the 
and the river the and the kings of Radzivonau more than doubled up.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000 | -36,800 |
|
52,000 | -4,600 |
|
Eliminato |
Tony G Defends Against Cajelais
Erik Cajelais opened to 1,700 on the button and Tony G defended his big blind with a call. The flop came down 
and Tony G check-called a 1,400 continuation bet from Cajelais.
Both players then checked down the turn and river, Tony G winning the pot with his 
.
| Giocatore | Chip | Avanzamento |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | 28,400 |