One of the first hands of the day also happens to be one of the biggest of the tournament so far.
Alessio Isaia, himself a WPT champion, opened from under the gun and the action folded to Ilan Boujenah in the small blind. He checked his cards and three-bet to 21,000. Isaia then four-bet, Boujenah shoved for 300,000 and Isaia beat him into the pot with a call.
Boujenah:
Isaia:
An ill-timed move by Boujenah looked to be rewards as the first two cards on the flop were the and . However, the third flop card was the gifting Isaia a set. The turn and river were the and and Boujenah plummets to 95,000.
From under the gun Tony G opened to 9,000 and found one caller, Rodrigo Dos Santos in the big blind. Dos Santos checked the arrival of the flop and then folded when Tony G fired an 11,000 continuation bet.
As he was stacking his chips, Tony G became aware that the player to his left, Valeriy Chupin, is Russian.
"Warren! (calling out to Warren Lush of bwin.party) We've got a Russian here. I'm going to send him home!"
Tony G then smiled at Chupin and said, "Don't worry I will make you famous!"
We have 26 players still in the WPT Malta Main Event but only 25 players in their seats because Yorane Kerignard is so far AWOL. If any of you fine people know him and have a contact number for him then give him a call because he is being blinded away. He does have over 500,000 chips but still.
Welcome back to the WPT Malta where we are down to just 26 players in the €3,300 Main Event and by the time play ends later tonight we will have reached our six-handed final table.
As was the case at the start of Day 2 it is Jackson Genovesi who is the man to catch, his 767,500 stack putting him way clear of the rest of the field. The dangerous Frenchman Yorane Kerignard (522,000) is certainly one to watch when the play resumes at 13:00 CET.
Here's how the final 26 players will line up:
Table
Seat
Player
Chips
Table 1
1
Jackson Genovesi
767,500
2
Ilan Boujenah
297,500
3
Hui Chen Kuo
195,000
4
Alessio Isaia
201,000
5
Julien Biague
72,000
6
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98,500
7
Gordon Schembri
120,000
8
Maurizio Arca
225,000
9
Jusso Leppanen
70,000
Table 2
1
Eros Nastasi
247,000
2
Kiryl Radzivonau
30,500
3
Daniele Mazzia
80,500
4
Puk Nabuurs
102,000
5
Serkan Kurnaz
139,500
6
Rodrigo Dos Santos
171,000
7
Tony G
117,000
8
Valeriy Chupin
70,000
9
Francesco Favia
429,500
Table 3
1
Zeljko Krizan
86,000
2
Giovanni Accetta
88,500
3
Yorane Kerignard
522,500
4
Sampo Ryynanen
231,000
5
Jack Salter
158,000
6
Jonathan Roy
202,000
7
Claudio Rianaldi
153,000
8
Enver Abduraimov
206,000
The money bubble will 100% burst today, the unfortunate soul who finishes in 22nd place with earn the title of "bubble boy" and receive nothing for their efforts this week.
Join us shortly for all of the action from the WPT Malta Main Event.
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gifting Isaia a set. The turn and river were the 
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and Boujenah plummets to 95,000.
flop and then folded when Tony G fired an 11,000 continuation bet.
