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Phil Hellmuth was busted yesterday by a spider, Rettenmaier after suck-out the month on second place
Only 30 players fighting for Day 2 of the WPT Malta still for the title. Phil Hellmuth is no longer there. He had a crazy even for him day. The most important events for him were a spider bite, a doctor at the table, a versiebter quadruple bluff and an ear infection.
It had all started so well: In the very first hand of the day Hellmuth doubled with aces against boys at 70k. Then he built his stack up to 175k to continue until he lost everything in two hands.
First he fired a four Q-5-barrel-bluff on a board of A-7-3-8-K, Salvador Blanco 9-7 and Fourth Pair heruntercallte. In the very next hand, dropped out of the former WSOP champion, and that hand was almost a little bit crazy.
Hellmuth raised to 20k stack in 7200, Andrew Fekete increased to 12k from the button, the blinds folded and turned Fekete KJ. “Hey, I still have chips,” said the astonished Hellmuth. “Sorry, I understand if you want to fold,” said Fekete. “Well, I do not,” said Hellmuth and advertised call with only 8,000 chips behind.
On the flop is Aâ™ T♥ 6â™ Hellmuth checked, Fekete Hellmuth goes all-in and snap-called with A♦ 9♣. Hellmuth is way ahead. Gives him nine on the turnâ™ the second pair, but the river is the T …â™ . Backdoor flush on the end for Fekete and Hellmuth.
Hellmuth had earlier let a doctor come to the table, after he had a spider bite and had contracted an ear infection. Overall, the Poker Brat seemed in pretty bad shape, but he promised to stand by for the live-stream comment on Saturday.
Marvin Rettenmaier succeeded shortly before the end of the match, what is online in the chat boxes with comments like “bad play rewarded.” After a raise of Anders Berggren on the button, he went from the big blind with J♣ T♥ all-in. Berggren paid more than happy with A♦ A♣.
The flop fell K♦ Q♣ 9♥, And Rettenmaier were Christmas, Easter and on the titanium-poker-birthday one day. Turn and river changed nothing, and Rettenmaier had suddenly instead of 0 390 000 chips. This meant 2nd place in the table.
Placed at the top, however, the Italian Cecilia PescagliniWho caught the last course of their lives. Would be the main event a bounty event, they would still have been rehabilitated. First, they took Alexander Konstantinov from the table after they hit a flush on the turn. Then George Georgiu had lost after a coin flip. Thomas Brown was already drawing dead on the flop, because Pescaglini flopped a flush. Julian Herald’s aces had no chance against their powerful T-9, as the flop fell KTT.
The highlight Pescaglini succeeded at the table on which sat among others, Tony G., against none other than Marvin Rettenmaier. Q on a board♣ T♣ 6♣ Tâ™ she went to rescue Beth Maier’s all-in and forced the Germans to the nut flush with A♣ 8♣ fold. The Italian held J♣ 3♣ and the day ended with 976K chips.
The day also ended unhappily for Reinke Tobias Meier, who scored high in his last hand flush on the turn, one lady, who was then beaten on the river by a straight flush.
Top Ten Chip Count:
1st Cecilia Pescaglini – 976 000
2nd Marvin Rettenmaier – 415 000
3rd Manfred Sierk – 383 000
4th Matt Gianetti – 370,000
5th Simon Trumper – 367 500
6th Armando Graziano – 324 500
7th Zsolt Vizsnyiczcai – 312 500
8th Christofer Williamson – 305 500
9th Salvatore Bianco – 275 000
10th Mads Carlson – 250,000



















