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It's time again for the 4th edition of the Malta Poker Showdown. Who is gonna put his name on the 4th trophy of the season?

The event will be held on Sunday 27th June with a 150+15 buy-in and will be played as a freeze-out tourney. Blinds are set at 30 minutes and stack at 15,000. Buffet dinner will be served free for all participants while free gadgets and prizes will be given to the participating players.

Tournament Structure:

Name: Malta Poker Showdown
Buy-In: 150+15
Mode: Freezout
Blinds: 30 Minutes
Stack: 15,000

Satellites for the event will be held on Friday and Saturday. Friday will have a 15+2 buyin while Saturday will have a 20+2 buyin.

Cash games will be open at all times with 1-2 and 2-4 blinds. Rake is charged at 3% with a cap of 10.

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See you all at Casino di Venezia for another thrilling Showdown!

The 3rd edition of the Malta Poker Showdown took place last Sunday 6th June at Casino di Venezia. The buy-in for the event was €150+15 and saw 35 players participating, a constant increment in the number of players from the first to the third event.

The total prize pool summed up to €5250 while the tournament saw it start at 16:30 and finished almost at 02:30. It was a hard fought battle with players having more time to fight it out with the longer blinds. Early departures from the competition were those of Carmelo Vella, Evgeniy Vlorov and Markus Svennerstal who had placed 4th in the last Showdown.

In the end it was a battle on the final table between Mark Attard, Marco Curmi, Raymond Bonnici, M.T Attard, Andrew Camilleri, Neill Simpson, Gaetano Caruana, Thomas Harvey and Nicolas Jouannic. Mark Attard who came in short stacked on the final table, managed to do an impressive comeback by eliminating 6 players and at a certain point finishing even as chipleader. Mark was going to make another victim when he called all-in the raise made from Neill Simpson who called in as well. Simpson showed A 10 while Attard had AK in hand. Attard had the outright advantage until on the turn the dealer showed a 10 to give a pair to Simpson. It was then heads up between Simpson and Ray Bonnici with the latter calling all in with K3 and Simpson calling back with 44. Bonnici managed to get a pair of 3s but it was not enough to beat Simpson’s pair of 4s.

Prizes were distributed as following:
1.    Neill Simpson        2100
2.    Ray Bonnici        1155
3.    Mark Attard        945
4.    Andrew Camilleri        630
5.    Marthese Attard        420

The next Malta Poker Showdown is scheduled for the 27th of June which will be preceded by the Venice Poker League Final at 12pm. Next main event at Casino di Venezia will be Fiches & Chips 100+10 which will take place on Saturday 19th June at 8pm.

Casino di Venezia has launched its new poker tournament schedule for the second half of the season.

Blinds have been revised on Mondays and Tuesdays. Buyins will now be of 10+2 with rebuys of 10. Wednesday and Thursdays have been dedicated to two freezout tournaments of 40+4 and 50+5 respectively. Friday will be reserved for the Malta Poker Showdown Satellites while a new 30+3 tournament has been introduced on Saturday. On Sunday a 20+2 tournament will be held.

A new big tournament has been introduced. This is gonna happen every second Saturday of the month. The tourney is called Fiches & Chips and will carry a buy-in of 100+10. A super satellite for the tournament will be held the last Friday for the event while the first event is scheduled for the 19th of June.

The Malta Poker Showdown 150+15 will continue with its series on the 6th of June while participants in each of the daily tournaments will be awarded points towards the Venice Poker League Classification. The winner of the VPL will get a free holiday package to Venice.

Fiches & Chips is the new addition to the Casino di Venezia Poker Calendar. The first event will be held on the 19th of June starting at 8 pm at Casino di Venezia. Buy-In for the tournament will be of 100+10 freezout with 30 minute blinds and 10 000 chip stack.

A super satellite will be held on Friday 18th June with a buy-in of 10+1 while the tournament will kick off at 8pm.

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Casino di Venezia will be organizing a lucky draw on the 31st March 2010 in occasion of the Freedom Day Public Holiday. There are several prizes up for grab that include a prize money voucher and various dining vouchers.

A 15+2 satellite will also be held for the Malta Poker Showdown. The next Malta Poker Showdown will be held on the 25th of April and it will carry a buy-in of 150+15.

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It was a thrilling start for the Malta Poker Showdown. 20 players from France, Usa, Italy and Malta battled it out for the €2850 prize pool.

Players started registering for the €150+15 tournament at 4pm while the actual tournament kicked off at 4:45pm. The first one out was Carmelo Callus with a pair of Qs while JP Stivala went all in with a pair of  5’s against K 10 of his opponent. Stivala was leading his opponent until another K was shown on the turn. Stivala went out in 14^th place.

Dinner break was held at 8pm when players reunited at the Ristorante Panoramico for a quick meal before the final table. 8 players finished playing it out on the final televised table with Marco Curmi and Raymond Borg entering the final stage as chip leaders. Eventually three players remained in play at 11pm, who decided to go for a deal on the total prize pool.

Mr. Marco Curmi was declared as the winner of the tournament, followed by Raymond Borg in second place and Thomas Harvey in third place.

Prize Distribution:

Marco Curmi - €950 + €33 non-negotiable chips + Match & Play Voucher + Casino di Venezia Gadgets + VPC Polo + 750 points for the VPL Ranking

Raymong Borg -  €950 + €33 non-negotiable chips + Match & Play Voucher + Casino di Venezia Gadgets + Sunday Buffet for 2 + VPC Polo + 300 points for the VPL Ranking

Thomas Harvey - €950 + 33 non-negotiable chips + Match & Play Voucher + Casino di Venezia Gadgets + Sunday Buffet for 2+ VPC Polo + 100 points for the VPL Ranking

4^th – 8^th Place – Wine + Casino di Venezia Gadgets + 100 points for the VPL Ranking

The next event of the Malta Poker Showdown series is scheduled for the 25^th April while satellites for the tournament will be played weekly on Fridays and Saturdays. Don’t miss out on what promises to be another exciting tournament.

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