Battle of Malta Slovakia

€400 Main Event Day 1a
Level 10: 1,000/2,000 (2,000)
Entries: 320/777
Prize Pool: €400,000

With around 32,000 in the middle on a board of Q♠J♠3♥K♣, Filip Marchand and Alan Basta checked from the blinds to Andrei Pocol on the button, who fired out a bet of 25,000.

Marchand check-jammed for 75,600, and Basta moved his stack of around 57,400 into the middle.

Pocol took some time to think, but eventually called with the covering stack.

Alan Basta: K♥J♦
Filip Marchand: A♥T♦
Andrei Pocol: A♠9♠

In a huge cooler, it was two pair versus a broadway straight versus the nut flush draw.

The 7♦ river was a brick, and Marchand celebrated with gusto as he busted Basta and left Pocol short-stacked.

The players have been sent on a break, with late registration set to close before the start of the next level.

Filip Marchand – 236,500
Andrei Pocol – 19,500
Alan Basta – 0