The adventure is over for Antoine Degiorgio, who has been shunted off the final table when making a move with 3 2 on a flop of 6 Q 4 , in a hand against chip leader Michal Riczak. The Maltese Mixed Games Maestro had a flush and straight draw and was up against K K . The turn was the 10 and an unhelpful 4 on the river brought the best run of Antoine’s poker life to an end. He leaves with €33,900 plus WSOP Main Event Seat.
Not even a ‘Mela’ exited Antoine’s mouth, as forever the gentleman, he immediately rushed to hug and congratulate the last two players left, who will now fight it out for the title.
Despite favouring mixed games, Antoine's previous best was also in No Limit Hold'em, when he won €14,006 for 1st in a €400 event at the Israeli Poker Championship at Portomaso Casino in Malta. Antoine will return to Malta on Monday evening on the 7pm flight from Munich. I'll be on that flight too and I really hope the Maltese poker community makes an effort to welcome him back when he walks out of the Arrivals Hall at Malta International Airport! Antoine, you da man!
Michal Riczak has a huge chip lead going into the final two versus Bulgarian Presiyan Tsvetanov. These are the chip counts as the heads up commences:
Michal: 41m
Presiyan: 8.4m
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