John Dwyer agonizingly close to cashing the Battle of Malta

As the 2015 bubble bursts along with his hopes for a deep run.

The bubble was painless this year for the floor managers as it involved just one all-in, (unlike the mad scramble of 2013).

For three times Battle of Malta final tablist, John Dwyer, the experience was anything but painless.

The professional poker player known for his expert mathematical play took an entire sixteen minutes, before he decided to commit his remaining chips and tournament life to Newhouse's river shove. The length of time that Dwyer went into the tank was made all the more remarkable because of the strength of the hand he was holding - a fullhouse (queens full).

Despite the sixteen minutes of consideration which must have seemed like an eternity for the other players at the table, not one player asked for the clock.

"There are some moments in poker that are so important you just don't call the clock, this was one of those moments", Daniel Negreanu remarked when interviewed.

Negreanu had to jump from his chair to catch Dwyer who almost collapsed to the floor! When his opponent tabled quad fives.

Departing the casino amidst a chorus of 'wow, so brutal!', and "so sick man", Dwyer was heard to cry, "I knew I should have folded the queens pre-flop. Why didn't I fold the queens?".

On the green felt one person's destruction is another person's bounty however and the very same ice cold deck: - 

Q♦5♦K♦5♣A♠

that ended Dwyer's dreams, catapulted the remaining one hundred players into the money, instantly creating a carnival atmosphere across the floor.

They have their work cut out though if they want to take this tournament down. The chip leader Emty (of Ranking Hero) has a cool 1.1 million chips and shows no signs of abating his relentless ascent.

Emty who attributes a large part of his success to the Ranking Hero club he attends commented "It's all about the sense of community and fun for me, it has really motivated me to do great things with my game".

In fact, all 9 of the current chip leaders are regulars at the Ranking Hero club.

You can relive the brutal bubble hand here, courtesy of our replayer: -

Play resumes tomorrow at 10am.

#BloggersBubble 

Hey guys, I didn't play much today (tuttut) spent quite a bit of time on something else, but I did manage to play 121 flops so about 400 hands or so, and won 2 stacks! So the move up to 10nl is going ok! 

I started with the 50 euros I won from the #Unibetbubble competition and now I have it to 72 euros in the cash tickets (plus 2 euros that converted from one of the tickets into cash, which i forgot to include in my graphic below ) Tomorrow I will definately be getting more volume in, and hopefully the waters will be flowing nicely downstream over the weekend for me to catch a few fish 

I also listened to one of Jared Tendler's podcasts today which I do when I am trying to focus on my game sometimes, and I listened to the Daniel Negreanu edition - very good and Daniel was speaking about the importance of self-belief. The point he made was quite logical, that you need to believe in what is you want to achieve and when you believe it that will motivate you and direct you to taking actions that will help you accomplish it. So that's why he believes he will win every MTT he enters. 

He also talked about the power of journaling which I thought was pretty cool. Here's the podcast if you're interested: - 

http://jaredtendlerpoker.com/blog/positive-poker-with-daniel-negreanu/

Positive Poker with Daniel Negreanu - Jared TendlerWith nearly $30 million in winnings, learn how Daniel Negreanu uses a positive approach to poker psychology.jaredtendlerpoker.com

Next update on day 7

Have a good weekend!

#maltafund Day1

#skilful thx for telling me about the competition

I would iso A7s allways with the given stack sizes and the line up. Seems like an easy spot to accumulate chips vs a limper thats probably scared before the bubbel. Vs a limp/shove we have an easy fold, same goes for a re-iso shove or cold 4bet from the blinds

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