2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€430,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€2,037,000
Entries
210
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Vaskaboinikau Doubles

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

In a battle of Belorussians, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau moved all in for 326,000 and Ihar Soika eventually called from one seat over in the battle of the blinds. Vaskaboinikau had the {A-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and faced the {K-Spades}{9-Hearts} of Soika to emerge victorious after a board of {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
850,000
-350,000
-350,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
700,000
125,000
125,000

Tags: Ihar SoikaMikalai Vaskaboinikau

Martin Finger Eliminated in 11th Place (€37,280)

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Martin Finger
Martin Finger

Mukul Pahuja made it 55,000, Martin Finger bumped it to 135,000 on the button and after the blinds folded, Pahuja shipped it in.

Finger called off his 750,000-chip stack with {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} and was up against Pahuja's {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}.

The board came {10-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs} to the turn, but the {a-Spades} river was not a good one for Finger. His kings were suddenly cracked and as Finger went to the cage to collect 11th-place money, Pahuja joined Byron Kaverman at the top of the counts.

Player Chips Progress
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
2,500,000
970,000
970,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Byron KavermanMartin FingerMukul Pahuja

Romanello Shows Bluff

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Roberto Romanello raised to 53,000 and was called by Vladimir Dobrovolskiy in the big blind. The Russian checked the flop {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Romanello then continued for 65,000. Dobrovolskiy called and checked the {K-Hearts} turn. The Welsh wizard made it 105,000 to go and that won the pot, flipping over {7-Spades}{8-Spades} for the successful bluff with a short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy ru
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy
1,205,000
-157,000
-157,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
560,000
114,000
114,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Roberto RomanelloVladimir Dobrovolskiy

Pahuja Wins Big Pot against Kaverman

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

At the same time as the seat open on table two, Mukul Pahuja raised from under the gun and Byron Kaverman called to see the flop of {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Pahuja continued for 52,000 and was called before firing the {10-Spades} turn for 125,000. Kaverman raised to 320,000 and Pahuja called, then checked the {A-Spades} river. Kaverman gave it some thought and eventually checked behind to muck to the {4-Hearts}{4-Spades} of Pahuja.

Player Chips Progress
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
3,000,000
500,000
500,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
2,450,000
-403,000
-403,000

Tags: Byron KavermanMukul Pahuja

Patrick Uzan Eliminated in 10th Place (€37,280)

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Patrick Uzan
Patrick Uzan

Roberto Romanello raised to 53,000 from the button and Patrick Uzan shoved for his last 210,000 from one seat over to get a snap-call by the Welshman.

Romanello: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}
Uzan: {A-Spades}{7-Hearts}

Uzan was having a massive kicker problem and that ended his tournament in 10th place after the board ran out {4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Player Chips Progress
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
760,000
200,000
200,000
EPT 1X Winner
Patrick Uzan fr
Patrick Uzan
Busted

Tags: Patrick UzanRoberto Romanello

Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Play continued with 12 minutes left in the current level and there was no break. The unofficial final table seat assignments can be found below.

SeatPlayerCountry
1Mukul PahujaUSA
2Dominik NitscheGermany
3Vladimir DobrovolskiyRussia
4Mikalai VaskaboinikauBelarus
5Roberto RomanelloUK
6Byron KavermanUSA
7Bryn KenneyUSA
8Kevin MacPheeUSA
9Ihar SoikaBelarus

Dominik Nitsche Eliminated in 9th Place (€44,000)

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche

Dominik Nitsche raised to 50,000 from the cutoff in the last hand of the level and the action folded to Mikalai Vaskaboinikau in the small blind. He moved all in for around 630,000 and had Nitsche covered. The German snap-called for just under 500,000 chips and they tabled the cards.

Nitsche: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Vaskaboinikau: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

The flop fell {4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Nitsche immediately shook his head, fully aware of the additional outs through the flush draw. While the {J-Spades} on the turn changed nothing whatsoever, the {6-Diamonds} on the river completed the flush and Nitsche let out a short sign of disgust while Vaskaboinikau banged on the table in excitement.

Player Chips Progress
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
1,150,000
450,000
450,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
Busted

Tags: Dominik NitscheMikalai Vaskaboinikau

Level: 23

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 4,000