2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
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

Chidwick Arrives; Alvarado Takes from Chidwick

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

On the {5-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} turn, Vicente Delgado checked in the big blind and Ricardo Alvarado bet 2,200. Delgado called and checked again the {10-Spades} river, prompting Alvarado to bet 5,800. Delgado called once more and then mucked when he was shown the {Q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} by his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Ricardo Alvarado us
Ricardo Alvarado
61,000
11,000
11,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
50,000
$25K Fantasy
Vicente Delgado es
Vicente Delgado
37,100
-9,900
-9,900

Tags: Stephen ChidwickVicente DelgadoRicardo Alvarado

The Field is Growing

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

The tournament clock now shows 63 entries and among the latest additions to the field were PokerStars Team Pro Theo Jorgensen as well as Jason Wheeler, who final-tabled the €25,000 and the €10,000 Single-Day High Roller events on back-to-back days here on Malta.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
50,000
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
50,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
50,000
EPT 1X Winner
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
50,000
Goran Mandic hr
Goran Mandic
50,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
50,000
EPT 1X Winner
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
50,000

Tags: Jason WheelerTheo Jorgensen

Lily's Nemeses

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante
Lily Kiletto
Lily Kiletto

After winning a seat in through the €500 + €50 One Rebuy/One Add on Super Satellite Wednesday, Lily Kiletto just took it, recognizing Joao Vieira from her table last night and another player from back home in the United States.

"There's two of my nemeses at this table," she said. "Joao from last night and Jonathan Little from every tournament ever."

Considering Little has $6,248,881 in career tournament earnings, there's bound to be more than one player who feels the same way. These two are both from Florida, however, with Little fourth on the all-time money list in that state and Kiletto 105th.

Little is obviously here looking to book a big score in the last big event on the EPT12 Malta schedule and says he's actually headed back to his home state and the City of Jacksonville next to play a WPT event.

Kiletto, is skipping though, said she will actually be heading to Thailand the first time since she was a kid for a vacation, but will be looking to make it a memorable one by getting in for a discount here and cashing big first.

Tags: Joao VieiraJonathan LittleLily Kiletto

Kiletto's Stack Melted

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante
Lily Kiletto
Lily Kiletto

Arriving at the table on the turn {8-Spades}{J-Hearts}{9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} with around 13,800 chips in the pot, Lily Kiletto bet 11,000 and Sergey Sergeev moved all in for 43,150. "So this is your first hand and you try to get it in?" Kiletto said. Some table talk followed and Sergeev "admitted" that he is afraid to play against women, which made Ben Wilinofsky and JC Alvarado chuckle.

Ultimately, Kiletto was trying to make up her mind and said "I don't believe you have queen-ten, I think you have ace-ten, the {A-Spades}{10-Spades}." Kiletto called about one minute later and sure enough Sergeey turned over the {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for the straight. Kiletto was not drawing dead yet with {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}, but the {6-Clubs} river was a blank and Kiletto was left with 325 chips only.

Those vanished shortly after, making her the first casualty of the tournament in level one.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Sergeev ru
Sergey Sergeev
99,500
99,500
99,500
Lily Kiletto us
Lily Kiletto
Busted

Tags: Ben WilinofskyJC AlvaradoLily KilettoSergey Sergeev

Zinno vs Haxton

Level 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

PokerStars Team Online member Isaac Haxton and Anthony Zinno see the turn of a {9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board and Zinno checked out of the small blind. Haxton checked behind from the cutoff and the {6-Diamonds} fell on the river. Zinno bet 3,000 into a pot of 4,000 and Haxton took his time before raising to 15,500, prompting a fold from Zinno.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
54,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
44,500
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Anthony ZinnoIsaac Haxton

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Yan with Double Stack

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

David "MissOracle" Yan has a double stack. According to the Online grinder, there was an open raise to 600 and two callers before Yan three-bet to 2,900 from the small blind. All three opponents called and the flop brought {A-}{K-}{8-}. Yan fired 5,200 and got called by one opponent before making it 11,050 on the {4-} turn. Again the opponent called and a blank river resulted in the all in of "MissOracle" with pocket kings.

His opponent called with pocket eights for the inferior stack and shipped over the chips to Yan.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
95,000
45,000
45,000

Team Comraderie

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante
Johnny Lodden
Johnny Lodden

Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen is another of the late registrants here in the High Roller to just take his seat.

As soon as he did, fellow Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden came over on a break from the Main Event. Johnny's making yet a little short over on the other side of the room and the needling began straight away.

"How can somebody come so close, so many times and always disappoint," Theo said. "We all want him to win it so badly, but he just never does."

Lodden truly is the league leader in heartbreak here on the EPT.

While he's cashed 21 times in 10 straight seasons on the tour for €1,267,562, he's made an astonishing 10 top 20 finishes, and three final tables without ever winning one.

All this while becoming a darling of both the media and fans. PokerStars Blogger Marc Convey actually talked to Lodden about in for an article on the blog.

Tags: Johnny LoddenTheo Jorgensen