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

Schemion Up; Vogelsang Folds

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Isaac Haxton reentered and was drawn to the table of Ole Schemion and Nicholas Petrangelo. The latter opened to 1,800 and Senh Ung called before Christoph Vogelsang squeezed to 6,900 in the small blind. Petrangelo asked for the stack size of his opponent and then squeezed to 16,000 to claim all the chips in the middle without further resistance.

Schemion has double the starting stack, Petrangelo got back up to more than the initial stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
100,000
50,000
50,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
58,000
58,000
58,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
35,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Christoph VogelsangIsaac HaxtonNick PetrangeloOle Schemion

Chidwick Versus Roy

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jonathan Roy raised to 1,800 from the cutoff and Stephen Chidwick then three-bet to 6,000 out of the small blind. Roy called and Chidwick continued the flop {10-Spades}{2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for 5,500, which Roy called. Both checked the {8-Clubs} turn and Chidwick checked the {10-Hearts} river before folding to a bet worth 5,200 by Roy.

The chip developments for the two players are quite contrary though, as Chidwick was on the up and Roy down before recovering some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
89,000
60,500
60,500
$25K Fantasy
Jonathan Roy ca
Jonathan Roy
62,000
-38,000
-38,000

Tags: Jonathan RoyStephen Chidwick

Don't Mess With The Zoltan

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Lucas Greenwod has busted his second bullet, while Patrick Leonard and Team PokerStars Pro Isaac Haxton have just taken advantage of the single re-entry option.

In the meantime, Manuel Blaschke, Serdar Demiroglu, Jonathan Currie, Zoltan Purak, Dario Sammartino, and Vasili Firsau have all struck out in their first time at bat and there is no word on whether or not there will be a second.

Player Chips Progress
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
50,000
50,000
50,000
Patrick Leonard gb
Patrick Leonard
50,000
50,000
50,000
$25K Fantasy
Jonathan Currle de
Jonathan Currle
Busted
Zoltan Purak hu
Zoltan Purak
Busted
Serdar Demiroglu
Serdar Demiroglu
Busted
Vasili Firsau by
Vasili Firsau
Busted
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
Busted
$25K Fantasy
Lucas Greenwood ca
Lucas Greenwood
Busted
Manuel Blaschke at
Manuel Blaschke
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Mateos Busts Haxton just Before Dinner

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Isaac Haxton
Isaac Haxton

The full action is unknown, but the PokerNews picture wizard Danny Maxwell caught the elimination of PokerStars Team online member got his stack in with pocket aces. Adrian Mateos made the call with {J-Hearts}{J-Spades} and got there on the board {J-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}.

Haxton final-tabled the Single-Day High Roller event a few days ago and will have to reenter if he wants to repeat that.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
200,900
15,900
15,900
EPT Main Event Champion
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
Busted

Tags: Adrian MateosIsaac Haxton

Yastreb Busts

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Just before dinner and on a three-way flop of {2-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, Volodymyr Yastreb got the remainder of his short stack in with the {7-Spades}{8-Spades} and Brian Roberts also moved in with the {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. The third player in the hand folded and then uttered something along the lines of "why didn't I three-bet pre?" before heading off to dinner.

The {6-Hearts} turn and {10-Diamonds} river changed nothing whatsoever and Yastreb was gone, Roberts moved up almost back to starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
47,100
-2,900
-2,900
Volodymyr Yastreb ua
Volodymyr Yastreb
Busted

Tags: Brian RobertsVolodymyr Yastreb

Winter vs Kanit

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Mustapha Kanit and Sean Winter already battled a week ago in the €25,000 High Roller Event of the WSOPE in Berlin and both know how to win High Roller tournaments with decent track records in them. Winter raised to 1,400 and was called three ways including Kanit on the button.

On the flop {J-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades} only Kanit and Winter stayed in and Winter then checked the {6-Diamonds} turn. Kanit fired 10,500 and that eventually won the pot for the Italian.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
110,000
35,000
35,000
Winamax
Sean Winter us
Sean Winter
42,000
-8,000
-8,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Mustapha KanitSean Winter

Five Bets Beat Four

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante
Jason Mercier
Jason Mercier

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier grew up five-betting. Now he does it for a living.

It appears to have been a good career choice as he's now earned some $15,805,926 doing it live and close to another $2 million online.

Mercier has collected EPT Main Event and High Roller titles, World Series of Poker bracelets, and wins in just about every major online series on PokerStars or otherwise, and perhaps owes it all to this signature move.

The patent-pending Mercier five-bet worked to perfection moments ago when Nikolaus Teichert led for 1,750, Mercier made it 4,600 and Teichert four-bet to 13,000.

Mercier pulled the five-bet out of his bag of tricks after that, making it 45,000 to cover the 24,000 Teichert held behind.

Teichert folded and with completely unconfirmed rumors flying around that Mercier may have held big slick, he chipped up without showdown and put another five-bet notch in his belt.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
66,000
16,000
16,000
Nikolaus Teichert de
Nikolaus Teichert
24,000
-36,000
-36,000

Tags: Jason MercierNikolaus Teichert

Remko Report Episode #24: 2014 WSOP Main Event Champion Martin Jacobson

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Remko Rinkema is all settled in Canada, and he catches up with 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Martin Jacobson. Jacobson discusses the uniqueness of the Main Event final table, explains how he prepared to play under the bright lights, and helps preview the November Nine.

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