2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€498,575
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,813,000
Entries
74
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Mateos With the Six-Bet Bluff

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Adrian Mateos
Adrian Mateos

Action folded around to Adrian Mateos and he made it 6,000 from the button. The small blind folded but Quan Zhou in the big blind three-bet to 16,400. Mateos four-bet to 44,000 and Zhou five-bet to 85,000. Mateos shoved for 244,300 and Zhou folded after some tanking.

Mateos peeked at his cards one more time, and revealed the {6-Spades} while gathering the chips in the pot.

"Adrian you beast!" table mate Charlie Carrel commented with a big smile. "On the second bullet as well" continued Carrel who himself is also on his second bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Quan Zhou cn
Quan Zhou
630,000
-70,000
-70,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
332,900
90,900
90,900
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Adrian MateosCharlie CarrelQuan Zhou

Another for Haxton

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Team Online's Ike Haxton raised to 5,600 from middle position only to have PokerStars Team Pro Andre Akkari three-bet to 15,000 from the small blind. After the big blind folded, Haxton called, and then called a bet of 9,100 on the {10-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop.

When the dealer burned and turned the {10-Clubs}, Akkari checked and then folded when Haxton tossed out 40,000.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
315,000
-15,000
-15,000
PokerStars
Ike Haxton us
Ike Haxton
185,000
25,000
25,000
PokerStars

Tags: Ike HaxtonAndre Akkari

Yan Can't Bluff Haxton

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Ike Haxton raised to 5,600 from the hijack and [Removed:17] called from the cutoff. Andre Akkari came along from the big blind, and three players took a flop of {2-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. Akkari checked, Haxton continued for 6,500, and only Yan called to see the {6-Clubs} turn, which both players checked.

When the {4-Hearts} completed the board on the river, Haxton checked for a second time and Yan put together a bet of 18,000. Haxton thought for a moment before dropping in a call, and he discovered his {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades} was best against Yan's {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}.

Meanwhile, Charlie Carrel has reentered the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
250,000
250,000
250,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
205,000
Ike Haxton us
Ike Haxton
160,000
25,000
25,000
PokerStars

Tags: Isaac Haxton

Two Pair Against Two Pair

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Smain Mamouni
Smain Mamouni

Mamouni Smain made it 6,000 to go from the hijack and Ivan Luca on the button was the sole caller. The flop came {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Smain continued for 6,500. Luca was quick to call and the [10h[ hit the turn. Smain checked his option, and called the 16,000 bet that followed from Luca. The river came the {8-Spades} and Smain checked again. Luca bet out 44,500 and Smain called after just under a minute of thinking about it. Luca was proud to show his {K-Spades}{6-Diamonds} for the flopped two pair, but it turned out that hand was second best as Smain tabled {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for the better two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Mamouni Smain ca
Mamouni Smain
295,000
45,000
45,000
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
136,000
-114,000
-114,000

Tags: Ivan LucaMamouni Smain

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

Some Chip Counts in the Break

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
720,000
67,000
67,000
Justin Liberto us
Justin Liberto
580,000
180,000
180,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
525,000
25,000
25,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
520,000
315,000
315,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
412,000
22,000
22,000
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
400,000
125,000
125,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
400,000
Piotr Franczak pl
Piotr Franczak
363,600
113,600
113,600
Anton Astapau by
Anton Astapau
352,400
102,400
102,400
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
334,300
54,300
54,300
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
330,000
80,000
80,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
320,000
12,000
12,000
PokerStars
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
320,000
20,000
20,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
270,000
20,000
20,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
252,000
2,000
2,000
EPT 1X Winner
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
242,000
-8,000
-8,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
David Peters us
David Peters
230,000
-20,000
-20,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
220,000
-160,000
-160,000

Some Leftover Level 4 Entrants

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Both Jean-Noel Thorel and Antonio Buonanno have opted to reenter the event.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
250,000
250,000
250,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
250,000
250,000
250,000
Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
250,000
250,000
250,000
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
250,000
250,000
250,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
250,000
250,000
250,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
250,000
250,000
250,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
250,000
250,000
250,000
EPT 1X Winner
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
250,000
250,000
250,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
250,000
David Peters us
David Peters
250,000
250,000
250,000

Akkari Busts Thorel

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel limped in from the small blind and big blind Chris Hunichen bumped it up to 6,000. Thorel called and the flop came {10-Spades}{5-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. Thorel check called a bet of 6,100 and check called another 13,500 on the {10-Diamonds} turn. The river came the {2-Diamonds} and Thorel lead out for 30,000. Hunichen called and was shown {5-Hearts}{6-Hearts} by Thorel. Hunichen tabled {9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} and received the pot.

Not much later Thorel got his chips in on {7-Spades}{4-Spades}{5-Spades}, calling it off with {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. Akkari had the flopped flush with {Q-Spades}{6-Spades} and Thorel failed to improve with the {4-Clubs} on the turn and {K-Clubs} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
308,000
38,000
38,000
PokerStars
Chris Hunichen us
Chris Hunichen
250,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
Busted

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelAndre AkkariChris Hunichen