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€25,750 High Roller
Day 3 Started
2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta
€25,750 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,592,500
Entries
65
Level
22
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Welcome to the Final Day of the 2016 EPT Malta €25,750 High Roller!
At 1pm local time, the final day of the 2016 EPT Malta €25,750 High Roller will commence. Six are left standing from a field of 65 entrants, and they will play down until a winner is crowned. All players are guaranteed at least €98,740, but the champion will walk away with a staggering payday of €465,800
[Removed:17], hailing all the way from New Zealand, is leading the pack with 887,000 in chips. The Kiwi finished the penultimate day in style; eliminating Davidi Kitai on the last hand with aces versus ace-queen to claim the pole position. EPT 10 Vienna winner Oleksii Khoroshenin isn't far away in second place. The Ukranian is commanding a solid stack of 858,000 and will be one to watch at this final table. The short stack is none other than Ole Schemion, but with 27 big blinds left there's room for the German juggernaut to make some magic happen.
Here's how the players rack up at the start of the day:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 388,000 | 39 |
| 2 | [Removed:17] | New Zealand | 887,000 | 89 |
| 3 | Max Silver | United Kingdom | 412,000 | 41 |
| 4 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 438,000 | 44 |
| 5 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | Ukraine | 858,000 | 86 |
| 6 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 267,000 | 27 |
Play will resume with around half an hour left in level 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000-ante. All levels will be 60 minutes long. The final table will be streamed with hole cards and will be on a 30-minute delay, so expect coverage to start at 1:30 pm local time. Follow all the action on PokerNews.com as we cover every hand from this exciting final table.
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | €465,800 | |
| 2nd | €334,400 | |
| 3rd | €217,400 | |
| 4th | €164,030 | |
| 5th | €127,400 | |
| 6th | €98,740 | |
| 7th | Davidi Kitai | €78,050 |
| 8th | Patrick Leonard | €60,500 |
| 9th | Adrian Mateos | €46,180 |
A Small Delay
It looks like play won't start at 1pm local time (in 10 minutes). Right now things are looking to kick off in half an hour. With the stream on half an hour delay after that, we expect to start coverage in one hour from now.
EPT 13 Malta €25,750 High Roller Final Table
Live Stream Started
The Live Stream has started and the players are being announced. Hand-for-hand coverage will follow shortly.
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
Hands #1-2: Khoroshenin in the Lead After the First Two Hands
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hand #1: From early position, Oleksii Khoroshenin raised to 23,000 showing just the 
. He took down the blind (there was only a big blind) and antes.
Hand #2: Oleksii Khoroshenin, now first to act, raised to 23,000 with 
. Big blind Mikita Badziakouski called with 
and checked on 
. Khoroshenin bet 29,000 into 57,000 and Badziakouski called.
The 
on the turn saw Badziakouski check again. Khoroshenin bet 65,000 into 115,000 and again Badziakouski called, growing the pot to 245,000.
With the 
completing the board, Badziakouski checked for a third time with 319,000 behind. Khoroshenin took his time and eventually bet 135,000. Now it was Badziakouski taking his time, and eventually he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000 | 142,000 |
Hand #3: Schemion Shoves With Kings
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hand #3: Ole Schemion picked up 
under the gun and raised to 23,000. Ramin Hajiyev looked at 
in the next seat over and put in a three-bet to 67,000. All the other players folded, bringing the action back on Schemion.
The German juggernaut didn't take too much time before moving all in for 264,000. That send the Azerbaijani back in his seat. He asked for a count of Schemion's stack and took his time to come to a decision.
As the minutes were ticking away, Hajiyev rose from his seat to get a better look at his opponent. Eventually, after considering his options for over four minutes, Hajiyev decided to throw his hand in the muck.
Hajiyev asked Schemion what he had, but the German wasn't planning to reveal that information yet. The two exchanged some friendly banter.
"I will know in half an hour bro," Hajiyev consoled himself, who will have to wait until the stream catches up to find out he made a good fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 83,000 |
|
283,000 | -105,000 |
Hands #4-8: Up and Down for Hajiyev
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hand #4: From first position, Ramin Hajiyev open raised 
to 23,000. His neighbor, [Removed:17], three-bet 
to 56,000 and everyone folded.
Hand #5: On the button, Oleksii Khoroshenin raised to 23,000 with 
. Big blind Ramin Hajiyev called with 
and the flop came 
. Hajiyev checked and Khoroshenin bet 29,000 into 57,000. Hajiyev called. The hit the turn and with 115,000 in the pot, Hajiyev check-folded to the 65,000-bet that followed.
Hand #6: [Removed:17] received a walk in the big blind with 
.
Hand #7: Mikita Badziakouski found under the gun and raised to 20,000. Five quick folds later, Badziakouski took down the pot.
Hand #8: From the cutoff, Ramin Hajiyev raised to 23,000 with 
. Mikita Badziakouski defended his big blind with 
and the flop came 
. Badziakouski check-folded to a bet of 28,000.
Hands #9-10: Hajiyev Wins With Nines
Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Hand #9: [Removed:17] opened to 25,000 from the cutoff with 
, taking down the blinds and antes.
Hand #10: Under the gun, Ramin Hajiyev picked up 
and raised to 23,000. Oleksii Khoroshenin had 
in the small blind and elected to peel a flop.
The flop was 
and Khoroshenin checked. Hajiyev continued with 28,000 and Khoroshenin called. The turn brought the and Khoroshenin checked. Hajiyev quickly checked behind.
The river paired the board with the and both players checked again, giving Hajiyev the winner with a pair of nines.