€25,500 High Roller | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

03-20-2015 15:33 UTC+2

Dani Stern Eliminated in 5th Place (€166,000)

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

Daniel Dvoress opened for 50,000 from under the gun/the hijack, and action folded to Dzmitry Urbanovich in the small blind. The Polish prodigy three bet to 132,000 and Dani Stern in the big blind had a decision.

After a little bit of thinking, Stern called all in for 113,000. Dvoress reshoved and Urbanovich almost instantly folded.

Daniel Dvoress:
Dani Stern:

Dani Stern had the possibility to triple up, but it wasn't meant to be.

After the flop it was already almost over. The on the turn sealed the deal, the on the river was there just to make things official.

Dani Stern takes home €166,000, the remaining four players are guaranteed €205,900.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	801,000 219,000	219,000
Dani Stern	Busted

Tags: Dani Stern Daniel Dvoress Dmitry Urbanovich Dzmitry Urbanovich

03-20-2015 15:10 UTC+2

Piotr Franczak Eliminated in 6th Place (€129,400)

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Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Connor Drinan opened the cutoff for 46,000 and Dzmitry Urbanovich quickly folded his button.

Small blind Piotr Franczak shoved all in for around 320,000 and Dani Stern folded instantly, leaving himself behind with a very short stack.

Drinan took one extra look at his cards to make sure, and called almost in the same movement.

Connor Drinan:
Piotr Franczak:

It was an unfair battle to begin with, and Franczak wouldn't come from behind; .

With the departure of Franczak, who takes home €129,400, the remaining five players are guaranteed €166,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	1,579,000 429,000	429,000
Piotr Franczak	Busted

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03-20-2015 14:46 UTC+2

Sam Greenwood Eliminated in 7th Place (€102,400)

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Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Sam Greenwood had 297,000 chips left when he just moved all in from the under-the-gun plus two position and the action quickly folded to the chip leader in the big blind. Dzmitry Urbanovich looked at his cards, twirled them around, looked back down at them and paused briefly before tossing in a a single 5,000-chip to make the call.

Greenwood:
Urbanovich:

The board ran out and Urbanovich hit three of a kind to knock Greenwood out. Extremely disappointed Greenwood exited the room and we are down to just six players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dzmitry Urbanovich	1,600,000 300,000	300,000

Sam Greenwood	Busted

Tags: Dzmitry Urbanovich Sam Greenwood

03-20-2015 14:16 UTC+2

Franczak's Hand Mucked by the Dealer

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Piotr Franczak was seated in the big blind and busy texting on his phone when the cards were dealt. In the mean time, Dani Stern under the gun and Sam Greenwood under the gun plus one folded their cards by throwing them over the line. Franczak's yet untouched cards were halfway over the line as well.

With two folds underway, the dealer scooped up all six cards, mucking Franczak's cards by accident.

Nobody noticed what had happend till action folded to Connor Drinan on the button who raised to 35,000. Dzmitry Urbanovich folded his small blind and Piotr Franczak shifted his attention from his phone to his cards... The cards that weren't there.

Franczak thought he hadn't been dealt in, but in fact he was but his cards were already mucked. Franczak didn't understand and the floor man stepped in to make the ruling that Franczak's hand was dead, and there was nothing there could be done about it.

Franczak was unpleasantly surprised, but was quickly convinced by the table that it was the correct ruling, however unfair it seemed.

"It's good that you folded," Drinan said with a serious voice, stating he had a real hand when he raised his button.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	950,000 57,000	57,000
Piotr Franczak	459,000 -153,000	-153,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Dani Stern Sam Greenwood Piotr Franczak

03-20-2015 14:03 UTC+2

Martin Finger Eliminated in 8th Place (€79,800)

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Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

"We're doing good with five North-Americans here, good showing," Connor Drinan said a few minutes after the final table started.

"Where are all the Germans, there used to be five of you guys and now it's just you?" Drinan jokingly poked at Martin Finger, who was sitting on his immediate left.

"Hey don't blame me for them, I'm doing my job here," Finger responded with a smile.

Drinan and Finger had been involved in friendly banter yesterday, but the former will have to find a new friend as the German was the first casualty at the final table.

Finger raised before the flop to 33,000 from middle position and Dzmitry Urbanovich three-bet from his immediate left to 79,000. The other players folded and Finger moved all in for right about 350,000 chips. Urbanovich called right away and the showdown went as following.

Urbanovich:
Finger:

The board ran out and Finger left the tournament room after shaking hands with the remaining seven finalists while Urbanovich strengthens his chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dzmitry Urbanovich	1,300,000 393,000	393,000

Martin Finger	Busted

Tags: Connor Drinan Dzmitry Urbanovich Martin Finger

03-20-2015 12:00 UTC+2

Connor Drinan Leads €25,000 High Roller Final Table

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At 12:30 local time (in 1.5 hours), the final table of the 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta €25,500 High Roller will commence. It's Day 3 and it's the day a champion will be crowned. He'll be the biggest poker winner on Malta ever, only to be overtaken by the Main Event champion next week most likely.

Connor Drinan is leading the charge with 893,000 in chips, good for 56 big blinds. Second in chips is Dani "Ansky" Stern with 827,000 (52 big blinds). Nick Petrangelo is the short stack, starting out with just 179,000 (12 big blinds). Sandwiched in between these Americans are two Poles (Franczak and Urbanovich), two Canadians (Dvoress and Greenwood) and a German (Finger).

The first level to be played is 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante.

There will be no live stream, so keep your eyes glued to PokerNews.com for updates from all the big hands.

Seat	Name	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Piotr Franczak	612,000	38
2	Dani Stern	827,000	52
3	Sam Greenwood	431,000	27
4	Daniel Dvoress	367,000	23
5	Nick Petrangelo	179,000	12
6	Connor Drinan	893,000	56
7	Martin Finger	358,000	22
8	Dzmitry Urbanovich	734,000	46

Position	Prize
1	€572,300
2	€397,800
3	€263,000
4	€205,900
5	€166,000
6	€129,400
7	€102,400
8	€79,800

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	893,000
Dani Stern	827,000
Dzmitry Urbanovich	734,000

Piotr Franczak	612,000
Sam Greenwood	431,000
Daniel Dvoress	367,000
Martin Finger	358,000

Nick Petrangelo	179,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Dani Stern Daniel Dvoress Dmitry Urbanovich Dzmitry Urbanovich Martin Finger Nicholas Petrangelo Nick Petrangelo Piotr Franczak Sam Greenwood