2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€687,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,340,750
Entries
895
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

"They Got Me Man!"

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Sin Melin
Sin Melin

When leaving the tournament area we stumbled over Sinem Melin and the charity event winner here in Malta quickly recalled her unfortunate Day 2 to us. First she lost two bigger pots with pocket kings and then called with a flush draw without hitting. That left the Brit down to eight big blinds and the chips vanished with {Q-} {10-} versus {A-} {8-}.

Moments later, Vincent Gabel joined and also told his story. The Belgian had flopped a set of sixes on {9-} {6-} {3-} and found one opponent in Sergey Sergeev with both players investing 3,200 into a pot of 7,500. On the {J-Spades} turn, Sergeev bet 6,300 and Gabel just called to see an {8-} on the river.

The Russian got it in with {Q-} {10-} for a back door straight and Gabel's slow play backfired in cruel fashion.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Sergeev ru
Sergey Sergeev
120,000
59,600
59,600
Sinem Melin gb
Sinem Melin
Busted
Vicent Gabel
Vicent Gabel
Busted

Tags: Sergey SergeevSinem MelinVincent Gabel

Urbanovich Among Late Level 9 Casualties

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Dzmitry Urbanovich, who won the €25,000 High Roller and two other EPT Malta side events, was the last player to enter the field. Unfortunately for him, his stay was short and not so sweet. We didn't catch his elimination, and we couldn't ask as his table broke by the time we made our way down there. Whatever the case, the man from Poland won't be capturing his fourth title here in the Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Raffaele Sorrentino it
Raffaele Sorrentino
Busted
Hannu Peltola fi
Hannu Peltola
Busted
Claas Segebrecht de
Claas Segebrecht
Busted
Martin Talevski se
Martin Talevski
Busted
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
Busted
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
Busted
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
Busted
Igor Yaroshevsky ua
Igor Yaroshevsky
Busted
Freek Cornelis Scholten nl
Freek Cornelis Scholten
Busted
Davide Marchi it
Davide Marchi
Busted
Jukka Paloniemi fi
Jukka Paloniemi
Busted
Joao Manuel Da Mota Ribeiro pt
Joao Manuel Da Mota Ribeiro
Busted
Liviu Scutaru ro
Liviu Scutaru
Busted
Ettore Meli it
Ettore Meli
Busted
Pavel Meshkov by
Pavel Meshkov
Busted
Slaven Popov bg
Slaven Popov
Busted
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
Busted
Run It Once
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
Busted
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
Busted
Murad Akhundov az
Murad Akhundov
Busted
Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Busted
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner

Panka Versus Busquet

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Dominik Panka
Dominik Panka

On the {K-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {5-Spades} turn, both Olivier Busquet and Dominik Panka checked over on table 6. Busquet had registered before the start of Day 2 and already almost doubled up his stack. Panka then bet the {6-Clubs} river for 7,000 and Busquet eventually released his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
75,000
8,300
8,300
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
54,000
24,000
24,000

Tags: Dominik PankaOlivier Busquet

Hope on the Flop, Broke on the River

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Tomasz Wrobel just ended up all in before the flop for a total of 22,000 chips and as bad as it looked when George Phiniotis turned over his cards, as hopeful he was on the flop.

Wrobel: {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}
Phiniotis: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}

The flop brought {7-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Wrobel had about as good of a flop as he could've hoped for, but the turn, the {2-Hearts}, nor the river, the {9-Hearts}, made him beat pocket aces. Phiniotis won the hand and he's now sitting on 68,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
George Phiniotis cy
George Phiniotis
68,000
28,000
28,000
Tomasz Wrobel pl
Tomasz Wrobel
Busted

Tags: Tomasz WrobelGeorge Phiniotis

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Lövgren Triples

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Sofia Lövgren shoved all in from the hijack for her last 9,300 in chips. Carlo Vitti over shoved from the cutoff for 10,500 and Brett Angell in the small blind cold called. The big blind folded and it was time for a showdown.

Brett Angell: {2-Spades}{2-Clubs}
Sofia Lövgren: {J-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Carlo Vitti: {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Lövgren tripled up. Vitti made his exit, Angell got the 1,200 change.

Player Chips Progress
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
29,500
16,100
16,100
Carlo Vitti ch
Carlo Vitti
Busted

Tags: Carlo VittiSofia Lovgren

Costly Pot for Woodhead

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Stephen Woodhead five-bet shoved for effectively 67,000 and his opponent who had just arrived at the table snap-called the shove with {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts}. Woodhead only had the {A-Spades} {K-Spades} and it was all over after the turn of a {7-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} board to leave the Brit with 20 big blinds for the next level.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Woodhead gb
Stephen Woodhead
20,000
-63,300
-63,300

Tags: Stephen Woodhead

Litvinov Flushes Golob

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Joining the action on the {J-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {4-Spades} turn with a pot of 26,000, Christian Golob bet 25,000 and sent Artem Litvinov into the think tank. The Russian tanked and even apologized to the other players at the table for thinking for so long. Litvinov then shoved and some small talk followed before Golob released his cards.

Litvinov turned over the {Q-Spades} {10-Spades} for a flush and Golob sighed. "This guy hits everything!"

Player Chips Progress
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
125,000
68,800
68,800
Christian Golob at
Christian Golob
28,000
-19,500
-19,500

Tags: Artem LitvinovChristian Golob

Nolte Puts Alvarado in a Tough Spot

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante
JC Alvarado
JC Alvarado

When we arrived on the scene JC Alvarado was already contemplating a big decision, and we pieced the hand together with some help from one of the players at the table.

The player under the gun, Thomas Berends, had raised and Christian Nolte had made the call in middle position. Alvarado had then three-bet to 6,400 from he hijack and from his immediate left it was Remi Castaignon who four-bet to 12,400.

The action then folded to Nolte who pulled off a big move by going all in for 61,900 total.

After we had pieced the had together Alvarado was still in the tank, and eventually he decided to let go of his hand. Castaignon had the dealer pull in all the amounts, but even with only the shove left to call he decided to let go of his hand as well. Nolte raked in a big pot without showdown and he left everyone wondering with what hand he pulled off this move.

Player Chips Progress
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
100,000
5,000
5,000
Christian Nolte at
Christian Nolte
86,000
44,800
44,800
Remi Castaignon fr
Remi Castaignon
37,000
5,800
5,800
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: JC AlvaradoRemi CastaignonChristian Nolte