€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

03-24-2015 13:59 UTC+2

Bustouts from Downstairs

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Former EPT Prague champion Martin Finger was the biggest name to fall within the first half an hour in the secondary tournament area downstairs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Olli Juhani Muukkonen	Busted
Andreas Wittke	Busted
Marius Maciukas	Busted
Martin Finger	Busted

Ugnius Simelionis	Busted
Jose Noronha	Busted
Cristiano Guerra	Busted
Emil Patel	Busted

Tags: Martin Finger

03-24-2015 14:05 UTC+2

Bustouts from Upstairs

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jonas Lauck, EPT 11 Prague runner-up Anton Bertilsson, Joni Jouhkimainen, Fady Kamar and Marton Czuczor have all been running out of chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Nikolaev	Busted
Fady Kamar	Busted
Remi Lemeur	Busted
Davide Suriano	Busted
Dariusz Paszkiewicz	Busted
Jonas Lauck	Busted
Radoslaw Morawiec	Busted
Marton Czuczor	Busted
Anton Bertilsson	Busted
Nicholas Galtos	Busted
Joni Jouhkimainen	Busted
Russell Carson	Busted
Pieter-Michael De Goede	Busted
Sergio Castelluccio	Busted
Grzegorz Grochulski	Busted

Tags: Anton Bertilsson Jonas Lauck Joni Jouhkimainen Marton Czuczor Fady Kamar

03-24-2015 14:07 UTC+2

Sylvain Loosli opened for 1,800 from middle position and action folded to Andrei Ivashkin on the button. The Russian shoved all in for 13,700 and both blinds folded. Loosli asked for a count, and upon seeing it was in the range of 15,000 he called.

Andrei Ivashkin:
Sylvain Loosli:

The board ran out and Loosli started stacking while Ivashkin made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sylvain Loosli	140,000 28,000	28,000
Andrei Ivashkin	Busted

Tags: Sylvain Loosli Andrei Ivashkin

03-24-2015 14:08 UTC+2

Polchlopek Busts Gruissem

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Philipp Gruissem started the day as short stack and doubled up twice to get up to 50,000. Then, the German raised to 1,800 and was called by Michal Polchlopek in the big blind.

On the flop, Polchlopek check-raised from 2,600 to 7,000 and was called before firing the turn for 10,500. Gruissem called and The fell on the river. Polchlopek shoved and Gruissem called to muck stunned when he was shown the of his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michal Polchlopek	110,000 52,700	52,700
Philipp Gruissem	Busted

Tags: Michal Polchlopek Philipp Gruissem

03-24-2015 14:09 UTC+2

Jorgensen Busts: Kings vs. Aces and Jacks

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen has just been knocked out and the hand he busted on was rather remarkable.

It started with a raise from Dietrich Moritz who made it 1,900 from early position and Remi Lemeur called from the button. From the blinds Jorgensen three-bet to 5,500 and Moritz four-bet to 11,600.

The action was now back on Lemeur who moved all in for 25,000 chips and Jorgensen pushed as well. Moritz made the call to put two players at risk, and the showdown went as following.

Lemeur:
Jorgensen:
Moritz:

Both Jorgensen and Lemeur were in serious trouble, and the board ran out to send both players to the rail. Moritz now sits on 224,000 chips and is the tournament chip leader.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Moritz	224,000 89,000	89,000
Theo Jorgensen	Busted

Remi Lemeur	Busted

Tags: Dietrich Moritz Remi Lemeur Theo Jorgensen

03-24-2015 14:10 UTC+2

Dermot Blain Back Doors Into a Flush

Webjoker

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Dermot Blain opened for 1,700 under the gun and just EPT Deauville champion Remi Castaignon made the call.

The flop came and both players checked. Blain checked again on the turn, and called the 3,000 bet that followed. Both players checked the river.

Blain showed for the nuts and Castaignon frowned and mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dermot Blain	33,200 1,700	1,700

Remi Castaignon	31,200 -42,600	-42,600

Tags: Remi Castaignon Dermot Blain

03-24-2015 14:15 UTC+2

Nosko Takes on a Team PokerStars Pro

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

With 6,200 in the pot and a flop of , Slovenia's Emil Nosko checked from the big blind and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel bet 3,200 from middle position. Nosko then woke up with a check-raise to 7,700, and Duhamel paused for a few moments before moving all in for roughly 45,000. Nosko only had 35,000 total and wasted little time in calling it off.

Duhamel:
Nosko:

It was a king flop for Nosko, who made two pair to pull ahead of Duhamel's kings. The turn wasn't particularly interesting, but it became so when it was followed by a repeat deuce, the . Duhamel made a bigger two pair to counterfeit a clearly frustrated Nosko, who saw his EPT Malta Main Event cut short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	87,000 40,800	40,800

Emil Nosko	Busted

Tags: Emil Nosko Jonathan Duhamel

03-24-2015 14:21 UTC+2

Nolte Puts Alvarado in a Tough Spot

Happy_Freaked

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

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	100,000 5,000	5,000
Christian Nolte	86,000 44,800	44,800
Remi Castaignon	37,000 5,800	5,800

Tags: JC Alvarado Remi Castaignon Christian Nolte

03-24-2015 14:22 UTC+2

Litvinov Flushes Golob

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Joining the action on the 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 for a flush and Golob sighed. "This guy hits everything!"

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

Tags: Artem Litvinov Christian Golob

03-24-2015 14:26 UTC+2

Costly Pot for Woodhead

Christian Zetzsche

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 . Woodhead only had the and it was all over after the turn of a board to leave the Brit with 20 big blinds for the next level.

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

Tags: Stephen Woodhead