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

Holz Rising

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Fedor Holz
Fedor Holz

Just before the previous break, Pascal Hartman took a big hit to his stack after his pocket queens ran into the pocket kings of Fedor Holz. The latter is now putting the new chips to use and bet the {3-Spades} {10-Hearts} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts} flop for 16,000. Ben Dobson check-called in the blinds and the {4-Spades} river was checked by both players.

Dobson's {J-Spades} {10-Clubs} was no good against the {K-Spades} {K-Hearts} of Holz.

Player Chips Progress
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
190,000
134,000
134,000
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
60,000
-85,000
-85,000

Tags: Ben DobsonFedor HolzPascal Hartmann

Podofedenko Sent Back to Russia

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

In the last hand before the break, Russia's Victor Podofedenko moved all in for his last 16,000 from the cutoff and Bas de Laat called from the button. Both blinds folded and the cards were turned up.

De Laat: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Podofedenko: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}

Podofedenko got it in good, and he held strong through the {6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{4-Spades} flop. Unfortunately for him, the dealer burned and turned the {K-Clubs} to give De Laat a pair of kings. The {J-Hearts} river was not the ten Podofedenko needed, and he made his way to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Bas de Laat nl
Bas de Laat
150,000
44,400
44,400
Victor Podofedenko ru
Victor Podofedenko
Busted

Tags: Bas de LaatVictor Podofedenko

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

The Last of the Level 12 Eliminations

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jussi Nevanlinna fi
Jussi Nevanlinna
Busted
Imed Ben Mahmoud tn
Imed Ben Mahmoud
Busted
Arkadiusz Jerzy Olszowy pl
Arkadiusz Jerzy Olszowy
Busted
Elcio Luiz Romao br
Elcio Luiz Romao
Busted
Piotr Pietrzak pl
Piotr Pietrzak
Busted
Ryan David McEathron ca
Ryan David McEathron
Busted
Jose Quintas pt
Jose Quintas
Busted
Krzysztof Dulowski pl
Krzysztof Dulowski
Busted
Mats Karlsson mt
Mats Karlsson
Busted
Michael Poirier fr
Michael Poirier
Busted
Samir Moukawem lb
Samir Moukawem
Busted
Jonathan Currle de
Jonathan Currle
Busted
Andres Carrillo co
Andres Carrillo
Busted
Alan-James Brincat mt
Alan-James Brincat
Busted
Andrea Salvatore it
Andrea Salvatore
Busted
Michail Karapanos gr
Michail Karapanos
Busted
Matthew ADAMS us
Matthew ADAMS
Busted
Giuseppe Di Stasio it
Giuseppe Di Stasio
Busted
Vlad Cojocariu ro
Vlad Cojocariu
Busted
Alexandre Sako br
Alexandre Sako
Busted

Leite's Set vs. Andranovich's Two Pair

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We just caught the tail end of some preflop action, and three players saw a flop for 3,400 each. The flop came down {7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{6-Spades} and the action was checked to Felipe Leite who bet 4,900 from the button. Stanislav Andranovich was seated in the big blind and he check-raised to around 13,000. The third player folded and Leite put his opponent all in.

Andranovich called and the showdown went as following.

Andranovich: {6-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Leite: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Spades}, {5-Spades} and Andranovich was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe Leite br
Felipe Leite
135,000
96,000
96,000
Stanislav Andranovich ru
Stanislav Andranovich
Busted

Two Small Hands

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Koray Aldemir opened to 3,600 from the cutoff and the player on the button made it 7,600 to go. Pascal Hartmann and Ben Dobson in the blinds both folded and sop did Aldemir after some consideration.

One table over, Ludovit Fischer limped from the small blind and Juan Antonio Riera Roig checked his option. On the {7-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {7-Clubs} flop, Fischer check-called a bet og 2,000 and did so again for {6-Hearts} turn for 4,500. The {10-Hearts} river completed the board and Fischer checked, the Spaniard checked behind. Fischer turned over {A-Hearts} {4-Hearts} and the nut flush won the pot.

Upon asking about his stack size, Riera Roig laughed and said that friends had also texted him about the huge stack according to a previous update. However, it appears to be a mistake in the media numbers as the Spaniard had peeked at 100,000 chips and is just below that mark now.

Player Chips Progress
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
154,000
24,000
24,000
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
145,000
75,600
75,600
Ludovit Fischer sk
Ludovit Fischer
115,000
50,500
50,500
Juan Antonio Riera Roig es
Juan Antonio Riera Roig
85,000
50,000
50,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
20,000
-1,500
-1,500

Tags: Ben DobsonJuan Antonio Riera RoigJuan RieraKoray AldemirPhilipp Hartmann

Tricky Trickett

Level 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

On a board of {4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} we saw Sam Trickett bet out 22,000 from the big blind. His opponent, Michail Karapanos from Greece in early position, made the call after some thinking.

The {9-Diamonds} fell on the river and Trickett grabbed a big tower of 5,000 chips, added an evenly big tower of 1,000 chips, and slid them forward. The bet easily covered Karapanos and the Greek thought for some time before calling.

Trickett showed {Q-Clubs}{2-Clubs} for flopped trips. Karapanos mucked, but his {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} was flipped open by the dealer as stated in the TDA rules.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
270,000
75,000
75,000

Tags: Sam Trickett