2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€430,800
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€2,037,000
Entries
210
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Blaschke Back In

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Dominik Panka was not successful on his second bullet either, same applied for Tom-Aksel Bedell. Manuel Blaschke did reenter just now and found fellow German speaking Thomas Muehloecker, Martin Finger and Dominik Nitsche at his new table.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Blaschke at
Manuel Blaschke
50,000 50,000
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
Busted
Marc MacDonell
Marc MacDonell
Busted
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Dominik NitscheDominik PankaManuel BlaschkeMartin FingerThomas Muehloecker

Ensan Busts O'Dwyer

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

Steve O'Dwyer raised and then called the three-bet of Hossein Ensan from one seat over in the small blind to see a flop of {9-}{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts}. Both players checked and a {8-} appeared on the turn to make Ensan bet. O'Dwyer called and Ensan shoved the {K-} river just like he did not long ago against Scott Seiver.

O'Dwyer called off with the {10-}{8-} for third pair and the {K-Clubs}{6-Clubs} of Ensan scored another knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
145,000 50,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Hossein EnsanSteve O'Dwyer

Seiver Calls Off Shove; Busts

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On the {9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} turn, Hossein Ensan bet 5,000 and Scott Seiver called from one seat over before the EPT11 Malta finalist shoved the {5-Diamonds} river. Seiver kept shaking his head in disgust and mentioned "garbage" and "nothing" several times, yet still called off and then mucked the {A-Spades}{9-Clubs} once Ensan showed his {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} for a straight.

The table also includes Pascal Hartman and Steve O'Dwyer on his second bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
126,000 74,000
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
95,000 33,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
46,000 46,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
Busted

Tags: Hossein EnsanPascal HartmannScott SeiverSteve O'Dwyer

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Some Big Stacks at a Glance

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
270,000 8,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
235,000 120,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
220,000 19,100
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
190,000 190,000
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
185,000 5,000
Carlos Chadha us
Carlos Chadha
184,000 -66,000
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy ru
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy
166,000 166,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
151,000 -19,000
Goran Mandic hr
Goran Mandic
148,000 -4,000
Farid Jattin co
Farid Jattin
145,000 95,000
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
145,000 -10,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
145,000 35,000
David Peters us
David Peters
140,000 98,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
135,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
130,000 86,000
Armen Khachatryan ru
Armen Khachatryan
130,000 -20,000

Time For a Break!

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Through a full eight levels now the players are headed off on a 20-minute break and will return to play just two more before wrapping up for the night.

Petrangelo Busts O'Dwyer

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Steve O'Dwyer and Mike McDonald may still purchase their second entry bullet while Andre Akkari has been eliminated for sure. According to Ihar Soika and Igor Yaroshevskyy, the EPT12 Malta €10,000 Single-Day High Roller champion O'Dwyer got the remainder of his stack in with pocket jacks against the pocket eights of Nicholas Petrangelo and the latter spiked a two-outer on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
155,000 97,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
Busted
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Andre AkkariIgor YaroshevskyyIhar SoikaMike McDonaldNick PetrangeloSteve O'Dwyer

The Nuts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

The table at the back featuring Bertrand Grospellier, Justin Bonomo, Ismael Bojang, JC Alvarado, Huidong Gu, Alex Rocha and Craig Varnell has emerged as the most fun in the room - despite the difficulty of contending with that line-up.

In fact, with most others rather quiet, they can be heard generally having a good time all the way at the other end of the hall.

They just exploded laughing when Team PokerStars Pro Grospellier made a Royal Flush in a hand a few moments ago, and he has a huge smile now up over six-figures.

The discussion then rolled over to how many of them have actually made a Royal Flush playing live, with Bonomo recalling he was once in a three-way pot where a Royal appeared on the board.

Unfortunately, it looks like the fun may be over fast, as their table will likely be the next to break.

Tags: Alexander RochaBertrand GrospellierCraig VarnellHuidong GuIsmael BojangJC AlvaradoJustin Bonomo