2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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

Kleinman Almost on Fire

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Since switching to the last three tables, Ezequiel Kleinman has been increasing his stack significantly and then three-bet an open raise of Dominik Nitsche. The German grabbed his stack of T-5,000 chips and moved all in to enforce an immediate fold of his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Ezequiel Kleinman ar
Ezequiel Kleinman
640,000
120,000
120,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
325,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Dominik NitscheEzequiel Kleinman

Not the Right Spot Yet

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Kevin MacPhee moved all in for 125,000 chips and the last 10 big blinds found no caller.

Over on table three, Byron Kaverman raised to 30,000 and chip leader Vladimir Dobrovolskiy three-bet to 77,000. Kaverman gave it a quick thought and folded, the Russian showed him the {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}. Nevertheless, Kaverman has benefited a lot from the bubble period and moved into the top three overall counts.

Player Chips Progress
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
870,000
336,000
336,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
150,000
-20,000
-20,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Byron KavermanKevin MacPheeVladimir Dobrovolskiy

Finger's Move Works

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Martin Finger opened to 25,000 and was called by Ezequiel Kleinman on the button, Igor Yaroshevskyy in the small blind and Mikita Badziakouski in the big blind. The flop {J-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs} is checked to Kleinman and the Argentinian bet 29,000. Yaroshevskyy and Badziakouski both called before Finger check-raised to 80,000.

Kleinman and Yaroshevskyy now quickly folded, Badziakouski needed some more consideration but made the same decision. Finger showed the {9-Hearts} with a sheepish grin on the face.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
435,000
135,000
135,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ezequiel KleinmanIgor YaroshevskyyMartin FingerMikita Badziakouski

Information for the Players

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Tournament staff just informed the players that this is the final level for tonight. Furthermore, since another redraw will take place with 16 players remaining, there won't be any additional redraw overnight in case very few more players are sent to the rail tonight still.

ElkY Gets Shorter

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Patrick Uzan raised to 25,000 from under the gun and [Removed:17] called, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier defended his big blind. On the flop {K-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, all three players checked. On the {9-Diamonds} turn, ElkY check-folded to a bet worth 47,000 by Uzan while Yan called. The {6-Clubs} fell on the river and Uzan bet more than 80,000 for half his remaining stack to enforce a quick fold from Yan.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Uzan fr
Patrick Uzan
360,000
120,000
120,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
70,000
-240,000
-240,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierPatrick Uzan

Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier Eliminated in 21st Place (€22,000)

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier moved all in for 69,000 from the cutoff and Patrick Uzan reshoved from one seat over on the button. In the big blind, [Removed:17] asked for a count and Uzan was asked to push forward one of his stacks for verification. The dealer was not done with that yet and Yan had already said "ok, ok, I see," and made the call with the biggest stack of the trio.

Grospellier: {K-Spades}{9-Spades}
Uzan: {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Yan: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}

The flop fell {10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and Uzan's top set took an even bigger lead. The {A-Hearts} turn and {2-Clubs} river bricked and the PokerStars Team Pro departed in 21st place while Yan's stack plummeted.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Uzan fr
Patrick Uzan
810,000
570,000
570,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
220,000
-310,000
-310,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
Busted

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierPatrick Uzan

Vladimir Troyanovskiy Eliminated in 20th Place (€24,040)

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Vladimir Troyanovskiy

In a battle of the blinds with some 50,000 already in the pot and the board reading {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}, Mikita Badziakouski checked to Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

Troyanovskiy bet 38,000, Badziakouski made it 108,000 with the check raise, and Troyanovskiy shipped it in for the 410,000 he had behind.

Suddenly there was close to one million chips in the pot and not a made hand among them, as Badziakouski made the call with {9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, holding a bigger open-ended straight draw than Troyanovskiy and his {9-Spades}{6-Clubs}.

The turn came the {6-Hearts} making Badziakouski's straight and while the {5-Clubs} river gave Troyanovskiy a straight as well, he walked away from the table cursing something in Russian on the way to collecting 20th-place money.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
970,000
220,000
220,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiVladimir Troyanovskiy

Pahuja Wins with Aces

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski raised from the button and then called the three-bet of Mukul Pahuja from the small blind for 88,000. On the flop {6-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, Pahuja continued for 105,000 and was called before checking the {J-Clubs} on the turn. Badziakouski fired 80,000 and was called before both players checked down the {7-Hearts} river.

Pahuja flipped over {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} and Badziakouski tapped the table in defeat.

Player Chips Progress
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
1,450,000
300,000
300,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
710,000
-260,000
-260,000

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiMukul Pahuja

Finger Wins Last Hand

Level 19 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

19 players are bagging up chips and Martin Finger won the last notable hand on his table. Igor Yaroshevskyy had defended his big blind against the raise of the German and also called a small continuation bet before the board read {6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}. Yaroshevskyy checked and Finger bet 63,000 for just more than half the pot.

Yaroshevskyy took his time before making the call and then shook his head when Finger flipped over his {Q-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} for a rivered pair of queens.

Tags: Igor YaroshevskyyMartin Finger