2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
56
Prize
€534,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,157,350
Entries
651
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Hand #6-10: Spampinato and Bilic Chop an All In

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #6: Action folded around to Niall Farrell in the small blind. He found {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and made it 180,000. Kempe folded {K-}{3-} from the big blind.

Hand #7: Jaroslaw Sikora in the cutoff made it 125,000 with {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and he picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #8: Niall Farrell in the cutoff opened 130,000 with {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and he picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #9: Sam Greenwood with {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds} on the button limped in. Giulio Spampinato in the small blind with {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} moved all in for 1,090,000. Alen Bilic in the big blind asked for a count with the same hand but the suits flip flopped: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. Bilic moved in and Greenwood folded.

The flop came {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{Q-Spades} and a chop was inevitable. The {10-Spades} on the turn and river {4-Spades} were blanks and the two of 'em split the pot.

Hand #10: Niall Farrell found {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}, the hand Spampinato had last pot and Farrell had himself in hand number 6, and he made it 125,000. All players folded and Farrell picked up the blinds and antes.

Tags: Alen BilicJaroslaw SikoraGiulio SpampinatoNiall FarrellRainer KempeSam Greenwood

Hands #11-13: Greenwood Getting Short

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand 11: Giulio Spampinato raised to 120,000 from the cutoff with the {3-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and swiped the blinds and antes.

Hand #12: Niall Farrell raised to 180,000 from the small blind with the {q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and took down the pot.

Hand #13: Jaroslaw Sikora raised to 125,000 with the {q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} in the cutoff and Sam Greenwood defended from the big blind with the {q-Clubs}{3-Clubs}. The {k-Clubs}{6-Spades}{a-Clubs} flop saw Greenwood checked, Sikora continued for 110,000, and Greenwood call to see the {K-Diamonds} turn. Both players checked, and the {5-Hearts} completed the board on the river. Greenwood checked, Sikora bet 325,000, and Greenwood tanked for two minutes before releasing his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Alen Bilic ba
Alen Bilic
7,595,000 -40,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
EPT 1X Winner
5,575,000 460,000
Jaroslaw Sikora pl
Jaroslaw Sikora
2,620,000 165,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
1,455,000 -60,000
Giulio Spampinato it
Giulio Spampinato
1,260,000 80,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
1,000,000 -605,000

Tags: Giulio SpampinatoJaroslaw SikoraMax GreenwoodNiall FarrellSam Greenwood

Hand #14-18: Sikora Folds Tens Pre Flop

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #14: Alen Bilic with {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} made it 125,000 under the gun. Giulio Spampinato with {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} flatted from the big blind. Both missed the flop of {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Spampinato check folded to Bilic' 80,000 bet.

Hand #15: Jaroslaw Sikora now had {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} and made it 125,000 under the gun. Alen Bilic defended {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs} from the big blind. The flop came {4-Spades}{J-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} pairing Bilic and giving Sikora a gutshot with two overs. Both players checked and they did so on the {2-Clubs} turn. The {Q-Spades} completed the board and Bilic check folded to Sikora's 325,000 bet.

Hand #16: Rainer Kempe opened {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for 125,000 and he picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #17: Jaroslaw Sikora limped in from the small blind with {J-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. Farrell had {Q-Spades}{2-Diamonds} in the big blind and checked. The {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} flop saw Sikora check. Farrell, having flopped top pair, and made a motion of betting. Sikora instantly folded, Farrell took down the pot without actually making a bet.

Hand #18: Sam Greenwood with {5-Spades}{5-Clubs} under the gun made it 150,000 with 770,000 behind. It folded around to Jaroslaw Sikora with {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} on the button. Sikora three bet to 275,000. Niall Farrell asked how much Sikora was playing, and then cold four all in with {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}. Kempe folded and so did Greenwood. Sikora wasn't too happy and leaned back in his chair to make his decision. He played around with his chips a bit and eventually folded with a look of despise.

Tags: Alen BilicGiulio SpampinatoJaroslaw SikoraNiall FarrellRainer KempeSam Greenwood

Sam Greenwood Eliminated in 6th Place (€125,660)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

Hand #19: Niall Farrell raised to 125,000 from the button with the {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Sam Greenwood looked down at the {k-Spades}{j-Spades} in the big blind. He thought for a bit and then moved all in for 760,000. It was 635,000 more for Farrell to call, and after pondering it for a but he did just that.

Greenwood was actually a slight 51% favorite given the cards that had been folded, but for all intents and purposes it was a flip. The {2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop was no help to Greenwood, and the {A-Spades} turn locked up the hand for Farrell. The meaningless {j-Hearts} was put out on the river, and Greenwood became the first man eliminated from the six-handed final table.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
EPT 1X Winner
7,020,000 1,445,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
Busted

Tags: Sam GreenwoodNiall Farrell

Hand #20-26: Bilic Wins Three in a Row

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #20: Alen Bilic, with just the {A-Diamonds} displaying, made it 125,000 to go under the gun and he picked up the blinds and antes.

Hand #21: Alen Bilic received a walk in the big blind with {Q-Hearts}{7-Spades} so more blinds and antes for the man from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Hand #22: Action folded to Bilic in the small blind and he raised to 155,000 with {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. Jaroslaw Sikora called from the big blind with {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}. The flop came {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} pairing no one. Bilic made a continuation bet of 175,000 and Sikora called. The {2-Hearts} on the turn was a blank and Bilic and Sikora both checked. The {Q-Hearts} completed the board and Bilic fired 350,000 into the 710,000 pot. Sikora folded rather quickly, the bluff worked for Bilic who moved over the 8 million mark with that pot.

Hand #23: Farrell received a walk with {J-Hearts}{9-Clubs} in the big blind. "My button is broke[n]" Sikora said with a smile.

Hand #24: {Q-Spades}{6-Diamonds} for Niall Farrell in the small blind and he raised to 180,000. Rainer Kempe folded {J-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} from the big blind.

Hand#25: Niall Farrell raised to 125,000 from the button with {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts} and took down the blinds.

Hand #26: Jaroslaw Sikora raised to 125,000 under the gun with the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and Alen Bilic defended from the big blind with the {10-Clubs}{7-Spades} to see a flop of {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}, which both players checked. When the {2-Diamonds} appeared on the turn, Bilic bet 155,000 and Sikora released.

Tags: Alen BilicJaroslaw SikoraNiall FarrellRainer Kempe

Rainer Kempe Eliminated in 5th Place (€161,340)

Level 28 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Rainer Kempe (R) - 5th Place
Rainer Kempe (R) - 5th Place

Hand #27: Farrell looked down at the {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} under the gun and raised to 130,000. Rainer Kempe then picked up the {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} in the cutoff and three-bet to 300,000. Action folded back to Farrell and he paused for a few beats before moving all in. Not surprisingly, Kempe snap-called off.

Kempe, who became just the eighth player to make back-to-back EPT Main Event final tables (he finished fifth in the EPT12 Barcelona for €320,400), was in desperate need of a queen, but it never came as the board ran out {5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Clubs}{6-Clubs}.

With that, Kempe finished fifth in back-to-back EPT Main Events, this time for €161,340.

Tags: Niall FarrellRainer Kempe

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000