Metaal Follows IPT Runner-Up Finish With Deep EPT12 Malta Main Event Run

Earlier this week, Natan Chauskin finished as the last man standing in the €1,100 IPT7 Malta2 Main Event, a tournament attracted 947 participants from 57 countries and created a prize pool of €918,590. Chauskin captured the €149,560 first-place prize after a heads-up deal with EPT regular Govert Metaal, who had actually began the final table as the short stack.

Metaal, who took home €124,000 as a part of the deal, was in action today and followed up his runner-up finish with a cash in the Main Event. Unfortunately, his run just came to an end after he three-bet jammed over the open of Sam Greenwood, who called with . There was no seven from heaven, and Metaal's deep run came to an end.