€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

10-25-2015 18:22 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Ekrem Sanioglu	Busted
Shaun Deeb	Busted
Demetrio Barreca	Busted
Julian Stuer	Busted
Luigi Russo	Busted
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted
Yingui Li	Busted
Christopher Frank	Busted

Zisimopoulos Busts Gu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a raise to 800 by the player in under the gun, Huidong Gu called in the cutoff and Georgios Zisimopoulos tossed in the extra chips out of the big blind as well. On the flop, Zisimopoulos and the initial raiser both checked and Gu bet 2,100. Zisimopoulos then check-raised to 5,300 and the initial raiser folded. Gu moved all in for what looked like 10,000 and was called by the Greek.

Zisimopoulos:
Gu:

Both the turn and the river bricked and Gu was gone.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos	56,000	20,000
Huidong Gu	Busted

Tags: Giorgos Zisimopoulos Huidong Gu

10-25-2015 18:01 UTC

Some Shots from the Day 1a Field

Chad Holloway

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

10-25-2015 17:59 UTC

Seiver Empties the Clip

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

On the flop, Vicente Delgado checked and Scott Seiver bet 1,500. Delgado called and did so again on the turn for 2,900 before checking the third street in a row on the river. Seiver moved all in for his last 5,375 and that enforced a fold from Delgado.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	18,000	-12,000

Tags: Vicente Delgado Scott Seiver

10-25-2015 17:57 UTC

A Trio of Bigstacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

After a raise to 800, four players called including Niall Farrell and Ben Wilinofsky in the big blind while Joni Jouhkimainen folded out of the small blind. On the flop, Farrell bet for 2,100 and picked up two callers before the on the turn was checked through. The action got checked to Farrell again on the river and this time he took it with a bet of 2,500. Farrell, Wilinofsky and Jouhkimainen are all well above the average right now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	90,000	10,000
Ben Wilinofsky	81,000	11,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	51,400	-8,600

Tags: Ben Wilinofsky Joni Jouhkimainen Niall Farrell

10-25-2015 17:54 UTC

Brian Roberts in Trouble

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

On the river of a board, Brian Roberts checked to Andy Black and the Irish poker icon fired a bet of 3,000. That was for about half the stack of his opponent and Roberts folded eventually. Black threw a "you must have had a pair of nines" over to the other side of the table and raked in the chips while receiving a massage.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Black	43,000	3,000
Brian Roberts	6,000	-7,000

Tags: Andy Black Brian Roberts

10-25-2015 17:54 UTC

Soulier Takes a Nice One Off Hochman

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Nicholas Palma opened the action with a raise to 700 from middle position. Corey Hochman called, Fabrice Soulier did the same from the cutoff, and [Removed:17] came along from the big blind to make it four-way action to the flop.

Two checks saw Hochman bet 700, Soulier called, and Yan got out of the way. Palma peeled one more, and ended up checking the turn. Hochman bet again, this time 2,225, and only Soulier called to see the river.

Hochman paused for a few moments before betting 3,675, and Soulier responded by raising to 10,575. Hochman hit the tank for nearly two minutes before making the call, but mucked when Soulier tabled the for a flopped set.

Meanwhile, Hyunwoo Kang has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Soulier	60,000	15,000
Corey Hochman	41,000	-23,000
Hyunwoo Kang	Busted

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Corey Hochman

10-25-2015 17:50 UTC

Finger Fires Once

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

With 3,500 in the pot and three opponents still in the hand as well on the flop , Martin Finger bet 2,000 and Pawel Brzeski folds. The other two players call and the trio then check down the turn and river. Finger mucked his cards when the other two players showed and to drop some chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Brzeski	51,000
Martin Finger	20,000	-6,000

Tags: Martin Finger Pawel Brzeski

10-25-2015 17:45 UTC

Schemion Can't Stand the Heat

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ole Schemion raised to 750 under the gun and Johan Guilbert called from the button. Georgios Karakousis came along from the small blind, Italy's Pasquale Braco did the same from the big, and four players saw a flop of .

Two checks saw Schemion continue for 1,625, Guilbert called, and Karakousis opted to see one more. Braco got out of the way and it was three-way action to the turn, which came the . Karakousis checked, Schemion bet 3,700, and Guilbert called. After Karakousis folded, the completed the board on the river and Schemion slowed down with a check. Guilbert responded by moving all in, and Schemion, who had about 17,500 back, hit the tank before releasing his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	17,500	-7,500

Tags: Ole Schemion Johan Guilbert