2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Yan Takes from Vogelsang

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a table with plenty of notables, David "MissOracle" Yan bet the {8-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} flop for 1,300 and Christoph Vogelsang called to see the {2-Diamonds} on the turn. Yan fired again, this time for 2,200 and now with his red cap again, and Vogelsang folded. Vogelsang is down to less than half the starting stack early on.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
42,000
-8,000
-8,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
42,000
-8,000
-8,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
38,000
8,500
8,500
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
12,000
2,000
2,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
12,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang

A Round of Chip Counts

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
90,000
40,000
40,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
80,000
10,000
10,000
EPT 1X Winner
Noah Vaillancourt ca
Noah Vaillancourt
70,000
40,000
40,000
Ben Wilinofsky ca
Ben Wilinofsky
70,000
37,000
37,000
EPT 1X Winner
Joni Jouhkimainen fi
Joni Jouhkimainen
60,000
30,000
30,000
David Benefield us
David Benefield
47,000
10,000
10,000
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
45,000
11,000
11,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
John Juanda id
John Juanda
43,500
10,500
10,500
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
35,000
9,000
9,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
35,000
5,000
5,000
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
34,000
9,000
9,000
Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
32,000
5,000
5,000
EPT 1X Winner
Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
31,000
-4,000
-4,000
PokerStars
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
30,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
26,500
4,500
4,500
Rob Schiffbauer us
Rob Schiffbauer
26,000
-14,000
-14,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
24,000
-8,500
-8,500
EPT 1X Winner
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
17,000
-5,000
-5,000
Anton Astapau by
Anton Astapau
11,500
-18,500
-18,500
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
9,000
-1,000
-1,000
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
9,000
-11,000
-11,000
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
6,000
-8,000
-8,000
PokerStars
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
2,500
GGPoker

Li More Than Doubles

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

After a raise to 800 and a call, Live Satellite winner Yingui Li moved all in for his last 2,675 from the button. The initial raiser folded but Linus Loeliger called and rolled over his {A-Spades}{10-Spades}. Li was way ahead with the {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts} and more than doubled on a board of {9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{9-Clubs} on a table with Mohsin Charania, Justin Bonomo and Mukul Pahuja.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
38,000
3,000
3,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
36,000
-2,000
-2,000
EPT 1X Winner
Mukul Pahuja us
Mukul Pahuja
31,200

Tags: Justin BonomoMohsin CharaniaMukul Pahuja

Another Round of Chip Counts

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Corey Hochman us
Corey Hochman
64,000
4,000
4,000
Senh Ung gb
Senh Ung
60,000
15,000
15,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
55,000
32,500
32,500
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
47,000
7,000
7,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
45,000
3,000
3,000
Michael Wang us
Michael Wang
40,000
-2,000
-2,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
40,000
2,000
2,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
40,000
2,000
2,000
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
40,000
4,000
4,000
EPT 1X Winner
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
40,000
14,000
14,000
Andy Black ie
Andy Black
40,000
5,000
5,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
38,000
23,000
23,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
35,000
-5,000
-5,000
EPT 1X Winner
Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
32,500
2,500
2,500
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
30,000
Ike Haxton us
Ike Haxton
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
PokerStars
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
26,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
19,000
-3,000
-3,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
14,500
-15,500
-15,500
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
11,500
-500
-500
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
9,375
-2,625
-2,625

Fedor Holz Eliminated

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Charlie Carrel - Fedor Holz
Charlie Carrel - Fedor Holz

The full preflop action is unknown, but Fedor Holz got his tiny stack into the middle of the table and faced Charlie Carrel and Vladimir Troyanovskiy as opponents. On the {7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} flop, Carrel bet 3,200 and Troyanovskiy called before the {J-Spades} hit on the turn.

Both players checked through and Carrel then took another stab at the pot with a bet of 5,400 on the {6-Diamonds} river. Troyanovskiy called and then mucked when Carrel showed the {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} for a pair of jacks, Holz didn't show his cards either and headed to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
50,000
15,000
15,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
14,100
-12,400
-12,400
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
Busted
GGPoker

Tags: Charlie CarrelFedor HolzVladimir Troyanovskiy

Ivan Luca the Table Captain

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ivan Luca has a massive stack and no fear to put the chips to use, creating multiple pots and putting pressure on his opponents. One of those hands saw Luca fire the {A-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} river against three players for 6,150 and all of them folded, including JC Alvarado.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
91,000
1,000
1,000
JC Alvarado mx
JC Alvarado
25,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Ivan LucaJC Alvarado

Marvin Rettenmaier vs Jason Mercier

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Marvin Rettenmaier defended his big blind and then check-called a continuation bet on the {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop before check-calling the {5-Diamonds} turn again. Jason Mercier had fired a second barrel worth 3,250 and Rettenmaier called before check-raising the {4-Diamonds} on the river. Mercier's third barrel was worth 8,100 and Rettenmaier moved all in for 29,000 to push Mercier out of the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
47,000
7,000
7,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
10,200
-4,300
-4,300

Tags: Jason MercierMarvin Rettenmaier

One for Roberts

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Brian Roberts
Brian Roberts

Action folded to Brian Roberts on the button and he raised to 800. Mikolaj Zawadzki called from the small blind, Alberto Arbiol did the same from the big, and it was three-way action to the {3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} flop.

Zawadzki led out for 1,300, Arbiol folded, and Roberts called to see the {3-Hearts} turn. Zawadzki slowed down with a check, and then snap-folded when Roberts bet 2,100.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
13,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Alberto ArbiolBrian RobertsMikolaj Zawadzki

Schemion Can't Stand the Heat

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 {10-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}.

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 {9-Spades}. Karakousis checked, Schemion bet 3,700, and Guilbert called. After Karakousis folded, the {7-Spades} 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 de
Ole Schemion
17,500
-7,500
-7,500

Tags: Ole SchemionJohan Guilbert