2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Players Left 1 / 651
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Have a Break

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

But don't eat any chocolate bars just yet as dinner break is only two levels away and you might spoil your appetite. Back in 20 minutes with level 150/300 ante 25.

Various Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pasquale Gregorio it
Pasquale Gregorio
80,000
Profile photo of Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
60,000
9,000
9,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
57,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
56,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
48,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
45,000
12,000
12,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
41,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
37,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Natasha Barbour us
Natasha Barbour
37,000
Profile photo of Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
35,000
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
32,000
Profile photo of Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
32,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
31,000
1,300
1,300
Profile photo of Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
30,500
Profile photo of Doug Lee ca
Doug Lee
30,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Scott Davies us
Scott Davies
30,000
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
30,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
29,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
28,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
27,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
26,000
Profile photo of Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
26,000
4,000
4,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
24,000
4,000
4,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
23,500
26,500
26,500
Profile photo of Simon Deadman gb
Simon Deadman
21,000

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Bojang Wants to Fold, Does Exactly That

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

On a flop of {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{5-Spades} we saw the small blind and Faraz Jaka in the big blind check. Ismael Bojang under the gun bet 1,150 and Natasha Barbour raised to 2,600 from the hijack. Both blinds folded but Bojang called.

The {9-Hearts} hit the turn and Bojang check called a bet of 3,500. The {9-Spades} completed the board and Bojang checked. Barbour bet 6,500.

"What do you have?" Bojang asked. "Aces?" he followed up on that question.

"What do you have?" answered Barbour the question with a question.

"A pretty good hand" Bojang smiled. "A pretty good hand" he repeated.

"You're not crazy right?" Bojang asked.

"Sometimes. I have my moments" Barbour answered with a big smile.

"I really don't want to call" Bojang said. A minute or two later Bojang had made up his mind and his cards hit the muck. Barbour mucked with an even bigger smile.

Player Chips Progress
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Natasha Barbour
37,000
Profile photo of Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
30,000
3,000
3,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Faraz JakaIsmael BojangNatasha Barbour

Poland's Przygorzewski Bluffs It Off

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

With right around 14,000 in the pot and a board reading {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{j-Spades}, Poland's Błażej Przygorzewski bet 6,300 from the big blind and Greece's Emmanouil Tsourounakis called from the cutoff. When the {6-Clubs} completed the board on the river, Przygorzewski moved all in for 13,475 and Tsourounakis thought long and hard before making the call.

"Nice hand," Przygorzewski said as he got out of his chair. He then showed he'd essentially been bluffing with the {k-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. Tsourounakis then tabled the {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for top pair, which allowed him to chip up to approximately 60,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Błażej Przygorzewski
Busted

Tags: Błażej PrzygorzewskiEmmanouil Tsourounakis

Steadily Going Downwards

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Kenny Hallaert got up from the table and told us he has seen his stack go down pretty steadily so far today. "A steady 10 big blinds per level so far" he said with a smile.

Hallaert has been an EPT regular for years now, but just admitted to not have played a main event for more than a year and a half. His last EPT Main Event was Deauville 2014. Since he has played tons of events, but missed out on the Main Events twice because he flew back home to support his favorite football team (Club Brugge), and missed out on a couple more to complete SuperNova Elite status.

Lets see if he can come back to the tour with a deep run, but something has to change as losing 10 big blinds a level isn't the best way to get to the final table.

Player Chips Progress
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Kenny Hallaert
24,000
6,000
6,000
pokerstars

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

The Defending Champ Takes A Hit

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

We missed the preflop action, but defending champ Jean Montury and Mamouni Smain created a big one as approximately 15,000 made its way into the middle before the flop came down {q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. Smain was first to act in the small blind and simply moved all in for 22,100.

Montury asked for a count, but must have decided a call, which would have cost most his chips, was too much. He folded and Smain was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jean Montury fr
Jean Montury
25,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jean MonturyMamouni Smain

Loeser Doubles Akkari

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Manig Loeser opened under the gun to 500 and he received three calls; the cutoff, Andre Akkari in the small blind and the player in the big blind.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Akkari and the big blind checked. Loeser fired 1,050 and the cutoff instantly folded. Akkari check raised to 3,025 and the big blind released. Loeser slid 10,050 forward to put Akkari all in and the Brazilian called.

Andre Akkari: {5-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Manig Loeser: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The {6-Diamonds} on the turn and {3-Diamonds} on the river were good for Akkari and he doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Manig Loeser
24,500
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
22,500
12,500
12,500
pokerstars

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Cracked Aces Send Silva to the Rail

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

We missed the action unfold, but we do know that Miguel Gomes Silva was just eliminated from the tournament when his aces were cracked. While we're not 100% certain, it looked as if the chips got in on the river with the board reading {2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. Silva tabled the {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} but discovered that his opponent had rivered a set with the {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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Miguel Gomes Silva
Busted

Tags: Miguel Gomes Silva

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