Level: 12
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,157,350
Entries
651
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Toma Busts Eichhardt
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
PokerStars online qualifier Tsugunari Toma three-bet from the button for 7,000 and Peter Eichhardt moved all in for 19,000 out of the big blind. The initial raiser had folded and then Toma tanked for a few minutes before making the call with the 
. Eichhardt was ahead with 
but a nine appeared right away on the flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000 | -32,000 |
|
Busted |
Kitty Kuo Claims Kings
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Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
There was about 55,000 in the middle already when Antal Roth pushed all in on a 
flop heads up with Kitty Kuo.
Kuo appeared to have a big decision, contemplating it for a minute before asking for a count of Roth's 53,400-chip stack.
"I've never folded this hand in my life," she said, reluctantly, but eventually doing so.
Roth turned over 
and Kuo claimed kings.
After Dodgigng bullets there, Kuo is still stacked with some 160,000 while Roth crosses the six-figure mark thinking he might have been able to get more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
166,000 | -34,000 |
Greenwood Bluffs the River
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Sam Greenwood opened to 3,000 from early position and Antoine Saout called right behind him. Ilan Boujenah on the button squeezed to 10,700 and both Greenwood as Saout called.
The three of them checked the 
flop and 
turn and so the 
on the river was seen for free. Greenwood bet a hefty 30,600 and Saout just about instantly folded. Boujenah picked up his cards, showed 'em to his neighbor Frederik Jensen, and then open folded his 
.
Greenwood picked up his cards as well and showed 
. This wasn't to the liking of Boujenah who made some remarks that Greenwood shouldn't have shown his bluff. Greenwood replied with "I just like winning the pot." And that was the end of it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000 | 44,000 |
|
112,000 | 17,000 |
|
80,000 | -10,000 |
Berende Pays off Lakemeier
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Paul Berende called off a bet by Jens Lakemeier on the 
turn and Lakemeier also fired the 
river for 7,000. Berende called with a set of nines, but Lakemeier had that beat with 
to scoop yet another pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 68,000 |
|
35,000 | -9,700 |
Ivarsson Busts Davies; Almost Always Has It
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Alexander Ivarsson raised from the button and Scott Davies then three-bet to 7,300 from the big blind before Ivarsson clicked it to 15,400. Davies called and check-raised the 
flop for his last 65,000 chips. Ivarsson snap-called and the 2014 World Series of Poker APAC Main Event winner was at risk with .
Ivarsson showed and Davies sighed, took his belongings and was ready to leave. "How do you always have it?" Davies asked. The board filled up with the 
turn and , sending Davies to the rail. "Maybe not all the time," Ivarsson replied and then stacked the chips.
Just busted the main AT < AA all in on T85ccx flop blind v blind against the most agro player at the tableFollow @sdaviespoker
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 98,000 |
|
Busted |
246 Remain
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Making for an average of 79,400.
Oh Danny Boy, The Clock, The Clock We're Calling
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
A short stack as they played down close to the money bubble in last night's €10,200 Single-Day High Roller, Dan Smith was the player to suggest they begin a conversation about when to go hand-for-hand.
Smith said he felt like he would be otherwise forced to stall to increase his chances of making the money if they didn't.
It's a tactic that just makes sense for a player with a short stack, and although there is really no rule against it, it feels like a breach of poker etiquette somehow.
It would also seem no player wants to be accused of it.
It's a much debated issue in the game these days and PokerStars Blog writer Howard Swains wrote an article on it, highlighting Smith's dilemma last night.
Unfortunately, when Smith read it, he thought it came off accusing him of stalling. Swains, who says he wrote what he saw, spoke to him and eventually added his comments to the article.
Smith is still a bit chuffed though, and really just wants the world to know he wasn't stalling.
There is a silver lining here, however, as Smith also told PokerNews the anger has fueled his fire on the felt and he's run it up to a stack of 150,000 to claim a spot among the day's early leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
157,000 | 28,000 |
Big Stacks
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
With thanks to our colleagues of PaganoEvents.com.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
240,000 | 30,000 |
|
230,000 | 35,000 |
|
|
212,000 | -3,000 |
|
206,000 | 86,000 |
|
|
200,000 | 60,000 |
|
190,000 | 129,800 |
|
|
182,000 | 87,000 |
|
180,000 | 98,200 |
|
175,000 | 15,000 |
|
173,000 | 23,000 |
|
168,000 | -7,000 |
|
167,000 | 49,500 |
|
166,000 | 68,400 |
|
164,000 | 87,500 |
|
|
161,800 | 58,600 |
|
160,000 | -5,000 |
|
156,000 | 15,500 |
|
156,000 | 91,700 |
|
155,000 | -8,000 |
|
154,000 | 14,000 |
|
150,000 | 75,500 |
|
145,000 | -5,000 |
|
145,000 | -35,000 |
|
142,000 | 85,500 |
|
141,000 | 56,000 |
An Interesting Table
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Jesper Feddersen opened from under the gun and was called by Antoine Saout in the big blind. The Frenchman check-called the flop 
for 2,500. On the turn, Saout bet 6,100 and Feddersen called before facing a second barrel worth 16,900 on the river. Feddersen munched on a sandwich and tried to get any information out of his opponent, to no avail. Feddersen folded. The table also features a few other interesting players such as Natalie Hof, Ilan Boujenah and Sam Greenwood.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
160,000 | 113,500 |
|
|
122,000 | 53,200 |
|
|
105,000 | 12,400 |
|
|
90,000 | 63,600 |
|
40,000 | 5,000 |