2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Arbiol "Deserved that One"

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Alberto Arbiol moved all in from under the gun for 22,900 and the action folded around to Dominik Nitsche, who announced the call. Arbiol had a flip with the {2-Hearts}{2-Spades} and one player at the table said he folded a deuce. Nitsche's {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts} found an ace on the flop {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{2-Clubs} but that also provided the case deuce for Arbiol as well. The rest of the board ran out with the {8-Diamonds} turn and the {3-Spades} river to give Arbiol a double up. The player in seat seven smiled over and said "you deserved that one."

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
165,000 -1,700
Alberto Arbiol es
Alberto Arbiol
50,000 11,300

Tags: Alberto ArbiolDominik Nitsche

Smain Dodges the Vogelsang Mine

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Mamouni Smain moved all in for 35,100 from the small blind and Christoph Vogelsang called from one seat over. Smain only held the {10-Hearts}{6-Spades} but got there against the {Q-Spades}{J-Clubs} of his opponent thanks to a board of {A-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
210,000 -30,300
Mamouni Smain ca
Mamouni Smain
75,000 26,800

Tags: Mamouni SmainChristoph Vogelsang

Kempe Breaks the Speed Limit

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Antonio Mitrotta opened for 6,500 from the hijack and was soon met by an all-in three-bet to 45,700 from the small blind. The player in the big folded, and Mitrotta asked for a count before making the call.

Mitrotta: {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}
Kempe: {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

It was a race, but not after the flop came down {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{k-Spades} to pair Kempe. Neither the {a-Hearts} turn nor {3-Clubs} river helped Mitrotta, and he sent a large portion of his chips over to Kempe.

Player Chips Progress
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
94,000 48,300
Antonio Mitrotta it
Antonio Mitrotta
26,000 -56,800

Tags: Antonio MitrottaRainer Kempe

Lots of Chips and a Chair

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Chips
Chips

Darie Vlad has yet to turn up to claim his 208,000-chip stack.

This might be optimal strategy considering Team PokerStars Pro Ike Haxton and the EPT's all time money leader Steve O'Dwyer are on his direct left.

All joking aside, the situation prompted Haxton to recall the time when Stratosphere owner Bob Stupak failed to turn up deep in the 2008 WPT Bellagio Cup. Stupak had lukemia, and a had been taken to hospital overnight with the worse expected.

Haxton described the scene as a bit eerie with Stupak's stack still in the tournament after the news of his health had broken. In the end, Stupak blinded out on the stone bubble. He died a little over a year later during the 2009 WPT Festa al Lago.

In addition to being a casino owner, Stupack was an accomplished poker player with a World Series of Poker bracelet and almost $900,000 in career tournament earnings. He will always be remembered as a great friend and student of the game.

Vlad, a young Romanian coming off a six-figure score in an EPT Barcelona prelim, may now be remembered for the time he looked at his table draw and thought the best way to play against the lineup on his left is simply not to.

Player Chips Progress
Darie Vlad ro
Darie Vlad
208,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
110,000 3,500
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
100,000 1,900

Tags: Ike HaxtonIsaac HaxtonSteve O'Dwyer

Spamginato Puts Spell on Dvoress

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Chris Hunichen opened to 7,000 and Giulio Spampinato three-bet to 15,000 before Daniel Dvoress in the big blind four-bet to 45,000. Only Spamginato called and they saw the heads-up flop of {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Hearts}. Dvoress continued for 50,000 and Spamginato min-clicked to enforce a fold.

Player Chips Progress
Giulio Spampinato it
Giulio Spampinato
510,000 1,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
275,000 -46,100

Tags: Chris HunichenDaniel DvoressGiulio Spampinato

De Meulder Doubles Through Rossiter

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

We saw 90,000 in front of Matthias De Meulder and asked the Belgian Team Pro what had happened. He told us about his double up through Jeff Rossiter.

Rossiter opened to 6,500 under the gun. Narutoshi Otsuka in the cutoff announced raise, but hadn't seen Rossiter's open. He was forced to make it the minimum and action was on De Meulder on the button. He looked down on {J-}{J-} and shoved for 38,000. Both blinds folded and Rossiter shoved. Otsuka folded. De Meulder was up against {10-}{10-} with his jacks, and doubled up after the board came {A-}{6-}{6-}{4-}{2-}.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
90,000 44,400
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
72,700 -44,200

Tags: Jeff RossiterMatthias De Meulder

Scalzi Runs Smack Dab Into King Dan's Big Hand

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Up at the feature table, Italy's Antonio Scalzi shoved his last 26,300 from early position and cleared the field all the way to Dan Smith, who woke up with a big hand in the big blind.

Smith: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Scalzi: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}

The {3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop provided little hope for Scalzi, but the {6-Spades} turn made things interesting by delivering him an open-ended straight draw to go along with his ace. Unfortunately for him, the {8-Hearts} river was a blank and he was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
244,000 29,800
Antonio Scalzi it
Antonio Scalzi
Busted

Tags: Antonio ScalziDan Smith

Farrell Back to his Usual Tactics

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

On the three-way flop of {Q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}, Kevin Lee Sharp and Mihails Morozovs checked and then called a bet worth 12,000 by Niall Farrell. Sharp and Morozovs also checked the {2-Spades} turn and Farrell fired a bet of 35,000, which just Morozovs called. The {5-Diamonds} fell on the river and Morozovs checked to face the all in of the Scotsman.

After quite some consideration, Morozovs folded and the pot was shipped to Farrell.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
EPT 1X Winner
350,000 70,000
Mihails Morozovs lv
Mihails Morozovs
90,000 -55,000

Tags: Mihails MorozovsNiall FarrellKevin Lee Sharp

Massive Pot Straight Out of the Gate

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
Jaroslaw Sikora
Jaroslaw Sikora

Jaroslaw Sikora opened for 6,000 and received a call from Charles Chattha on the button. Alfie Adam then three-bet to 21,000 from the big blind, and Sikora pushed back with a four-bet to 47,000. Chattha got out of the way, Adam five-bet shoved for roughly 220,000, and Sikora snap-called.

Sikora: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Adam: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

It was a cooler for Sikora, but his fortune turned around when the {4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} flop delivered him a set. The {A-Diamonds} turn have Adam some Broadway outs, but he was left wanting as the {A-Hearts} paired the board on the river. A disappointed Adam shook hands with a couple of players and then took his leave from the EPT12 Malta Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Jaroslaw Sikora pl
Jaroslaw Sikora
625,000 247,300
Alfie Adam gb
Alfie Adam
Busted

Tags: Alfie AdamJaroslaw SikoraCharles Chattha

Details on the Boujenah Exit

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

"Oh man so close, just 30 off the money." Ilan Boujenah said outside of the tournament area. According to him, Patrick Jann had raised to 6,000 and Boujenah three-bet to 14,000 from the button to receive a call. On the {8-}{9-}{6-} flop with two hearts, Yann bet 16,000 and Boujenah raised to 35,000 to get a call. Jann also bet the {8-} turn for 50,000 and Boujenah had little more than that remaining to shove with {A-}{A-}.

Jann made the call with {5-}{5-} and a {7-} river gave him the straight to score the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Jann ch
Patrick Jann
328,000 127,800
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
Busted

Tags: Ilan BoujenahPatrick Jann