Andrew Atkinson had just a single ante left when the bubble burst, and was quite happy about making the money. He was all in blind the next hand and had to do with . The table all folded but the big blind was not in the position to do the same and went to battle with . What easily could have become a chopped pot, became Atkinson's bust out hand in the end: .
Christopher Andler (grey hoodie) bubbles EPT 12 Malta Main Event 2015
Christopher Andler, who was one of the players stalling before hand-for-hand play commenced, has just busted on the bubble.
Daniel Dvoress raised to 10,000 under the gun and Giulio Spampinato made the call from the small blind. Andler was all in for just 1,500 in the big blind and Spaminato and Dvoress went heads-up on the side.
The flop fell and Spampinato checked and Dvoress bet 6,500. Spampinato called and the turn came the . Spampinato led out for 13,000 and Dvoress called. Both players checked the river and the hands were revealed.
Dvoress:
Spampinato:
Andler:
Dvoress took the main and side pots with a pair of aces and with Andler's exit, the rest of the field is in the money.
Pierre Chevalier opened with a raise from middle position and 2013 PokerStars UKIPT Marbella Main Event champ Ludovic Geilich shoved his short stack — what looked to be approximately 30,000 — from the small blind. Chevalier made the call and after play concluded at all other tables the cards were turned on their back.
Chevalier:
Geilich:
Spectators surrounded the table, and some rumblings reverberated throughout the room when the cards were announced. No one seemed surprised that the short stack got it in with aces, but it sounded like some players were excited over Chevalier's hand, which was some might say is good for cracking aces.
That said, you can imagine the excitement that shot through the room when the flop fell to give Chevalier both an open-ended straight and flush draw. Needless to say, Geilich was not thrilled and his face suggested his days were numbered.
Sure enough, the dealer burned and turned the to give Chevalier the straight and leave Geilich drawing dead. The meaningless was put out on the river, and Geilich left empty handed in 97th place, which sets up the official bubble.
Just one more player needs to go before the money is reach.
Up at the feature table, Dara O'Kearney got his stack of 95,500 all in preflop and was at risk against Alen Bilic.
Bilic:
O'Kearney:
The flop wasn't particularly interesting, but the turn was as it gave Bilic a flush draw. Fortunately for O'Kearney, lady luck was on his side as the blanked on the river to give him the double.
Level 17 is underway. Hand-for-hand play will continue, and with some short stacks out there, we're thinking the money will be here sooner than later. Two more players need to go to make it happen. Stay tuned to find out who it will be.
Rainer Kempe raised to 9,000 and Darrell Goh moved all in for 130,500 out of the small blind. Kempe announced the call for more than half of his stack but they had to wait for the action on Chris Hunichen's table before proceeding with the showdown. All other players had headed into the break already and barely anyone got to see the showdown.
Kempe:
Goh:
The flop gave Kempe some back door outs for the flush, but the turn ensured a split pot. A meaningless fell on the river and then the table also headed into the break.
After a raise to 9,000, Rainer Kempe called on the cutoff and so did Natasha Barbour in the small blind and the player in the big blind. On the flop , the action checked to Kempe and he fired a bet worth 17,500. Only Barbour called and also checked the on the turn. Kempe bet 36,500 and Barbour check-raised to 81,500 in order to scoop the pot.
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. The table all folded but the big blind was not in the position to do the same and went to battle with 
. What easily could have become a chopped pot, became Atkinson's bust out hand in the end: 
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and Spampinato checked and Dvoress bet 6,500. Spampinato called and the turn came the 
. Spampinato led out for 13,000 and Dvoress called. Both players checked the 
river and the hands were revealed.
to give Chevalier both an open-ended straight and flush draw. Needless to say, Geilich was not thrilled and his face suggested his days were numbered.
was put out on the river, and Geilich left empty handed in 97th place, which sets up the official bubble. 
turn was as it gave Bilic a flush draw. Fortunately for O'Kearney, lady luck was on his side as the 
blanked on the river to give him the double.
flop gave Kempe some back door outs for the flush, but the 
