2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
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

Break

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The first break of the day has just commenced. Action will continue in 20 minutes.

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Jean Busts Just Before the Break

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

As players were heading into the break, Mikael Jean was eliminated at the hands of Bjorn Geissert.

With 125,000 in the pot and a flop of {5-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, Geissert checked under the gun and Jean bet 51,000 from middle position. Geissert check-raised to 120,000, Jean called, and the two saw the {6-Spades} peel off on the turn. Geissert checked once again, and Jean moved all in for 240,000. Geissert made a relatively quick call.

Geissert: {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Jean: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Geissert had flopped a set to pull ahead of Jean's kings, though the latter had a spade draw. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {7-Clubs}, the last card Jean would see before making his way to the payout desk in 30th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikael Jean
Busted

Tags: Bjorn GeissertMikael Jean

Dvoress Takes from Shorr

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress opened for 25,000 from the cutoff and Shannon Shorr called from the button. Darrell Goh did the same from the big blind and three players took a flop of {9-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{j-Clubs}. Goh checked, Dvoress continued for 47,000, and only Shorr called to see the {7-Diamonds} turn.

Dvoress bet again, this time 98,000, and Shorr thought long and hard before making the call. Both players then checked the {J-Hearts} river and Dvoress tabled the {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}, which bested the {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} of Shorr.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Dvoress
620,000
156,000
156,000
Run It Once
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Shannon Shorr
155,000
-264,000
-264,000

Tags: Shannon ShorrDaniel Dvoress

McDonald's Stack Diminished in Remarkable Hand

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Ferdinand Le Pichon opened to 26,000 from middle position and Mike McDonald on the button three bet to 65,000. Both blinds folded, Le Pichon made the call.

The flop came {A-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and Le Pichon tanked for several minutes. McDonald called the clock on him, and eventually he checked. McDonald now bet 45,000 and Le Pichon called.

The {5-Spades} fell on the turn and Le Pichon checked again. McDonald bet 80,000 and Le Pichon instantly check raised all in. McDonald just smiled a bit and said "That was a fast all in!" He thought about it for a bit and then called.

Mike McDonald: {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Ferdinand Le Pichon: {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

The river {8-Diamonds} did not save McDonald and he saw his stack dimished to just 27,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Ferdinand Le Pichon
760,000
339,000
339,000
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Mike McDonald
27,000
-406,000
-406,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ferdinand Le PichonMike McDonald

Sikora Makes Double Knock Out; Lodden and Turtiainen Hit the Rail

Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Over on the feature table we saw a massive three way all in. Lodden in early position, Sikora in the hijack and Turtiainen in the big blind had all of their chips in the middle before the flop. The main pot was 466,000, the side pot was a bit bigger with 844,000.

Johnny Lodden: {8-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Mikko Turtiainen: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Jaroslaw Sikora: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}

The flop gave Lodden some outs with {9-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}, but the {K-Hearts} on the turn and {4-Hearts} on the river were blanks and Lodden made his exit in 29th place while Turtiainen finished in 28th place.

Player Chips Progress
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Jaroslaw Sikora
1,496,000
787,000
787,000
Profile photo of Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
Busted
Profile photo of Mikko Turtiainen fi
Mikko Turtiainen
Busted

Tags: Jaroslaw SikoraJohnny LoddenMikko Turtiainen