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

Ivarsson Empties the Clip

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Alexander Ivarsson raised pre flop from the small blind and Niall Farrell in the big blind called. Ivarsson fired 50,000 on a flop of {4-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Niall Farrell in the big blind tossed in two green 25,000 chips to call. The {K-Clubs} fell on the turn and Ivarsson bet 115,000. Farrell called again. The {8-Spades} hit the river and Ivarsson bet 255,000 into the 428,000 pot. Farrell folded after some tanking.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
2,208,000
322,000
322,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
1,738,000
-12,000
-12,000
Run It Once
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
1,421,000
-99,000
-99,000
Jaka Coaching
Jaroslaw Sikora pl
Jaroslaw Sikora
1,404,000
-32,000
-32,000
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
1,385,000
-222,000
-222,000
EPT 1X Winner
Bjorn Geissert de
Bjorn Geissert
436,000
-8,000
-8,000

Tags: Alexander IvarssonNiall Farrell

PokerNews Podcast Ep. #341: WSOP Europe Recap and Hall of Fame Talk

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Rich Ryan is back, and he and Donnie Peters place a bow on top of Run It Up Reno, recap the conclusion of the World Series of Poker Europe, and discuss the 2015 Poker Hall of Fame class.

Don't forget, you can call the show and leave a voicemail at 774-77-PNPOD.

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Tags: Donnie PetersPokerNews PodcastRich Ryan

Check Raises Allowed, Not Encouraged

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Niall Farrell opened to 35,000 from the button and Bjorn Geissert in the small blind made the call. The flop came {4-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs} and Geissert check raised Farrell's 48,000 continuation bet to 108,000. Farrell three bet to 175,000. Geissert, with 379,000 behind, tanked for a bit before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
1,540,000
155,000
155,000
EPT 1X Winner
Bjorn Geissert de
Bjorn Geissert
379,000
-57,000
-57,000

Tags: Bjorn GeissertNiall Farrell

Ho Crippled By Kempe

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

With roughly 325,000 in the pot and a board reading {6-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, Michael Ho bet 175,000 from the small blind and Rainer Kempe thought long and hard before moving all in for 207,000 more from the under-the-gun position. Ho made the call and discovered the bad news.

Ho: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Kempe: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Ho ran his big pocket pair into an even bigger one, and he sent over a large portion of his chips after the {8-Clubs} blanked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
1,100,000
613,000
613,000
Michael Ho us
Michael Ho
240,000
-591,000
-591,000

Tags: Rainer KempeMichael Ho

Le Pichon Has Kicker Problems

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress raised to 35,000 from the button and Ferdinand Le Pichon defended from the big blind to see a {6-Spades}{10-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} flop. Le Pichon proceeded to check-call a bet of 45,000 before check-calling one of 105,000 on the {6-Hearts} turn. When the {10-Hearts} completed the board on the river, Le Pichon checked for a third time and Dvoress did the same.

Le Pichon tabled the {q-Hearts}{j-Spades} for queens and tens, but his kicker proved too weak to win as Dvoress held the same two pair with an ace holding the {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
1,150,000
264,000
264,000
Run It Once
Ferdinand Le Pichon fr
Ferdinand Le Pichon
325,000
-267,000
-267,000

Tags: Ferdinand Le PichonDaniel Dvoress

Natasha Barbour Eliminated in 20th Place (€23,960)

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Natasha Barbour
Natasha Barbour

Alen Bilic opened under the gun to 32,000 and Natasha Barbour moved in for her last 265,000 from the hijack. Action folded to Michael Ho in the big blind and he shoved too. Bilic instantly folded and it was time for a showdown.

"Can I snapchat this?" Ho asked before revealing his cards. The dealer nodded and Ho's phone suddenly started playing loud music. "Every %^*! time!" he said with a smile.

Michael Ho: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}
Natasha Barbour: {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

The board came {Q-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} and Barbour got up from the table. "I don't think I got you covered" Ho said. But he did and Natasha hit the rail in 20th place.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Ho us
Michael Ho
595,000
355,000
355,000
Natasha Barbour us
Natasha Barbour
Busted

Tags: Michael HoNatasha Barbour

Kitty Uses One of Her Nine Lives

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to the last woman in the field, Kitty Kuo, who limped from the small blind. Darrell Goh then exercised his option in the big by making it 45,000 all day. Kuo responded by moving all in for 323,000, and Goh snap-called.

Goh: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Kuo: {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

Kuo was dominated, but she received a reprieve when the {8-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs} flop delivered her a set. Goh was looking for either a six or seven to take back the lead, but it wasn't in the cards as the {K-Spades} blanked on the turn followed by the {8-Diamonds} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Darrell Goh at
Darrell Goh
1,000,000
-360,000
-360,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
650,000
302,000
302,000

Tags: Kitty KuoDarrell Goh

Chemi Wins an Important One

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Ferdinand Le Pichon first won a pot from Kitty Kuo where he had {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and got two streets (flop and river) value from Kuo on {K-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{J-Spades}{5-Spades}.

Those chips he lost again the next hand. He opened to 36,000 from the hijack and his neighbor Antonio Chemi made the call. Le Pichon fired 36,000 on the {A-Spades}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop and Chemi called. Both checked the {4-Diamonds} on the turn and Le Pichon bet another 72,000 on the {Q-Diamonds} river. Chemi tanked for a fair bit before calling. Ferdinand Le Pichon didn't show immediately, and Chemi took it down with the {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Chemi it
Antonio Chemi
630,000
111,000
111,000
Ferdinand Le Pichon fr
Ferdinand Le Pichon
380,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Antonio ChemiFerdinand Le PichonKitty Kuo