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

Greenwood Pays Off Farrell's Value Bets

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

Niall Farrell opened under the gun for 27,000 and Sam Greenwood in the big blind called. Both players checked on {5-Clubs}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs} and the {Q-Hearts} hit the turn. Greenwood check called a bet of 38,000, and check called another 75,000 on the {5-Diamonds} river. Farrell showed {K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and Greenwood mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Niall Farrell gb
Niall Farrell
1,630,000
210,000
210,000
EPT 1X Winner
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
1,120,000
-287,000
-287,000

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Shannon Shorr Eliminated in 22nd Place (€20,800)

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

Italy's Gianluca Escobar opened for 26,000 from middle position and cleared the field all the way around to Shannon Shorr in the big blind. The American pro opted to shove all in for roughly 155,000, and Escobar snap-called.

Shorr: {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}
Escobar: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}

It was a bad spot for Shorr, and he would find no salvation as the board ran out a clean {q-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca Escobar it
Gianluca Escobar
1,065,000
165,000
165,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
Busted

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Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Jens Lakemeier Eliminated in 21st Place (€20,800)

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

In the first hand back from the break, a short-stacked Jens Lakemeier shoved all in under the gun for 125,000 and Sam Greenwood, who was seated to his direct left, just called. The rest of the field cleared out and the cards were turned up.

Lakemeier: {k-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Greenwood: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The {2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} flop paired Greenwood's ace, but it also delivered Lakemeier a flush draw. He had two pulls at a diamond, but neither the {3-Clubs} turn nor {5-Clubs} river was what he was looking for. With Lakemeier's elimintion in 21st place, the remaining 20 players are guaranteed a minimum €23,960 payday.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
1,280,000
164,000
164,000
Jens Lakemeier at
Jens Lakemeier
Busted

Tags: Jens LakemeierSam Greenwood

A Mexican Stare Off

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

The PokerStars Blog was on hand to witness a curious case of clock calling earlier today in the Main Event.

As Nick Wright explained:

"Never before had I seen the clock called on the flop because the pre-flop caller (not the aggressor) had taken too long to act. More specifically when that player was first to act so therefore facing no previous action on that street."

Read more about it by clicking here.

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Spampinato Wins a Big One

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

Alen Bilic opened under the gun for 32,000 and action folded to Giulio Spampinato in the small blind. Spampinato three bet to 85,000 and Bilic called.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and Spampinato bet out 110,000. Bilic called. Spampinato checked on the {7-Hearts} turn, and called as Bilic bet 77,000. The {4-Diamonds} completed the board and Spampinato bet out 130,000. Bilic thought about it for a bit before he raised to 350,000. Spampinato called.

Bilic showed {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}, Spampinato tabled {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} for the winner.

Player Chips Progress
Giulio Spampinato it
Giulio Spampinato
1,840,000
585,000
585,000
Alen Bilic ba
Alen Bilic
1,060,000
-609,000
-609,000

Tags: Giulio SpampinatoAlen Bilic