2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

€10,300 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
€188,229
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€814,800
Entries
84
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Penalty for Drinan, Triple for Petrangelo

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

We missed it but were informed Connor Drinan received a one-round penalty for a hand where he exposed his card a little bit too soon. He made a bet of 25,000 on the river and Sergey Sergeev announced all in. Apparently, Drinan didn't hear that and as Sergeev put in 25,000 first, Drinan thought he had called and not shoved. Drinan folded and on top had to sit out for one-orbit. Since the table was 6-handed, he only missed 6 hands.

While Drinan was gone, Michael Ho raised under the gun to 5,200. His neighbor Sergey Sergeev three-bet to 15,700 and big blind Nick Petrangelo called all in for 5,900. Ho folded and Petrangelo showed {3-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Sergeev tabled {8-Spades}{8-Hearts} but the chips would go to Petrangelo as the board came {3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Sergeev ru
Sergey Sergeev
120,000 -30,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
105,000 5,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
19,000 9,000

Tags: Connor DrinanMichael HoNick Petrangelo

Neuville Cripples Petrangelo

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Pierre Neuville
Pierre Neuville

We caught the tail-end of a big hand between Nick Petrangelo and Pierre Neuville. The 2015 November Niner from Belgirum had {K-Diamonds}{6-Spades} on a board of {4-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} against Petrangelo's {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. The American had to pay off 46,200 on the river, leaving him with just 10,000 behind.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
152,000 52,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
10,000 -74,900

Tags: Nick PetrangeloPierre Neuville

Some Chip Counts From the Break

Level 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
300,000 200,000
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
EPT 1X Winner
265,000 -5,000
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
231,000 131,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
210,000 -10,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
205,000 105,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
200,000 8,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
170,000 -10,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
EPT 1X Winner
170,000 70,000
Roman Korenev ru
Roman Korenev
165,000 65,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
165,000 65,000
Sergey Sergeev ru
Sergey Sergeev
150,000 50,000
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
145,000 45,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
120,000 20,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
EPT 1X Winner
120,000 -10,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400