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

Palumbo Does It Again

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Directly after tripling up, Rocco Palumbo open-shoved for 370,000. Behzad Ahadpour reshoved all in from the small blind to put Palumbo again at risk.

Rocco Palumbo: {J-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Behzad Ahadpour: {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

Slowly, the dealer fanned out the perfect flop for Palumbo: {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}!

"Oh my God!," gasped Ahadpour, who saw his chance to win the hand diminish just like that. The {8-Spades} on the turn sealed it, making the {A-Hearts} on the river meaningless. Palumbo went from 100,000 to 800,000 in the course of two hands.

Player Chips Progress
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
800,000 425,000
Behzad Ahadpour ir
Behzad Ahadpour
370,000 -410,000

Tags: Behzad AhadpourRocco Palumbo

Diego Zeiter Eliminated in 11th Place (€20,400)

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Diego Zeiter
Diego Zeiter

From the hijack, Diego Zeiter pushed all in for 131,000. Big blind Jakub Michalak called with {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} but was trailing Zeiter's {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}. The board ran out {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and Zeiter doubled up.

The next hand, he was under the gun and moved all in again, this time for 302,000. Cutoff Rocco Palumbo called all in for 100,000 exactly and button Adrian Mateos isolated all in over the top for 375,000. Both blinds released.

Rocco Palumbo: {Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Adrian Mateos: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Diego Zeiter: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Spades}{8-Spades} and Palumbo won the main pot while Mateos grabbed the side pot.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
477,000 157,000
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
375,000 275,000
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
Busted

Tags: Adrian MateosDiego ZeiterJakub MichalakRocco Palumbo

Buddiga Gets A Lot From Carrel

Level 16 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

The board read {10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Pratyush Buddiga checked out of the blinds. Charlie Carrel bet 75,000 and Buddiga called.

On the {J-Diamonds} river, Buddiga elected to lead out for 125,000. Carrel considered his options, then put in a raise to 400,000. Buddiga snap-called it off.

Charlie Carrel: {Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Pratyush Buddiga: {K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

Carrel's queen-high straight was no match for Buddiga's king-high flush. The American moved up to second place after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
1,500,000 -614,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
1,350,000 540,000

Tags: Charlie CarrelPratyush Buddiga

Level: 16

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Flush Over Flush Results in Bubble Spot for Pasquale Grimaldi

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Pasquale Grimaldi
Pasquale Grimaldi

He was the chipleader of the tournament just minutes ago, just slipping into what must have second place moments before the final hand. And now, it's all gone and one player has a truly massive stack.

Charlie Carrel was first to act and raised to 50,000. Big blind Pasquale Grimaldi called and the two both checked on {9-Spades}{K-Hearts}{A-Hearts}. So far, nothing exciting was happening.

The {Q-Hearts} hit the turn which made Grimaldi bet out 80,000. Carrel raised to, what we believe was, 200,000. Grimaldi answered with a shove and Carrel called all in for 976,000 total. Grimaldi had just 14,000 more than that and was in big trouble!

Pasquale Grimaldi: {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}
Charlie Carrel: {9-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

There wasn't a card Grimaldi could hit, so no big show was made of the {2-Clubs} completing the board.

Grimaldi was all in blind from the small blind the next hand. As everyone folded, it was once again Carrel, now the big blind, he was facing.

Pasquale Grimaldi: {A-Spades}{4-Hearts}
Charlie Carrel: {K-Clubs}{5-Clubs}

Grimaldi was in the lead but the {K-Spades}{J-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades} decided otherwise. Grimaldi was the official bubble of the €10,300 Single-Day High Roller while Carrel was still busy stacking the biggest stack in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
2,114,000 1,378,000
Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
Busted

Tags: Charlie CarrelPasquale Grimaldi

Behzad Ahadpour On a Rampage

Level 15 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Behzad Ahadpour
Behzad Ahadpour

While Behzad Ahadpour promised the table he would only play aces, kings, queens and ace-king (later ace-queen was also included), he has been raising just about every hand. The rest of the table is quick to fold most of the times.

Just now, Scott Seiver did call a raise, only to check on a flop of {Q-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. Ahadpour pushed all in for 6 times the pot and showed the {9-Hearts} after Seiver folded. So it's safe to say Ahadpour is not playing just big cards. The table is laughing just about constantly, everyone is entertained by the antics of Ahadpour with Scott Seiver as his new best friend.

Still 12 players, still bubble, still hand for hand.

Tags: Behzad AhadpourScott Seiver

Level: 15

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000