2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
€335,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,396,800
Entries
144
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Andreev Gone for Good

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

"Seat open table seven" was announced and the cards and board were already rushed away. According to Niall Farrell, Andrey Andreev had shoved for just 2,100 with the {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and Christophe Larquemin called in the big blind with {J-}{10-}. The flop brought top two for Larquemin and Andreev's straight draw never completed.

Andreev is the first player to bust two bullets and won't be back in, as the tournament is played with single re-entry only.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
120,000 24,000
Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
Busted

Tags: Andrey AndreevChristophe LarqueminNiall Farrell

Mateos' Queens Hold Up Against Carrel

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

Charlie Carrel opened to 900 from the hijack, Adrian Mateos reraised in the very next seat to 3,000, and after button and blinds folded Carrel four-bet to 11,000. Mateos called.

The flop came {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and prompted two checks, as did the turn {J-Clubs}. On the {7-Hearts} river Carrel bet out 12,000, which Mateos instantly called. Carrel flashed {K-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, but the top pair was no good against Mateos' {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}.

There will be no further battles between the two of them at this point in time. Carrel was just moved to the table of Sam Greenwood.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
95,000 36,000
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
66,000 -19,500

Tags: Adrian MateosCharlie Carrel

Fast Looks Up Tsivikos

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

Pratyush Buddiga just registered for the event and headed to the table of EPT13 Barcelona High Roller champion Connor Drinan and Dietrich Fast. The latter saw a heads-up flop of {10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Spades}{10-Diamonds} with around 10,000 in the middle and bet 2,500. Charalampos Tsivikos raised to 8,000 in the cutoff and the German called.

On the {K-Spades} river, Fast checked and Tsivikos bet 17,000, which represented almost half of the stack of his opponent. Fast eventually sighed and called, Tsivikos showed {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and Fast scooped the pot with the {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for trips tens.

Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen also sat down one table over after just having registered for the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
80,000 31,500
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
50,000 50,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
50,000 50,000
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
50,000 50,000
Charalampos Tsivikos cy
Charalampos Tsivikos
40,400 -14,600

Tags: Charalampos TsivikosConnor DrinanDietrich FastPratyush BuddigaTheo Jorgensen

Heath Shoves Into Bercovici

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

With around 9,500 in the middle and the board reading {Q-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{A-Spades}, Hari Bercovici checked in the hijack and Ben heath bet 6,500 in the cutoff. Bercovici called and checked again the {2-Diamonds} on the river. Heath moved all in for approximately 23,000 and that forced a fold from his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Hari Bercovici il
Hari Bercovici
55,000 -17,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
44,000 6,500

Tags: Ben HeathHari Bercovici

Chidwick Gets Off on the Right Foot

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

Stephen Chidwick is one of the latest entrants to this €10,300 High Roller, and the Englishman have already had an excellent start to his tournament.

Chidwick and Azerbaijan's Ilkin Amirov each put 5,250 into the pot and saw a {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop. Amirov fired 3,700 and Chidwick quickly made the call.

Turn was the {A-Clubs}, but that didn't slow Amirov down one bit. He continued for 10,100 and got another call.

River was the {2-Diamonds}, and when checked to, Chidwick put in a bet of 16,000. That was enough to take down the pot as Amirov's hand hit the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
70,000 20,000
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
38,000 -14,500

Tags: Ilkin AmirovStephen Chidwick

Petrangelo Takes from Lanuza

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

Armando Collado Lanuza raised to 650 from the cutoff and Nick Petrangelo called on the button, Orpen Kisacikoglu came along in the big blind. On the {J-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop, all three players checked. The {2-Clubs} turn was checked to Petrangelo and he bet 2,000. Kisacikoglu folded and Lanuza called.

After the {6-Clubs} river, Lanuza checked again for the third time and Petrangelo briefly looked up from his smartphone before betting 5,500. That proved to be too much for Lazuna, he folded.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
54,000 3,000
Armando Collado ni
Armando Collado
53,000 3,000

Tags: Nick PetrangeloOrpen KisacikogluArmando Collado Lanuza

More Entries

Level 3 : 150/300, 50 ante

The below players all registered right at the start of level three. Among them is also Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who finished third in this very tournament the last time around.

Player Chips Progress
Aymon Hata gb
Aymon Hata
50,000
Marc MacDonnell ie
Marc MacDonnell
50,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
50,000
Preben Stokkan no
Preben Stokkan
50,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
50,000
Konstantinos Nanos gr
Konstantinos Nanos
50,000
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
50,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
50,000
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau by
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
50,000

Tags: Mikalai Vaskaboinikau

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

The Bigger Stacks in the Room

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

With only two bust-outs so far the average stack is barely 52,000. A few players have however taken advantage of the first two levels of play, and are sitting on bigger stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
96,000 -2,000
Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
86,500 -11,500
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
85,500 -4,500
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
79,000 9,000
Iliodoros Kamatakis gr
Iliodoros Kamatakis
65,000 10,000

First Break of the Day

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

The 49 players still in the €10,300 High Roller just went on their first 20 minute break of the day. When they get back the price of poker will be 150/300 with a 50 chips ante.