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

Drinan Looks Like a Chipleader

Level 5 : 250/500, 75 ante

In the last hand before the break, Connor Drinan cemented his chiplead by winning yet another pot. On a board of {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{K-Spades}{A-Clubs} Onur Unsal checked to Drinan, who quickly checked back. Hands on their backs, and Drinan's {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} was enough to drag the pot against the Turks' counterfeited {Q-}{Q-}.

Drinan now has 120,000, while both Hari Bercovici and Christophe Larquemin have joined him in the 100k club.

Player Chips Progress
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
120,000
Hari Bercovici il
Hari Bercovici
100,000
Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
100,000
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
98,000
Vlado Banicevic me
Vlado Banicevic
92,000
Adrian Szuman pl
Adrian Szuman
87,000

Tags: Connor DrinanOnur Unsal

Level: 5

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 75

Buddiga Doubles Through Bedell

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante
Pratyush Buddiga
Pratyush Buddiga

Xiaoyan Luo started the action with a raise to 950 and Tom-Aksel Bedell three-bet to 2,800 from one seat over. In the big blind, Pratyush Buddiga four-bet to 7,500 and Luo folded, Bedell called.

The flop came {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}{7-Spades} and Buddiga bet 6,500. Bedell moved all in and Buddiga called.

Pratyush Buddiga: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Tom-Aksel Bedell: {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

The {7-Diamonds} turn and {5-Clubs} river failed to improve Bedell and the stacks were counted. Buddiga was at risk for 41,750 and Bedell had that covered by just one big blind to remain with a mere dust.

Player Chips Progress
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
99,500
54,500
54,500
Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
550
-49,450
-49,450

Tags: Pratyush BuddigaTom-Aksel BedellXiaoyang Luo

Three New Faces; One Re-Entry

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Allan Sannier is in for the second bullet while Joris Ruijs has taken a seat that he won through a live Satellite. last but not least, James Akenhead has also signed up for the tournament as well.

Player Chips Progress
Allan Sannier fr
Allan Sannier
50,000
50,000
50,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
50,000
50,000
50,000
Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
50,000
50,000
50,000

Tags: Allan SannierJames AkenheadJoris Ruijs

Yan Chops with Neuville

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Pierre Neuville had just won a middle-sized pot and wasn't done stacking yet when [Removed:17] raised to 1,000 from the button. Neuville called in the big blind and the flop came {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. Neuville checked, Yan bet 1,100 and Neuville called. Both then checked down the {10-Diamonds} turn and the {4-Diamonds} river.

Neuville showed {K-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Yan chopped with {K-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}. The New Zealander, known under his online moniker "MissOracle", remains with a short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
47,000
-3,000
-3,000
[Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
10,125
-39,875
-39,875

Tags: Pierre Neuville

Hall Connects With River

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a board of {8-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} Caitlin Hall fired 8,100 from the small blind into a pot of almost 10,000. Martin Kozlov in the big blind couldn't quite make up his mind, but ended up calling it off to see Hall's {A-Clubs}{3-Hearts} had been turned into trips by the river. That was enough to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
57,000
7,000
7,000
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
40,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Martin KozlovCaitlin Hall

The More the Merrier

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Among the newest entries for Day 1 were Davidi Kitai, popular Twitch streamer Parker "tonkaaaaP" Talbot, EPT13 Malta €10,300 Single-Day High Roller champion Jakub Michalak and Koray Aldemir.

Player Chips Progress
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
50,000
Gleb Tremzin ru
Gleb Tremzin
50,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
50,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
50,000
PokerStars
Piotr Franczak pl
Piotr Franczak
50,000
Jakub Michalak pl
Jakub Michalak
50,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
50,000

Tags: Davidi KitaiJakub MichalakParker TalbotKoray Aldemir

Jorgensen Rivers a Full House

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

In a battle of the blinds Mikita Badziakouski led out for 1,000 on a {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}{K-Hearts} flop before Theo Jorgensen called.

Turn was the {7-Diamonds}, and this time it was Jorgensen who showed aggression betting 3,000. Badziakouski called.

River was the {3-Hearts}, and checked to once again, Jorgensen fired 8,000. Badziakouski spent quite some time mulling over that decission, cutting the 8,000 out of his stack, but not committing them. A few minutes later tablemate Jorryt van Hoof called the clock on Badziakouski, and with only one second left, the Belarusian player slid the chips over the line.

Jorgensen showed {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} for a rivered full house, and that was good for the sizable pot.

Player Chips Progress
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
72,000
22,000
22,000
PokerStars
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
32,000
-18,000
-18,000

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiTheo Jorgensen

Heath and Bercovici Meet Again

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

In the small blind, Hari Bercovici raised to 1,000 and Ben Heath three-bet to 3,200, Bercovici called. On the {A-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop, Bercovici checked, Heath bet 2,650 and Bercovici announced raise, but only put in 5,050. It was ruled as a min-raise to 5,300 and Heath didn't say any word, then tossed in two T-5,000 chips.

While the Brit said he meant to raise, he didn't announce it and it was just a call. On the {10-Hearts} turn, Bercovici checked, Heath bet 6,850 and received the call. The {Q-Spades} river then went check, check, and Bercovici turned over {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} as winning hand, because Heath mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Hari Bercovici il
Hari Bercovici
89,000
34,000
34,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
36,000
-8,000
-8,000

Tags: Ben HeathHari Bercovici