On the five-way flop of , the action checked to Mahmood Rasheed and he bet 1,750. Martin Kozlov raised to 4,800 from the cutoff and the other players including Stephen Zesinger folded, Rasheed called.
On the turn, Rasheed checked and Kozlov bet 7,500, Rasheed check-raised to 35,000 and Kozlov called all in.
Kozlov:
Rasheed:
The Irishman had been running over the table previously and also made quads, but this time he would see the same fate against him, as the river made Kozlov quads. The Aussie, who won a bracelet at the 2016 World Series of Poker, doubled for 26,900 and put a major dent into Rasheed's stack.
The Main Event is here! In about two hours, at 12 p.m. local time, the €5,300 2016 PokerStars.com EPT Malta Main Event starts. It's the third and final edition of this event as the EPT stops are about to be renamed next year.
Last year, the EPT visited this Meditteranean island twice. At the end of season 11, it was Jean Montury who took home the victory. In October 2015, it was Niall Farrell who became the latest EPT Malta champion. The Brit lifted the trophy and took home €534,330 for being the strongest in a field of 651 players.
A lot of notable players are expected to either enter today's day 1a or tomorrow on day 1b. We'll have to wait and see who shows up for today's eight 75-minute levels. There will be a 20-minute break after each two levels of play and a 75-minute dinner break at the end of level 6. Which means play will conclude around midnight local time.
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, the action checked to Mahmood Rasheed and he bet 1,750. Martin Kozlov raised to 4,800 from the cutoff and the other players including Stephen Zesinger folded, Rasheed called.
turn, Rasheed checked and Kozlov bet 7,500, Rasheed check-raised to 35,000 and Kozlov called all in.
river made Kozlov quads. The Aussie, who won a bracelet at the 2016 World Series of Poker, doubled for 26,900 and put a major dent into Rasheed's stack.
