2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€355,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,269,800
Entries
468
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Smith Shoves on Neuville

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

With already around 10,000 chips in the middle, Pierre Neuville threw in a 7,500-bet from first position on the turn.

The board was {J-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and he was up against Justin Smith to his left and Jordi Urlings in the small blind. Smith thanked for a moment before making the call, Urlings quickly folded.

The {K-Diamonds} appeared on the river and Neuville checked to his neighbor. Smith went all in for 11,500 and Neuville folded.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
170,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
35,000

Tags: Justin SmithPierre Neuville

Hall Can't Stand the Heath

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Cate Hall
Cate Hall

There's a lot of action on table 4. Ben Heath, Caitlin Hall and Vladimir Troyanovskiy are the most notables names at that table. Four-way, five-way or even six-way to the flop isn't an exception.

In one of the last hands before the break, Christophe Larquemin raised to 450 from first position, Karzan Hamarash, to his left, made the call. Ben Heath raised it up to 1,650 and Caitlin Hall threw in a four-bet to 3,700.

Larquemin called, Hamarash got out of the way and Heath paid to see the {K-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{J-Spades} flop.

Larquemin front-bet 3,250, which both, Heath and Hall, called. The turncard was the {K-Clubs} and now it was checked to Hall. She threw in a bet of 5,800, leaving her with only 7,600 behind.

Larquemin folded and it was up to Heath. He check-raised to 15,000 and Hall went in the tank.

She thought about it for several minutes but eventually folded her hand.

In the next hand, she bet 600 on the {Q-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} flop and Michael Ho was her only opponent. He called and both checked the {5-Clubs} turn. The {6-Spades} landed on the river and Hall checked to Ho.

He put out a 1,600-bet and Hall tanked again. "I wish I hadn't acted so tilted", she said. "That would have made my river decision a lot easier."

After a couple of minutes she threw in a 5,000-chip to call and Ho snap mucked his hand, boosting Hall's stack up to 12,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
56,000 25,000
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
12,000 -10,000
Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
11,500 -18,500

Tags: Ben HeathCaitlin HallChristophe Larquemin

Soulier Folds; But Starts Well

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Fabrice Soulier
Fabrice Soulier

The table of Fabrice Soulier has seen the addition of Aleksandar Spadijer and Vlado Banicevic, and both players from Montenegro have been able to increase their stacks already. So did Soulier, who just lost a small pot to Sven Magirius.

Soulier raised to 350 and Magirius called, as did Luca Giovannone in the big blind. On the {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop, Giovannone checked and Soulier bet 575. Only Magirius called and the {Q-Spades} fell on the turn. and Soulier checked. Magirius bet 1,100 and that ended the hand right there.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
43,000 14,000
Luca Giovannone it
Luca Giovannone
33,000 1,500
Sven Magirius de
Sven Magirius
20,000 20,000

Tags: Aleksandar SpadijerFabrice SoulierLuca GiovannoneSven MagiriusVlado Banicevic

Small Pots for Brand and Dashti

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

[Removed:155] raised from early position and Yung Hwang as well as Nariman Yaghmai called. On the {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades} flop, Yaghmai checked and Brand bet 300, receiving calls from Hwang and Yaghmai. The {3-Hearts} turn and {4-Clubs} river were both checked and Yaghmai showed the {10-Spades}{8-Clubs}, Brand had that beat with {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and Hwang mucked.

Shortly after, Ghanim Dashti raised to 300, Hwang called and Dmitry Yurasov three-bet to 1,200 in the cutoff. Dashti four-bet to 2,500 and Hwang folded, Yurasov called. On the {10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} flop, Dashti bet and Yurasov quickly folded.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:155] nl
[Removed:155]
38,000 1,500
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
35,000 5,000
Ghanim Dashti kw
Ghanim Dashti
33,000
Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
27,000 -3,000

Tags: Dmitry YurasovNariman YaghmaiGhanim DashtiYung Hwang

Updated Counts

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
45,000 15,000
Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
41,500 9,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
41,000 5,000
Vlado Banicevic me
Vlado Banicevic
40,000
Aleksandar Spadijer me
Aleksandar Spadijer
39,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
34,000 4,000
Victor Ilyukhin gb
Victor Ilyukhin
33,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
31,000 1,500
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
29,000 -1,000
Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
28,000
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
27,400 -2,600
Senh Ung gb
Senh Ung
23,000 -7,000
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
22,000 5,800
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
21,000 -9,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
19,000 -11,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
14,000 2,500
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
11,000 -4,500
Stephen Zesiger ch
Stephen Zesiger
10,000

Luebbe Takes it on the River

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

On the four-way flop of {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}, Konstantinos Nanos bet 475 and Jorryt van Hoof called. One opponent folded and Jens Luebbe in the big blind also called. The {3-Diamonds} on the turn was checked by all three remaining players. On the {9-Hearts} turn, the dealer motioned that Luebbe had checked, but the German clarified that wasn't the case.

Luebbe then bet 3,500 and that forced folds from Nanos and van Hoof.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantinos Nanos gr
Konstantinos Nanos
37,000 7,000
Jens Luebbe de
Jens Luebbe
35,000 1,000
Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
19,100 -4,600

Tags: Jens LuebbeJorryt van HoofKonstantinos Nanos

Troyanovskiy, Hall Slipping

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Vladimir Troyanovskiy just lost a bunch of chips to his neighbor. He called a 6,650-bet on the river, but couldn't beat his opponents flush. He is down to a little more than one-third of the starting stack.

So far, Caitlin Hall is the only female in the field today. Hall is at the same table as Troyanovskiy and not doing great either. She almost lost half of her initial 30,000 chips.

She's chatting a lot with Ben Heath, who sits to her right. Heath hasn't been involved in much action so far.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
29,500 -500
Cate Hall us
Cate Hall
16,200 -13,800
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
11,500 -18,500

Carrel Fills Up

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Charlie Carrel threw in a single 5,000-chip on the river, with the board reading {Q-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{4-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. He was up against Tibor Nagygyorgy and the qualifier from Hungary needed some time to think about his river action.

He eventually decided to call but immediately regretted his choice. Carrel showed {J-}{J-} for a full house and that bested the {A-}{10-} Nagygyorgy was holding.

On the next hand, Carrel helped out Viatcheslav Buldygin with some math. The Russian was in first position and playing with his chips. "You know 3x is 450, right?", Carrel asked Buldygin.

He then indeed raised to 450, which got him the blinds and antes.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
36,000 6,000
Viatcheslav Buldygin ru
Viatcheslav Buldygin
30,000
Tibor Nagygyorgy hu
Tibor Nagygyorgy
23,000 -7,000

Tags: Charlie CarrelViatcheslav BuldyginTibor Nagygyorgy

Kozlov Halts Rasheed, Doubles

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Martin Kozlov
Martin Kozlov

On the five-way flop of {9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, 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 {5-Clubs} turn, Rasheed checked and Kozlov bet 7,500, Rasheed check-raised to 35,000 and Kozlov called all in.

Kozlov: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Rasheed: {J-Clubs}{J-Spades}

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 {9-Clubs} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
66,000 36,000
Mahmood Rasheed ie
Mahmood Rasheed
38,000 -28,000

Tags: Mahmood RasheedMartin Kozlov

First Casualty and Two New Faces

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

Koray Aldemir has sat down at the table of Brian Altman, Adrian Mateos and Nick Petrangelo while Viatcheslav Buldygin faces Charlie Carrel and Paul Newey.

Furthermore, the first player has lost the entire stack and that unfortunate honor belongs to Norwegian qualifier Johnnie Saksvik.

Player Chips Progress
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
30,000
Viatcheslav Buldygin ru
Viatcheslav Buldygin
30,000
Johnnie Saksvik no
Johnnie Saksvik
Busted

Tags: Adrian MateosBrian AltmanCharlie CarrelNick PetrangeloPaul NeweyKoray AldemirJohnnie Saksvik