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
Players Left 1 / 468
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Bitar Jams into Altman

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

In the last hand before dinner, Brian Altman raised to 1,200. Ghassan Bitar three-bet to 4,300 on the button and Aliaksei Boika called in the small blind. Altman took his time before four-betting to 15,000 and Bitar checked his stack carefully before moving all in. Boika snap-folded, as did Altman.

"If you fold, I would have moved all in," Boika said to Bitar as they headed out of the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ghassan Bitar lb
Ghassan Bitar
66,000
Profile photo of Brian Altman us
Brian Altman
66,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Aliaksei Boika by
Aliaksei Boika
62,900
10,100
10,100
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ghassan BitarBrian AltmanAliaksei Boika

Chip Counts

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pasi Sormunen fi
Pasi Sormunen
174,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Sergey Sergeev ru
Sergey Sergeev
130,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Graydon Kowal ca
Graydon Kowal
102,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
95,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Paul McCartney gb
Paul McCartney
85,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Thomas Mjeldheim no
Thomas Mjeldheim
78,000
78,000
78,000
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
49,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
45,000
26,700
26,700
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
42,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
33,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Martin Kozlov au
Martin Kozlov
25,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Connor Drinan us
Connor Drinan
19,000
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Mahmood Rasheed ie
Mahmood Rasheed
Busted

Nanos is Done for the Day

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

Konstantinos Nanos started very well and quickly drove his stack all the way up to 65,000, but since then a lot has changed and he was on less than starting stack. Nanos got involved into a raising war with table neighbor James Akenhead and faced a three-bet to 3,700. Nanos four-bet to 7,650 and Akenhead shoved, Nanos called all in for 18,650.

Nanos: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Akenhead: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{A-Clubs} and that was it for Nanos, while Akenhead recovered from previous losses.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
43,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Konstantinos Nanos gr
Konstantinos Nanos
Busted

Tags: James AkenheadKonstantinos Nanos

Big Setback for Marsh as Shak Doubles

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Dan Shak
Dan Shak

Dan Shak opened quite big to 2,000 from the button and Luke Marsh three-bet to 4,800 out of the big blind. On the flop {7-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, Marsh bet 3,600 and Shak raised to 15,000 only for Marsh to quickly move all in. Shak called to put his last 41,900 in total on the line and the cards were tabled.

Shak: {J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Marsh: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}

The {9-Clubs} was a blank, but gave Shak an additional gutshot on top. It was then the {J-Diamonds} on the river that improved him and Marsh lost two third of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
94,000
56,000
56,000
Profile photo of Luke Marsh gb
Luke Marsh
22,000
36,000
36,000

Tags: Dan ShakLuke Marsh

Larquemin Crippled; then Doubles and Triples

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

First, Christophe Larquemin doubled up Ben Heath. The Brit was all in for 11,900 and the board ran out {10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Heath tabled {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for two pair. Larquemin had {8-}{J-} and was left with only 2,500 chips.

Two hands later, he moved all in from the button for 2,100. From the big blind Karzan Hamarash made the call and Larquemin was in big trouble.

His {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} was way behind the {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} of his opponent. The {9-Spades}{5-Hearts}{Q-Spades} at least gave him some outs. The {3-Clubs} turn wasn't the help he wanted but the {9-Diamonds} fell on the river and gave him the lucky double up.

A couple of hands later, Ben Heath raised to 1,300 and Larquemin maid the call with 3,600 behind. Hamarash called as did Thomas Mjeldheim and Pratyush Buddiga.

All checked the {3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{K-Clubs} flop. The turn was the {6-Hearts} and Heath slid out a bet of 850. Larquemin moved all in and Hamarash called. Mjeldheim and Buddiga folded but Heath made the call as well.

The two active players checked the {K-Diamonds} that fell on the river. Larquemin stood up and had his cigarettes in his hand but had to sit down after he tabled his {A-Hearts}{8-Spades}.

To his own surprise, he won the hand against Heath's {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and Hamarash's {5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
24,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
16,000
2,500
2,500

Tags: Ben HeathChristophe LarqueminPratyush Buddiga

Petrangelo Flops Well; Busts

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

According to Dan Shak, Roman Ermakov had accidently posted the big blind while being under the gun and Nick Petrangelo was in the big blind. Petrangelo checked, Ermakov raised and Petrangelo called to see the flop come {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{3-Spades}. Petrangelo shoved for his last 5,750 with the {4-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Ermakov called with {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}.

The {A-Spades} turn gave some chops odds, but the {K-Clubs} on the river improved Ermakov and sent Petrangelo out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Roman Ermakov ru
Roman Ermakov
45,000
Profile photo of Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
Busted

Tags: Dan ShakNick PetrangeloRoman Ermakov

Pagano Busts to Khoroshenin

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante
Luca Pagano
Luca Pagano

Luca Pagano was spotted leaving the tournament area and a quick glance at the previous table revealed a big stack for Oleksii Khoroshenin. It was indeed the Ukrainian that had knocked out Pagano, and Khoroshenin explained what happened.

After an under-the-gun raise, Pagano three-bet to 2,500 and Khoroshenin called from one seat over on the button, the initial raiser also called. On the {Q-Spades}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop, Pagano bet 4,500 and Khoroshenin moved all in, the third player in the hand folded. Pagano called with the {A-}{Q-} for top pair and Khoroshenin had a huge draw with {K-Spades}{10-Spades}. It was no spade but a king on the river that sent Pagano out.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
58,000
23,000
23,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
Busted
pokerstars

Tags: Luca PaganoOleksii Khoroshenin

Boika's Two Pair Are Good

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

On the three-way flop of {K-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}, Aliaksei Boika checked in the small blind and Yigit Aktulga in the big blind checked. Ghassan Bitar bet 3,800 on the button and just Boika called. After the {A-Clubs} turn both players checked and the {3-Spades} fell on the river.

Boika bet 4,000 and Bitar called after brief consideration, then mucked when Boika flashed the {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Aliaksei Boika
73,000
73,000
73,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Aliaksei BoikaGhassan Bitar

Popovic Puts Chips to Use

Level 6 : 250/500, 75 ante

In a previous hand, Marko Popovic had forced a fold from Viatcheslav Buldygin in a pretty big pot and he put the chips to use just now. Popovic raised to 1,200 and Paul Newey called in the small blind. Andrew Christoforou three-bet to 3,500 in the big blind and just Popovic called.

On the {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} flop, Christoforou bet 3,000 and was called before the {A-Diamonds} turn brought no action. On the {5-Clubs} river, Christoforou checked. Popovic bet 11,000 and Christoforou wasn't as happy, he asked the dealer to spread the pot to see how much was in there, and then called after some further consideration. Popovic showed the {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for trips aces and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marko Popovic bg
Marko Popovic
47,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Viatcheslav Buldygin ru
Viatcheslav Buldygin
47,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
32,000
Profile photo of Andrew Christoforou gb
Andrew Christoforou
31,000

Tags: Marko PopovicPaul NeweyViatcheslav BuldyginAndrew Christoforou

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