€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

10-26-2016 15:06 UTC+2

Zhang Doubles Montury and Colautti

DBLLpoker

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Chi Zhang lost two all-ins in a row. First, he put Jean Montury to the test by putting him all in. The former EPT Malta Champion made the call and was in great shape to double up.

Chi Zhang:
Jean Montury:

Montury even improved to a set on the flop and it was all over with the on the turn. The river didn't matter anymore and Montury doubled up.

"Malta power!", said Montury as he pointed to the symbol of Malta tattooed on his arm. Montury won here two seasons ago and is still in contention to repeat that achievement.

Zhang lost some more a couple of hands later. This time he shoved all in on the flop and got called by Daniele Colautti. The Italian was all in for 46,000 and had for top pair.

Zhang tabled and needed help but the turn and river didn't provide any.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chi Zhang	240,000	-70,000
Daniele Colautti	100,000
Jean Montury	70,000	32,000

Tags: Chi Zhang Jean Montury Daniele Colautti

10-26-2016 15:05 UTC+2

Trip Queens Sends D'Amico Packing

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Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Marco D'Amico is no longer in contention at the PokerStars.com EPT Malta. That is the reality after he just moments ago lost a flip to Usman Siddique.

From first position Siddique opened to 12,000 before D'Amico put his stack of 106,000 in the middle. Button and blinds quickly folded, and after a few deliberations Siddique slid in the chips to call.

D'Amico opened , and though they were in decent shape against Siddiques the flop was very bad news for the Italian. The Dealer fanned , and when and completed the board, it was arrivederci D'Amico.

The table was broken after the hand, and Siddique would rack up his 340,000 before being moved to another seat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Usman Siddique	340,000	160,000
Marco D'Amico	Busted

Tags: Marco D'Amico Usman Siddique

10-26-2016 14:58 UTC+2

Diaz Takes on Valle; Then Busts Letort

DBLLpoker

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

We had some French-on-French-action and even some Guillaume-on-Guillaume-situation.

Guillaume Valle and Guillaume Diaz got involved in a big hand. It Diaz who fired out a 23,000-bet on the turn when the board read .

He got called and then checked on when the hit the river. Valle made a bet of 20,000 chips and it was back to the other Guillaume. Diaz, the start-of-the-day chip leader, made it 117,000 and Valle called.

Diaz tabled for the rivered straight and raked in a huge pot.

A couple of hands later, he scored about 60,000 more chips when he busted Thibault Letort. His fellow countryman was all in with and Diaz called with .

Letort couldn't connect with the board and was on his way to the pay out desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Diaz	600,000	200,000
Guillaume Valle	466,000	-64,000
Thibault Letort	Busted

Tags: Guillaume Diaz Guillaume Valle Thibault Letort

10-26-2016 14:57 UTC+2

DiFelice Busts on the Feature Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Darya Hulyk raised from under the gun and Andre DiFelice got the remainder of his short stack in out of the big blind, Hulyk called over on the feature table.

Andre DiFelice:
Darya Hulyk:

The board of provided no help for the Canadian and he has been eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Darya Hulyk	179,000	91,500
Andre DiFelice	Busted

Tags: Andre DiFelice Darya Hulyk

10-26-2016 14:55 UTC+2

Er Doubles; Remains Short

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Zorlu Er reached the final table of EPT13 Barcelona back in August and his son Zorlucan is still in. He just shoved for the last 26,000 with the and Davidi Kitai called with .

The board came and Er doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	510,000	34,000
Zorlucan Er	55,000	-48,000

Tags: Zorlucan Er Davidi Kitai

10-26-2016 14:54 UTC+2

Mincash

Yori Epskamp

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The following players were recently eliminated and all received €8,070 for their accomplishment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Kane	Busted
Mark Anthony Vella	Busted
Armando Collado Lanuza	Busted
Rafael Gancedo	Busted
Paul Gresel	Busted
Felipe Costa	Busted

10-26-2016 14:54 UTC+2

Zhao Busts Van Brugge

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Kees van Brugge faced the open-raise by Dong Zhao and shoved from the small blind in order to pick up a call by Zhao.

Kees van Brugge:
Dong Zhao:

The flop left the Dutchman in dire shape, but he picked up some outs with the on the turn. The on the river was none of them and van Brugge joined the rail. In 45 minutes after the bubble had burst, more than 20 players were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dong Zhao	250,000	45,000
Kees van Brugge	Busted

Tags: Dong Zhao Kees van Brugge

10-26-2016 14:49 UTC+2

Parmar Busts Bleiker

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The German-speaking player base has just taken a big hit, as Felix Bleiker, Felix Schlott and Dietrich Fast were all eliminated.

Taran Parmar raised from the button and Bleiker shoved his short stack of around 30,000 from one seat over, Parmar called.

Felix Bleiker:
Taran Parmar:

The board came and the tiny kicker disadvantage proved to be crucial, as Bleiker hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Taran Parmar	115,000	44,500
Felix Bleiker	Busted
Dietrich Fast	Busted
Felix Schlott	Busted

Tags: Dietrich Fast Felix Bleiker Felix Schlott Taran Parmar

10-26-2016 14:46 UTC+2

Romanello Busts to Terziani

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Roberto Romanello open-shoved the small blind for more than 20 big blinds and Stefano Terziani called from one seat over to put the Welshman at risk of elimination.

Roberto Romanello:
Stefano Terziani:

The board came and the kicker played a crucial role to eliminate Romanello.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefano Terziani	310,000	130,000
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Tags: Roberto Romanello Stefano Terziani

10-26-2016 14:40 UTC+2

Hwang Busts Price; Five-bets Macnamara

DBLLpoker

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

It was a good orbit for Yung Hwang. First, he got it all in with against the from Oliver Price.

It was for around 45,000 chips each and it was Price who was at risk. He was in bad shape against Hwang's kings and couldn't improve on the .

Tomas Macnamara opened a few hands later. From early position, he made it 11,000 to go and it was folded to Hwang on the button. He popped it up to 30,000 and it was back to Macnamara.

He went into the tank and eventually threw in a four-bet to 68,000. But the hand was far from over. Hwang made a five-bet to 155,000 with only 40,000 more behind.

Again, Macnamara needed some time but now he opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Macnamara	320,000	-15,000
Yung Hwang	280,000	175,000
Oliver Price	Busted

Tags: Oliver Price Tomas Macnamara Yung Hwang