2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
44
Prize
€597,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€2,979,200
Entries
304
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Geilich Never Slows Down

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Sardor Gaziev just raised to 18,000 and Nick Petrangelo made the call in position. From the small blind Ludovic Geilich three-bet to 69,000 and Gaziev folded. Petrangelo made the call and the flop showed {3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades} on which Geilich bet 95,000.

Petrangelo sized up his opponent for a while, but eventually he kicked his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
560,000 70,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
375,000 -85,000

Tags: Ludovic GeilichNick PetrangeloSardor Gaziev

Kitai Busts Bilokur

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Alex Bilokur
Alex Bilokur

Alex Bilokur moved all in from the cutoff for 65,000 and Davidi Kitai re-shoved all in to get the players behind him to fold. All the others folded and the showdown went as following.

Bilokur: {10-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Kitai: {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {J-}{7-}{6-Clubs}{K-Clubs} and at this point the Russian pro had picked up a flush draw, but the river was a complete blank. Kitai took down the pot and he's now closing in on the average stack again.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
240,000 50,000
Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
Busted

Tags: Alex BilokurDavidi Kitai

Flopped Flush Helps Petrangelo Double

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

When we arrived the river was already dealt and Petrangelo had already announced all in. With the board reading {K-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{4-Spades}{5-Diamonds} the pot was already sizable. Petrangelo, acting out of the big blind, was all in for 91,000.

The decision was on Ludovic Geilich in early position. After a while Geilich made the call, only to muck when shown {7-Hearts}{8-Hearts} by Petrangelo. The dealer flipped over Geilich's {K-Clubs}{3-Hearts} as custom by an all in and call, and shoved the pot to Petrangelo.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
490,000 -230,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
460,000 228,000

Tags: Ludovic GeilichNick Petrangelo

Nabuurs Takes Out MacDonnell

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Puk Nabuurs just explained how Marc MacDonnell just moved all in for five big blinds over an opening raise, and the Dutchman living in Malta 'clicked it back'. The initial raiser folded and Nabuurs got the knockout when his pocket sixes held up against {A-}{6-}.

Player Chips Progress
Puk Nabuurs nl
Puk Nabuurs
350,000 29,000
Marc MacDonnell ie
Marc MacDonnell
Busted

Tags: Puk NabuursMarc MacDonnell

Busquet Eliminated

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Olivier Busquet
Olivier Busquet

Charles Carrel just told us how Olivier Busquet busted, as he moved all in from the button holding {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for his final 34,000 chips. The player in the big blind, Pablo Fernandez, made the call and he turned over {A-}{K-}.

Busquet got no help from the board and he was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
Busted

Tags: Charles CarrelOlivier BusquetPablo Fernandez

Chen to the Rail

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Andrew Chen came back from the dinner break with very little chips, and he just moved all in for 58,000 from the cutoff. Ludovic Geilich called from the button and both of the blinds decided to fold.

Chen: {A-}{10-}
Geilich: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Clubs} and the river gave Geilich a winning pair.

Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
720,000 56,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
Busted

Tags: Andrew ChenLudovic Geilich

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Dinner Break Chip Counts (full)

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
SeatTableChip Count
 Table 1 
1Pablo Fernandez204,000
2Tamer Kamel105,000
3Jyri Merivirta305,000
4Daniel Dvoress216,000
5Timothy Adams203,000
6Olivier Busquet127,000
7Jonathan Little228,000
8Charles Carrel338,000
   
 Table 2 
1Max Silver295,000
2Sylvain Loosli960,000
3Igor Yaroshevskyy260,000
4Philipp Gruissem320,000
5Gerald Karlic560,000
6Carlos Chadha185,000
7Viacheslav Goryachev290,000
8Andras Nemeth440,000
   
 Table 3 
1Govert Metaal196,000
2Sardor Gaziev286,000
3Walid Bou Habib383,000
4Michael Tureniec548,000
5Nick Petrangelo232,000
6Andrew Chen65,000
7Ludovic Geilich664,000
   
 Table 4 
1George Danzer328,000
2Nicola D'Anselmo263,000
3Marc Etienne McLaughlin416,000
4David Peters288,000
5Connor Drinan163,000
6Bernd Vogelhuber230,000
7Mike McDonald290,000
   
 Table 5 
1Sam Greenwood337,000
2Joao Vieira177,000
3Artem Metalidi180,000
4Leon Tsoukernik175,000
5Dan Smith180,000
6Daniel Ghionoiu210,000
7Rui Ferreira367,000
   
 Table 6 
1Vladimir Dobrovolskii130,000
2Davidi Kitai190,000
3Simon Higgins70,0000
4Steve O'Dwyer235,000
5Adrian Mateos230,000
6Fabian Quoss380,000
   
 Table 7 
1Pawel Brzeski335,000
2Thomas Muehloecker725,000
3Marc MacDonnell45,000
4Craig McCorkell310,000
5Ivan Luca320,000
6Alex Bilokur110,000
7Puk Nabuurs321,000
8Emrah Cakmak445,000
Player Chips Progress
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
960,000 145,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
725,000 20,000
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
700,000 395,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
664,000 114,000
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
560,000 110,000
Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
EPT 1X Winner
548,000 28,000
Emrah Cakmak fr
Emrah Cakmak
445,000 215,000
Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
440,000 230,000
Marc Etienne McLaughlin ca
Marc Etienne McLaughlin
416,000 161,000
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
383,000 83,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
380,000 194,000
Rui Ferreira pt
Rui Ferreira
367,000 17,000
Charles Carrel gb
Charles Carrel
338,000 28,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
337,000 222,000
Pawel Brzeski pl
Pawel Brzeski
335,000 3,000
Ivan Luca ar
Ivan Luca
330,000 70,000
George Danzer de
George Danzer
328,000 167,000
Puk Nabuurs nl
Puk Nabuurs
321,000 176,000
Bernd Vogelhuber de
Bernd Vogelhuber
320,000 142,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
320,000 20,000
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
310,000 20,000
Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta
305,000 104,000
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
295,000 -255,000
Viacheslav Goryachev ru
Viacheslav Goryachev
290,000 145,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
290,000 10,000

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Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
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