2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€687,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,340,750
Entries
895
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

Daher and Frank Gone

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Fabrice Soulier was down to as low as 16,000 earlier today and then scored a crucial double up against Christopher Frank. That hand left the German on the short-stack and he bet a flop of {7-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} for 1,400. Ariel Malnik raised all in with his own short stack and Frank called off with {K-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}.

Malnik had {K-Spades} {Q-Clubs} and the {Q-Hearts} turn left the German with only hearts remaining to stay alive. It wasn't meant to be, as the dealer burned and turned the {5-Spades} as final community card.

Albert Daher was eliminated just before the end of the level as well.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
55,000
36,000
36,000
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
Busted
Christopher Frank de
Christopher Frank
Busted

Tags: Albert DaherAriel MalnikChristopher FrankFabrice Soulier

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Updated Counts After Dinner

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Just before the dinner break, Fedor Holz lost 23,500 in chips with pocket aces against the {A-} {K-} of an opponent, when a king appeared on the flop and the river.

Player Chips Progress
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
87,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
65,000
$25K Fantasy
Winamax
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
60,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
59,000
Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
55,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
52,000
Marius Pospiech de
Marius Pospiech
48,000
[Removed:2] lb
[Removed:2]
43,000
Juan Riera es
Juan Riera
42,000
Matas Cimbolas lt
Matas Cimbolas
28,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
27,000
Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
20,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
16,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Fedor Holz

Rossiter Gone

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jeff Rossiter was all in for his last 11 big blinds with {A-} {4-} and an opponent improved with {Q-} {J-} to score the knockout.

Christian Golob has also been losing chips after previously getting back up to 110,000. With the {7-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} {3-Spades} {7-Clubs} board being complete, the Austrian bet 6,500 out of the blinds and snap-folded once he got called.

Player Chips Progress
Christian Golob at
Christian Golob
93,000
18,000
18,000
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
Busted

Tags: Christian GolobJeff Rossiter

The Recently Departed

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Petr Jelinek cz
Petr Jelinek
Busted
Riccardo D'Errico it
Riccardo D'Errico
Busted
Tolga Kesiner cy
Tolga Kesiner
Busted
Davor Lanini it
Davor Lanini
Busted
Albert Daher lb
Albert Daher
Busted
Felix Bleiker ch
Felix Bleiker
Busted
Gad Morgenstern il
Gad Morgenstern
Busted
Olov Jansson se
Olov Jansson
Busted
Iliodoros Kamatakis gr
Iliodoros Kamatakis
Busted
Nikolay Prokhorskiy ru
Nikolay Prokhorskiy
Busted
Marcin Wydrowski pl
Marcin Wydrowski
Busted
Mateusz Żbikowski gb
Mateusz Żbikowski
Busted
Paul Hofer de
Paul Hofer
Busted
Ratharam Sivagnanam ca
Ratharam Sivagnanam
Busted
Ben Warrington gb
Ben Warrington
Busted
Tomas Samol sk
Tomas Samol
Busted
Sergio Braga br
Sergio Braga
Busted
Rob Schiffbauer us
Rob Schiffbauer
Busted

Riera on the Up

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Juan Riera had just arrived at his new table and stacked double as many chips as the last count after dinner break. The Spaniard had opened as the player in the small blind was sitting out and the button three-bet, triggering a call. On a jack-high flop they got it in after a raising war and Riera's set of sevens held up against the pocket queens of the now busted opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Juan Riera es
Juan Riera
85,000
43,000
43,000

Tags: Juan Riera

Golob on the Roller Coaster

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Christian Golob flat-called a raise by Thomas Berends and Sara Chafak called as well in the big blind to see a three-way flop of {3-Clubs} {6-} {9-Clubs}. As usual, Golob was trying to build a pot and that got Chafak out of the way, but Berends stuck around.

On the {5-Clubs} turn, Berends bet again and Golob moved all in with the {8-Hearts} {9-Hearts} to get a snap-call by Berends with {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs}. The Austrian was already drawing dead to win the pot and the meaningless {K-Clubs} river completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Berends nl
Thomas Berends
75,000
Christian Golob at
Christian Golob
57,000
-36,000
-36,000

Tags: Christian GolobSara ChafakThomas Berends

Torelli & Hajiyev Tangle in Large Pot

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Alec Torelli
Alec Torelli

We happened upon a hand already in progress involving Ramin Hajiyev and Alec Torelli. There was already a considerable about in the pot when the former bet 17,100 on the turn and the latter called from the button.

When the {K-Clubs} completed the board on the river, Hajiyev thought for a solid minute before checking, and Torelli took an equal amount of time before moving all in for roughly 35,000.

Hajiyev hit the tank hard.

"You have jacks?" Torelli eventually asked.

"I do have jacks," Hajiyev replied, sounding a bit impressed. The man from Azerbaijan gave it about 30 seconds more thought, and then released his hand.

With that, Torelli chipped up to 86,400 while Hajiyev dropped to 41,300.

Tags: Alec TorelliRamin Hajiyev

The German Says Nine

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

With around 6,000 in the pot and a board reading {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{8-Hearts}, Germany's Ole Schemion bet 2,400 from the under-the-gun position and the Netherlands' [Removed:414] called from the hijack. After the {6-Diamonds} completed the board on the river, Schemion bet again, this time 4,150, and he got paid off as Beumers tossed in a call.

Schemion tabled the {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for two pair, and it was good as Beumers sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
35,000
10,500
10,500

Tags: Ole Schemion