Let's Have Ourselves a Dinner Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. When they return they will play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the night.
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,340,750
Entries
895
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Kamel Busts to Taylor
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
The seat of Tamer Kamel was vacated after the return of the dinner break and a quick question at the table resulted in the answer by Lee Taylor. "Yeah I busted him," the Brit said. Taylor had raised and picked up a few callers to see a flop of 
. After the continuation bet of Taylor with a set of sevens, Kamel shoved with 
for top pair and the gutshot.
An eight on the turn was a delight for Kamel, but the river paired the board with a second ten to bust him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
Busted |
Stacks from Upstairs
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
154,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
106,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
85,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
74,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
74,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
65,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
64,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
63,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
53,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
||
|
43,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
41,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
38,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
33,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
20,500
-14,500
|
-14,500 |
|
18,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
14,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
11,000
-500
|
-500 |
Neuville Loses to Jachtmann
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Jan Peter Jachtmann opened for 1,200 from early position and action quickly folded to Pierre Neuville in the small blind. The Belgian pensionado made it 4,100 and Jachtmann called.
The flop came 
and Neuville bet 3,500. Jachtmann called again.
The 
fell on the turn and Neuville checked. Jachtmann now thought he didn't get enough change at some point in the hand, and we weren't to sure about the amounts so far either. The dealer counted the pot and concluded it was ok. Jachtmann agreed and checked behind.
The 
on the river made Neuville bet out 7,000. Jachtmann said he thought Neuville might have ace-king, but called anyway. Neuville didn't show ace-king but tabled 
. Jachtmann slammed 
on the table and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
26,200
-14,800
|
-14,800 |
Reinkemeier Can't Call
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Tobias Reinkemeier opened for 1,200 and the player in the hijack made the call. Fernando Brito called in the cutoff and the three of them all checked 
.
The 
on the turn made Reinkemeier check again. The hijack bet 2,700 and Brito folded. Reinkemeier called.
The 
concluded the community cards of the hand and Reinkemeier checked again. The hijack now bet 8,100 and Reinkemeier folded after some thinking.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Bonavena Doubles
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
After a three-bet pot preflop, Sebastian Linden bet the 
turn for 12,500 and Salvatore Bonavena pushed all in. Linden called it off out of the big blind and flipped over 
for two pair whereas the Italian had 
for middle set. Only a queen was of help for the German, yet the dealer burned and turned the 
river.
Once the stacks were counted, Bonavena had 29,200 on the turn still and Linden was covered by roughly 1,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Spin the Double, Benny
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Former EPT London champion Benny Spindler has managed a double up in a four-way pot.
He opened from the cutoff picked up four callers en route to 
flop. Sergey Sergeev was in the big blind and led out for 3,400. Spindler was the only caller to the 
turn where he called another 5,500. On the river Sergeev emptied the clip with a 13,000 bet and called the extra when his German opponent raised all in for 15,900.
Spindler opened 
beating out Sergeev's inferior two pair with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 |
Marotta's Stack Taken by Jedlicka
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Stefan Jedlicka raised to 1,100 from early position and Josip Simunic called from two seats over. Francesco Marotta moved all in for 7,250 from the button and both Austrians called. On the 
flop, Jedlicka bet 6,200 and Simunic folded.
In the showdown, the Austrian turned over 
and held up against the 
of Marotta as the turn and 
river were both blanks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
26,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Mike McDonald Had Some Chips
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
But not anymore.
Just after the dinner break we spotted Mike McDonald with very little chips, and moments later they all played in the middle of the table.
The player on the button had raised to 1,100 after which McDonald moved all in for a little shy of 7,000 chips. Puglia Giampaolo, who was the initial raiser, made the call and created the following showdown.
McDonald: 
Giampaolo: 
The board ran out 
and McDonald wished all the other players good luck before leaving the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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