2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Still Sitting Downstairs

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Giuliano Bendinelli it
Giuliano Bendinelli
EPT 1X Winner
92,000 19,000
Amir Mozaffarian de
Amir Mozaffarian
90,000
Mitch Johnson gb
Mitch Johnson
85,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
51,000 15,000
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
44,000 8,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
43,000 5,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
42,000 -3,000
Sebastian Pauli de
Sebastian Pauli
EPT 1X Winner
42,000 -6,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
42,000 18,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
32,500 -500
Artur Koren at
Artur Koren
30,000 1,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides cy
Miltiadis Kyriakides
21,000 2,500
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
19,000 -19,000
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
10,500 -16,500

Seven Tables Remain Downstairs

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Only seven tables remain in the secondary tournament area one floor below and among those that have been eliminated in said tournament area were for example EPT Madrid champion Frederik Jensen, Martin Mulsow as well as Mayu Roca.

Player Chips Progress
Darren Pearce
Darren Pearce
Busted
Digo Cardoso
Digo Cardoso
Busted
Grzegorz Wyraz pl
Grzegorz Wyraz
Busted
Yulian Urdov
Yulian Urdov
Busted
Ilkin Garibi
Ilkin Garibi
Busted
Marc Macdonnell ie
Marc Macdonnell
Busted
Mayu Roca co
Mayu Roca
Busted
Martin Mulsow de
Martin Mulsow
Busted
Denis Sedyshev
Denis Sedyshev
Busted
Paolo Labianca
Paolo Labianca
Busted
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
Busted
Sukru Ildem
Sukru Ildem
Busted
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Frederik JensenMartin MulsowMayu Roca

Lahkov Empties His Clip

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Russian WPT champion Alexander Lakhov just won a big pot by following through aggressively on all three streets. We picked up the action on the flop that showed {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{K-Clubs} when Lakhov bet 3,000 from the big blind and Emil Nosko, his only opponent, called from the cutoff.

There was a dead button in this hand and Nosko called after which the turn brought the {7-Hearts}.

Lakhov bet 7,300 on the turn and Nosko called again. The river brought the {8-Clubs}, but Lakhov didn't seem to interested in the card at hand. The stoic Russian casually flicked four blue chips worth 5,000 each into the pot, and that was enough to put Nosko all in.

Nosko looked back down at his cards and ultimately folded, leaving himself with 17,300 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Lakhov ru
Alexander Lakhov
85,000 35,000

Tags: Alexander Lakhov

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: {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Giampaolo: {Q-Clubs}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{K-Spades}{5-Hearts} and McDonald wished all the other players good luck before leaving the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mike McDonald

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 {8-Spades} {5-Hearts} {3-Clubs} flop, Jedlicka bet 6,200 and Simunic folded.

In the showdown, the Austrian turned over {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades} and held up against the {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} of Marotta as the {9-Spades} turn and {4-Diamonds} river were both blanks.

Player Chips Progress
Stefan Jedlicka at
Stefan Jedlicka
60,000 25,000
Josip Simunic at
Josip Simunic
26,000 11,000
Francesco Marotta it
Francesco Marotta
Busted

Tags: Josip SimunicStefan JedlickaFrancesco Marotta

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 {9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{a-Diamonds} flop. Sergey Sergeev was in the big blind and led out for 3,400. Spindler was the only caller to the {4-Spades} turn where he called another 5,500. On the {8-Spades} 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 {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} beating out Sergeev's inferior two pair with {a-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
46,000

Tags: Benny Spindler

Bonavena Doubles

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

After a three-bet pot preflop, Sebastian Linden bet the {7-Clubs} {8-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} turn for 12,500 and Salvatore Bonavena pushed all in. Linden called it off out of the big blind and flipped over {Q-Spades} {7-Spades} for two pair whereas the Italian had {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs} for middle set. Only a queen was of help for the German, yet the dealer burned and turned the {J-Hearts} 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
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
EPT 1X Winner
75,000 45,000
Sebastian Linden de
Sebastian Linden
Busted

Tags: Salvatore BonavenaSebastian Linden

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 {J-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}.

The {K-Hearts} on the turn made Reinkemeier check again. The hijack bet 2,700 and Brito folded. Reinkemeier called.

The {9-Spades} 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
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
33,000 -17,000

Tags: Fernando BritoTobias Reinkemeier

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 {2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Neuville bet 3,500. Jachtmann called again.

The {4-Hearts} 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 {A-Hearts} 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 {A-Diamonds}{J-Spades}. Jachtmann slammed {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts} on the table and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Peter Jachtmann de
Jan Peter Jachtmann
60,000 12,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
26,200 -14,800

Tags: Jan-Peter JachtmannPierre Neuville

Stacks from Upstairs

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Antonio Luft br
Antonio Luft
154,000 19,000
Gaetano Raffaele it
Gaetano Raffaele
106,000 -4,000
Jonas Gutteck de
Jonas Gutteck
100,000
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
85,000 10,000
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
74,000 32,000
Ivan Soshnikov ru
Ivan Soshnikov
74,000 38,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
65,000 -22,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
64,000 16,000
Fabio Sperling de
Fabio Sperling
63,000 30,000
Sotirios Koutoupas gr
Sotirios Koutoupas
EPT 1X Winner
53,000 4,000
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
EPT 1X Winner
43,000 -3,000
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
41,000 7,000
Philippe Ktorza fr
Philippe Ktorza
38,000 9,500
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
33,000 2,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
20,500 -14,500
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
18,000 -16,000
Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
14,000 -19,000
Ami Barer ca
Ami Barer
11,000 -500