€5,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

03-23-2015 19:43 UTC+2

Geilich's a Goner

Happy_Freaked

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

The board read on the turn when we saw Ludovic Geilich all in for his tournament life. It looked like Luuk Gieles had bet 2,100 after which Geilich had shoved for 7,300 and the Dutchman made the call.

Gieles:
Geilich:

The river was the and Geilich wished everyone a "good game," before exiting the tournament room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luuk Gieles	28,000 -3,500	-3,500
Ludovic Geilich	Busted

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Luuk Gieles

03-23-2015 19:40 UTC+2

Luft Rivers Straight

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Fabio Sperling confirmed the elimination of Gereon Sowa, who got his last 5,000 chips in with pocket sixes and failed to improve against an opponent's pocket tens.

Antonio Luft also did what the chip leaders usually do, and took care of a short stack. Tamer Kamel had limped and Luft raised to 900 with before calling the shove of David Cossio-Ruiz for 3,250. Kamel had folded and Luft got there against on a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Luft	120,000 10,000	10,000
David Cossio-Ruiz	Busted
Gereon Sowa	Busted

Tags: Antonio Luft Fabio Sperling Gereon Sowa Tamer Kamel David Cossio-Ruiz

03-23-2015 19:32 UTC+2

Reinkemeier Bluffs Big

Webjoker

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

We missed the precise pre flop action, we were just in time to see Reinekemeier call a big raise out of position to see a flop of .

The pot was already up to around 14,000 when Reinkemeier checked. His neighbor Rasmus Larsen made a bet of 5,700. Reinkemeier thought for some time before calling.

Reinkemeier checked again on the turn and Larsen checked behind after some tanking.

The completed the board and Reinkemeier announced 'all in' for about 17,300. Larsen thought for quite some time before releasing his hand.

Reinkemeier showed .

"I thought you said you never showed" Larsen laughed.

"Just one time" Reinkemeier replied with an even bigger smile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Reinkemeier	42,700 15,700	15,700
Rasmus Agerskov	37,000 -12,700	-12,700

03-23-2015 19:18 UTC+2

Kings Versus Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

While Davidi Kitai more than doubled his starting stack thus far, also thanks to a setup with aces versus kings, Sofia Lovgren experienced the exact same end of the cooler to dash around with a short stack now.

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Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	66,000

Sofia Lovgren	12,000 700	700

Tags: Davidi Kitai Sofia Lovgren

03-23-2015 19:16 UTC+2

Filatov Takes a Big Hit

Happy_Freaked

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

The star of Team Russia during the Global Poker Masters, Anatoly Filatov, has just taken a big hit in the fifth level of play.

When we arrived on the scene a raising war had transpired and Filatov called the shove of his opponent, seated to his direct right.

Filatov:
Opponent:

The board ran out and Filatov dropped to below the starting stack. Also at this table we spotted former EPT Deauville champ Sotirios Koutoupas, WSOP bracelet winner Simeon Naydenov and Rasmus Vogt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Filatov	24,000

Tags: Rasmus Vogt Simeon Naydenov Sotirios Koutoupas

03-23-2015 19:16 UTC+2

Simunic at Half the Starting Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

It is not necessarily the comfort of Josip Simunic yet after the Austrian had returned to Day 3 of the EPT 11 Deauville High Roller with only three and a half big blinds and turned them into victory. However, Simunic only has half the stack remaining that he once received after buying into today's Main Event.

One of the latest hands saw him flat-calling a raise to 700 out of the big blind and another player had called as well in middle position. The original raise came from the player in under the gun and the latter check-called a bet of 1,025 on the flop by the cold-caller. Simunic mucked his cards and so did the preflop aggressor after the turn.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josip Simunic	15,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Josip Simunic

03-23-2015 19:12 UTC+2

More for Luft

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

The board was already complete, reading and Antonio Luft bet 16,000 into a pot of around 18,000. From one seat over, David Cossio-Ruiz pondered about his decision and eventually called to then muck once the Brazilian showed for the nuts. Ami Barer sighed and then laughed for a second before turning his attention to the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Luft	110,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Ami Barer Antonio Luft David Cossio-Ruiz

03-23-2015 19:09 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts from the Downstairs Room

Happy_Freaked

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	63,000 -1,000	-1,000

Sotirios Koutoupas	49,000 7,000	7,000

Martin Jacobson	45,000 7,450	7,450
Rasmus Vogt	44,000
Pierre Neuville	41,000 9,000	9,000
Sebastian Pauli	40,000 -4,000	-4,000

Dan Smith	38,000 -3,000	-3,000
Yann Dion	38,000 -2,000	-2,000
Anton Wigg	36,000 -22,000	-22,000

Fabian Quoss	36,000 3,000	3,000
Sam Trickett	36,000 8,500	8,500
Artur Koren	36,000 2,000	2,000
Jan Peter Jachtmann	33,000
Simeon Naydenov	29,000 -14,000	-14,000
Benjamin Pollak	29,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	27,000 -3,000	-3,000
Dominik Nitsche	24,000 -2,600	-2,600
Pratyush Buddiga	21,000
Rocco Palumbo	19,000
Gaelle Baumann	17,000 -4,100	-4,100

03-23-2015 19:08 UTC+2

All From Upstairs

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yury Gulyy	80,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	74,000 16,000	16,000
Steve Watts	57,000 29,000	29,000
Pawel Brzeski	52,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jan Bendik	46,000 6,500	6,500

Balazs Botond	46,000 26,950	26,950
Vladimir Bozinovic	41,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jonathan Little	40,000 10,000	10,000
Ihar Soika	38,000 -2,000	-2,000
Ivan Soshnikov	36,000 9,000	9,000
Stefan Jedlicka	35,000 -14,000	-14,000
Louis Salter	33,000 3,000	3,000
Fabio Sperling	33,000
Emil Patel	31,000 10,000	10,000
Atanas Kavrakov	31,000 11,000	11,000
Erwann Pecheux	31,000 1,000	1,000
Jeffrey Hakim	27,000 -500	-500
Ami Barer	26,000 -6,000	-6,000
Andrea Benelli	26,000
Kevin MacPhee	24,600 -3,400	-3,400

Juha Helppi	23,000 -1,000	-1,000
Tamer Kamel	19,000 -1,000	-1,000
Jonathan Duhamel	17,000 -13,000	-13,000

Vanessa Selbst	14,000 4,000	4,000

Gereon Sowa	5,000 -8,000	-8,000

03-23-2015 19:04 UTC+2

Katchalov Shoves

Webjoker

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Farid Chati opened for 700 from the cutoff. Eugene Katchalov on the button three bet to 1,800 and both blinds quickly folded. Chati opted to four bet to 4,500 and action was back on the Ukrainian PokerStars Team Pro. Katchalov shoved and Chati immediately released.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Katchalov	19,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Farid Chati Eugene Katchalov