2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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

Chattaway Sent to the Rail

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Georgios Karakousis opened for 5,000 under the gun and received a call from Christopher Andler. Puglia Giampaolo then three-bet to 16,000, and action folded to Billy Chattaway in the big blind. He moved all in for 21,000 total, all three of his opponents called, and the flop came down {q-Spades}{4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}. Karakousis was first to act and simply moved all in, which drove the other two players from the hand.

Karakousis: {k-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Chattaway: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Karakousis flopped top pair, which was just enough to pull out in front of Chattaway's fish hooks. Neither the {2-Diamonds} turn nor {K-Clubs} river helped Chattaway, and he made his way to the exit while Karakousis was pushed the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Karakousis gr
Georgios Karakousis
150,000 50,000
Giampaolo Puglia it
Giampaolo Puglia
135,000 91,000
Christopher Andler se
Christopher Andler
80,000 900
Billy Chattaway gb
Billy Chattaway
Busted

Tags: Georgios KarakousisChristopher AndlerPuglia GiampaoloBilly Chattaway

Marc-Andre Ladouceur Eliminated

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

As we approached table 6 we just spotted Marc-Andre Ladouceur getting up from the table with a disappointed face. Filippo Lazzaretto later told us what had happened.

Thomas Muehloecker limped in early position and Ladouceur raised to 6,000. Lazzaretto three-bet to 16,000 and after Muehloecker folded, Ladouceur shoved all in for about 57,000. Lazzaretto made the call with {A-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} and was up against the Team Online's pocket eights.

Lazzaretto hit a queen and send the Canadian packing.

Player Chips Progress
Filippo Lazzaretto it
Filippo Lazzaretto
180,000 73,400
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
Busted

Tags: Marc LadouceurMarc-Andre LadouceurThomas MuehloeckerFilippo Lazzaretto

Jachtmann the One-Man Show

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Rasmus Agerskov grinned after Jan Peter Jachtmann had dragged yet another pot over on table 19 and upon asked, the Dane confirmed that Jachtmann has been tearing up the table as of lately. Fellow German and former EPT champion Benny Spindler is also on the rise while Tobias Peters and Yann Dion are on the short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Peter Jachtmann de
Jan Peter Jachtmann
250,000 112,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
145,000 97,000
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
38,000 -53,000
Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
35,000 -57,200

Tags: Benny SpindlerJan-Peter JachtmannRasmus AgerskovTobias PetersYann Dion

No Diamond No Problem

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Zachary Korik moved all in for 26,700 from early position and the action folded to Christian Christner, who had the option on the button. The German eventually announced all in and both players in the blinds folded. Christner had the {J-Clubs} {J-Hearts} and flipped against the {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} of Korik.

The board ran out {10-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} and Korik asked his opponent "You don't havr a diamond there?" to which Christner denied. "That's good," the American said and grabbed the profit.

Player Chips Progress
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
58,000 29,500
Christian Christner de
Christian Christner
35,000 -7,100

Tags: Christian ChristnerZachary Korik

Pesonen Whamboozled

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Lauri Pesonen had his last 12,700 in the middle before the flop and found no less than three callers.

He could potentially quadruple up but it wasn't meant to be. All three opponents checked the {J-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop and {J-Spades} turn, only for Bjorn Geissert to bet 17,000 on the {8-Diamonds} river. The remaining two players folded and Pesonen and Geissert showed their cards.

Geissert had {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a straight, Pesonen's {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} soon enough landed belly down in the muck. Squadoosh for the Fin.

Player Chips Progress
Lauri Pesonen fi
Lauri Pesonen
Busted

Tags: Lauri PesonenBjorn Geissert

Danzer Eliminated

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
George Danzer
George Danzer

Three-times World Series of Poker Bracelet winner George Danzer has been eliminated. The German moved all in for 26,700 chips with {A-Spades} {J-Spades} and got called by Gianluca Escobar on the button with {A-Clubs} {9-Spades}. The board ran out {8-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {2-Clubs} and the Italian made his flush on the river to score the knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca Escobar it
Gianluca Escobar
90,000 9,300
George Danzer de
George Danzer
Busted

Tags: George DanzerGianluca Escobar

Lots of Counts from Level 13

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
370,000 66,000
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
320,000 50,000
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
275,000 -5,000
Moritz Dietrich de
Moritz Dietrich
270,000 -5,000
Ronny Voth de
Ronny Voth
265,000 151,600
Alen Bilic ba
Alen Bilic
170,000 50,000
Giuliano Bendinelli it
Giuliano Bendinelli
EPT 1X Winner
170,000 125,500
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
170,000 -10,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
155,000 10,000
Sami Shetta fi
Sami Shetta
145,000 15,000
Miltiadis Kyriakides cy
Miltiadis Kyriakides
145,000 46,000
Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
EPT 1X Winner
140,000 90,000
Evangelos Tsairis gr
Evangelos Tsairis
140,000 -40,300
Marius Pospiech de
Marius Pospiech
125,000 41,000
Andrey Shatilov ru
Andrey Shatilov
99,000 34,400
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
95,000 55,500
Marcin Horecki pl
Marcin Horecki
95,000 -9,000
Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
95,000 95,000
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
95,000 -25,000
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
90,000 -5,000
Tobias Matuschek de
Tobias Matuschek
80,000 20,000
Artur Koren at
Artur Koren
75,000 53,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
70,000 -25,000
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
62,000
Philippe Ktorza fr
Philippe Ktorza
50,000 23,000

Ivarsson Busts Celestino

Level 13 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Alexander Ivarsson
Alexander Ivarsson

Ariel Celestino shoved his last 27,000 in from middle position. Action folded around to Alexander Ivarsson in the small blind and he shoved over the top all in to get the big blind to decide for all of his chips. The big blind's decision was easy it seemed, his cards hit the muck instantly.

Alexander Ivarsson: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}
Ariel Celestino: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The flop came {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{8-Clubs} and Celestino flipped over his cards and started walking away. The {Q-Diamonds} on the turn and the {5-Hearts} on the river couldn't help Celestino anymore and the Brazilian headed for the exit.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
240,000 5,000
Ariel Celestino br
Ariel Celestino
Busted

Tags: Alexander IvarssonAriel Celestino