2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Pospiech Rises

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Francois Billard open-shoved from the button with {A-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} and Marius Pospiech called out of the big blind with a slightly inferior stack of around 110,000. The German held {A-Spades} {10-Hearts} and cruised to a double up thanks to a board of {J-Spades} {Q-Spades} {3-Spades} {K-Hearts} {2-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
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Marius Pospiech
240,000
166,000
166,000
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Francois Billard
15,000
-365,000
-365,000

Tags: Francois BillardMarius Pospiech

Puglia Eliminates Geissert

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Giampaolo Puglia opened for 13,000 and Fedor Holz in the cutoff made the call. Bjorn Geissert in the big blind thought about it for some time, before making the call with just 76,000 behind.

The flop came {A-Spades}{10-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Geissert checked. Puglia bet 16,000 and Holz instantly folded. Geissert shoved all in and Puglia instantly called by tossing in an extra 1,000 chip.

Bjorn Geissert: {Q-Spades}{2-Spades}
Giampaola Puglia: {A-Clubs}{5-Spades}

The {9-Clubs} on the turn didn't help Geissert and neither did the {A-Hearts} on the river. Geissert hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Giampaolo Puglia
276,000
109,000
109,000
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Bjorn Geissert
Busted

Tags: Bjorn GeissertFedor HolzGiampaolo PugliaPuglia Giampaolo

Holz Shows Bluff

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Nandor Solyom opened the action with a raise from the cutoff and Fedor Holz defended his small blind to see a flop of {2-Clubs} {9-Spades} {6-Spades}. A raising war followed that saw Solyom three-bet to 86,000 with less than that behind and Holz shoved. Solyom somehow folded and was then shown the {J-Hearts} {10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Fedor Holz
380,000
60,000
60,000
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Nandor Solyom
70,000
-12,000
-12,000

Tags: Fedor HolzNandor Solyom

Kovtunov Busts Spindler and One More

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Benny Spindler
Benny Spindler

A short stack moved all in for 42,000 with {9-Clubs} {6-Clubs} from under the gun and Antoine Vranken flat-called before Glib Kovtunov squeezed to 115,000.

Behind the Ukrainian, Spindler moved all in for 380,000 and Kovtunov snapped him off with pocket queens after the fold of Vranken. Spindler was ahead with pocket aces but a queen popped up on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
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Glib Kovtunov
1,000,000
465,000
465,000
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Benny Spindler
Busted

Tags: Antoine VrankenBenny SpindlerGlib Kovtunov

Ensan Loses Big Pot to Dietrich

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Hossein Ensan opened the button for 12,000 and small blind Moritz Dietrich three-bet to 32,000. Ensan four-bet to 55,000 and Dietrich made the call.

Dietrich checked to Ensan on {3-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, and called the 29,000 bet that followed. Both players checked the {10-Clubs} on the turn and the {8-Hearts} completed the board. Dietrich bet 57,000 and after some time, Ensan called.

Dietrich showed {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for top pair, Ensan mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Moritz Dietrich
516,000
216,000
216,000
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Hossein Ensan
162,000
-333,000
-333,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Dietrich MoritzHossein EnsanMoritz Dietrich

Lhommeau Busts with Queens

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Table 10 is dramatically increasing the number of eliminations once they have been moved off the feature table. Koray Aldemir opened to 13,000 and was called by Damien Lhommeau in the hijack before Antoine Vranken moved all in for 95,000 out of the small blind. Aldemir just flat-called and now Lhommeau shoved for a total stack of 180,000, Aldemir snap-called.

Vranken: {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs}
Aldemir: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}
Lhommeau: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {5-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} and the three-way pot saw the elimination of Lhommeau and triple up of Vranken. The Dutchman has since snagged some more chips to move up further.

Player Chips Progress
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Antoine Vranken
460,000
376,800
376,800
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Koray Aldemir
200,000
-70,000
-70,000
Profile photo of Damien Lhommeau fr
Damien Lhommeau
Busted

Tags: Antoine VrankenDamien LhommeauKoray Aldemir

Birizdo Gone

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Before the break, Istvan Birizdo had lost the majority of his stack and was down all the way to 110,000 chips that he now had put into the middle of the table preflop. Niccolo Ceccarelli from one seat over looked him up with {A-Spades} {K-Spades} and dominated the {A-Clubs} {4-Spades} of Birizdo.

Despite some sweat on the {3-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {9-Spades} flop, the board completed with the {10-Hearts} turn and {3-Spades} river to cause yet another seat open.

Player Chips Progress
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Niccolo Ceccarelli
330,000
180,000
180,000
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Istvan Birizdo
Busted

Tags: Istvan BirizdoNiccolo Ceccarelli