€5,300 Main Event Day 4 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

03-26-2015 17:18 UTC+2

Puglia Picks the Wrong Spot to Shove

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Action folded to Giampaolo Puglia on the button and he opened for 38,000. EPT London champ Robin Ylitalo pushed back with a three-bet to 96,000 from the big blind, and Puglia thought for a long time before four-bet shoving for 460,000. Ylitalo made the call and Puglia discovered he'd picked a bad spot.

Puglia:
Ylitalo:

Puglia needed some help to crack Ylitalo's pair, but that proved easier said than done as the board ran out a lackluster . With that, Puglia took his leave from the feature table and Ylitalo came one step closer to capturing his second EPT title.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robin Ylitalo	1,250,000 496,000	496,000

Giampaolo Puglia	Busted

Tags: Giampaolo Puglia Robin Ylitalo

03-26-2015 17:25 UTC+2

Shatilov Folds Good

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Joining the action on the river, Andrey Shatilov checked in the big blind and Hossein Ensan pushed a stack of yellow T-25,000 chips forward. Fresh off the bustout from Mitch Johnson, Ensan seemed very eager to score another knockout and Shatilov ultimately folded the .

"Good fold for you," Ensan added and then flashed his for rivered trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hossein Ensan	1,700,000 830,000	830,000

Andrey Shatilov	300,000 -220,000	-220,000

Tags: Andrey Shatilov Hossein Ensan Mitch Johnson

03-26-2015 17:30 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts from the Feature Table

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Valentin Messina	1,134,000 -172,000	-172,000
Robin Ylitalo	1,090,000 -160,000	-160,000

Mateusz Moolhuizen	672,000 153,000	153,000
Koray Aldemir	618,000 -73,000	-73,000

Julien Duveau	519,000 178,000	178,000
Dominik Panka	474,000 34,000	34,000

Diogo Veiga	322,000 -26,000	-26,000

03-26-2015 17:32 UTC+2

Lundgren Doubles Through Ivarsson

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

After a raise to 32,000 by Alexander Ivarsson, Bjorn Lundgren moved all in for 296,000 from the big blind and his fellow Swede called to immediately sigh when he was shown the . Ivarsson only had the and failed to improve on the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Ivarsson	1,000,000 -301,000	-301,000
Bjorn Lundgren	630,000 282,000	282,000

Tags: Alexander Ivarsson Bjorn Lundgren

03-26-2015 17:38 UTC+2

Vaillancourt Must Rebuild Again

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Bruno Volkmann open-shoved for 196,000 and Noah Vaillancourt reshoved from the button with the superior stack and . Volkmann was at risk with the and immediately fell in love with the flop. After the turn, the Brazilian was guaranteed the double and the meaningless river was just a formality.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Volkmann	430,000 40,000	40,000
Noah Vaillancourt	245,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Bruno Volkmann Noah Vaillancourt

03-26-2015 17:42 UTC+2

Smit Doubles With Back Door Straight

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Stefan Schillhabel defended his big blind against the raise of Dennis Kaj Smit and the two of them then got it in on a flop. Schillhabel had for top two pair and the Dutchman held for the over pair and flush draw. While the diamond didn't arrive, the turn and river completed a back door straight instead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Schillhabel	650,000 30,000	30,000
Dennis Kaj Smit	500,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Dennis Kaj Smit Stefan Schillhabel

03-26-2015 17:46 UTC+2

Montury Wins Big Flip

Christian Zetzsche

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

After a preflop raising war, Jean Montury was all in at and at risk for his last 446,000 with and had a coin flip against the of Jorma Nuutinen. The flop immediately put a lock on the lead, however the on the turn now provided chop and even winning outs for the Finn.

It was the river that let Montury double up and jump ahead of Nuutinen in the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Montury	920,000 460,000	460,000

Jorma Nuutinen	650,000 -800,000	-800,000

Tags: Jean Montury Jorma Nuutinen

03-26-2015 17:49 UTC+2

He's 0Human0 After All

MarcC

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Liviu Ignat's day has come to an end at the hands of Alexander Ivarsson.

He was in the big blind and three-bet all in for around 200,000. Ivarsson had raised and called with his . Ignat opened and held on a board.

The very next hand he opened from the cutoff and barrelled on a board. Sam Chartier called all the way part from the river where the 215,000 bet was too hat for him to handle.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Ivarsson	1,300,000 300,000	300,000
Liviu Ignat	Busted

Tags: Alexander Ivarsson Ignat Liviu Liviu Ignat Samuel Chartier

03-26-2015 17:59 UTC+2

Brutal end for Johnson

MarcC

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The chip counts show Hossein Ensan at 1.7million. He got there by getting lucky in eliminating Mitch Johnson and the Brit had an awfully unlucky level. He wrote on Facebook:

"Out 37th! Brutal back to back hands. JJ in pre vs 88 for 600k. Hits 8. Next hand get AK in on KQ49 vs KT, rivers a jack for 850k. Gutted."

As per Ensan, the German limped from the small blind after the player on the button had limped and Johnson raised to 42,000 from the big blind. Only Ensan called to see the flop that was checked through. On the turn, Ensan checked and Johnson bet 80,000 with a stack of 300,000 in total.

Ensan deciced to jam against the short stack with and Johnson called with for the better kicker. The dealer burned and turned a jack on the river to give Ensan a straight and even bigger stack

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitch Johnson	Busted

Tags: Hossein Ensan Mitch Johnson

03-26-2015 18:02 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts from Table 1

Chad Holloway

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Remi Wyrzykiewicz	1,200,000 50,000	50,000
Sergio Aido	1,200,000 -50,000	-50,000

Javier Gomez Zapatero	1,150,000 30,000	30,000
Bart Kuiper	931,000 181,000	181,000
Antoine Vranken	700,000 -460,000	-460,000
Jannick Wrang	340,000 -140,000	-140,000

Javier Rodriguez	160,000 -100,000	-100,000