2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.com EPT Tallinn

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€275,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€1,071,600
Entries
282
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
4,000

Table Twelve Gets Juicier

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Table twelve just seems to get juicier and juicier and if this carries on they will need to re-strengthen the table legs.

TableSeatNameChips
Table 121Matthew Frankland27,500
 3Kirill Zapletin53,000
 4Oscar Lima192,000
 5Timothy English80,000
 6Ville Salmi14,000
 7Jani Sointula195,000
 8Fernando Brito98,000
 9Johan van Till140,000

One person who is not having a fun time on table 12 is Matthew Frankland and here is one of the reasons why.

Lima made a standard pre flop raise and both Sointula and Frankland called. The flop was {5-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {8-Spades}, Lima checked, Sointula bet 5,600 and only Frankland made the call. They both checked the {a-Diamonds} turn and Frankland led for 8,300 on the {q-Clubs} river. Sointula pulled some nasty faces and then made the call and it was good.

Frankland{j-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}
Sointula{k-Diamonds} {k-Spades}

Ionel Takes One From Vitkind

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Anton Ionel raised to 2,600 from early position and Dmitry Vitkind called in the hi-jack as did the big blind. The flop was {q-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {k-Spades} and the big blind checked to Ionel who bet 6,700 and Vitkind called before the big blind folded. The turn of {8-Diamonds} was checked through and then on the river of {6-Clubs} Ionel bet 8,700 and Vitkind called and Ionel scooped the pot.

VitkindMucked
Ionel{a-Hearts} {k-Diamonds}

Tags: Anton IonelDmitry Vitkind

Romanello All In

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Roberto Romanello
Roberto Romanello

Roberto Romanello, the current EPT Prague champion, has been uncharacteristically quiet today but one thing that certainly was not quiet was his last bet. He moved all in for around 43,000 on a board reading {k-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades} sending Vincenzo Apicella into the tank. He stayed there for three minutes whilst Romanello sat completely motionless but the Welshman is certainly moving again now as Apicella folded and Romanello has to stack up his new chips.

Tags: Roberto RomanelloVincenzo Apicella

Bansi Banking

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Praz Bansi had a difficult first table and only won one pot of note versus David Sonelin before he was moved to a new table. It seems like he's found a more comfortable home here. He just got three streets of value with a hand that got better for him on each street.

He opened to 2,200 from the cut-off and Robert Cezarescu peeled from the big blind. Bansi was checked to three times and he bet 2,800, 6,700 and 10,800 on each occasion. The final board read {3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{q-Spades}{k-Spades}{j-Hearts} and Bansi was called all the way.

He tabled {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades} for two-pair and the pot as Cezarescu folded. The Brit is up to less than 100,000 chips as a result.

Tags: Praz Bansi

Nikitina Survives Crucial Flip

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Natalia Nikitina is still in the EPT Main Event after winning a crucial coinflip against local player Priit Turner.

Pierre-Olivier Jandaud started the betting with a raise to 2,200 from middle position and when the action folded to Turner oin the cutoff he three-bet to 5,600. The button got out of the way but Nikitina sat riffling chips in the small blind. After around 20 seconds she moved them all into the middle of the table. Jandaud folded but Turner snap-called.

Turner: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Nikitina: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}

The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and Nikitina more than doubled up and is now armed with 46,000 chips.

Tags: Natalia NikitinaPierre-Olivier JandaudPriit Turner

Sihvo is Having a Great Level Ten

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Lari Sihvo is a regular face on the European Poker Tour scene but with only a 19th place finish at Season 7 EPT Barcelona to show for it. He is having a great level ten and has just pushed himself up to 150,000 chips after winning his latest confrontation.

Sihvo raised to 2,000 from under the gun and Pokerstars Qualifier Edgars Augstkalns and Team PokerStars Pro Richard Toth both called. The flop was {2-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {5-Spades} and the action checked to Sihvo who bet 3,200 and only Augstkalns called. The turn of {a-Clubs} was checked by both parties before the dealer gave us the river of {a-Hearts}. Sihvo made a bet of 6,600 and Augstkalns had a suspicious look about him when he made the call. Sihvo turned over {a-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} and Augstkalns mucked his hand.

Tags: Edgars AugstkalnsLari SihvoRichard Toth

Laughing All The Way To The Ebanks

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Recent World Series of Poker bracelet winner Joe Ebanks did not have the best of starts today and was as low as 15,000 chips at one point, but he has recovered and currently sitting behind a 77,000 stack, 11,000 more than average.

He just added to his stack when he tangled with his fellow American, Will Haydon over on Table 8. Haydon checked to Ebanks on a flop that read {7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} but Ebanks refused to check it back, instead he bet 2,300. Haydon pondered his options and decided calling was the best of the three available to him.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and the action was similar, first Haydon checked, Ebanks bet 6,400 and Haydon made the call. The river was another ten, the {10-Clubs} and this time both players checked.

Ebanks did not look optimistic as he turned over {Q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} but it was enough as Haydon mucked his hand.

Tags: Joe EbanksWill Haydon

Full Level Nine Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aneris Adomkevicius lt
Aneris Adomkevicius
180,000
139,425
139,425
Profile photo of Oscar Lima
Oscar Lima
171,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Sergy Pilugin
Sergy Pilugin
170,000
68,350
68,350
Profile photo of Vicenzo Apicella
Vicenzo Apicella
170,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Lari Sihvo
Lari Sihvo
163,000
108,275
108,275
Profile photo of Michael Graydon ie
Michael Graydon
159,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
153,000
17,800
17,800
Profile photo of Erlend Melsom no
Erlend Melsom
142,000
95,200
95,200
Profile photo of Yulius Sepman
Yulius Sepman
140,000
102,975
102,975
Profile photo of Sander Laprik ee
Sander Laprik
136,000
122,500
122,500
Profile photo of Irene Baroni it
Irene Baroni
124,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Stefan Jedlicka at
Stefan Jedlicka
123,000
50,575
50,575
Profile photo of Danny Nierop
Danny Nierop
118,000
82,125
82,125
Profile photo of Robert Brofeldt
Robert Brofeldt
118,000
63,550
63,550
Profile photo of Nikolas Liakos
Nikolas Liakos
117,000
-13,000
-13,000
Profile photo of Priit Turner ee
Priit Turner
117,000
70,250
70,250
Profile photo of Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
113,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
110,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Jerzy Slaby pl
Jerzy Slaby
107,000
24,800
24,800
Profile photo of Vladimir Fedorov
Vladimir Fedorov
103,000
51,325
51,325
Profile photo of Andrey Subbotin ru
Andrey Subbotin
102,000
26,350
26,350
Profile photo of Kjartan Bergur Jonsson
Kjartan Bergur Jonsson
100,000
63,000
63,000
Profile photo of Lauri Meidla ee
Lauri Meidla
100,000
62,750
62,750
Profile photo of Antti Kakkainen
Antti Kakkainen
96,000
8,050
8,050
Profile photo of Katri Kasper ee
Katri Kasper
91,000
17,000
17,000

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Failed the Testud

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Paul Testud is out after a cooler of a hand. He held pocket fours and found a third four on a dry flop. He was up against Severin Walser and two were eager to and did commit their stacks. The Frenchman soon found out that his set was no good though as Walser had flopped top set with pocket kings.

Tags: Paul TestudSeverin Walser