2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

€10,200 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
89
Prize
€327,030
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,299,800
Entries
134
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Dropping Like Flies

Level 12 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Bryn Kenney has been eliminated and former big stack Keven "Stammdogg" Stammen joined him on the rail shortly after. Stammen got his last 100,000 chips in with pocket queens and Mikita Badziakouski picked up pocket aces in the small blind.

Last but not least, John Juanda shoved from the button for 77,000 and Christopher Frank reraised from one seat over to isolate.

Frank: {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Juanda: {A-Spades}{4-Clubs}

The {8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} flop opens opportunities for a split pot while the {6-Hearts} turn gave either player a gutshot straight draw. The {8-Diamonds} river completed the board and the tiny kicker advantage was crucial for Frank to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Frank
640,000
240,000
240,000
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Mikita Badziakouski
445,000
315,000
315,000
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John Juanda
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
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Bryn Kenney
Busted
Profile photo of Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
Busted

Tags: Bryn KenneyChristopher FrankJohn JuandaKeven StammenMikita Badziakouski

Linde Still in the Tournament

Level 12 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Dylan Linde was all in with Ivan Luca and Mukul Pahuja still to act on the river {2-Spades}{A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Pahuja pushed out Luca to scoop the side pot while showing {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} and Linde tripled up with {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}. He moved back up to starting stack, unfortunately that's only 10 big blinds for the current level though.

Player Chips Progress
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Dylan Linde
101,000
31,000
31,000
Run It Once

Tags: Dylan LindeIvan LucaMukul Pahuja

Jorgensen Busts to Thorel

Level 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

In the last hand before the break, the board is already completed with {7-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Jean-Noel Thorel checked. Theo Jorgensen moved all in for what looked like 150,000 with {A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Thorel called with {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} to scoop a massive pot.

According to Thorel, he opened preflop and called the three-bet to 50,000 before both players checked the flop. Thorel then bet the turn for 100,000 and was called before check-calling the river.

Player Chips Progress
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Jean-Noel Thorel
805,000
315,000
315,000
Profile photo of Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
Busted

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelTheo Jorgensen

Level: 12

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Break!

Level 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With the tournament's 11th level now coming to a close, the players are off on a 15-minute break.

Linde Loses with Kings

Level 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski open-shoved from under the gun for 61,000 and Dylan Linde reshoved from late position double the stack to isolate successfully. Linde showed the {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} and Badziakouski was in bad shape with {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades} but picked up the straight draw on the flop {K-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}. The {J-Hearts} turn was no good yet, but the {9-Diamonds} river completed a straight for the Belorussian.

Adrian Mateos was less fortunate, he busted at almost the same time.

Player Chips Progress
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Mikita Badziakouski
130,000
8,000
8,000
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Dylan Linde
70,000
-250,000
-250,000
Run It Once
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Adrian Mateos
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Dylan LindeMikita BadziakouskiAdrian Mateos

Deeb Flushes Pollak

Level 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Benjamin Pollak
Benjamin Pollak

Benjamin Pollak had just been moved to a seat on the right of Shaun Deeb when he open-shoved his last 85,000 from late position.

Deeb made the call with {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and was behind Pollak's {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. However, Deeb picked up a flush draw when the board ran out {6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} to the turn.

In the end, the river came the {10-Diamonds}, giving Deeb a flush and Pollak a one-way ticket to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
530,000
70,000
70,000
Team Lucky
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Benjamin Pollak
Busted

Tags: Benjamin PollakShaun Deeb

Muehloecker Keeps Running Good

Level 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Muehloecker
Thomas Muehloecker

Akin Tuna moved all in for 62,500 from the button and Thomas Muehloecker called out of the big blind with {K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Tuna was ahead before the flop with {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} but Muehloecker made a flush on the board {10-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{5-Spades} and scooped the pot.

Vladimir Troyanovskiy was enjoying a very decent start early on but it must have gone downhill a lot. For around 10 big blinds he got it in with the {K-}{8-} and Muehlecker had him dominated out of the small blind with {K-}{Q-}. The board provided no help for the Russian and he was gone.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Muehloecker
570,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Akin Tuna tr
Akin Tuna
Busted
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Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted

Tags: Akin TunaThomas MuehloeckerVladimir Troyanovskiy

A Juicy Payout for the Winner

Level 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

There were 99 unique entries and 35 reentries to create a prize pool of €1,299,800 and the top 17 spots will share a portion of the money. The bubble will be played on three tables of six each and the minimum payout is worth €20,405 whereas the winner receives juicy €327,030 for the efforts.

Whether the tournament will be over tonight or at a later point during the festival is not clear yet.

The Big Stacks

Level 11 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

A quick look around the remaining tables shows the following players have the biggest stacks:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jonathan Roy ca
Jonathan Roy
630,000
445,000
445,000
Profile photo of Gilbert Diaz fr
Gilbert Diaz
600,000
600,000
600,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
490,000
-160,000
-160,000
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
460,000
10,000
10,000
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
450,000
Profile photo of Ilari Sahamies fi
Ilari Sahamies
380,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
380,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
350,000
50,000
50,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
340,000
340,000
340,000
Profile photo of Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
320,000
220,000
220,000
Run It Once