2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

�10,300 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
22
Prize
€188,229
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€814,800
Entries
84
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Ilkin Amirov Hits the Rail

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ilkin Amirov
Ilkin Amirov

First to act, Ilkin Amirov shoved all in for exactly 300,000. Action folded to Charlie Carrel in the big blind and after asking for a count, he went into the tank for a bit.

"I can say my hand, right?" Carrel asked the floor.

"I have ace-queen" he continued after getting permission to say what he wanted from the floor.

"I think I have to. You don't look too confident." Carrel said.

Carrel did call and Amirov's face showed some pain.

Ilkin Amirov: {Q-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Charlie Carrel: {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

The board came {8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs} and Amirov made his exit from the tournament in 13th place. With just 12 players left now, it's bubble and time for hand for hand play has begun.

Player Chips Progress
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
736,000
136,000
136,000
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
Busted

Tags: Charlie CarrelIlkin Amirov

Kisacikoglu Doubles

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu (button) and Ilkin Amirov (big blind) got their chips in the middle before a single community card was seen. Kisacikoglu was at risk with the {A-Spades}{9-Hearts} and was already getting up after seeing Amirov had {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}.

Kisacikoglu sat back down again as the flop came {6-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. To not jinx himself, he stood back up. That worked as the {3-Clubs} on the turn and {3-Diamonds} on the river were blanks and Kisacikoglu doubled his 351,000 stack.

Player Chips Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
724,000
229,000
229,000
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
262,000
-378,000
-378,000

Tags: Orpen KisacikogluIlkin Amirov

Buldygin Exits

Level 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Pasquale Grimaldi opened for 50,000. His neighbor Viacheslav Buldygin in the hijack shoved all in and Grimaldi was quick to call when action folded around to him.

Pasquale Grimaldi: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Viacheslav Buldygin: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and Buldygin made his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
1,000,000
350,000
350,000
Viacheslav Buldygin ru
Viacheslav Buldygin
Busted

Tags: Pasquale GrimaldiViacheslav Buldygin

Level: 14

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Neuville And Finger Down To Amirov

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Pierre Neuville
Pierre Neuville

Pierre Neuville was down to just 28,000, not even two big blinds. The Belgian grandmaster shoved from early position, and action was folded to Martin Finger on the button.

The German moved in for 245,000, only to be met by a snap-call from Amirov in the big blind.

Pierre Neuville: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}
Martin Finger: {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}
Ilkin Amirov: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

"Ach!," exclaimed Neuville, who finally found a monster, only to run into a bigger monster. The {A-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop practically sealed it, giving Amirov a near mortal lock of 96% on the hand. The {7-Spades} turn left everyone drawing dead, the river {K-Clubs} was just nice for the statistics.

"Ajee!," gasped Neuville upon seeing the river card, before making his way to the exit in 16th. Finger finished 15th, bringing us three places from the bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
640,000
330,000
330,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
Busted

Tags: Ilkin AmirovMartin FingerPierre Neuville

A Fun Atmosphere

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The action has slowed down a bit over on Table 1, no big hands as of yet. But it's anything but boring as Behzad Ahadpour is the life of the party.

He's been adamant he wants to make the final table, and told repeatedly that he will only play aces, kings and queens (sometimes ace-king gets a mention too). Scott Seiver, meanwhile, is already laughing because he predicts someone is going to get it in with jacks anyway and going to bust.

Ahadpour told the table he usually plays omaha. When O'Dwyer told him tomorrow a �10,000 Omaha event starts, Ahadpour was already trying to reschedule his flight to stay a little longer.

Tags: Behzad AhadpourScott SeiverSteve O'Dwyer

Finger Is Too Greedy

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Martin Finger raised in early position and Pasquale Grimaldi defended his big blind. The flop came {Q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}, Grimaldi checked, Finger bet 30,000 and Grimaldi called. Both players checked the {4-Clubs} on the turn.

On the {4-Spades} river, Grimaldi checked, Finger bet 72,000 and Grimaldi called. Finger showed {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, but Grimaldi had {Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and took down the pot.

"Too greedy," laughed Finger after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Pasquale Grimaldi it
Pasquale Grimaldi
650,000
250,000
250,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
250,000
-75,000
-75,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Martin FingerPasquale Grimaldi

The Final Two Tables

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
 Table 1Table 2
SeatPlayerPlayer
1Pratyush BuddigaPasquale Grimaldi
2Rocco PalumboViacheslav Buldygin
3Adrian MateosMartin Finger
4Jakub MichalakCharlie Carrel
5Steve O'DwyerIlkin Amirov
6Behzad AhadpourMorten Mortensen
7Diego ZeiterPierre Neuville
8Scott SeiverOrpen Kisacikoglu

Aldemir Busts To O'Dwyer

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Koray Aldemir
Koray Aldemir

In one of the first hands after the break, Korey Aldemir open-shoved 146,000 from the button. Steve O'Dwyer reshoved from the small blind to put Aldemir at risk.

Koray Aldemir: {A-Clubs}{4-Hearts}
Steve O'Dwyer: {K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

The board ran out {J-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} and Aldemir had to make his way to the exit. 16 players are left, another redraw will follow.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
610,000
175,000
175,000
EPT 1X Winner
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
Busted

Tags: Koray AldemirSteve O'Dwyer