€5,300 Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,340,750
Entries
895
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Day 2 of the European Poker Tour Malta Main Event saw six players take advantage of the late-registration period. That brought the total field to 895 players and created a prize pool of €4,340,750 that will be distributed to the top 121 finishers with a hefty €810,400 going to the eventual winner. After six 75-minute levels of play, the field was reduced from 512 down to 186 with Samuel Chartier and his stack of 465,500 leading the way.
Others who survived the day with big stacks were Germans Moritz Dietrich (460,000) and Ismail Kalkan (426,900), and Italian Filippo Lazzaretto (348,100).
Eliminations were the order of the day, and that included Marvin Rettenmaier. The two-time World Poker Tour champ fell in Level 9 (400/800/100) when Diego Zeiter opened from early position and Rettenmaier three-bet to 6,500 from the small blind. Zeiter four-bet to 14,000 and then called when Rettenmaier shoved all in.
Zeiter: 
Rettenmaier: 
The board ran out 
, and the German star made his exit. He'd soon have company on the rail.
Jorryt van Hoof, Martin Finger, Philipp Gruissem, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Ole Schemion, Fabian Quoss, Dominik Nitsche, Ami Barer, and Day 1b chip leader Max Silver were among those to fall on Day 2. Likewise, Team PokerStars Pro members Theo Jorgensen, Jan Heitmann, George Danzer, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Vanessa Selbst, Marcin Horecki, Leo Margets, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier all took their leave, as did Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Dermot Blain, who celebrated his 31st birthday yesterday.
For a thorough look at the history of poker in Malta, check out our feature post titled EPT Malta Shakes Up Portomaso Casino's All-Time Money List.
As for the chip leader, Chartier, he got some of his chips in Level 12 (800/1,600/200) by eliminating EPT Prague High Roller champ Ivan Soshnikov. It happened when the Russian raised to 3,300 and called Chartier's three-bet to 8,200. On the 
flop, Soshnikov check-called a bet of 8,600 and checked again on the turn. Chartier tossed in three blue T5,000 chips and announced to the dealer "14," meaning a bet of 14,000. Soshnikov took off his earphones for a second to confirm the amount and called, heading to the 
on the river.
Again the Russian checked and had put his earphones back in. Chartier moved all in and the red triangle flew in front of the Canadian. Soshnikov called and Chartier flipped over the 
for a flush. The Russian let out some curse words in his native language before flashing the 
and heading for the exit.
Others returning for Day 3 include online star Ignat "0Human0" Liviu (248,000); high-stakes pro Alec Torelli (216,500); reigning World Series of Poker champ Martin Jacobson (67,700); Team PokerStars Pro members Jonathan Duhamel (77,500) and Jake Cody (58,000); and PokerStars-sponsored player Dominik Panka (197,300).
"At the beginning of the day, I won three pots then I had ace-king versus tens," Panka told PokerNews about his Day 2. "The other player had 30 big blinds and I turned a king. After that, I just steadily increased my chips and all the three-bets I did — which weren’t too many — were working. So, yes, it’s been a pretty good day."
Day 3 will kick off at 12 p.m. local time on Wednesday, and the plan is to play five 90-minute levels. The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be there every step of the way.
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
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Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Official end-of-day chip counts, as well as the Day 3 table draw, will follow later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
465,500
75,500
|
75,500 |
|
460,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
426,900
-3,100
|
-3,100 |
|
348,100
168,100
|
168,100 |
|
335,700
85,700
|
85,700 |
|
320,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
312,100
70,100
|
70,100 |
|
300,000
231,000
|
231,000 |
|
||
|
272,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
264,300
154,300
|
154,300 |
|
253,000
229,800
|
229,800 |
|
248,200
-26,800
|
-26,800 |
|
248,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
240,000 | |
|
238,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
|
|
237,700
199,800
|
199,800 |
|
237,100
-37,900
|
-37,900 |
|
|
||
|
216,500 | |
|
||
|
212,100
130,400
|
130,400 |
|
211,400
137,400
|
137,400 |
|
207,300
100,300
|
100,300 |
|
|
||
|
201,000
158,500
|
158,500 |
|
200,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
|
199,700
9,700
|
9,700 |
|
||
|
197,300
-7,700
|
-7,700 |
|
||
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Each remaining table will play three more hands before bagging up for the night. Stay tuned for a list of notable chips counts as well as a full recap of the Day 2 action.
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Matthieu Rodriguez opened to 4,800 and Nikolay Tsanev moved all in for 5,500 out of the small blind. David Vamplew called and so did Rodriguez, as he was not allowed to raise further. On the 
flop, Vamplew check-folded to a bet of Rodriguez and Tsanev then revealed his 
.
The Frenchman had him crushed with 
but the board completed with the 
turn and the 
river.
Rodriguez had also knocked out Rasmus Agerskov earlier after his pocket aces held versus 
on a 
flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
240,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
20,000
-15,400
|
-15,400 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Sergio Caamano Remuinan was down to only 15,000 chips not long ago and is now up to 100,000 after doubling up for 43,500 with against the 
of Jonnie Sonelin. The board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
100,000
4,700
|
4,700 |
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
After a flop of 
, the player in the small blind check-called a bet of 16,000 by Dan Smith and then faced the shove of the American on the 
turn. That enforced a fold and Smith is still in it to win it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Niccolo Ceccarelli raised before the flop to 5,100 from the cutoff and WSOP Main Event champion Martin Jacobson called from the button.
The flop came down and Jacobson called another 6,000. The turn was the and this time both players checked. On the river the hit and Jacobson faced a bet of 18,000. The Swede folded and left himself with 53,000.
Jacobson hasn't had many chips all day and he looks to hang on as the day's about to end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000
76,500
|
76,500 |
|
53,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
Level 14
: 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
A couple of days ago, Sam Trickett couldn't win a hand for love nor money. He represented Team UK in the Global Poker Masters and luck just wasn't on his side, losing every all in on his way to a team defeat.
Trickett is a big sports fan and a massive Man Utd supporter. Utd had a very important game on sunday that they managed to win and Trickett was very emotionally invested in the game. We'll let you make up your mind whether the result went the way Trickett would've hoped:
What a day !! Absolutely spoilt ,amazing games,amazing players & amazing results !!! #LoveTheGame #footballFollow @Samtrickett1
It's amazing sometimes the way a sports result can affect one's psyche. From yesterday afternoon, through to the near-climax of today, Trickett seems like a changed man. Before, when things weren't going right at the table, the Brit was fairly quiet and fidgety, getting out of his seat a lot. The last two days though, he's carried himself well, had a smile on his face and has led the conversations at the tables he's been at.
All that seems to have had a positive impact on his game as his stack has steadily grown to the point where he'll likely enter Day 3 with a top-ten stack. Last count he had 345,000. Trickett is one of the most dangerous players in the world when he's focused and he seems right in the zone at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |