8 Content for Half a Million Prize
Eight players remain in the 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta €25,750 High Roller. Already guaranteed €67,990 at this point, the eight remaining players will battle it out for that first place prize of €498,575.
Play starts at 12:30 local time, in about an hour, with still almost a full hour left on the clock in level 18 (25,000/50,000 - 5,000 ante). Sam Greenwood is the man in charge with a stack worth almost 100 big blinds. Nick Petrangelo starts out as the short stack with just 13 big blinds.
The two remaining German players got knocked out at the same time last night to get down from 10 to 8. A redraw was done right after:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 2,215,000 | 44.3 |
| 2 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 650,000 | 13 |
| 3 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 4,775,000 | 95.5 |
| 4 | Jason Wheeler | United States | 930,000 | 18.6 |
| 5 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 2,065,000 | 41.3 |
| 6 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 1,365,000 | 27.3 |
| 7 | Byron Kaverman | United States | 2,970,000 | 59.4 |
| 8 | Mike McDonald | Canada | 3,500,000 | 70 |
Check back here in an hour for coverage of the EPT Malta High Roller. In the meantime you can check out our coverage of the Main Event which starts in just over half an hour. While you wait, take a look at our video interview with Jason Wheeler where he shares his vision on the movement away from third party software online:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,775,000 | |
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3,500,000 | |
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2,970,000 | |
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2,215,000 | |
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2,065,000 | |
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1,365,000 | |
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930,000 | |
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650,000 | |