High Roller Time in Malta, Cards in the Air at 12:30!

The PokerStars EPT Malta is in full swing, with several events already in the books and multiple trophies already lifted. The biggest one so far, was a cheque worth €174,600, going to Dietrich Fast who won the €10,300 high roller.

Today, the real big action kicks off with the start of the €25,750 High Roller. PokerNews will be on the floor to cover the event, followed by coverage of all the other big events this last ever PokerStars EPT Malta has in store for us. The event starts at 12:30 pm local time (2.5 hours from now), and players will start with 50,000 in chips. The plan is to play 10 levels of 60 minutes each.

PokerStars EPT Malta History

In the year 2015, the European Poker Tour visited the little island of Malta not once but twice. One time as part of the second half of Season 11, once at the start of Season 12. This year, in Season 13, the EPT only visits once. So players better make the best of it, as there will be no second chance. In fact, the European Poker Tour is down to it's next to last event ever, as after the event in Prague the world's biggest poker tour will relinquish its name. Whether a stop on Malta will return as a PokerStars Championship or PokerStars Festival remains to be seen, while it should be noted the latter is the more obvious choice if one were a betting man.

Here are the results for the previous big EPT events at the island of Malta:

Event		Entries	Winner	Prize in €	Prize in $
EPT March 2015	Main Event	895	Jean Montury	€687,400	$743,585
	€10k High Roller	304	David Peters	€597,000	$653,552
	€25k High Roller	88	Dzmitry Urbanovich	€572,300	$605,929

EPT October 2015	Main Event	651	Niall Farrell	€534,330	$588,592
	€10k Single Day High Roller	134	Steve O'Dwyer	€327,030	$360,241
	€10k High Roller	210	Byron Kaverman	€430,800	$475,355
	€25k High Roller	74	Mike McDonald	€498,575	$561,623

PokerStars EPT Malta Stats

While there have been just 2 PokerStars EPT festivals on Malta so far, a look at the stats for this event can still be interesting.

There's no doubt who's the most successful player on the island as Dzmitry Urbanovich tops both the list with most cashes (7) and most money won (€745,605). Urbanovich shares the position of the most amount of cashes with 4 other players. His lead in the most money won category is not as big, but still impressive:

Player	Cashes	Winnings
Dzmitry Urbanovich	7	€745,605
Alessandro Borsa	7	€87,820
Remi Wyrzykiewicz	7	€84,325
Jose Quintas	7	€72,300
[Removed:59]	7	€11,425
Daniel Dvoress	6	€396,080
Steve O'Dwyer	6	€394,095
Georgios Zisimopoulos	6	€175,345
Kiryl Radzivonau	6	€39,785
34 players	5

Player	Cashes	Winnings
Dzmitry Urbanovich	7	€745,605
Jean Montury	4	€693,595
David Peters	2	€624,090
Valentin Messina	2	€617,920
Byron Kaverman	3	€604,710
Nick Petrangelo	4	€594,895
Mike McDonald	3	€568,515
Niall Farrell	1	€534,330
Alen Bilic	2	€444,820
Connor Drinan	5	€438,145

Italy, by far, has the most amount of cashes with 406 registered Italians walking to the payout desk in 2015. While the Italians have cashes the most amount of times, it has been players from the United States walking away with the most money from the island.

Country	Cashes	Winnings
Italy	406	€1,988,945
Germany	199	€2,636,422
France	176	€2,489,987
United Kingdom	146	€1,470,491
Poland	115	€2,382,103
United States	114	€4,845,631
Russia	100	€948,273
Canada	95	€2,100,517
Netherlands	92	€617,003
Sweden	90	€840,002

Country	Cashes	Winnings
United States	114	€4,845,631
Germany	199	€2,636,422
France	176	€2,489,987
Poland	115	€2,382,103
Canada	95	€2,100,517
Italy	406	€1,988,945
United Kingdom	146	€1,470,491
Finland	67	€1,274,142
Russia	100	€948,273
Sweden	90	€840,002

2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

High Roller Time in Malta, Cards in the Air at 12:30!

PokerStars EPT Malta History

PokerStars EPT Malta Stats