2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€687,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,340,750
Entries
895
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
100,000

No More Tables Downstairs

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With 378 players remaining according to the screens, tournament staff has confirmed that the last table downstairs has been moved to the main area and thus only one set of stairs is required for the bloggers to jump right into the action.

Salter Keeps on Running Well

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Jack Salter - Day 1a
Jack Salter - Day 1a

Denis Drobina was all in and at risk after five-bet shoving his stack of 25,000 chips with pocket kings. Jack Salter "didn't have much, only pocket jacks" and the queen-high flop "gave nothing." On the {9-Hearts} turn, Salter picked up a flush and straight draw before finding one of the remaining two jacks in the deck on the river.

Salter then went on to explain to the table that the {J-Clubs} was his favorite card, but he didn't get it this time.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
175,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Denis Drobina ro
Denis Drobina
Busted

Tags: Denis DrobinaJack Salter

Pecheux the Miracle Man

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Erwann Pecheux started the day as short stack like he did so often before and then staged yet another comeback story, getting himself suddenly above average within the first levels after the restart. Latest victim to the run of the Frenchman was Steven Warburton, who five-bet shoved with {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}.

A third player in the hand bowed out after the three-bet and Pecheux called with {A-Spades} {K-Clubs}. The board ran out {6-Clubs} {7-Spades} {5-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} and Warburton had slightly less chips than his opponent to head to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Erwann Pecheux
80,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Steven Warburton gb
Steven Warburton
Busted

Tags: Erwann PecheuxSteven Warburton

A Dangerous Man Gets Even More Dangerous

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Alexandre Sako opened before the flop and Artem Litvinov in the hijack made the call.

Sako would fire on the {6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} flop and Litvinov made the call. The same happened on the {K-Hearts} turn; Sarko bet (6,600) this time, Litvinov called.

The {7-Clubs} was where things got interesting. Sako bet another 11,000 and Litvinov tanked for a bit before raising to 29,000. Now it was Sako in the tank. The Brazilian thought for quite some time before eventually calling.

Litvinov showed {10-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} for the nuts and Sako mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Artem Litvinov
180,000
30,000
30,000

Tags: Artem Litvinov

Say Goodbye to...

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jiri Horak cz
Jiri Horak
Busted
Profile photo of Manuel Leal Borges pt
Manuel Leal Borges
Busted
Profile photo of Michal Starzec pl
Michal Starzec
Busted
Profile photo of Jyri Merivirta fi
Jyri Merivirta
Busted
Profile photo of Gaetano Preite it
Gaetano Preite
Busted
Profile photo of Daniele Guidetti it
Daniele Guidetti
Busted
Profile photo of Luca Moschitta it
Luca Moschitta
Busted
Profile photo of Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
Busted
Profile photo of Justin Steinbrenner de
Justin Steinbrenner
Busted
Profile photo of Roberto Vaira it
Roberto Vaira
Busted
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
Busted
Profile photo of Marco Fabbrini it
Marco Fabbrini
Busted
Profile photo of ABBAS MORADI ca
ABBAS MORADI
Busted
Profile photo of Thomas Scholze de
Thomas Scholze
Busted
Profile photo of Vladimir Bozinovic rs
Vladimir Bozinovic
Busted
Profile photo of Vinicius Barrel Teles br
Vinicius Barrel Teles
Busted
Profile photo of Thomas Pettersson se
Thomas Pettersson
Busted

Mister Run Good

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

"I have had some pretty good rivers, yeah," Jack Salter admitted with a grin on the face. The Brit is up to 150,000 in chips while his little brother Louis is among the players eliminated. Others who are up for the day include former Pot Limit Omaha Bracelet winner Jan Peter Jachtmann, Michael Poirier and Matan Krakow.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Poirier fr
Michael Poirier
150,000
28,500
28,500
Profile photo of Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
150,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Matan Krakow il
Matan Krakow
150,000
105,400
105,400
Profile photo of Jan Peter Jachtmann de
Jan Peter Jachtmann
120,000
34,900
34,900
Profile photo of Louis Salter gb
Louis Salter
Busted

Tags: Jack SalterJan-Peter JachtmannMatan KrakowLouis Salter

Luck of the Irish

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

With 6,000 in the pot and a flop of {3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, Dermot Blain, who celebrated his 31st birthday yesterday, checked from the big blind and JC Alvarado bet 3,400 from middle position. Blain responded with a check-raise to 10,000, and then called off the 12,000 he had behind after Alvarado three-bet all in.

Blain: {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Alvarado: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}

Alvarado was technically ahead with his ace-queen, but Blain was drawing to two live cards plus a flush draw. The {J-Spades} turn made Blain's draw to a king irrelevant, but it didn't matter as it'd be the {8-Clubs} on the river that'd give him the flush and the win.

Player Chips Progress
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JC Alvarado
56,000
-29,000
-29,000
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
50,000
16,800
16,800
Full Tilt

Tags: Dermot BlainJC Alvarado

Vitagliano Busts Schleich and Gives it to Michalak

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

[Removed:40] opened to 2,000 and called the three-bet of Martin Schleich for 5,000 to see a flop of {8-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {2-Clubs}. The full action after that is unknown but Schleich was at risk with pocket aces and Vitagliano held the {2-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}. Neither the {6-Clubs} turn nor the {Q-Diamonds} river improved Schleich and he hit the rail.

One hand later, Vitagliano opened again and Jakub Michalak three-bet to 5,100. The Italian inquired how many blue T-5,000 chips his opponent had and then made the call. On a flop of {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {4-Hearts}, Vitagliano quickly check-raised from 3,800 to 15,000 and was called before moving in immediately after the dealer had burned and turned the {J-Clubs}.

Michalak didn't call within a heartbeat but did so after some consideration, revealing his {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}. Vitagliano had {Q-Spades} {10-Spades} for an open-ended straight draw and the {J-Diamonds} river bricked. Michalak doubled up for 48,200 and is now stacked nicely.

Player Chips Progress
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Jakub Michalak
153,000
78,000
78,000
Profile photo of [Removed:40] it
[Removed:40]
26,000
-63,300
-63,300
Profile photo of Martin Schleich de
Martin Schleich
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jakub MichalakMartin Schleich

Various Chip Counts from Around the Room

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
200,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Nir Levy il
Nir Levy
150,000
-25,000
-25,000
Profile photo of Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
150,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
145,000
71,400
71,400
Profile photo of Sami Shetta fi
Sami Shetta
140,000
90,300
90,300
Profile photo of Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
120,000
-18,000
-18,000
Profile photo of Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
112,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
110,000
20,600
20,600
Profile photo of Jan Heitmann de
Jan Heitmann
110,000
34,400
34,400
Profile photo of Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
80,000
-1,200
-1,200
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
75,000
36,600
36,600
Run It Once
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
64,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
64,000
13,600
13,600
Profile photo of Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
43,000
8,700
8,700
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
43,000
300
300
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
40,000
31,000
31,000
EPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
40,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
33,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
33,000
-16,500
-16,500
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
30,000
500
500
Profile photo of Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
12,600
-13,200
-13,200