Two levels are in the books here on Day 2, and that means it's time for the first 20-minute break of the day.
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta
Ike Haxton opened for 18,000 from the hijack only to have David Peters three-bet all in for roughly 135,000 from the button. Paul Newey then called off for 119,000 from the small blind, Haxton folded, and Peters discovered he was in dire straits.
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The board ran out ![]()
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, and Peters was left with just 25,000 after the hand.
A few hands later, Peters committed for 22,000 holding the ![]()
and Thomas Muehloecker isolated with a raise to 36,000 from the cutoff with the ![]()
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, and Peters made his way to the exit in the closing minutes of Level 10.
Meanwhile, John Andress was also eliminated from the tournament over at Table 1.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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260,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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Eliminado |
After Shaun Deeb opened for 16,000 under the gun, Andre Akkari three-bet all in for 113,000 one seat over. Anthony Zinno flatted from the button, both blinds folded, and Deeb got out of the way.
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It was a bad spot for Akkari, but lady luck was on his side as the ![]()
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flop delivered him a set. Neither the
turn nor
river was the king Zinno needed, and Akkari was pushed the double.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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350,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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250,000
137,000
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137,000 |
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Benjamin Pollak opened for 18,000 under the fun and Connor Drinan responded by moving all in for his last 95,000. Action folded back to Pollak, who put in the call.
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Pollak: ![]()
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It was a flip, but Drinan needed to improve to stay alive. The ![]()
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flop was no help, and neither was the
turn. It was down to the river for last year's runner-up, but help wasn't in the cards as the
blanked.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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300,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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Eliminado |
The payouts have just been announced by the tournament staff. A total of 11 players will get into the money, first prize is almost half a million euro's.
| Position | Prize |
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| 1 | €498,575 |
| 2 | €354,440 |
| 3 | €232,065 |
| 4 | €178,580 |
| 5 | €141,415 |
| 6 | €110,590 |
| 7 | €87,025 |
| 8 | €67,990 |
| 9 | €51,670 |
| 10 - 11 | €45,325 |
Sarah talks to Neil Johnson, Mickey Petersen, and Luca Pagano about the introduction of a four color deck which can be used at live events.
Also check out the interviews we did with Isaac Haxton and Justin Bonomo yesterday.
Antonio Buonanno opened to 18,000 from middle position and action folded to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind. The Run It Once instructor moved in for his last 105,000 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy folded from the big blind. Buonanno tanked for a bit and made the call for most of his chips.
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Things were looking good for Dvoress, but that wouldn't last: ![]()
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. Buonanno back doored into a flush and eliminated Dvoress. "I had two spades" Troyanivskiy said to worsen things, but Dvoress didn't seem to fazed by all of it as he calmly left the table.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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275,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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Ramin Hajiyev opened for 18,000 from middle position and Jose Carlos Garcia moved in for his last 21,000 from cutoff. Action folded back to Hajiyev and he tossed in three 1,000-chips to call.
Ramin Hajiyev: ![]()
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Jose Carlos Garcia: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and by the time the turn had hit, Garcia had already gotten up to make his exit. "Good luck guys" he said as he left the tournament area.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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470,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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Eliminado |
John Andress moved all in for 103,000 from early position and Dan Smith thought long and hard before making the call from the button. Both blinds folded and it was off to the races.
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flop didn't hit Smith directly, but it did give him a flush draw to go with his overs. Unfortunately for him, and much to the delight of Andress, neither the
turn nor
river influenced the hand. Ship the double to Andress.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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875,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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225,000
122,000
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122,000 |
Juha Helppi opened the hijack and Piotr Franczak in the cutoff moved in for around 90,000. Anthony Zinno on the button called. Both blinds folded and Helppi called as well.
The flop came ![]()
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and Zinno bet 125,000 to which Helppi check folded. Zinno showed ![]()
, trailing Franczak's ![]()
. The turn
and river
failed to improve Zinno to a winning hand, and the pot went to the Polish player.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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400,000
77,000
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77,000 |
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380,000
75,000
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75,000 |
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295,000
4,000
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4,000 |