With around 4,500 in the pot, Christoph Vogelsang and Carlo Citrone clashed on the flop , resulting in the all in of Vogelsang for his last 20,100. Citrone put him at risk with the for the flush draw and the German went into showdown with for two pair.
Both the turn and river blanked and the players evened their stack sizes.
Eoghan O'Dea opened to 1,700 and was called by Andrey Kotelnikov, Kiryl Radzivonau also called out of the big blind. After a flop of , Radzivonau check-raised all in for 11,000 and O'Dea called before Kotelnikov moved all in over the top. O'Dea made the call with but Kotelnikov had that dominated with while Radzivonau held the for top pair only.
Both turn and river bricked and that was it for Radzivonau.
Byron Kaverman started out as the second smallest stack today, but by now he's already got a bigger stack than a lot of players in the field.
We just witnessed him bet 1,800 on a flop of from the hijack in what we assume was a pot he opened. Alen Bilic in the big blind check raised to 3,400, and was later forced to make it 3,600. Kaverman called. The came on the turn and Bilic and Kaverman both checked. The completed the board and Bilic bet 3,300. Kaverman tanked for a bit before calling. Bilic showed for not much of anything, Kaverman took it down with for ace-high.
Erik Scheidt raised from under the gun and then called the shove of Lee Markholt for 13 big blinds with . Markholt was way ahead with but the board ran out to give Scheidt a winning flush.
We missed the elimination of Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody, but we were informed of some details after the fact.
According to Jennifer Shahade, the British Triple Crown winner defended from the big blind with after Dan Smith opened with a raise.
The flop saw Cody check-call a small bet from Smith, and then check-call a similarly small one on the turn. When a completed the board on the river, the chips went in and Cody discovered Smith had rivered Broadway with .
Maria Ho opened for 2,000 from the cutoff only to have Poland's Mikolaj Zawadzki three-bet to 5,700 from the small blind. Ho thought for a bit before just calling, which brought about a flop. Zawadzki continued for 4,200, Ho called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Zawadzki slowed down with a check, which opened the door for Ho to move all in for 21,600. Zawadzki immediately began to fidget in his chair, and then hit the tank for nearly three minutes before releasing his hand.
While we're busy covering Day 2 of the EPT Malta Main Event, there is a slew of side events on offer today here at the Portomaso Casino. As PokerStars recently pointed out in a media release, the biggest turnout will certainly be in the ever-popular €2,000 NL Holdem event. A €200 One Rebuy/One Add super satellite is running for that at 11 a.m. British pro Stephen Chidwick took down the EPT11 Malta edition for €102,100 after defeating a 315-strong field.
There are plenty of other smaller buy-in tourneys on the schedule today as well including a €1,000 NL Turbo, the first-ever EPT €5,000 10-Game Mix ,and €500 Quintuple Draw events, a €500 PLO Turbo, €300 NL Turbo and €1,000 NL Hyperturbo Bounty.
In addition, the EPTLive kicked off today and will be offering coverage – in at least nine languages - from now until the cards-up final table on October 31 (subject to a one-hour security delay). Hosts James Hartigan, Joe Stapleton and Matt Broughton, will be mixing up live commentary & studio guest appearances with quizzes, promotions and much more.
Finally, today is the last day of the €50 live Spin & Go tourneys that have been running here at EPT Malta since last Friday. Yesterday, the €1,000 jackpot was finally hit with Kristiyan Trchyu from Bulgaria the first to snag the top prize.
While walking through the tournament area, Rasmus Agerskov was talking with fellow Dane Frederik Jensen and confirmed his elimination as follows. Kurganov opened from under the gun and picked up three callers including Agerskov in the big blind. On the flop, all three players checked.
Agerskov led 6,100 on the turn and just Kurganov called before a fell on the river. Agerskov shoved the rest of his stack with two pair, Kurganov called with a rivered set of jacks.
We missed the hand as it unfolded, but we do know that Mike "Timex" McDonald, who is just two days removed from winning the €25K High Roller here at the EPT12 Malta, just busted poker pro Ismael Bojang.
It appeared McDonald put Bojang to the test on the river with the board reading . Bojang tanked for a solid two minutes before calling off with for two pair, but it was no good as McDonald had flopped a set with the .
Bojang wished the table luck and then took his leave from the tournament.
, resulting in the all in of Vogelsang for his last 20,100. Citrone put him at risk with the 
for the flush draw and the German went into showdown with 
for two pair.
turn and 
river blanked and the players evened their stack sizes.
but Kotelnikov had that dominated with 
while Radzivonau held the 
from the hijack in what we assume was a pot he opened. Alen Bilic in the big blind check raised to 3,400, and was later forced to make it 3,600. Kaverman called. The 
came on the turn and Bilic and Kaverman both checked. The 
completed the board and Bilic bet 3,300. Kaverman tanked for a bit before calling. Bilic showed 
for not much of anything, Kaverman took it down with 
for ace-high.
. Markholt was way ahead with 
but the board ran out 
to give Scheidt a winning flush.
after Dan Smith opened with a raise. 
flop saw Cody check-call a small bet from Smith, and then check-call a similarly small one on the 
completed the board on the river, the chips went in and Cody discovered Smith had rivered Broadway with 
.
.
turn and just Kurganov called before a 
two pair, Kurganov called with a rivered set of jacks.
. Bojang tanked for a solid two minutes before calling off with 
for two pair, but it was no good as McDonald had flopped a set with the 
.
