€5,300 Main Event Dia 1a | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

2015-03-23 00:27 UTC+2

Holz Busts Stern

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Not long ago, Fedor Holz had doubled through Dani Stern and now he was responsible for his elimination as well. Stern four-bet shoved for what looked like 20,000 chips with and Holz had an easy call with from one seat over.

The flop left Stern in dire need of a miracle, yet it was all over after the turn. The river didn't matter anymore and Holz is now above average.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fedor Holz	65,000	15,000
Dani Stern	Eliminado

Tags: Dani Stern Fedor Holz

2015-03-23 00:20 UTC+2

A Newcomer Hopes for a Regular Gig

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

PokerStars Blog asks will EPT Malta be more than a one-hit wonder? (Early indications suggest: Yes.)

Read all about it by clicking here.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

2015-03-23 00:16 UTC+2

River Prevents Ivarsson from Adding to Big Stack

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Alexander Ivarsson appears to be the chip leader right now, and he nearly added to it by putting Tibor Nagygyorgy on the ropes.

We picked up the action with 8,325 out in front of Nagygyorgy, and Ivarsson with a big stack of chips out in front of him in the big blind. Nagygyorgy didn't seem happy about it, but called off for roughly 20,000.

Nagygyorgy:
Ivarsson:

Ivarsson had his opponent crushed, and he stayed in the lead on the flop. The turn gave Nagygyorgy a flush draw, but it didn't come in as the completed the board on the river. Nagygyorgy thought he'd been eliminated, but then the table pointed out there was two pair on the board. That meant Nagygyorgy chopped with his ace kickers and Ivarsson was denied absorbing the entire pot into his stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Tibor Nagygyorgy	20,000	-4,200

Tags: Alexander Ivarsson Tibor Nagygyorgy

2015-03-23 00:08 UTC+2

Haglund Busts to Higgins

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

EPT 9 London finalist Olof Haglund open-shoved for his last 15 big blinds with from early position. Simon Higgins made the call out of the big blind with and there was no ace or diamonds on the board. Higgins even made a set of kings with the river as well.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Simon Higgins	70,000	10,000
Olof Haglund	Eliminado

Tags: Olof Haglund Simon Higgins

2015-03-23 00:05 UTC+2

Bigger Stacks from Around the Room

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Liviu Ignat	165,000	109,000
Alexander Ivarsson	155,000	155,000
Antoine Vranken	140,000	140,000
Juan Riera	130,000	45,000
Raphael Blouet	120,000	120,000
Anton Astapau	113,000	113,000
Alec Torelli	110,000	3,575
John O'Shea	108,000	21,000
Evangelos Tsairis	100,000	100,000
Ryan Yu	98,000	48,000
Javier Rodriguez	90,000	90,000
Francois Billard	90,000	90,000
Joao Vieira	85,000	20,000

2015-03-23 00:01 UTC+2

Double Up for Holz

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Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Dani Stern opened to 1,600 and called the 3,900-three-bet to see a flop of . Stern checked to Holz, who bet 4,700 and then snap-called the shove of Stern after more than two minutes had passed by before the American made his move.

Stern had the but the top pair was no good against Holz' . The turn and river were two blanks and the ace kicker of Holz scored the double up for 19,550.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fedor Holz	50,000	30,000
Dani Stern	20,000	-19,000

Tags: Dani Stern Fedor Holz

2015-03-22 23:56 UTC+2

Sorrow? Shame? Nah, Just Multi-Tabling

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

One man in the tournament room right now seems distracted. His head drops, as though falling asleep and he fiddles with something in his lap that perhaps he should ignore in order to pay attention to the game in front of him. But this one player cannot help himself, as the PokerStars Blog reports.

2015-03-22 23:53 UTC+2

Ole Schemion: Always Feeling Good

Nível 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

You’re the highest-ranked poker player in the world, selected to represent your country and then chosen as the man to lead them into the final of the Global Poker Masters (GPM) World Cup, but you can’t finish the job off. Today, that man was Ole Schemion.

At just 22 years of age, the German is a superstar of the game having already amassed $7,785,084 in career earnings. As mentioned above, he’s the No. 1 ranked player in the world according to the Global Poker Index (GPI), and came first in the 2013 Player of the Year race before finishing second a year later. It’s safe to say that the last four years have gone pretty well, with little disappointment to worry about.

Germany came into the GPM as one of the favorites and stormed through the playoffs and quarterfinals. They were looking good to make the final and a confident team let Schemion take over from George Danzer in the semi-final six-max match. Schemion had a problem though — he had to get past Italy’s star of the completion, Giuliano Bendinelli. It was a step too far as the German player lost two races on the trot; both with pocket nines, and Germany was out.

Rather than get down on the defeat, Schemion decided to late-register the EPT Malta Main Event Day 1a that was taking place in another room and it was mildly amusing to see him get drawn to the left of German Team PokerStars Pro Jan Heitmann. Schemion was sideways on his chair, on his phone between hands, and chatting away to Heitmann on occasion.

PokerNews asked him if he’d ever lost two flips in a row before: “Of course I’ve lost two flips in a row before!”

“Not really important ones where there’s a lot of money to be won!” commented Heitmann.

“I ALWAYS feel good, man!” he said when asked how he was feeling now sat in the Main Event.

“What about me?” shot Heitmann. “He lost two flips for Team Germany and now he’s been sat to my left – that’s not fair! Actually it’s all good, I can learn something from him.”

Whilst we were watching the table, Schemion played two key hands in one orbit, both versus Niclas Adolfsson and something for Heitmann to study.

With the blinds at 200/400, 50 Schemion raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Adolfsson was the only caller from the small blind. The board ran out with Schemion emptying the clip with bets of 1,000, 1,900 and 3,250. Adolfsson check-called the first two bets fairly quickly, but he took his time before calling on the river with the . It was good as Schemion opened the .

Two hands later Schemion was in the big blind and defended after a raise from Adolfsson. The flop came and Schemion check-raised Adolfsson’s 900 continuation-bet up to 2,850. Adolfsson called before Schemion jammed for 10,025 on the turn. His Swedish opponent tanked and made the called with the but lost out to Schemion’s , confirmed after the board completed with the .

Schemion had a big smile on his face. Was he playing the two hands in a reckless way, with little care after his team’s defeat earlier? Or were we witnessing an aggressive hand where a lot of opponents would fold top pair (making it a profitable play in the log-run), and a hand where he managed to get a full double up with a thin value shove - a move a lot of lesser mortals would shy away from? Go back and read the second paragraph again and then make your own mind up.

At the time of publication, Schemion had dropped back to 22,000 and had a jersey on over his Team Germany top that was still on display earlier. PokerNews will be keeping a close eye – as ever – on his progress throughout this Main Event.

Tags: PokerNews Live Blog Feature George Danzer Jan Heitmann Niclas Adolfsso Ole Schemion

Nível: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

2015-03-22 23:39 UTC+2

Salter Soaring

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jack Salter isn't necessarily in for long as he wasn't seated yet before the dinner break. The Brit then bought in and immediately doubled up the stack, apparently with quads against fellow Brit Simon Higgins.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jack Salter	60,000	60,000

Tags: Jack Salter