The 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta €10,300 High Roller continues today with the second of three days.
Play will commence at 12:30 p.m. local time with the 99 survivors from Day 1 and anyone else who wants to sign up or take advantage of a single re-entry option up to 15 minutes before the cards are in the air.
Two easily recognizable names top the current chip count list with WSOP Main Event champ and EPT Grand Final winner Adrian Mateos and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier building massive stacks on the first day.
Being a High Roller, the list is also filled with accomplished pros and this early it is still anybody's ball game. The plan today is to play 10 full 60-minute levels or to the final table of eight, whichever comes first.
Prizepool information should be released in the early part of the day, but we can already confirm they will be playing for millions of Euros and fat six-figure prizes at the top.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be bringing you all the High Roller action in easy to digest live update form throughout the day, so keep it locked right here to see who rolls highest.
EPT phenomena Dzmitry Urbanovich raised from early position and was called by [Removed:17] and a third player. They went heads-up to the turn where Urbanovich got the remainder of his stack in with the for a flush and straight flush draw. Yan looked him up with the superior and the one outer didn't come, instead the river changed nothing whatsoever.
Sylvain Loosli raised to 7,000 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy called before the action reached Ilari Sahamies. He moved all in for 99,300 in total and the action then folded around to Mikita Badziakouski. The Belorussian shoved for slightly more and that got folds from Loosli and Troyanovskiy.
Sahamies:
Badziakouski:
The board ran out and the €10,000 Single-Day High Roller runner-up joined the rail.
Both Julian Stuer and Pascal Hartmann have been eliminated within a matter of minutes.
Stuer was first to go in a big pot against Mukul Pahuja after raising the button for 9,000 and getting called by Pahuja. On the flop , Pahuja check-called a bet of 12,000 and the came on the turn. Pahuja check-raised from 32,000 to 78,000 and Stuer called before the fell on the river.
Pahuja jammed with 130,000 remaining and Stuer called with the only to see his opponent flip over for a full house.
Hartmann's chips went to Bryn Kenney. He defended his big blind and they checked down the flop . On the turn, Hartmann check-called a delayed continuation bet worth 17,000 and then check-raised all in after the on the river. The of the German found an unlucky timing to make the nut flush, as Kenney had rivered the full house with to scoop the pot.
Vladimir Troyanovskiy raised to 11,000 and Iacopo Brandi three-bet to 31,000 from two seats over. Troyanovskiy then four-bet to 75,500 and Brandi tanked for three minutes before announcing all in. Troyanovskiy snap-called for around 325,000 in chips and Brandi had made a move at the worst possible time.
Brandi:
Troyanovskiy:
The board ran out and the former big stack of Brandi had suddenly been cut down by almost two third.
The field has been reduced to 32 players and they are currently getting balanced on the last four tables.
Bryn Kenney raised to 13,000 from the button and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 40,000 in the small blind. Kenney then shoved for an effective 240,000 and Mateos called to set up a flip.
Mateos:
Kenney:
The flop improved Kenney to a pair of queens and the turn changed nothing whatsoever. The river sent the start-of-the-day chip leader to the rail just shy of the money and the action will now continue with hand for hand mode on the bubble.
Brian Roberts bubbles EPT 12 Malta €10,000 High Roller 2015
Brian Roberts moved all in for his last 6,000 chips from early position and Sean Winter in the small blind as well as Roberto Romanello in the big blind stayed in the hand. On the flop , Romanello bet 20,000 to isolate and they waited for the other hands to finish before proceeding with the showdown.
Romanello:
Roberts:
The turn gave Roberts four more outs, but the river was a blank to let the bubble burst eventually after what appears to have been two hours in total.
Jason Mercier moved all in for 20,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Bryn Kenney in the big blind, who called blind and showed the . Mercier was ahead preflop with the , but Kenney made a full house on the board .
The action folded to Dan Smith on the button and he shoved for 155,000 with . From one seat over, Kevin MacPhee reshoved with slightly more chips and the . The board gave MacPhee trips and that sent Smith to the rail for a min-cash.
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turn where Urbanovich got the remainder of his stack in with the 
for a flush and straight flush draw. Yan looked him up with the superior 
and the one outer didn't come, instead the 
river changed nothing whatsoever.
and the €10,000 Single-Day High Roller runner-up joined the rail.
, Pahuja check-called a bet of 12,000 and the 
came on the turn. Pahuja check-raised from 32,000 to 78,000 and Stuer called before the 
fell on the river.
only to see his opponent flip over 
. On the 
turn, Hartmann check-called a delayed continuation bet worth 17,000 and then check-raised all in after the 
on the river. The 
of the German found an unlucky timing to make the nut flush, as Kenney had rivered the full house with 
and the former big stack of Brandi had suddenly been cut down by almost two third.
. 
turn changed nothing whatsoever. The 
.
. From one seat over, Kevin MacPhee reshoved with slightly more chips and the 
