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.
Drinan:
Pollak:
It was a flip, but Drinan needed to improve to stay alive. The 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.
EPT Barcelona champion John Juanda has been eliminated from the tournament. He opened for 14,000 from the cutoff and Charlie Carrel defended from the big blind. The flop came and Carrel check raised the 15,000 continuation bet to 35,000. Juanda moved in for around 120,000 and Carrel made the call.
Charlie Carrel:
John Juanda:
The on the turn probably gave Juanda a bunch of outs, but the on the river wasn't one of them. One EPT Champion gone, 6 remain (Buonanno, Mateos, Mercier, Jensen, McDonald, O'Dwyer, Charania).
"What one flat can do!" Jason Wheeler said with a smile as we approached the table, just too late to catch all the action. Thankfully Wheeler told us what had happened after all was done.
Byron Kaverman opened for 14,000 under the gun and Wheeler flatted from the cutoff. Ivan Luca on the button shoved for 51,000 and small blind Jean-Noel Thorel pushed 320,000 froward. Christopher Frank folded from the big blind, and Kaverman moved over the top all in. Wheeler folded.
Byron Kaverman:
Ivan Luca:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
The board ran out clean for Kaverman: and both Luca and Thorel got up from the table.
Yesterday the European Poker Tour Malta kicked off with the €25,000 High Roller. A total of 57 players registered. With 10 players opting to reenter after busting, the total amount of entries came to 67.
After 8 levels of play, 49 remain. Registration is open till 12:15, 15 minutes before the start of Day 2. So high rollers still have some time to enter, there just might be one or two who played in the Berlin high roller making their way to this little island in the Mediterranean Sea. As registration is still open, a seat draw won't be released till start of play.
Quan Zhou did best yesterday, turning his 250,000 starting stack into 952,000. Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast, who won a bracelet last week in Berlin and won the Thursday Thrill online as well, did good as well with 931,000. John Andress (72,000) and Ivan Luca (53,000) start out as the short stacks today. The first level of play will be 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante.
The plan for today's Day 2 is to play 10 levels, or down to a final table of 8, whichever comes faster. There's a 75-minute break after the 6th level of play today, which should be around 6:55 pm.
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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.
and Carrel check raised the 15,000 continuation bet to 35,000. Juanda moved in for around 120,000 and Carrel made the call.
on the turn probably gave Juanda a bunch of outs, but the 
on the river wasn't one of them. One EPT Champion gone, 6 remain (Buonanno, Mateos, Mercier, Jensen, McDonald, O'Dwyer, Charania).
and both Luca and Thorel got up from the table.
