Sam Greenwood opened for 125,000 under the gun plus one and Giulio Spampinato shoved all in for 425,000 right next to him. Action folded back to Sam Greenwood and he called.
Alen Bilic made it 100,000 from early position and got called by Sam Greenwood in the big blind. The flop came and Greenwood checked. Bilic bet 90,000 into 270,000 and Greenwood called. The on the turn made for a double paired board and both players checked. The completed the board and again it went check check. for Greenwood was good enough to take it down, Bilic mucked.
Alen Bilic opened for 100,000 from the cutoff. Alexander Ivarsson on the button three-bet to 250,000 and both blinds folded. Bilic four-bet to 625,000 and the pressure was back on Ivarsson. The Swede tanked for a fair bit before moving in for 2,065,000. Bilic snap called.
Bilic:
Ivarsson:
The flop came and Ivarsson looked up in disgust. The on the turn was a blank, leaving Ivarsson two outs. He didn't hit either one of them, the hit and Ivarsson was out.
Alexander Ivarsson takes home €49,560. The remaining 8 players have made the official final table and are guaranteed €62,570.
Like fellow finalist Sam Greenwood, Dvoress also hails from Toronto but is ranked slightly lower then his fellow Canadian in the country’s all time money list — he is #96 to Greenwood’s #42.
Dvoress’s live tournament winnings total more than $650k, a sum largely acquired during the EPT’s debut stop in Malta in March where he cashed five times for a combined €330k, including a monster €263,000 for third place in the €25k High Roller.
His best Main Event result before now was 17th place at EPT11 Barcelona for €54,700. Dvoress is also a poker coach and has sizeable online results to his name, including winning the SCOOP $2k NLH event last year for $317,911.
It’s been another memorable trip to Malta for Jaroslaw Sikora. His first EPT Malta last March wasn’t planned at all as he was supposed to be on holiday in Thailand. However, unable to get a visa in time, he decided to check out the debut EPT Malta stop instead. Good decision! He came second in the IPT Main Event for €97,975 - just a day after celebrating his 27th birthday.
Since his return here for the EPT12 festival, Sikora has had some big online scores as well. Playing as "husajn54" on PokerStars, he notched up another second place finish, this time in the SCOOP €2k NLH event for $256k. His first EPT Main Event cash came in Barcelona and now he's now reached the final nine with 3,285,000 in chips.
Like many Spanish poker pros – including PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final champion Adrian Mateos - Cardoso has relocated to the UK and is currently living in Manchester.
He mainly plays online cash games, plus MTTs on Sundays. He’s been a poker pro since the beginning of 2013, and his biggest tournament win online to date is around €30k. He only has a handful of small live cashes.
Bilic has reached the the final table of the EPT Malta Main Event as the chip leader. With $91,704 in total live tournament winnings, the 26-year-old is already ranked #4 in the Bosnia & Herzegovina all time money list but his live achievements pale in comparison to his online results. PocketFives has Bilic ranked as his country’s #1 online tournament player with a string of amazing results on PokerStars and more than $2 million in lifetime cashes. His results include winning the Sunday 500 last year for nearly $80k, back-to-back wins in the Big $162, and winning the PokerStars Sunday 500 for $71,000 in March last year.
Now guaranteed at least €62,570 for making the final table, Alen Bilic has already exceeded his previous best live cash of €18,320 when he finished 69th at EPT Barcelona in August. Bilic’s other big live cashes have all come during World Series of Poker events including a deep run in the 2014 $3k NL event, finishing 15th for $19,547.
Bilic has been a poker pro since graduating in Business Management and Economics in 2010. He first start playing in online free-rolls but, after defeating a 7,000-strong field, started playing for real money (mainly heads-up Sit & Goes) while honing his knowledge via poker training sites and forums. He switched to MTTs in 2012.
and Spampinato doubled.
and Greenwood checked. Bilic bet 90,000 into 270,000 and Greenwood called. The 
on the turn made for a double paired board and both players checked. The 
completed the board and again it went check check. 
for Greenwood was good enough to take it down, Bilic mucked.
and Ivarsson looked up in disgust. The 
