€5,300 Main Event
Dia 5 Começado
€5,300 Main Event
Dia 5 Começado
For the past week, the 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta Main Event – a tournament that attracted 651 players and created a prize pool of €3,157,350 — has been playing out inside Portomaso Casino. Thus far 635 players have come and gone, and today the final 16 will return looking to play down to the final six.
The man best positioned to make it there is Alexander Ivarsson, who leads the pack with 2,418,000. Not far behind is Jaroslaw Sikora, the only other man above two million with 2,300,000. Others with big stacks are Scotland's Niall Farrell (1,902,000) and Rainer Kempe (1,726,000), the latter of which is looking to make back-to-back final tables after finishing fifth in the EPT Barcelona Main Event.
Joining them are a slew of tough players including Nabil Cardoso (1,175,000), who looks to follow in the footsteps of Adrian Mateos and become just the second Spaniard to win an EPT title; Alen Bilic, who can become Bosnia and Herzegovina's all-time money leader with a win; High Roller regulars Daniel Dvoress, (986,000) and Sam Greenwood (970,000); and the last woman standing, Kitty Kuo (510,000).
Everyone remaining is guaranteed €27,120, but there is a pay jump straight away as the 15th-place finisher will earn €30,280. Furthermore, those who make the final six will be guaranteed six-figures, with the eventual winner taking home €602,400.
Here's a look at how things stack up:
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Nabil Cardoso | Spain | 1,175,000 |
1 | 2 | Darrell Goh | Ireland | 793,000 |
1 | 3 | Jaroslaw Sikora | Poland | 2,300,000 |
1 | 4 | Akim Aouine | France | 250,000 |
1 | 5 | Antonio Chemi | Italy | 804,000 |
1 | 6 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 910,000 |
1 | 7 | Alen Bilic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,000,000 |
1 | 8 | Rainer Kempe | Germany | 1,726,000 |
2 | 1 | Gianluca Escobar | Italy | 1,537,000 |
2 | 2 | Apostolos Bechrakis | Greece | 290,000 |
2 | 3 | Kitty Kuo | China | 510,000 |
2 | 4 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 986,000 |
2 | 5 | Alexander Ivarsson | Sweden | 2,418,000 |
2 | 6 | Giulio Spampinato | Malta | 1,725,000 |
2 | 7 | Bjorn Geissert | Germany | 1,103,000 |
2 | 8 | Niall Farrell | United Kingdom | 1,902,000 |
Cards will be in the air at Noon local time, which is a few hours from now. Stay tuned right here to see who makes the final table of the EPT12 Main Event!
Nível: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Cards are in the air here on Day 5 of the EPT12 Malta Main Event! Remember, you can also watch the live stream by clicking that tab to the above right.
In the first hand of the day, Kitty Kuo opened for 55,000 from early position and was met by a three-bet to 120,000 from Bjorn Geissert in the small blind. Kuo responded by four-betting all in for 507,000 total and Geissert snap-called.
Geissert:
Kuo:
It was a race, and Kuo was just looking to hold. That proved easier said than done though as the flop paired Geissert.
"Good game," Kuo said after the appeared on the turn. She could still win with a jack on the river, but it wasn't meant to be as the bricked. Kuo, the last woman in the field, took her leave in 16th place for €27,120.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Bjorn Geissert |
1,650,000
547,000
|
547,000 |
Kitty Kuo | Eliminado |
Alexander Ivarsson opened for 40,000 from early position and Niall Farrell called from the button to see the flop. Ivarsson bet 50,000, Farrell called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Farrell called another bet, this time 130,000, and then watched Ivarsson fired 335,000 on the river. Farrell hit the tank for more than two minutes but ultimately released his hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Alexander Ivarsson |
2,680,000
262,000
|
262,000 |
Niall Farrell |
1,593,000
-309,000
|
-309,000 |
|
Alen Bilic raised to 40,000 from middle position and Rainer Kempe called from the hijack. The rest of the field folded and it was heads-up action to the flop. Bilic continued for 40,000, Kempe called, and then both players checked the turn.
When the appeared on the river, Bilic checked and Kempe bet 115,000. Bilic called but mucked just as soon as his opponent rolled over the .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Rainer Kempe |
2,000,000
274,000
|
274,000 |
Alen Bilic |
800,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
On the fifth hand of the day, Apostolos Bechrakis open-shipped his short stack from the button and chip leader Alexander Ivarsson snap-called from the big blind.
Bechrakis:
Ivarsson:
Bechrakis got it in as a 60% favorite, and his spot got even better when the flop paired his ace. The turn left Ivarsson drawing dead, and Bechrakis was shipped the double after the was put out on the river.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Alexander Ivarsson |
2,430,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Apostolos Bechrakis |
521,000
231,000
|
231,000 |
At the outer table, Sam Greenwood limped from the small blind and Alen Bilic checked his option from the big. Both players checked the flop, and then Bilic called a bet of 25,000 from Greenwood on the turn.
When the completed the board on the river, Greenwood bet 57,000 and Bilic called. Greenwood tabled the and it was good as Bilic simply mucked.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Sam Greenwood |
1,100,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Alen Bilic |
660,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
Akim Aouine shoved all in from under the gun plus one for his last 182,000. Action folded to Nabil Cardoso in the small blind and he called.
Akim Aouine:
Nabil Cardoso:
The flop came and Aouine fist pumped. The on the turn was a bit scary but the on the river blanked and Aouine doubled.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Nabil Cardoso |
920,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
Akim Aouine |
402,000
152,000
|
152,000 |