€5,300 Main Event
Dia 5 Começado
2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta
€5,300 Main Event
Dias: 5
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta
Buy-in
€5,000
Premiação
€2,269,800
Entries
468
Nível
28
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 5 of the 2016 EPT Malta €5,300 Main Event
After four days of playing at the 2016 PokerStars.com EPT Malta Main Event, a field of 468 players has been whittled down to just 14. Each of the remaining players is already guaranteed a share of at least €25,030 out of the €2,269,800 prize pool, but the sights are set on the first place price of €355,700, which will be handed out to one of them on Saturday in Casino Portomaso. It's a diverse field that's left, with eleven different countries represented among the final fourteen.
Today, a short day is expected as the field will play down from 14 to 6. Chipleader is Sweden's Mats Karlsson, who resides here in Malta. Karlsson will start the day with 2,033,000 in chips. Yesterday, on his way to the chiplead, Karlsson clashed multiple times with with former chipleader Ole Schemion, coming out on top each time.
In the hunt are familiar names, as Dmitry Yurasov (1,709,000), 2014 PCA winner Dominik Panka (1,411,000) and Aliaksei Boika (1,195,000) are having big stacks to work with. Two PokerStars qualifiers are also on incredible runs, as Peter Ockenden (1,059,000) and Bastian Dohler (1,033,000) turned their investments of respectively €27 and €10 into already massive paydays.
The field is rounded out by Elie Saad (1,089,000), Tomas Macnamara (943,000), Louis Cartarius (879,000), Daniele Colautti (697,000), Benjamin Pollak (605,000), Xixiang Luo (572,000), Marco Bartolini (550,000) and Ole Schemion (214,000), who will need to spin it up from nine big blinds.
Play will resume at 12 P.M. local time. The blinds will start as 12,000/24,000 with a 4,000 ante and will feature a maximum of five 90-minute levels. Play will presumably be halted earlier as we reach our final six, but plans are subject to change. Follow all the action live on PokerNews.com throughout the day.
Day 5 Seating and Chip Counts
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Daniele Colautti | Italy | 697,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 605,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Xixiang Luo | China | 572,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Tomas Macnamara | United Kingdom | 943,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 1,709,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Peter Ockenden | Netherlands | 1,059,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Marco Bartolini | Italy | 550,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Bastian Dohler | Germany | 1,033,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Louis Cartarius | Germany | 879,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 1,411,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Aliaksei Boika | Belarus | 1,195,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Mats Karlsson | Sweden | 2,033,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Ole Schemion | Germany | 214,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Elie Saad | Lebanon | 1,089,000 |
Nível: 23
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Ole Schemion Doubles In Second Hand
Nível 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
In the second hand of the day, Aliaksei Boika raised to 55,000 from the cutoff. Ole Schemion shoved 182,000 from the small blind and Boika immediately called.
Ole Schemion: 
Aliaksei Boika: 
Schemion paired his four on the 
, giving him some additional outs. The 
on the turn opened up a flush draw as well, and the 
on the river completed Schemion's backdoor flush. The German now has 17 big blinds.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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1,070,000 | -125,000 |
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412,000 | 198,000 |
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Benjamin Pollak Eliminated in 14th Place (€25,030)
Nível 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
The action started right away on the outer table. In the first hand of the day, Peter Ockenden opened to 55,000. From the small blind, Benjamin Pollak moved all in and it was over to Xixiang Luo in the big blind.
Luo, moved all in for slightly less and Ockenden folded.
Xixiang Luo: 
Benjamin Pollak: 
It was a race and Luo needed to hit to survive. He paired his ace on the 
flop and Pollak was in bad shape.
The Frenchman couldn't improve on the 
turn and river. Luo doubled his 569,000 stack and gained some extra from Ockenden raise. Meanwhile, Pollak was left with only 32,000 chips.
The next hand, Daniele Colautti opened to 50,000 and Pollak moved all in. Again, it was Luo who was getting involved. He raised to 150,000 and that was enough to squeeze Colautti out.
Pollak had 
and was behind against the 
from Luo. The 
flop gave Pollak a straight draw but he never got there when the 
and landed on turn and river.
Pollak is out in 14th place, which earns him €25,030. Meanwhile, Luo moves up really quick on the leaderboard.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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1,300,000 | 728,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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Ole Schemion Eliminated in 13th Place (€25,030)
Nível 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Aliaksei Boika opened the action to 60,000 in early position, Mats Karlsson three-bet to 160,000 from the cutoff and Ole Schemion quickly moved in for 412,000 on the button. Boika folded and Karlsson asked for a count, indicating he didn't have a premium hand.
With the price being too good for Karlsson to fold, he reluctantly committed the extra chips to put Schemion at risk.
Ole Schemion: 
Mats Karlsson:
Schemion was in a prime position to double up again, but it wasn't meant to be. The 
board gave Karlsson a straight on the river to knock out Schemion. The "Schemion-slayer" finished what he started yesterday, and the German juggernaut was eliminated in 13th place.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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2,550,000 | 517,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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Macnamara Under Pressure
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Nível 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Hand 1
Xixiang Luo opened the action with a raise from the button and Tomas Macnamara three-bet to 180,000 from the small blind. Luo four-bet shoved and Macnamara folded.
Hand 2
Macnamara raised to 50,000 from the button and Dmitry Yurasov three-bet to 150,000 from one seat over, again Macnamara let go.
Luo then raised the next two hands to 50,000 respectively 51,000 and claimed the blinds and antes.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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1,825,000 | 116,000 |
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1,650,000 | 350,000 |
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665,000 | -278,000 |
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Colautti Gets Yurasov to Fold
Nível 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
From first position, Dmitry Yurasov came in with a raise to 55,000. Daniele Colautti called from the button and so did Tomas Macnamara from the big blind.
The flop was 
and it was checked to Colautti. The Italian made a bet of 75,000 and only Yurasov called.
The 
turn was checked through and the hit the river. Yurasov checked and folded when Colautti fired out a 300,000-bet.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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1,700,000 | -125,000 |
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800,000 | 103,000 |
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605,000 | -60,000 |
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Saad Four-Bets Cartarius; Then Three-Bets Karlsson
Nível 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Elie Saad has been quite active in the first half hour of day 5. He raised a couple of times and just opened again.
He made it 55,000 to go, only to see Louis Cartarius throw in a three-bet. From the small blind, the German popped it up to 160,000. It was back to Saad, who raised it up once more, making it 380,000.
Cartarius couldn't stand the heat and threw his hand in the muck.
In the next hand, Mats Karlsson raised from first position. He made it 60,000, only to see Saad raise to 160,000. Karlsson called and the two saw the 
flop.
Karlsson checked to his neighbor and folded immediately when Saad slid out some chips for a bet.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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2,480,000 | -70,000 |
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1,280,000 | 191,000 |
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905,000 | 26,000 |
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Yurasov in Command
Nível 23
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Dmitry Yurasov is in control of the outer table. He's clearly the table captain and so far it's mostly Yurasov at that table, with Luo picking up his fair share.
By raising and taking several pots Yurasov has surpassed the two-million-mark.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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2,000,000 | 300,000 |
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