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2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta
Play continued with 12 minutes left in the current level and there was no break. The unofficial final table seat assignments can be found below.
Seat | Player | Country |
---|---|---|
1 | Mukul Pahuja | USA |
2 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany |
3 | Vladimir Dobrovolskiy | Russia |
4 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus |
5 | Roberto Romanello | UK |
6 | Byron Kaverman | USA |
7 | Bryn Kenney | USA |
8 | Kevin MacPhee | USA |
9 | Ihar Soika | Belarus |
Roberto Romanello raised to 53,000 from the button and Patrick Uzan shoved for his last 210,000 from one seat over to get a snap-call by the Welshman.
Romanello:
Uzan:
Uzan was having a massive kicker problem and that ended his tournament in 10th place after the board ran out
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roberto Romanello |
760,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
Patrick Uzan | Busted |
At the same time as the seat open on table two, Mukul Pahuja raised from under the gun and Byron Kaverman called to see the flop of . Pahuja continued for 52,000 and was called before firing the turn for 125,000. Kaverman raised to 320,000 and Pahuja called, then checked the river. Kaverman gave it some thought and eventually checked behind to muck to the of Pahuja.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mukul Pahuja |
3,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
Byron Kaverman |
2,450,000
-403,000
|
-403,000 |
Roberto Romanello raised to 53,000 and was called by Vladimir Dobrovolskiy in the big blind. The Russian checked the flop and Romanello then continued for 65,000. Dobrovolskiy called and checked the turn. The Welsh wizard made it 105,000 to go and that won the pot, flipping over for the successful bluff with a short stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vladimir Dobrovolskiy |
1,205,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
Roberto Romanello |
560,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
Mukul Pahuja made it 55,000, Martin Finger bumped it to 135,000 on the button and after the blinds folded, Pahuja shipped it in.
Finger called off his 750,000-chip stack with and was up against Pahuja's .
The board came to the turn, but the river was not a good one for Finger. His kings were suddenly cracked and as Finger went to the cage to collect 11th-place money, Pahuja joined Byron Kaverman at the top of the counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mukul Pahuja |
2,500,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
Martin Finger | Busted | |
|
In a battle of Belorussians, Mikalai Vaskaboinikau moved all in for 326,000 and Ihar Soika eventually called from one seat over in the battle of the blinds. Vaskaboinikau had the and faced the of Soika to emerge victorious after a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ihar Soika |
850,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau |
700,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
After yet another walk in the big blind, Kevin MacPhee flashed the and was working on a royal flush with just one of his hole cards on all walks combined.
Then, Martin Finger raised to 55,000 from the cutoff and MacPhee shoved out of the small blind for 139,000. Finger called with the and MacPhee flopped the nuts with on the board .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Martin Finger |
800,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
||
Kevin MacPhee |
320,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
In a battle of the blinds, Patrick Uzan moved all in from the small blind with the and Dominik Nitsche called for his last 296,000 out of the big blind with . The board ran out and the Frenchman was sent to the bottom of the counts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Dominik Nitsche |
650,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
Patrick Uzan |
270,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Dominik Nitsche led out for 50,000, Vladimir Dobrovolskiy raised it up to 150,000 and Ihar Soika four-bet shoved for 520,000 total.
Nitsche pushed in as well and Dobrovolskiy dumped his hand, setting up a classic race.
Nitsche:
Soika:
Things got bad for Nitsche on the flop and never improved through the turn and river. Soika is now up over the one-million mark and Nitsche is left to rebuild.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ihar Soika |
1,200,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
Dominik Nitsche |
275,000
-545,000
|
-545,000 |