Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Have a look at some of the highlights from the PokerStars EPT12 stop in Malta.
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta
€10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Malta
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€2,037,000
Entries
210
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
2,450,000
-403,000
|
-403,000 |
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
1,205,000
-157,000
|
-157,000 |
|
|
560,000
114,000
|
114,000 |
|
|
||
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Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
970,000
|
970,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
|
700,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
||
|
320,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
|
||
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
270,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
Level 22
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
|
|
275,000
-545,000
|
-545,000 |