€10,300 High Roller
Jour 3 terminé
€10,300 High Roller
Jour 3 terminé
The third and final day of the 2016 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Malta €10,300 High Roller saw the last eight hopefuls of a 144-entry strong field return to the tables of the Casino Portomaso. Pierre Neuville was leading the finalists but ultimately had to settle for second place as Stefan "mindgamer" [Removed:552] emerged victorious for a payday of €335,200.
It has been a terrific start to the new EPT season for the Austrian. He who won the Estrellas €2,200 High Roller in Barcelona back in August for €251,500 and won the very same tournament here on Malta; emerging victorious in the IPT High Roller for €88,039.
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | [Removed:551] | Austria | €335,200 |
| 2 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | €228,400 |
| 3 | Theo Jørgensen | Denmark | €150,850 |
| 4 | Michael Kane | United Kingdom | €124,330 |
| 5 | Cristian Egues | Spain | €99,870 |
| 6 | Liviu Ignat | Romania | €78,220 |
| 7 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | €58,670 |
| 8 | [Removed:172] | Germany | €43,300 |
The day started with the elimination of [Removed:172] in 8th place. The German was among the shorter stacks when play resumed and three-bet shoved with ace-queen. Neuville called with king-ten suited and flopped a king before even rivering a straight.
Next on the rail was Charlie Carrel who shoved from the cutoff with pocket deuces and saw [Removed:552] reshove with pocket sevens from one seat over. The board brought no surprises and Carrel was eliminated in seventh place before he jumped into a Turbo Bounty Side Event and finished second to his friend Ben Heath.
Theo Jørgensen had a roller coaster of a day and became short stacked when Michael Kane cracked his aces with ace-jack. However, Jørgensen regained hope for the trophy when he got it all in against Liviu Ignat. Ignat's ace-jack suited found no help against the pocket sevens of Jørgensen and the field was reduced to the final five.
Cristian Egues had been the most aggressive player throughout the final table and his run came to an end in fifth place. The Basque three-bet shoved with ace-king and Neuville looked him up with pocket queens. The board ran out ten-high and Egues was eliminated.
Scotsman Michael Kane, who was supported by EPT12 Malta champion Niall Farrell and Ludovic Geilich on the rail, fell in fourth place. He was at risk with king-nine suited up against the with king-queen suited of [Removed:552]. Kane turned two-pair, but [Removed:552] improved to a flush on the river to make it a three-handed affair.
Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jørgensen ultimately bowed out in third place. A series of hands saw the Dane drop to 12 big blinds and he called all in out of the big blind with ace-king after [Removed:552] had shoved the small blind with jack-ten. A jack on the flop and river set up the heads-up duel for the High Roller title.
Neuville and [Removed:552] started out almost even in chips, but the latter pulled away several times. After almost three hours, Pierre Neuville was down to his last seven big blinds as he limped in with queen-jack. [Removed:552] shoved with king-nine and the Belgian former November Niner and two-time EPT Main Event runner-up called. Neuville turned a queen, but [Removed:552] spiked a six on the river to complete his straight and end the tournament. After finishing runner-up twice in EPT Main Events and WSOP bracelet events, another second place for Neuville.
This victory catapults [Removed:551], the younger brother of the legendary poker player Niki [Removed:552], into the top five on the Austrian all-time money list.
After three hands with flops that brought no action, Pierre Neuville claimed one pot after the limp of [Removed:551] and his own raise to 300,000.
What followed were seven hands in a row where [Removed:552] was all in. Neuville limp-folded to a raise three times and forfeited his big blind another three times to fall down to less than eight big blinds.
In the seventh hand in a row, Neuville limped in, [Removed:552] shoved and Neuville peeked at his cards again before calling it off.
Pierre Neuville: ![]()
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[Removed:551]: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and the queen on the turn was not enough for Neuville, as [Removed:552] rivered the straight to eliminate the Belgian in second place for a payday of €228,400.
A recap of today's action will be available shortly!
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,200,000
1,250,000
|
1,250,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
[Removed:551] has turned up the aggression a bit, and just Neuville all in twice preflop, but Neuville has quietly let his hands go.
The Belgian did just win a nice one, however, when he called a bet of 300,000 on the river with a mere ![]()
high. That was good against [Removed:552]'s ![]()
on a board of ![]()
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.
Neuville is not out of the woods yet with only 12,5 big blinds.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,950,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
|
1,250,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
Hand 1
[Removed:551] limped in and Pierre Neuville checked in the big blind. On the ![]()
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flop, the action went check, check. On the
turn, Neuville bet 125,000 and [Removed:552] called before then folding the
river to a bet worth 450,000.
Hand 2
Neuville limped in and the flop of ![]()
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saw the Belgian check-call a bet of 150,000. On the
turn, both checked. The
river saw [Removed:552] check and Neuville bet 300,000, [Removed:552] called. Neuville flashed the ![]()
and [Removed:552] took down the pot with ![]()
.
Hand 3
[Removed:552] limped, Neuville raised to 300,000 and then folded to the shove of the Austrian.
Hand 4
Neuville limped and the flop of ![]()
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was checked. On the
turn, [Removed:552] check-called 125,000 befoe the duo checked again the
on the river. [Removed:552] showed ![]()
and that was good enough to drag in the pot.
Hand 5
[Removed:552] open-shoved and Neuville folded.
Hand 6
Neuville limped in and the flop of ![]()
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saw no betting action. On the
turn, [Removed:552] check-called a bet of 150,000 and the
river went check,check again. [Removed:552] turned over ![]()
for a pair of nines and Neuville mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,145,000
1,295,000
|
1,295,000 |
|
|
1,055,000
1,295,000
|
1,295,000 |
Hand 1
[Removed:551] limps the button, Pierre Neuville checks and leads the ![]()
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flop for 125,000. [Removed:552] raises to 300,000 and takes it.
Hand 2
Neuville made it 300,000 preflop and [Removed:552] called. Both players checked the ![]()
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flop, and Neuville took the pot with a bet of 350,000 on the
turn.
Hand 3
[Removed:552] limps yet again, Neuville checks and the flop of ![]()
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goes check-check. Neuville bet 150,000 on the turn
and was called before he fired 200,000 on the river
. [Removed:552] put in a raise to 650,000, and that did the trick.
Hand 4
In a limped pot both players checked it down on a ![]()
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run out. [Removed:552]'s ![]()
was enough to rake in the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,850,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
|
2,350,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
Hand 1
Pierre Neuville raised to 275,000 and [Removed:551] moved all in to force a fold.
Hand 2
[Removed:552] limped in and the flop came ![]()
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. Neuville check-called a bet of 100,000 and the
appeared on the turn. Neuville checked, [Removed:552] bet 275,000 and scooped the pot.
Hand 3
Neuville limped in, [Removed:552] shoved and forced a fold.
Hand 4
[Removed:552] limped in, and Neuville bet the ![]()
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flop to see [Removed:552] fold.
Hand 5
Neuville limped in, [Removed:552] checked his option. On the ![]()
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flop, [Removed:552] check-called a bet worth 100,000 and did so again for 350,000 on the
turn. After the
river, [Removed:552] checked for a third time and Neuville bet 375,000. [Removed:552] gave it some thought and eventually called to see Neuville turn over the ![]()
for two pair as winning hand.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,135,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
|
|
3,065,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
Hand 1
[Removed:552] limped the button, Neuville checked and together they saw a flop of ![]()
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. Both players checked.
The
on the turn made Neuville fire 200,000 and [Removed:552] called.
The river was the
and this time Neuville bet 400,000. [Removed:552] made a mature raise to 1,3 million, and Neuville let go of his hand rather quickly.
Hand 2
Two hands later Neuville got some back. [Removed:552] limped the button again, Neuville checked and check-called a min-bet on the ![]()
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flop. The players checked through the
on the turn and the
on the river, and Neuville's ![]()
won at showdown.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
2,700,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
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In the last hand of the previous level, [Removed:551] limped in and Pierre Neuville raised to 275,000. [Removed:552] moved all in for around 3.5 million and Neuville folded after taking a bite from his fruit cocktail.
Then, Neuville raised to 250,000 and [Removed:552] called. The duo checked down the board of ![]()
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entirely and [Removed:552] showed ![]()
for trips treys to claim the pot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
3,200,000
300,000
|
300,000 |