€5,300 Main Event Jour 2 | 2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta

2016-10-25 17:00 UTC+1

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Guillaume Diaz	427,000 1,000	1,000
Dmitry Yurasov	360,000 45,000	45,000
Guillaume Valle	350,000 30,000	30,000
Sarah Herzali	340,000 8,000	8,000
Piotr Franczak	330,300 700	700
Davidi Kitai	328,700 1,300	1,300

Louis Cartarius	272,000 48,000	48,000
Xixiang Luo	253,000 23,000	23,000
Freek Cornelis Scholten	230,000 178,000	178,000
Simon Amyot	221,000 29,000	29,000
Gianfranco Visalli	215,000 15,000	15,000
Walter Treccarichi	202,000 52,000	52,000
John Gulino	192,000 18,000	18,000
Dietrich Fast	190,000 30,000	30,000
Usman Siddique	188,400 41,600	41,600
Oliver Price	186,000 109,900	109,900
Benjamin Pollak	185,000 5,000	5,000
Stefano Terziani	185,000 67,000	67,000
Brian Altman	185,000 55,000	55,000
Zoltan Szabo	182,000 2,000	2,000
Eugene Katchalov	181,000 14,000	14,000
Pawel Brzeski	180,000 75,000	75,000
Anton Bertilsson	170,000 14,800	14,800
Michael Kane	167,600 42,600	42,600
Martin Staszko	160,300 9,700	9,700

Diaz Keeps Pulling Away

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

In the penultimate level of the day, Guillaume Diaz immediately won another pot without showdown and just put Damien Luis to the rest. Diaz raised to 5,000 on the button, Luis three-bet to 18,100 from the small blind and Diaz shoved to force a fold.

Diaz may be the first player to reach half a million in chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Guillaume Diaz	465,000 37,000	37,000
Damien Luis	55,000 4,900	4,900

Tags: Damien Luis Guillaume Diaz

2016-10-25 16:54 UTC+1

Baron Finds Aces to Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Brian Altman raised to 5,200 from early position and Alexandru Baron three-bet all in for 24,900 on the button. Sergey Sergeev counted his stack carefully and eventually folded, later claimed in table chat he had pocket eights. Altman called and Baron was at risk.

Alexandru Baron:
Brian Altman:

The board ran out and Baron doubled.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Brian Altman	170,000 40,000	40,000
Alexandru Baron	53,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Alexandru Baron Brian Altman Sergey Sergeev

Niveau: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

2016-10-25 16:25 UTC+1

Volatile38 chipleader à la 2e pause, Yurasov au top

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Frank Op de Woerd

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The last 20-minute break for the players just commenced. When the remaining players return, just two more 75-minute levels are scheduled for the day.

After 12 levels of 75 minutes each, the 468-entry strong field of the 2016 PokerStars.com EPT13 Malta Main Event has been whittled down to just 111 hopefuls and 87 of them will take home at least €8,070. Leading the field thus far with more than 100 casualties after four levels of Day 2 is Guillaume Diaz with 428,000. The Frenchman knocked out Pasi Sormunen in a big pot and ran up his stack further after that, second in chips currently is fellow Frenchman Guillaume Valle with 380,000.

Start-of-the-day chip leader Andras Nemeth was also sent to the rail in level 12, first Pawel Brzeski doubled through him and then Nemeth sent the remainder of the stack over to Eugene Katchalov. Sarah Herzali's rise to the top came also from a double elimination and she ended the level with around 335,000, closely followed by Piotr Franczak (331,000), Davidi Kitai (330,000), Dominik Panka (330,000) , Louis Cartarius (320,000) and Yurasov with 315,000.

Among those to depart the last two levels were Dara O'Kearney, former EPT champion Benny Spindler, Erwann Pecheux, Anton Morgenstern, Johan Guilbert and Juha Helppi.

Tags: Andras Nemeth Anton Morgenstern Benny Spindler Dara O'Kearney Davidi Kitai Dmitry Yurasov Dominik Panka Erwann Pecheux Eugene Katchalov Guillaume Diaz Guillaume Valle Johan Guilbert Juha Helppi Louis Cartarius Pasi Sormunen Pawel Brzeski Piotr Franczak Sarah Herzali

2016-10-25 16:24 UTC+1

Guillaume Diaz sur le bon chemin

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Guillaume Diaz raised from early position and short stack Anatoly Korochenskiy shoved for around 23,000 in the small blind. The Frenchman didn't even ask for a count and quickly called, sitting behind a big stack already.

Anatoly Korochenskiy:
Guillaume Diaz:

The flop immediately paired up Diaz, and the turn and river were both blanks.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Guillaume Diaz	428,000 188,000	188,000
Anatoly Korochenskiy	Eliminé

Tags: Anatoly Korochenskiy Guillaume Diaz

2016-10-25 16:23 UTC+1

Herzali and Cartarius Among Big Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Sarah Herzali and Louis Cartarius are sitting next to each other and just got involved into a little pot. On the river, Herzali checked and Cartarius bet 20,000. Herzali called and then mucked when she was shown the by her table neighbor.

"Nice hand," Herzali said and mucked while Cartarius was relieved. "I thought you were gonna raise," the German added.

Below are some further chip counts of big stacks and notables.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Sarah Herzali	332,000 43,200	43,200
Piotr Franczak	331,000 6,000	6,000
Davidi Kitai	330,000 27,000	27,000

Louis Cartarius	320,000 160,000	160,000
Simon Amyot	250,000 90,000	90,000
Thomas Lentrodt	235,000 151,100	151,100
Gianfranco Visalli	200,000 118,400	118,400
Dietrich Fast	160,000 88,800	88,800
Brian Altman	130,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Louis Cartarius Sarah Herzali

2016-10-25 16:21 UTC+1

Gaëlle Baumann enchaîne; Dohler is Back

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Bastian Dohler more than doubled up before through Dmitry Yurasov while the Russian steam-rolled through the table. Another short stack would double against Yurasov, who opened to 4,500 and then called the shove of Gaelle Baumann in the small blind for 36,800.

Gaelle Baumann:
Dmitry Yurasov:

The board came and Baumann doubled, while Yurasov remains among the biggest stacks.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Dmitry Yurasov	315,000 86,200	86,200
Bastian Dohler	150,000 105,000	105,000
Gaelle Baumann	77,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Bastian Dohler Dmitry Yurasov Gaelle Baumann

2016-10-25 16:18 UTC+1

Big Double for Siddique

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Christian Zetzsche

Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Usman Siddique asked the short stack in the big blind for his stack size before any action had taken place and then raised from the cutoff for 4,300. Grzegorz Grochulski from one seat over three-bet to 11,600 and the blinds got out of the way. Siddique then four-bet to 26,800, Grochulski quickly moved all in and Siddique snap-called.

Usman Siddique:
Grzegorz Grochulski:

The board came and Siddique scored a big double for 111,700.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Usman Siddique	230,000 80,000	80,000
Grzegorz Grochulski	35,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Grzegorz Grochulski Usman Siddique

2016-10-25 16:14 UTC+1

Nemeth Doubles Brzeski; Then Busts to Katchalov

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Niveau 12 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Start-of-the-day chip leader Andras Nemeth has just been eliminated from this EPT Main Event. First, he lost almost all of his stack to qualifier Pawel Brzeski. An orbit later his last chips went Eugene Katchalov's way.

In the first hand, it was Sergey Sergeev that opened with a raise to 4,000. Brzeski called on the button, before Nemeth raised to 18,000 from the small blind.

Sergeev folded but Brzeski four-bet to 42,000. Nemeth gave it some thought, then five-bet all in for 123,500 effectively. Brzeski call after a few seconds.

Andras Nemeth:
Pawel Brzeski: