Great day for Jedlicka
Day 1A of a poker tournament, the duty to construct a stack but in addition not lose the only you started with. A PLEASING primer for the intense business to come back on Day 2 and beyond. Rarely are tournament winning stacks made throughout the opening stanzas of a poker tournament and in lots of ways today was unremarkable as a complete of 219 players took their seats in Malta for a shot at winning the last ever IPT Main Event.
For no less than one player it was a remarkable day though as Stefan Jedlicka increased his starting stack of 25,000 greater than every other player could. The Austrian player, who won the Estrellas High Roller at EPT13 Barcelona, will return for Day 2 with a huge 299,100 in chips. The likes of Yaniv Peretz (275,800), Rasmus Agerskov (246,100), Chi Zhang (231,900) and Daniel Portiansky (220,700) ran him close and can all be satisfied with their begin to this €1,000 event. Cate Hall was another who ended the day with a large stack, she'll bring back 145,900 on Day 2, but would've ended the night as chip leader had her pocket queens not been cracked at the final hand of the night in a pot worth around 200,000.
Agerskov approved of his performance
For others, it was an afternoon to forget as their hopes of a deep run on this tournament were over almost before they'd started. That was almost literally the case for one of the most two EPT champions who played today. This August Sebastian Malec took down the EPT Main Event in Barcelona, the Pole late reg'd this tournament and didn't last a degree. Jan Bendik fared better than Malec but still ended with zero chips as he too was knocked out. They were in good company as Dinesh Alt, Rocco Palumbo, Tom Hall, Chris Bjorin, Eugene Katchalov, James Mitchell, Jason Wheeler, Ludovic Geilich and Fabrice Soulier, came, sat and were unceremoniously asked to depart as they'd run out of chips.
Geilich busted at the final hand of the night
The 52 players who've made it through will return at noon on Friday, full chip counts can be found here. From noon tomorrow a fresh batch of hopefuls pays their money and take their chances. You understand the drill by now, they'll be more runners than today, probably by quite far. We'll be back at noon to hide Day 1B, but for now, goodnight.
11:20pm: All she wroteLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Bag up those chips, play has concluded on Day 1A. --NW
11:05pm: Three more handsLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Three more hands after which play is finished for the day. --NW
11:02pm: Calling it a nightLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
With 16 minutes left at the clock for Level 12 (and with Level 13 still to come), the ground staff has just announced that we are going to actually be stopping play for the day on the end of this level. That implies that shortly the clock can be paused and we'll be drawing for the previous couple of hands. 59 players remain. --JS
10:58pm: No room on the Lodge for TopolinksiLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
A really nice call from Harry Lodge has seen the young British PokerStars Qualifier shoot up the leaderboard.
Judging by the pot size once I arrived there have been a virtually min-open by Lodge followed by a large blind call from Topolinski. The flop then fell T♠6♦2♥ and it checked to the raiser, and Lodge continued for 4,000. He was then three-bet to 11,500 but went nowhere.
The turn was the 8♠ and now Topolinksi led out for 13,700. Lodge called again and the dealer put out the 6♣ at the river, pairing the board. Topolinksi then fired over again for 22,300 and Lodge didn't take long to call.
Topolinski turned over the 4♥5♣ for nothing but a busted double-gutshot, while Lodge had the Q♦8♣ for a couple of eights to compliment the sixes. He could have been floating at the flop, but after picking up a couple at the turn he faced numerous aggression and made two correct calls. He's as much as 175,000 now, while Topolinski had dipped to 121,000. --JS
Nice play from Lodge
10:50pm: Chip leadersLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
With just over an hour of play left listed below are the contenders for the chip lead:
Stefan Jedlicka, 270,000Yaniv Peretz, 225,000Daniel Portiansky, 190,000Cate Hall, 185,000Konstantinos Gkimpis, 178,000Xanthopoulos Pavlos, 167,000Dawid Topolinski, 165,000Danut Chisu, 161,000Koray Aldemir, 140,000Alexander Lakhov, 140,000Chi Zhang, 140,000
10:40pm: One in, one outLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
From under-the-gun Lorenzo Antonelli moved all-in for 20,800 and it folded round to Harry Lodge within the big blind. He got an eyes on count of the shove, called and showed pocket sixes. It was a race as Antonnelli held A♣9♥, the Q♠A♥K♦A♠Q♥ board favoured the overcards and Lodge dropped to around 117,000.
Meanwhile over on an adjacent table Stefan Richter had bet 4,500 at the turn of a Q♦6♠7♠J♠ board, just for Thomas Eychenne to set him all-in. Richter tanked for an age before calling with J♣T♠. He was behind to Eychenne's Q♥5♣ and the 4♥ river didn't save him. --NW
10:37pm: Hall gets shorter while Kot gets biggerLevel 12 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Action folded to Cate Hall and she or he decided to make it 5,100 to play. Playing was certainly on Jan Kot's mind, but he desired to play for the entire marbles - or a minimum of all of his - and moved all-in from the small blind for 48,000. When it got back to Hall she thought for a moment or two before calling and discovering her A♣Q♥ was prior to Kot's A♥T♥.
A simple flop can change everything though. It came 6♦3♣T♦ and Kot shot out in front with top pair. The J♠ turn and J♥ river kept Kot out in front and secured him a double as much as around 100,000, while Hall continues to be very healthy with a 185,000 stack. --JS
| 12 | 1000 | 2000 | 300 |
10:16pm: BreakLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
The players are on their final 20 minute break of the day.
10:15pm: Jasper Van Moorsel wins a flipLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
On the last hand before the break Nils Jarefjall and Jasper Van Moorsel got in all-in for a 125,000 chip pot. It was a classic race with Van Moorsel showing J♣J♥ and Jarefjall A♦K♥. The 8♦2♦3♠6♥9♠ board favoured Van Moorsel and he just had Jarefjall covered.
10:12pm: That'll do for ChisuLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
A hefty pot had already been built between Danut Chisu and Jokin Blanco once I arrived at the scene, with a board reading 2♦J♠9♠3♦. Chisu was first to behave and increased it with a 22,500 bet, which Blanco would then call. The river came the 4♣ and Chisu just about snap-shoved for his remaining 56,000 stack.
Blanco had a tricky decision on his hands and made use of the clock. After a fair few minutes he installed some blue 5k chips indicating a call, but he'd attempt to muck when Chisu showed the 2♣3♣ for 2 pair. Someone on the table will need to have asked to peer Blanco's cards, so the dealer revealed he had the Q♥J♣ for just top pair.
Chisu is as much as 143,000 now, while Blanco drops to the precise amount that Chisu just jammed for - 56,000. --JS
10:08pm: Palumbo outLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
Well, we didn't catch it, but shortly after the last hand we brought you Rocco Palumbo have been eliminated. --JS
10pm: Chop it upLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
Rocco Palumbo raised it as much as 3,500 from the cutoff and Maxime Chilaud then moved all-in for 19,300 from the small blind. Palumbo got a count after which called.
Palumbo: A♣7♦Chilaud: A♥Q♥
A 8♦4♦T♠8♥4♥ run out mean that much to the comfort of Palumbo, the pot was chopped.
9:51pm: A chip festival for CarnevaleLevel 11 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
The action folded to Rasmus Larsen at the button, so he did what came naturally - he opened. The bet size was 3,500 (blinds at the moment are up) so a bit over a 2x bet, and that got a choice from Ignazio Ulma within the small blind. Raffaele Carnevale then squeezed it as much as 10,100 out of the massive blind, which got a fold from Larsen but a choice from Ulma.
The first three community cards put out were the 9♥5♥6♠. Ulma checked and Carnevale opted to test it back to peer a free turn card: the Q♠. Ulma checked over again and Carnevale tilted his head around Ulma's arm so he could get a glance at his chip count (it was 18,500). Carnevale then announced all in and Ulma quickly called along with his Q♣J♥. The bad news was that Carnevale had flopped a suite together with his 9♣9♠ and the 3♣ river didn't change anything.
"Nice hand," said Ulma as he made a stylish exit. Carnevale is as much as 87,500 now. --JS
9:30pm: News in briefLevel 11 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
Here's what's been happening across the tournament room:
- We got 99 players but Morten Kind Gulbrandsen ain't considered one of them. He went out in 100th place.- Katja Spillum Svendsen have been nursing a brief stack for far of the day and he or she moved all-in for 10,600 at the turn of a 7♥9♥A♠5♦ board. There has been about 15,000 within the pot but her opponent folded.- Alessandro Siena was the following player to transport all-in he three-bet jammed for just over 25,000 and Niccolo Ceccarelli - who had opened to 2,700 - folded.
9:25pm: Aldemir wins a large oneLevel 11 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
Guillaume Diaz kicked this one off with an open to 2,700, but that clearly wasn't large enough for this round of hands. He got three callers and 4 players saw a K♣7♠4♠ flop, which the small blind and large blind (Koray Aldemir being the latter) would check to the pre-flop raiser. Diaz continued for 6,300 and only Aldemir would come along for the turn.
It was the 4♥ and both continued in similar fashion; Aldemir checked, Diaz bet 14,000, and Aldemir called. Finally the dealer's job was almost about done after the J♦ was laid. Aldemir checked quickly, and the verdict was on Diaz, who finally would check too. Aldemir flipped over the 7♣8♣ for a couple of sevens and that was good as Diaz mucked, dropping to 99,000. Aldemir is as much as 152,000 now. --JS
9:18pm: Svensson dodges the tripsLevel 11 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
With the flop showing 5♠J♠Q♣, Ignazio Ulma checked it to his sole opponent Katja Svensson and she or he decided to install a continuation bet of 3,300. Ulma came along to look the 7♣ turn, and both decided to check.
The river came the J♦ - pairing the board - and Ulma checked a last time. Svensson gave the look of she was going to make another bet but after all gave the table somewhat of a defeated tap. Her instinct to not bet was right as Ulma turned over the J♥8♠ and took this one down. --JS
| 11 | 800 | 1600 | 200 |
9:05pm: Neuville sees the bluffLevel 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
I found Pierre Neuville in a tricky spot, by the hands of Lambic Gerard. There has been around 38,000 within the middle and Neuville had checked, letting Gerard take the aggressive lead with a 16,500 wager. The Belgian was within the tank once I arrived and he'd eventually fold, only to look Gerard flip over the J♦5♦ as he started to pile up the pot in front of him. Neuville is sitting with 33,000, while Gerard is as much as 77,000. --JS
Pierre Neuville
8:53pm: Declercq says 'Arigato Mr. Segatto'Level 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
Perhaps Frenchman Quentin Declercq had eaten something he didn't like at the dinner break; either that or he was making moves in accordance with player history with Massimo Segatto, because two minutes after players returned he shoved his eight big blind stack excessive of a 2,500 open with the 6♥4♣.
Segatto snap called with the A♣Q♠ and a queen at the flop was all she wrote. Declercq made an excessively quick exit, while Segatto raked in his chips. --JS
8:50pm: Assorted chip countsLevel 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
Plenty of names and notables still in, including:
Harry Lodge, 92,000Ludovic Geilich, 81,000Guillaume Diaz, 70,000Benjamin Pollok, 62,000Josh Hart, 61,000Pierre Neuville, 44,000Rocco Palumbo, 38,000Katja Spillum Svendsen, 17,000Dinesh Alt, 17,000
8:40pm: Top 10 on the breakLevel 10 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
As the players return the chip leaders are:
Stefan Jedlicka, 171,000Cate Hall, 150,000Dawid Topolinski, 140,000Chi Zhang, 140,000Erwann Pecheux, 130,000Michiel Broskij Krijn, 122,000Koray Aldemir, 118,000Harpreet Gill, 107,000Tonny Van Eck, 96,000Xanthopoulos Pavlos, 93,000
| 10 | 600 | 1200 | 200 |
7:25pm: Dinner breakLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
The players are actually on a 75-minute dinner break. Play will resume around 8.40pm local time. --NW
7:20pm: Hall as much as 150,000; Hall outLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Catlin Hall is as much as around 151,000 after winning a pot against Luke Marsh. She bet 4,700 at the turn of a A♣J♦K♣8♠ board and Marsh called. The A♦ river was checked through and she or he showed K♥J♥, which was sooner than Marsh's jack-nine.
However, Tom Hall, who was to her right, is out.--NW
7:03pm: A cheeky grin for Krijn as he gets there on riverLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
It went five to the flop after Michiel Broskij Krijn's 2,400 under the gun open got no respect in any respect. The massive blind then checked the 4♥8♦2♦ flop allowing Krijn to continue for 4,300, and this time his only caller was Denis Timofeev. They both saw a 7♣ turn land and it didn't encourage any longer action, unlike the J♥ river. Krijn fired again for 7,800 and it didn't take Timofeev too long to name. He was surely disgusted though to look Krijn turn over the Q♣J♦, having got there with top pair at the river. Krijn is as much as 76,000 now. --JS
6:55pm: A COUPLE OF chip countsLevel 9 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Below are the counts of a few of the names and notables within the field today:
Pierre Neuville, 24,000Benjamin Pollok, 22,000Erwann Pecheux, 115,000Rasmus Agerskov, 79,000Katja Spillum Svendsen, 17,900Tom Hall, 18,400Cate Hall, 89,000Rocco Palumbo, 57,100Harry Lodge, 69,000Ludovic Geilich, 88,000Pasquale Grimaldi, 86,000
| 9 | 500 | 1000 | 100 |
6:43pm: Palumbo gets paidLevel 8 - Blinds 400/800 (100 ante)
Picking up the action on a 7♥T♣8♥A♠8♠ board, the UK's Patrick Brooks had checked over to Rocco Palumbo, who had the button in front of him. In front of either one of them was a nearly 24,000 pot, and Palumbo took a stab at it with a 7,500 bet. Brooks tanked for just below a minute before tossing in a chip to suggest a hall, but he'd quickly muck when the Italian flipped over his 7♦7♣ for a whole house.
After that pot, Brooks dropped to 47,000, while Palumbo increased his stack to 58,000. --JS
6:37pm: More for HallLevel 8 - Blinds 400/800 (100 ante)
Cate Hall remains to be in possession of a top ten chip stack; in fact, she's just added a little bit more to it.
She opened to 2,200 from mid-position and got one caller - Italy's Gianluca Pagliaro, who was at the button. The 2 saw a 6♠A♥T♣ flop fall and interestingly Hall opted to not installed what's often considered a 'standard' continuation bet on an ace-high flop, checking instead. Pagliaro checked it back.
The turn was the K♥ and now Hall sprung back into action with a 3,300 delayed c-bet. It worked at the turn and it could have worked at the flop too, as Pagliaro quickly folded. --JS
6:20pm: No way backLevel 8 - Blinds 400/800 (100 ante)
This isn't a re-entry event which means Eugene Katchalov, Morten Mortensen, Robbie Schiffbauer, Georgios Zisimpoulos and James Mitchell are all out. Bad news for them, excellent news for the remainder of the field.
Eugene Katchalov
6:10pm: France on topLevel 8 - Blinds 400/800 (100 ante)
Down to simply 135 players now on Day 1A and it is a one-two for France on the top of the chip counts. Erwann Pécheux leads - he has a stack of 122,000, Guillaume Diaz isn't far behind on 120,000.
| 8 | 400 | 800 | 100 |
5:55pm: Nice handLevel 7 - Blinds 300/600 (100 ante)
Stefan Richter was all-in for 13,400 at the river of a 4♠4♦5♣9♠Q♠ board and Daniele Scatragli was mulling over his decision. He'd bet the river for 5,100 so it was 8,300 more to name Richter's shove. There has been no snap call, excellent news for Richter presumably. But eventually Scatragli did call, Richter showed Ad]4♥ for trip fours and Scatragli couldn't beat it. He desired to muck face down but since this was an all-in situation his cards - the Q♣5♠ - needed to be turned over. --NW
5:40pm: Chip leadersLevel 7 - Blinds 300/600 (100 ante)
The current top five seems like this:
Chi Zhang, 110,000Cate Hall, 84,000Johan Creutz, 75,000Adriano Torregrossa, 72,000Roberto Rodriguez, 70,000
Cate Hall
5:25pm: Bellini freerollingLevel 7 - Blinds 300/600 (100 ante)
Jean-Marc Bellini might feel like he's freerolling after somehow not likely broke in a hand against Antonina Anapolska. The cards were already on their backs by the point I reached the table to look a 5♣5♥4♣6♠[X] board at the table.
Anapolska had 5♣5♥ for flopped quads and Bellini had pocket fours for a flopped full house. He'd gotten away lightly by the appearance of items and still has 19,000 left, while Anapolska is as much as 31,000.
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The pace of departures is picking up and there are actually 170 of 219 players remaining. Sadly for fans of: Rpmain Putz, Creysson Henri, Robert Hana, Miljan Miljanic, Marco Regonaschi, Gergo Gecsek, Christensen Stig, Clement Brunet, Marc Chazal-Martin, Taco De Goede, Przemyslaw Piotrowski, Mario Giordano, Thiago Mazzini, Pretorian Mihai, Charlo Azzopardi, Francesco Imperiale, Salvatore Pirrea, Alessandro Secci, Alex DiFelice, Manuel Zapf, Quentin Laucher and Grzegorz Grochulski are all out.
| 7 | 300 | 600 | 100 |
4:50pm: Break timeLevel 6 - Blinds 250/500 (75 ante)
The players at the moment are on a 20-minute break.
4:30pm: Bendik makes a perfect callLevel 6 - Blinds 250/500 (75 ante)
I joined the action to look a 9♦6♠2♦ at the felt and 3 active players still within the hand. EPT12 Grand Final champion Jan Bendik checked, EPT 11 Malta runner-up Valentin Messina bet 3,600 and Bendik was the one caller. There has been now 17,000 within the pot because the 4♦ hit the felt. A check from Bendik was followed by a check from Messina. The Q♣ fell at the river and again Bendik checked. After about 20 seconds Messina slid out a raffle of 9,000 and Bendik went into the tank. He emerged with a choice and showed 5♠5♣, Messina have been caught bluffing with K♠[Ts.
After that hand, Messina drops to 54,000, while Bendik is as much as 60,500.
Valentin Messina
4:10pm: Another deep run for Geilich?Level 6 - Blinds 250/500 (75 ante)
In a table right within the far corner of the room sits Ludovic Geilich. The UKIPT champion almost made it a double ten days ago as he finished runner-up on the final ever UKIPT, which was held in Birmingham.
Rasmus Agerskov, who final tabled UKIPT London in October 2014, Gleb Tremzin and Pierre Neuville have also been spotted.
| 6 | 250 | 500 | 75 |
4:05pm: All outLevel 5 - Blinds 200/400 (50 ante)
The following players are all out: Lorenzo Merone, Jason Wheeler, Karim Feedag, Luigi D Alterio, Luca Giovannone, Carlos Gomez Antelo, Konrad Abela, Alessandro Barone, Gianmichele Messina, Dario Marinelli and Pia Jeppesen.
3:55pm: Blanco doublesLevel 5 - Blinds 200/400 (50 ante)
Bart Kuiper had bet 1,050 on a Q♥A♥9♣ flop just for Jokin Blanco to shove all-in for 4,525. There has been no insta-call from the Dutchman, he took his time, got an actual count after which called. Blanco turned over Q♣9♦ and was sooner than Kuiper's Q♠T♠. The 5♠ turn and 8♠ river kept him within the lead and he doubled up.
3:40pm: It is a lock outLevel 5 - Blinds 200/400 (50 ante)
Late registration on Day 1A has closed, there has been a complete of 219 entrants with 200 still remaining.
3:30pm: ExitsLevel 5 - Blinds 200/400 (50 ante)
Sebastian Malec's stay on the IPT Main Event hotel didn't last long. He's out, as are: Sergio Scalzo, Fabrice Soulier, Sirzat Hissou, Klaus Gortz, Luca Caravaglio, Andrey Volkov and Paul Rimmer.
| 5 | 200 | 400 | 50 |
3:15pm: More familliar facesLevel 4 - Blinds 150/300 (50 ante)
A handful of well-known names have taken good thing about the late registration period and feature helped take the collection of runners on this tournament as much as 202. Tom Hall is certainly one of those, he's two seats to the precise of Cate Hall, Fabrice Soulier may be playing and Rocco Palumbo and Morten Mortensen are sat side by side.
3pm: Make room for MalecLevel 4 - Blinds 150/300 (50 ante)
Sebastian Malec has just entered this tournament. With the illusion of the Polish player, it signifies that the last two EPT champions are both within the field as Jan Bendik could also be playing. Sadly it kind of feels like we can't have the last three champions within the field because it appears Dzmitry Urbanovich is unlikely to be heading to Malta in step with a up to date social media update.
2:45pm: Leonid Lerner eliminatedLevel 4 - Blinds 150/300 (50 ante)
I arrived on the table to peer Leonid Lerner all-in for 2,875, Cristian Juanena made the decision and it was time for the showdown. Lerner didn't turn his cards over and when the dealer instructed him to take action he simply gestured that the dealer should do it. So, she turned over his 9♦6♦. He was behind to Juanena's A♦Q♦ and that is the way it stayed at the 8♠5♣4♠Q♦9♠ board.
| 4 | 150 | 300 | 50 |
2:17pm: Break timeLevel 3 - Blinds 100/200 (25 ante)
The players are actually on a 20-minute break.
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It's been a comparatively benign begin to the tournament with just four players eliminated within the opening three levels. Miroslav Forman, Emmanouil Tsourounakis, Shay Vodka and Govert Metaal are the four who've been eliminated.
Govert Metaal
2pm: Keep 'em comingLevel 3 - Blinds 100/200 (25 ante)
We're as much as 195 runners within the IPT Main Event now.
1:40pm: Big pot for ChisuLevel 3 - Blinds 100/200 (25 ante)
Danut Chisu probably has a soft spot for Malta, the Romanian's two biggest cashes were earned here, coming just four days apart on the EPT12 festival in October of last year. He's not off course for an additional cash as he just won a large pot against Jokin Blanco.
Pre-flop Blanco opened from under-the-gun+1, Chisu three-bet to 1,500 from the small blind and Blanco called. At the 2♠J♦9♦ flop Chisu bet 2,000, Blanco raised it as much as 4,700 and Chisu smooth called. He called an additional 4,5000 at the 3♥ turn and the A♣ then fell at the river. This time Chisu elected to lead, he threw out a solitary blue 5K chip and, after a couple of seconds thought, Blanco called. Chisu turned over A♠A♦ for a rivered set of aces and Blanco mucked.
| 3 | 100 | 200 | 25 |
1:20pm: Big pot, big penaltyLevel 2 - Blinds 75/150
A fun hand on table 11 where Ferencz Ratescu got a little excited and turned his cards over at the turn, instead of the river. "I BELIEVED the turn was the river," he explained after the hand. The object is Ratescu had the stone cold nuts.
The board was 8♦J♦K♦8♠ and he'd exposed 8♣8♥. It was a large pot with 22,100 within the middle already. The 9♥ hit the river and Unai Jimeno, who was his opponent within the hand, couldn't beat quads and showed his hand which was 4♦2♦. And not using a aggressive action allowed Ratescu needed to check too. The ground was called and it was ruled that Ratescu must serve a one round penalty. Both of exposing cards out of turn or checking the nuts at the river would've earned him this sort of penalty.
1pm: Mitchell vs ChiangLevel 2 - Blinds 75/150
Jen-Yue Chiang and James Mitchell went heads-up to a Q♠9♥T♥ flop, action checked to Mitchell, who bet 500. Call from Chiang. The J♦ fell at the turn, check, bet 750, call went the action. The K♠ river meant that a straight was now at the board and Chiang now changed tactics. He led for 1,975 and Mitchell tanked before folding. Chiang flashed the 8♣ as he took the pot. "That was not an excellent river for me," said Mitchell.
Rivered?
| 2 | 75 | 150 | 0 |
12:40pm: Further additionsLevel 1 - Blinds 50/100
Players continue to stream in in the course of the opening level of the tournament, with the sector now over the 150 mark. Eugene Katchalov is likely one of the fashionably late, he's taken up residency in seat three and is on the same table as Harry Lodge, who's a few seats to the left of the Ukranian.
We have a former winner within the mix too as Georgios Zisimopoulos took down the IPT7 Malta Main Event in March 2015.
But, I see your IPT title and lift an EPT title, Jan Bendik is playing today and is calling the part in a wise red shirt. James Mitchell and Katja Spillum Svendsen also are now of their seats.
Jan Bendik
12:25pm: Who's here?Level 1 - Blinds 50/100
There are 107 players currently within the field with Govert Metaal, Cate Hall and Harry Lodge three of the notables I spotted.
Valentin Messina, who came second within the EPT Main Event in March 2015, is at the player list as are James Mitchell, Jan Bendik, all three yet to take their seats, though.
12:05pm: Shuffle up and dealLevel 1 - Blinds 50/100
After a couple of introductory words from Toby Stone and Claudio Pagano, the last ever IPT Main Event is underway.
| 1 | 50 | 100 | 0 |
11:50am: Welcome to the IPT8 Malta Main Event
The IPT Malta Main Event starts at noon and, if history, is anything to move in this €1,000 event should get this festival off to a flyer. Last season Natan Chauskin defeated a field of 947 players to assert a primary prize of €149,560.
Today is the primary starting flight and they will be 13 levels of play, each lasting 45 minutes. Play should wrap up slightly after midnight. You'll be able to follow live coverage every step of ways until we now have a winner on Sunday.
Cards are within the air at noon.
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- 25,000 starting stack- Blinds starting at 50/100 for 250 big blinds- Levels are 45 minutes on Day 1 and they will be 13 of them.- Day 1A is today, Day 1B happens tomorrow after which Day 2 on Friday is when we'll reach the money. On Saturday it is all about attending to the overall table, on the way to happen on Sunday.- There are two satellites to the principle Event today, both are €200+€20 and so they start at 4pm and 7pm.- Full IPT8 Malta schedule here.
PokerStars Blog reporting team at the IPT Main Event: Nick Wright and Jack Stanton. Photography by Manuel Kovsca. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter:@PokerStarsBlog
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