Ivan Luca

At the beginning of the final table for the Main Event of the 12th PokerStars.it European Poker Tour Malta, Niall Farrell -uk was at a disadvantage by a little over two million chips. Nevertheless, his confidence did not falter, and he played a good game to take the title plus a cash prize of  €534,330.Iván Lucá

Farrell struck a deal with Bosnian, Alen Bilic who also took home a prize worth  €440 thousand, although he had to deal with the fact that he didn’t quite leverage his adavantageous position. At the final table, with great performances we find,  Jaroslaw Sikora coming in third and in sixth place, Sam Greenwood .

A tota 651 players battled it out for the €3,157,350 pot, although only 95 managed to payout. Among them, we find Argentines,  Iván Lucá and Ezequiel Kleinman who did a commendable job, and had a great run, even if he didn’t quite make the title.

EPT 12 Malta €5,300 Main Event
Entrants: 651
Prize pool: €3,157,350
Places paid: 95

1st Niall Farrell €534,330*
2nd Alen Bilic €440,000*
3rd Jaroslaw Sikora €265,840
4th Giulio Spampinato €203,640
5th Rainer Kempe €161,340
6th Sam Greenwood €125,660

Latin American players at payout:

33rd  Iván Lucá $13,730
39th  Ezequiel Kleinman $13,730

The third day for the 12th season will be held from December 5th,  to December, 16th, at the Hilton Prague Hotel where, the European Poker Tour will join forces with the Eureka Poker Tour to give us a festival of gigantic proportions.