Andras Nemeth Tops Day 1b at PokerStars EPT Malta Main Event

The second and last starting day of the 2016 PokerStars.com EPT13 Malta €5,300 Main Event attracted 326 players.

After eight 75-minutes levels, it was Hungarian Andras Nemeth who came out on top of the 162 players that survived the day. Nemeth bagged up 192,400 in chips, slightly more than Day 1a chip leader Dan Shak who’ll bring 185,100 to Day 2. After two starting days, the total number of runners adds up to 460, of which 223 will return to the Casino Portomaso tomorrow to continue play on Day 2.

The story of the first level of Day 1b was the bust out of Sai Wu as she made her departure after just 14 minutes of play. Wu had lost some of her chips before, but still had more than two-thirds of the starting stack left when she shoved all in with ace-nine on an ace-ten-five-ten-seven board. Alexander Ivarsson was more than happy to call it down with ace-ten for a full house. Despite his good start, Ivarsson didn’t manage to survive the day.

Neither did Marcin Chmielewski, he was the second casualty of the day and hopped right into the €10,200 Single-Day High Roller, where he busted evenly fast. In the Main Event, it was Bastian Döhler who got his chips. Döhler also eliminated Lijo Lander but couldn’t hold on to his big stack for long. He ended the day with just 22,800 chips, slightly less than the …

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