Aliaksei Boika Hero Calls to Win the PokerStars.com EPT13 Malta Main Event (€355,700)

Aliaksei Boika is the winner of the 2016 PokerStars.com EPT Malta Main Event. After six long days of poker in Casino Portomaso, the 28-year-old Belarusian poker pro bested long-time tournament chip leader Mats Karlsson heads up, making one of the best calls in EPT history to win it all.

The sixth and final day started with just six of the 468 runners remaining. Aliaksei Boika started the final table as the short stack but quickly moved up the pack by winning an all in with pocket jacks versus Tomas Macnamara’s ace-king. Macnamara flopped a king but Boika rivered a straight to keep him in the tournament.

Tomas Macnamara was the first to go, finishing in sixth place for €76,790. Macnamara shoved all in three times in a row after having doubled Boika. The first two shoves went unanswered, Peter Ockenden called with sixes the third time and Macnamara failed to catch up with ace-eight.

Despite busting Macnamara, Peter Ockenden would be the next to go. Ockenden, who resides in both England and the Netherlands, was sent to the rail when he got it all in with ace-nine against the jack-ten of Karlsson on a nine-high flop. The Swede paired his ten on the turn to send Ockenden packing in fifth place, good for €104,340 – by far the biggest score of his career. It’s an incredible payday for the online …

continue reading in source www.pokernews.com