Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 1,750,000 |
1 | 2 | Mike McDonald | Canada | 2,850,000 |
1 | 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 650,000 |
1 | 4 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 930,000 |
1 | 5 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 875,000 |
1 | 6 | Christopher Frank | Germany | 1,050,000 |
1 | 7 | Frederik Jensen | Denmark | 190,000 |
1 | 8 | Jason Wheeler | USA | 520,000 |
Total Chips: | 8,815,000 | |||
2 | 1 | Byron Kaverman | USA | 2,750,000 |
2 | 2 | Quan Zhou | China | 1,450,000 |
2 | 3 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | 1,200,000 |
2 | 4 | Benjamin Pollak | France | 550,000 |
2 | 5 | Jeffrey Rossiter | Australia | 380,000 |
2 | 6 | Andrew Chen | Canada | 900,000 |
2 | 7 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 1,350,000 |
2 | 8 | Justin Bonomo | USA | 890,000 |
Total Chips: | 9,470,000 |
Neither table are at a disadvantage when it comes to chips with just 655,000 difference between the two. The sharp eyed amongst you will notice that Mike McDonald has assumed the mantle of chip leader, although only by a sliver from Byron Kaverman.
The Canadian, who once came close to becoming the first ever two-time winner on the EPT has some unfinished business with High Rollers on their tour – be they regular, mid-sized, or super sized. It’s not for want of trying.
He’s a regular fixture in the high buy-in events on the EPT, but he’s been routinely close to the winner’s circle only to have the door slammed shut. His roll of honour in big buy-in events on the EPT (those with a €/$/£ buy-in of 10,000 or more) includes final table finishes in most places other than first and is simply outstanding:
2nd: EPT8 Prague €10,000 High Roller
3rd: EPT8 Sanremo €10,000 High Roller
4th: EPT10 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller
5th: EPT7 Madrid €10,000 Turbo High Roller
5th: EPT9 Barcelona €50,000 Super High Roller
5th: EPT10 Prague €10,000 High Roller
5th: EPT12 Barcelona €25,000 High Roller
8th: EPT8 Grand Final six-max Turbo High Roller
8th: PCA 2014 $100,000 Super High Roller.
He’s been there, done that, got the t-shirt but as of yet not the trophy.
Indeed his last recorded tournament victory was in September 2011, his last and indeed only victory on European soil was his EPT victory in Dortmund as an 18-year-old back in January 2008. We’re sure he’d love to end that wait here in Malta.
Everything about EPT Malta is on the main EPT Malta page. More specifically, all the hand-by-hand coverage of the €25,000 High Roller is on the €25,000 High Roller page and everything from the IPT Main Event is on the IPT Main Event page.
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