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| Published On Oct 25, 2016 10:43 pm CEST  |  Updated on May 2, 2021 11:56 am CEST | By Patric Huemmerich

David Yan Wins The €25,750 EPT Malta High Roller

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David Yan from New Zealand has won the EPT Malta High Roller event. He managed to beat a field of 46 players at the Portomaso Casino in St. Julian’s. For his victory he received a price money of €465,800.

The only 23-years old said after his win: ‘I’m pretty happy with it. It’s tough to explain, but it feels pretty nice. It’s pretty cool.’

The final table with 6 players started with the knockout of German top pro Ole Schemion in 6th place after he ran with  into  of Ramin Hajiyev.

It now took a while until we got our next knockout and found it in Mikita Badziakouski in fifth place when he didn’t manage to win with his   to Max Silver’s .

Silver ended up being the 4th place nevertheless when he lost his remaining chips in a race with  to his friend David Yan ().

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After Hajiyev went broke with his  against Khoroshenin’s , we had found our headsup players.

The headsup would end quickly after Hajiyev unsuccessfully tried to bluff David Yan’s on a bord with his .

New Zealand pro David Yan now boasted his live career earnings to over $3 million after finishing also 2nd in the EPT Barcelona €25,500 High Roller event for €704,755.

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    1: David Yan (NZ) €465,800
    2: Ramin Hajiyev (AZ) €334,400
    3: Oleksii Khoroshenin (UKR) €217,400
    4: Max Silver (UK) €164,030
    5: Mikita Badziakouski (BY) €127,400
    6: Ole Schemion (GER) €98,740
    7: Davidi Kitai (BEL) €78,050
    8: Patrick Leonard (UK) €60,500
    9: Adrian Mateos (SPN) €46,180

Patric Huemmerich

Patric is a German writer and (live) reporter for iGaming.org. As a professional poker player he has a lot of insight into the industry. His goal is to bring his followers exclusive articles, interviews and stories in and around the poker world.