High Roller Day 1 | 2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

02-07-2013 18:17 UTC+2

Refos Stacks Silvermann

Matthew Pitt

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Raoul Refos and Steven Silverman clashed earlier on, a clash that Refos came out on top from. They just locked horns again and it is safe to say it is two-nil to Refos.

We were attracted to their table by the rare words, in this event anyway, of "all-in and call," to discover a board reading , Silverman all-in with in front of him and Refos in front of him.

Refos' straight rendered the river inconsequential and Silverman headed to the registration desk to reload for another €10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Refos	79,200 33,200	33,200
Steven Silverman	50,000 35,200	35,200

Tags: Raoul Refos Steven Silverman

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

02-07-2013 17:53 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Plays the Board and Loses

Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Playing the board is rarely a winning proposition in any poker tournament, as Steve O'Dwyer just found out.

O'Dwyer opened to 700 in the cutoff and EPT Berlin's champion Davidi Kitai defended his big blind with a call. Kitai then check-called a 1,500 bet on a flop, then a 3,600 bet on the turn. That was the last of the betting because both players checked the arrival of the river.

"I'm playing the board," informed O'Dwyer

Kitai turned over and is closing in on 100,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	96,000 46,000	46,000

Steve O'Dwyer	72,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai Steve O'Dwyer

02-07-2013 17:52 UTC+2

Zaichenko in Anything But Wonderland

Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Andrey Zaichenko is watching Alice in Wonderland on his iPad but it is his chips that have disappeared down the rabbit hole and not Alice.

Jonas Lauck opened to 700 from early position and the next two players, Zaichenko and Raoul Refos both called. The dealer burned a card then fanned out the flop, a flop that was checked by Lauck and bet to the tune of 1,200 by Zaichenko. Refos called and Lauck folded.

The turn saw Zaichenko bet again, increasing the size to 2,500. Refos raised to 6,100 and Zaichenko called, but it took him over two minutes to do so. The was checked by Zaichenko, Refos bet 11,000 and Zaichenko reluctantly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Refos	46,000 -6,000	-6,000
Andrey Zaichenko	31,500 31,500	31,500

Tags: Andrey Zaichenko Jonas Lauck Raoul Refos

02-07-2013 17:49 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Stacks Sanioglu

Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ekrem Sanioglu has managed to burn through 50,000 chips in record time. His ace-five was no good against the of Steve O'Dwyer on a board that read .

Sanioglu has gone to retrieve his casino card so that he can reload his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	77,000 27,000	27,000

Ekrem Sanioglu	50,000

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Ekrem Sanioglu

02-07-2013 17:45 UTC+2

Refos Smoking Now

MarcC

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Raoul Refos has battled all the way back and is showing a profit for the first time.

His latest victory came in a battle of the blinds against Steven Silverman. Refos opened from the small blind and then four-bet to 5,700 after Silverman three-bet to 2,400.

Silverman called and the board ran out before any more chips ventured forwards. Refos bet 7,500 and Silverman called after some though. Refos opened and took the pot as Silverman mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raoul Refos	52,000 12,000	12,000
Steven Silverman	14,800

Tags: Raoul Refos Steven Silverman.

02-07-2013 17:42 UTC+2

Reilly Riled

Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Timothy Reilly has not been in the tournament very long but he has already had to face a barrage of bets from Spaniard Raul Paez.

Paez opened to 675 from UTG+1 and the action passed around to Reilly in the big blind. Reilly three-bet to 1,800 and once again Paez four-bet, this time to 4,675. Reilly called and the duo shared a flop.

Reilly tapped the table and checked, Raul continued with a 5,000 bet and Reilly called. The was checked by Reilly, but Paez showed no signs of slowing down. Instead, he increased his bet size to 8,000 and a rustrated Paez sent his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Raul Paez	87,000 -1,000	-1,000
Timothy Reilly	42,000

Tags: Raul Paez Timothy Reilly

02-07-2013 17:23 UTC+2

Rampaging McClung

MarcC

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Chris McClung seems to be in a hand every time we pass his table.

There was a flop out and a McClung bet forced both opponents to fold.

This was not long after busting Steve O'Dwyer, who elected to use his second bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris McClung	110,000 67,000	67,000
Steve O'Dwyer	50,000 3,500	3,500

Tags: Chris McClung Steve O'Dwyer

02-07-2013 17:14 UTC+2

Player Folds Set to Tureniec!

MarcC

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Michael Tureniec is known as a very aggressive player who's not given credit for have a hand much of the time. That is part of his success in building up big stacks - players don't believe him! Then there's Roman Romanov who was a believer.

He was in early position and Tureniec (small blind) check-called bets of 1,500, 2,600 before leading himself for 4,225 on the river of a board.

Romanov said, "I'm so sick of this!" and open folded for a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tureniec	55,000 5,000	5,000

Roman Romanov	34,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Michael Tureniec Roman Romanov

02-07-2013 17:10 UTC+2

Paez and MacPhee Clash Again

Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Kevin MacPhee and Raul Paez have been going at each other hammer and tongs and it is surely only a matter of time before another massive pot is created by them.

Paez as on the button with 1,775 in front of him and was wondering what to do in response to the 4,200 raise from MacPhee, who was in the small blind. A full three minutes passed, during which time Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree had come to rail MacPhee, before Paez folded.

Paez is very deliberate in his actions and is taking a lot of time to act. It is a good job the high roller has such a great structure!