High Roller Day 2 | 2013 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville

02-08-2013 22:33 UTC+2

Chip Counts on the Return from Dinner

MarcC

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
21	1	Martin Jacobson	1,233,000
21	2	Empty
21	3	Davidi Kitai	273,000
21	4	Bryn Kenney	195,000
21	5	Jonathan Duhamel	212,000
21	6	Timothy Reilly	249,000
21	7	Empty
21	8	Vojtech Ruzicka	344,000

22	1	Steven Silverman	502,000
22	2	Adrian Mateos	82,000
22	3	Empty
22	4	Kevin MacPhee	417,000
22	5	Alain Goldberg	150,000
22	6	Andras Nemeth	432,000
22	7	Janos Nagygyorgy	236,000
22	8	Alexandre Reard	601,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	1,233,000 223,000	223,000
Alexandre Reard	601,000 225,000	225,000

Steven Silverman	502,000 292,000	292,000
Andras Nemeth	432,000 347,000	347,000
Kevin MacPhee	417,000 142,000	142,000

Vojtech Ruzicka	344,000 184,000	184,000
Davidi Kitai	273,000 -127,000	-127,000

Timothy Reilly	249,000 -261,000	-261,000
Tibor Nagygyorgy	236,000 -29,000	-29,000
Jonathan Duhamel	212,000 -18,000	-18,000

Bryn Kenney	195,000 129,000	129,000
Alain Goldberg	150,000 -158,000	-158,000
Adrian Mateos	82,000 -288,000	-288,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

02-08-2013 22:45 UTC+2

Mateos Doubles on the Bubble

Matthew Pitt

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Adrian Mateos has just doubled up on the bubble to keep his High Roller dream alive.

Steven Silverman had opened to 23,000 and Mateos was to his direct left and he three-bet all in for 47,000. The action folded back to Silverman and he made the rather easy call.

Mateos:
Silverman:

"King-queen suited is such a great hand there," said Kevin MacPhee as the dealer placed the flop on the felt. The turn was the and the river was the , Mateos' ace-high held and he doubled up.

We are still hand-for-hand in the High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Silverman	460,000 -42,000	-42,000
Adrian Mateos	86,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Kevin MacPhee

02-08-2013 23:01 UTC+2

Jacobson Gets Played Back at

MarcC

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Martin Jacobson, as one would expect from the clear chip leader, is dominating the bubble period on his table. The only position he hasn't been raising or three-betting from is the small blind. Vojtech Ruzicka is the only player to play back so far.

Jacobson opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Ruzicka defended his big blind to see a flop fall. He check-called a 20,000 bet before both players checked the turn.

The river came and Jacobson folded to a 31,000 bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	1,300,000 67,000	67,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	360,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Martin Jacobson Vojtech Ruzicka

02-08-2013 23:10 UTC+2

MacPhee Sets Up Reard

Matthew Pitt

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Kevin MacPhee has been on many tournament bubbles during his career and is vastly experienced in this crazy game. He just used some of that experience to extract some chips from Alexandre Reard.

MacPhee opened to 20,000 in the hijack and Reard defended his big blind with a call. The flop saw Reard check-call a 25,000 continuation bet from MacPhee. The on the turn slowed the players down and they both checked, but when the fell on the river Reard opted to lead for 40,000 and MacPhee instantly called.

MacPhee had made top pair on the turn with his and set up Reard to take a stab at the pot.

Tags: Alexandre Reard Kevin MacPhee

02-08-2013 23:12 UTC+2

Mateos Not Afraid to Bubble

Matthew Pitt

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Some players clam up on the bubble and stop playing any hands. Adrien Mateos is not some player, he is not afraid to bubble as shown by his recent antics.

Mateos has been all-in no fewer than three times during the past couple of orbits, the chips he picked up have kept him slightly ahead of the blinds and antes. On two occasions Kevin MacPhee has almost called Mateos' shoves — it is only a matter of time before that MacPhee, or one of the other players, makes Mateos show a hand down.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Kevin MacPhee

02-08-2013 23:31 UTC+2

Double Elimination; Nagygyorgy Bubbles

MarcC

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

This bubble was like London buses: you wait for ages for a player to bust and then two go at once.

The action folded around to Tibor Nagygyorgy in the cut-off and he moved all for a little less than 100,000 chips. Alexandre Reard was on the button and moved his big stack in as well. If that wasn't enough Adrian Mateos called all in from the big blind for around 130,000.

Nagygyorgy:
Reard:
Mateos:

The board ran to hand the whole pot to Reard.

Nagygyorgy was the shortest stack so he was the bubble boy; Mateos was the 12th place finisher.

No decision has yet been made as to whether play will continue after the final table of eight has been reached. Martin Jacobson joked that he'd suggest an equity chop once they reach that point.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	800,000 199,000	199,000

Adrian Mateos	Busted

Tibor Nagygyorgy	Busted

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alexandre Reard Tibor Nagygyorgy

02-08-2013 23:41 UTC+2

Goldberg Doubles Up

Matthew Pitt

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Alain Goldberg has just been handed a lifeline here in Deauville, his lowly ten-nine triumphing against the ace-king of Alexandre Reard.

Goldberg moved all-in for around 11 big blinds on the button and Reard, in the big blind, had one of the easier calls he'll ever have to make. Goldberg showed and Reard .

The first three community cards came down , with the turn being the . Reard could have hit a jack, queen, king or ace to bust Goldberg, but the river was the full house completing and Goldberg survived.

Tags: Alain Goldberg Alexandre Reard

02-08-2013 23:54 UTC+2

Davidi Kitai Eliminmated in 11th Place (€21,400)

MarcC

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Davidi Kitai shoved from the button for 88,000 and took the blinds and antes. The very next hand he was all in again and this time Bryn Kenney moved all in behind.

Kitai:
Kenney:

The board ran to send the EPT Berlin champion to the rail

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	345,000 150,000	150,000
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Tags: Bryn Kenney Davidi Kitai

02-08-2013 23:55 UTC+2

Reilly Catches a Break

Matthew Pitt

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Timothy Reilly had to make some ICM related folds whilst play was hand-for-hand on the bubble, but now the bubble has burst he has been given the freedom to get his stack into the middle.

Reilly did exactly that when the action folded to him on the button. He moved all-in for 140,000 with and Martin Jacobson called in the big blind with . Reilly made trips on a board and doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Jacobson	1,150,000 -150,000	-150,000
Timothy Reilly	300,000 51,000	51,000

Tags: Martin Jacobson Timothy Reilly