€10,300 High Roller Day 1 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

08-28-2015 18:55 UTC+2

EPT Season 12 Barcelona High Roller Breaks Records

Josh_Cahlik

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

After roughly five and a half hours of play, the clock reads there are 394 entries in this prestigious event. This officially breaks last year's record of 393 entries, making it the largest €10,300 High Roller event in EPT history. This number is expected to grow even larger, as registration remains open throughout the rest of the day and up until the start of Day 2.

Here's a look at the history and growth of this event since its inception in 2010:

Year	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	1st Prize	Runner-Up	2nd Prize
2014	393	€3,851,400	Ihar Soika	€747,200	Jason Mercier	€476,400
2013	180	€1,764,000	Thomas Muehloecker	€390,700	Daniel Negreanu	€263,800
2012	111	€1,087,800	Laurent Polito	€270,229	Alex Bilokur	€295,451*
2011	67	€670,000	Philipp Gruissem	€234,500	Jean-Baptiste Tomi	€147,400
2010	36	€380,000	Fernando Brito	€127,500	Juha Helppi	€127,500*

*Denotes a deal was made.

08-28-2015 18:53 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Volodymyr Yastreb	146,000 31,000	31,000
Diogo Cardoso	145,000 10,000	10,000
JC Alvarado	85,000 35,000	35,000
Senh Ung	82,000 32,000	32,000
Simon Ravnsbaek	79,000 29,000	29,000
Michael Tureniec	71,000 21,000	21,000

Simon Deadman	57,000 7,000	7,000
Konstantinos Nanos	56,000
Ryan Riess	42,000 -4,000	-4,000

Nacho Barbero	40,000 -10,000	-10,000

Maxim Lykov	39,000

Andrew Chen	39,000 -11,000	-11,000
Mikita Badziakouski	38,000 -20,000	-20,000
Sylvain Loosli	34,000

Alexander Roumeliotis	31,000 -19,000	-19,000
Kevin MacPhee	27,000 -9,500	-9,500

Joao Vieira	25,000 -25,000	-25,000

Aaron Lim	20,000 -6,500	-6,500
Philip Sternheimer	15,000 -35,000	-35,000

Yann Dion	11,000 -39,000	-39,000

08-28-2015 18:48 UTC+2

Mantel Sends Jattin to the Rail

Josh_Cahlik

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

After a series of unknown raises before the flop, Farid Jattin moved all in for approximately 45,000 against Ariel Mantel. Mantel called and the hands were revealed to find that he was in a dominating position.

Mantel:
Jattin:

The community cards ran out , putting a full house on the board. Mantel's two jacks played, giving him a higher full house of fives full of jacks. Jattin made a quick exit from the tournament area while Mantel brought his stack up to 110,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ariel Mantel	110,000 110,000	110,000
Farid Jattin	Busted

Tags: Ariel Mantel Farid Jattin

08-28-2015 18:40 UTC+2

The Aggressive Check Arrives To Torment The High Rollers

Josh_Cahlik

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

You thought you had heard it all with the talk a few years back of an “aggressive call”. But PokerStars Blog spends some time amid the €10,000 High Rollers and watches some dramatic and highly aggressive checking.

08-28-2015 18:39 UTC+2

MacPhee Over Tuna

Josh_Cahlik

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Akin Tuna raised to 1,600 from the hijack only to have Kevin MacPhee three-bet to 4,500 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, putting action back on Tuna. He called to see a flop.

The dealer produced a flop of and Tuna checked to the raiser. MacPhee knocked the table back and the came out on fourth street. Two more checks occurred and the finished off the board. Tuna check-called a bet of 2,500 on the river and mucked his hand after seeing MacPhee's for a pair of aces. MacPhee won the pot and now has about 36,500 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Tuna	112,000
Kevin MacPhee	36,500 -4,700	-4,700

Tags: Kevin MacPhee Akin Tuna

08-28-2015 18:30 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Chouity	100,000

Dani Stern	96,000 10,000	10,000
Matthew Wood	86,000 36,000	36,000
Eugene Katchalov	80,000 30,000	30,000

Connor Drinan	75,000
Anton Wigg	75,000 25,000	25,000

Fatima Moreira de Melo	72,000 13,500	13,500

Adrian Mateos	64,000 14,000	14,000

Steve O'Dwyer	63,000 13,000	13,000

Craig McCorkell	52,000 -1,000	-1,000
Vitaly Lunkin	48,000 -2,000	-2,000
Dermot Blain	46,000 1,500	1,500
Brian Roberts	42,000 -8,000	-8,000
Christopher Brammer	34,000 -16,000	-16,000
Byron Kaverman	30,000 -20,000	-20,000
Ivan Luca	30,000 -20,000	-20,000
Salvatore Bonavena	25,000 -25,000	-25,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

08-28-2015 18:23 UTC+2

Badziakouski Doubles Through Lim

Josh_Cahlik

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

Picking up with the action on a board of , Aaron Lim was engaged in heads up action against Mikita Badziakouski. Lim was first to act and he bet out 7,600. Badziakouski thought for a moment before calling from the button.

The river was the and Lim announced that he was all in. Badziakouski quickly called for his own tournament life of 16,075. Lim rolled over for a rivered pair of kings. Badziakouski had that beat, however, showing for a flopped set of sixes. He scooped up the pot and now sits around 58,000. Lim, on the other hand, has dropped to 26,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	58,000 8,000	8,000
Aaron Lim	26,500 -10,500	-10,500

Tags: Aaron Lim Mikita Badziakouski

08-28-2015 18:17 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rens Feenstra	112,000 112,000	112,000
Nicholas Rampone	100,000 50,000	50,000
Anatoly Filatov	75,000 25,000	25,000

Jan Suchanek	72,000 34,500	34,500
Jean-Noel Thorel	70,000 20,000	20,000
Christoph Vogelsang	67,000 67,000	67,000
Jason Les	57,000 -19,500	-19,500
Sergio Aido	47,000 -3,000	-3,000

Dominik Panka	46,000 -4,000	-4,000

Bryn Kenney	40,000 -4,000	-4,000
Max Silver	28,000 28,000	28,000
Martin Staszko	20,000 -30,000	-30,000

08-28-2015 18:15 UTC+2

Remko Report Episode #22: $100 Million Trades with Talal Shakerchi

donpeters

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

Talal Shakerchi joins Remko Rinkema to talk about competing against the best players in the world in the biggest buy-in tournaments, making $100 million trades, and much more.