2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€392,900
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,773,800
Entries
181
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Swidler Gets One

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Antoine Nahas opened for 625 and was called on the button by Carter Swidler and the big blind Philipp Gruissem. Three players saw a flop of {9-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Clubs} and it was Swidler who continued for 700 and got one caller in Nahas.

They both checked the {j-Diamonds} turn card and when the river came the {a-Clubs} Nahas checked and called a bet of [800] from Swindler who turned over {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} which was good.

Tags: Philipp GruissemAntoine NahasCarter Swidler

Guess Who’s Back?

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Max Altergott used the 15 minute break to buy back in to this single reentry tournament and was allocated the same seat at the same table. He arrived as play resumed saying “Guess who’s back?” and then said “Ok, you,” pointing at Philipp Gruissem, “and you,” pointing at Olivier Busquet. Revenge is clearly on his mind.

Player Chips Progress
Max Altergott de
Max Altergott
50,000 50,000

Tags: Max AltergottOlivier BusquetPhilipp Gruissem

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

O’Rourke and Ainsworth Going Full Steam Ahead

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Gavin O’Rourke, who recently gave up his job as a train driver to pursue poker, and Jude Ainsworth, a long time pro, are both chipping up well into the money in the EPT Vienna Main Event. PokerStars’tv’s Sarah Grant caught up with O’Rourke to find out more about the WCOOP winner. Click through to the PokerStars Blog article.

Tags: PokerStars Blog

Altergott Busts

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Max Altergott raised and small blind Olivier Busquet called. Philipp Gruissem three-bet from the big blind and the two other players called. They saw a flop of {4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}.

Busquet checked, Gruissem bet 4,000 and Altergott raised to 9,800. Busquet got out of the way but Gruissem made the call. The turn card was the {3-Spades} and now Gruissem checked. Altergott had a look at his opponent’s and bet 30,000, as good as putting him all in which is exactly what Gruissem did.

Altergott called the extra and turned over {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for the flush draw and was against the {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} of Gruissem. The river {9-Spades} doubled up Gruissem and crippled Altergott.

Very shortly after Altergott was all in and this time he had the {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} getting a call from Busquet with {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}. The cards ran out {3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Clubs} the ace on the river sending Altergott to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
68,000 18,000
Max Altergott de
Max Altergott
Busted

Tags: Max AltergottOlivier BusquetPhilipp Gruissem

Battle of the "Kara": Only One Will Survive

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

With around 17,000 in the pot and a flop of {3-Hearts}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}, Australian pro Jonathan Karamalikis checked from the under-the-gun position and Georgios Karakousis bet 11,000 from the hijack. The button thought long and hard before folding, and then Karamalikis sprung to life with an all-in check-raise. Karakousis wasted little time in calling off and the cards were turned up.

Karakousis: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Karamalikis: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

Both players held overpairs to the board, but of course Karamalikis' was best. Karakousis seemed irritated, slapped his cards down, and then stood up and began to leave. He paused long enough to look back as the dealer put out the {8-Hearts} and {2-Hearts} on the turn and river respectively, and then Karakousis promptly stormed out of the room.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
Full Tilt
95,000 45,000
Georgios Karakousis gr
Georgios Karakousis
Busted

Tags: Georgios KarakousisJonathan Karamalikis

Closing in on the Century Mark

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Tournament staff have just confirmed that 90 players have registered for the high roller, but of course that number is going to go up seeing as each player is allowed a single reentry and registration is open until the start of Day 2.

Big Stacks Collide

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Two of the big stacks at the table clashed on the turn with the board reading {10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts}. David Amiryan made a bet of 3,600 and [Removed:17] made his intentions clear with a raise to 17,300. Amiryan looked resignedly at his cards for a while before folding.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:17]
[Removed:17]
92,000 -4,000
David Amiryan
David Amiryan
85,000 35,000