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

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Adams in the Blinds

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

A raise from early position to 525 saw David Amiryan make the call but when it folded round to Timothy Adams he opted to raise to 2,150. The squeeze play work and the pot was pushed to Adams. They would tangle again in the next hand.

Amiryan opened for 550 and this time Adams just called in the small blind. They saw a flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Adams check called a bet of 800 from Amiryan and they saw a turn card {q-Clubs}. Both players checked to see a river card {2-Hearts} and again it was checked down.

Adams turned over {q-Spades}{10-Spades} and with a nod Amiryan mucked his hand.

Tags: Timothy Adams

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Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante


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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
-4,000
David Amiryan
David Amiryan
85,000
35,000
35,000

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.

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
95,000
45,000
45,000
Full Tilt
Georgios Karakousis gr
Georgios Karakousis
Busted

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