2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k3
Prize
€578,392
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,413,500
Entries
910
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Demidov Loses Lots

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

On a {J-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{Q-Spades} flop Demidov checked to his opponent. Austrian player Werner Eichhorn bet 2,125 with about 12,000 behind. Demidov moved all in and Eichhorn contemplated his options. He ended up calling and he tossed his {K-Clubs}{J-Spades} to the middle of the table.

Demidov opened {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and he added he had a straight draw as Eichhorn bent over the table to see what he was up to.

The {2-Spades} on the turn took away some of Demidov's outs and the {8-Diamonds} on the river wasn't one of the cards he still had left to hit.

Demidov is now short, the Russian Team PokerStars Pro has about 14 big blinds left.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
7,000 -25,000

Tags: Ivan Demidov

Wheeler's Chips are Smoked

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Jason Wheeler
Jason Wheeler

Jason Wheeler and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom each put in 2,600 preflop and took a flop of {9-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Spades}. Blom was first to act and wasted little time in checking it over to Wheeler, who tossed out a bet of roughly 4,000. Blom then sprung to life with an all-in check-raise to 24,000 and Wheeler snap-called off for 23,000.

Blom: {7-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Wheeler: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

Neither player had a spade, but the flop still managed to hit them both. Blom flopped the nut straight, while Wheeler hit a set. The latter player needed the board to pair in order to stay alive, and if that were to happen it'd essentially mean the swede's tournament life as he'd be left with just 1,000 in chips.

The {2-Spades} turn made it so another spade on the river would result in a chop, but that didn't happen as the {Q-Hearts} peeled off. Wheeler failed to pair the board and his night came to an end here in Level 7.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Full Tilt
50,000 24,800
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
Busted

Tags: Viktor BlomJason Wheeler

Endangered ElkY

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier

Two players had got to the river on a board reading {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Clubs}. Robert Bidlas, a live satellite qualifier from Austria had checked it over to Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Elky made a bet of 4,200. Bidlas then moved all in for around 20,000, a turn of events Elky clearly didn’t expect as he sighed deeply and shook his head. It took him a while and a shake of the head but he finally released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Bidlas
Robert Bidlas
24,000 24,000
Bertrand Grospellier (Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier)
Bertrand Grospellier (Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier)
13,000 13,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Trickett Trucking

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Sam Trickett seemingly went on a bit of a heater before the dinner break and tweeted that he had a stack of 80k. We swung by his table to see how he is putting those chips to use.

Ivan Neytchev opened for 1,100 and with a quick glance at his cards Trickett raised him to 3,100 from the cut-off. The blinds folded and Neytchev barely gave it a second thought before sliding his cards to the dealer.

Sam Trickett with chips is always a force to be reckoned with.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
80,000 55,800

Tags: Sam Trickett

Buddiga Busted by Nasty River

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Pratyush Buddiga
Pratyush Buddiga

A preflop raising war saw Pratyush Buddiga get his stack of 32,500 all in preflop against another player, who had the bigger stack by less than a T1,000 chip.

Buddiga: {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}
Opponent: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

Buddiga got it in as a huge favorite, and he was looking to dodge a ten. He did so on the {2-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{k-Spades} flop, but the {J-Clubs} turn gave him another cards to worry about as a queen would give his opponent a Broadway straight.

The dealer burned one last time, and wouldn't you know it, she put out the {Q-Spades}. Buddiga could only shake his head and then made a beeline for the exit as the dealer verified the stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
Busted

Tags: Pratyush Buddiga

Lewis Joins the Masses on the Rail

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

There have been a slew of post-dinner eliminations, and one of the fallen is EPT Vilamoura champ Toby Lewis.

It happened when a player opened for 1,100, Brendan Keenan flatted, and Lewis shipped all in for 9,325. The original raiser folded, but Keenan made the call.

Lewis: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
Keenan: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

Lewis got it in good, and he held the best hand after the {6-Spades}{j-Spades}{10-Diamonds} flop paired his ten. However, Keenen picked up both straight and flush draws, the former of which he'd make when the dealer burned and turned the {A-Diamonds}. The useless {5-Clubs} completed the board on the river and Lewis' day came to an end here in Level 7.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Toby LewisBrendan Keenan

Another EPT Champion Departs

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Robin Ylitalo, winner of one of two 2013 EPT London's (the other one was won by Ruben Visser), just got up from the table and made his way to the exit. Though we stood right next to the table, somehow we missed the hand and had to ask Anton Wigg what had happened.

Wigg told us Ylitalo got mixed up in a pre flop raising war where he eventually (1,125 - 2,600 - 6,300 - all in - call) pushed with {A-}{Q-}. His opponent four bet called with ace-king and was ahead.

The flop displayed a queen and for a little while it looked like Ylitalo would double. The river king spoiled that party though and he made his way out of the tournament room.

Player Chips Progress
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
70,000 24,000
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Robin Ylitalo

Alner Doubles

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Francesco Fama opened for 1,100, got a call from Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov and when it got round to UK PokerStars player Tom Alner in the small blind he moved all in for his last 14,800. Back on Fama, he decided to call and when Katchalov folded the two players exposed their cards. The at risk Alner tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and was racing against the {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} of Fama.

The final board read {j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{2-Hearts} giving Alner his pair and a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Tom Alner gb
Tom Alner
30,100 30,100

The Recently Departed

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Antoine Nahas
Antoine Nahas
Busted
Joao Brito
Joao Brito
Busted
Juha Lauttamus fi
Juha Lauttamus
Busted
Anton Thorarinsson
Anton Thorarinsson
Busted
Kristoffer Edberg se
Kristoffer Edberg
Busted
Alexander Dovzhenko ua
Alexander Dovzhenko
Busted
Alin Sameeian
Alin Sameeian
Busted
Jonathan Karamalikis au
Jonathan Karamalikis
Busted
Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
Full Tilt
Busted
Gaetano Dell'Aera
Gaetano Dell'Aera
Busted
Fabian Deimann
Fabian Deimann
Busted
Bulat Yaimov
Bulat Yaimov
Busted
Guillaume Diaz fr
Guillaume Diaz
Busted
Konstantinos Tsirakidis gr
Konstantinos Tsirakidis
Busted
Jamil Ogunmakinwa
Jamil Ogunmakinwa
Busted
Max Altergott de
Max Altergott
Busted
Mauro Pomponi
Mauro Pomponi
Busted
Niki Jedlicka at
Niki Jedlicka
Busted
Yusuf Kurt
Yusuf Kurt
Busted
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
Busted
Ondrej Vinklarek cz
Ondrej Vinklarek
Busted
Horst Riedlinger at
Horst Riedlinger
Busted
Thomas Fransman
Thomas Fransman
Busted
Rafael Golka
Rafael Golka
Busted
Thomas Butzhammer de
Thomas Butzhammer
Busted

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Vamplew Squeezes

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Marco van Opzeeland opened for 1,200 and was called by Dejan Divkovic. It folded round to David Vamplew in the small blind who put the squeeze on with a raise and worked like a charm as his opponents folded and the chips were pushed his way.

Player Chips Progress
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
EPT 1X Winner
61,000 1,000

Tags: David VamplewDejan Divkovic