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

Various Chips Counts from Around the Room

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Stefan Zollinger ch
Stefan Zollinger
105,000 105,000
Sergio Castelluccio
Sergio Castelluccio
80,000 80,000
Michiel Brummelhuis
Michiel Brummelhuis
65,000 3,000
David Vamplew
David Vamplew
60,000 15,000
Pratyush Buddiga
Pratyush Buddiga
55,000 25,000
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
50,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
46,000 31,000
Martin Finger
Martin Finger
40,000 40,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
Full Tilt
37,000 7,000
Jason Wheeler
Jason Wheeler
35,000 1,000
Philipp Gruissem
Philipp Gruissem
35,000 5,000
Kitty Kuo
Kitty Kuo
28,000 -6,000
Ana Marquez
Ana Marquez
27,000 -3,000
Mikalai Pobal
Mikalai Pobal
26,000 26,000
Toby Lewis
Toby Lewis
26,000 10,000
Maxim Lykov ru
Maxim Lykov
25,000 -3,000
Matthias Brandner
Matthias Brandner
12,000 -18,000
Griffin Benger
Griffin Benger
5,000 5,000
Alexey Levin
Alexey Levin
Busted
Thomas Lipburger
Thomas Lipburger
Busted
Marco Lang
Marco Lang
Busted
Robert Agayan
Robert Agayan
Busted
Stefan Vagner
Stefan Vagner
Busted
Jorn Walthaus
Jorn Walthaus
Busted
Natalie Hof de
Natalie Hof
Busted

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Van den Bijgaart and Shallow Collide Again

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Dave Shallow opened under the gun to 900 and Van den Bijgaart made the call in the hijack. Bernabeu Guilabert squeezed from the button making it 4,025. Both blinds folded but Shallow and Van den Bijgaart made the call.

Both Shallow and Van den Bijgaart checked to Guilabert on {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{3-Hearts} but the Spaniard checked behind. The {7-Hearts} on the turn made Shallow bet out 9,500 and just Van den Bijgaart called, Guilabert folded.

The river was a third spade; {2-Spades}. Shallow asked Van den Bijgaart to lift his arm so he could eye his stack. Van den Bijgaart had about 42,000 left at this point and without much hesitation Shallow bet 21,500.

Van den Bijgaart clearly wasn't happy with the river and the big bet by Shallow. The Dutch pro tanked for about four minutes before reluctantly calling.

Shallow showed the {A-Spades} first, setting up the perfect way to slowroll. It wasn't going to be one though, Shallow revealed the {K-Diamonds} to accompany the nut-flush draw blocker for nothing but ace-king high.

Van den Bijgaart tabled {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joep van den Bijgaart
Joep van den Bijgaart
93,000 37,000
Dave Shallow
Dave Shallow
44,000

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartDave Shallow

Hansen Faces Tough Challengers

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Gus Hansen
Gus Hansen

Full Tilt's Professional Gus Hansen showed up late, as usual, and on top of that he's also facing two extremely tough opponents. Hansen, one of the most famous poker players in the world, has $11.2 million in live tournament earnings which puts him first on the Danish all-time money list and 15th overall in the world.

Hansen was one of the first European players to have big results in the United States including a three World Poker Tour victories. The Great Dane's first WPT win came back in 2002 when he won the $10,000 Five Diamond for $556,460. Hansen beat a final table with stars like John Juanda, Freddy Deeb, John Hennigan, Scott Nguyen and he's been a star ever since.

The EPT however has not been kind to Hansen who last cashed in an EPT Main Event back in 2005 when he made the final table in Barcelona. Hansen has just two EPT cashes, and a deep run here would look great on his very international list of cashes.

Hansen's battling it out with Dutch poker pro Michiel Brummelhuis who made the most recent World Series of Poker Main Event final table. Brummelhuis finished seventh for $1.2 million and that puts him in sixth on the Dutch all-time money list.

The second challenger is Shyam Srinivasan, S_dor111 on PokerStars, who's got $7.2 million in online winnings and a sixth place finish in the 2014 PCA for $328,020.

Right now Hansen sits on about 21,000 chips and we'll keep a close eye on the super stars the rest of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Michiel Brummelhuis
Michiel Brummelhuis
62,000 28,200
Shyam Srinivasan
Shyam Srinivasan
38,000 8,000
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
Full Tilt
21,000 21,000

Tags: Gus HansenMichiel BrummelhuisShyam Srinivasan

Lang Cold Five-Bets

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Gaelle Baumann opened for 600 and was three-bet by the player directly to her left, Csaba Varadi, to 1,725. Ivan Neytchev was on the button and made it 4,800 with the cold four-bet. Marco Lang, a PokerStars player from Canada, was in the small blind and had a long think. With so much action behind he had a lot to weigh up and eventually decided to raise to 9,100. Sam Trickett folded the big blind and one by one the other players folded until it got back round to Neytchev on the button. He eyed up Lang and decided to make the call. They both had similar stacks, around 40,000.

The flop was {2-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{j-Clubs}

Lang checked. Neytchev made it 8,000 and when Lang responded with a raise to 20,000 he moved all in. Lang made the call. The cards were on their backs with Neytchev showing the {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} against the {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} of Lang. The turn {5-Clubs} and river {9-Hearts} meant that Neytchev more than doubled up and Lang was left almost crippled.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Neytchev bg
Ivan Neytchev
70,000 70,000
Marco Lang
Marco Lang
4,500 4,500

Chip Counts

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jamila von Perger
Jamila von Perger
102,000 72,000
Kevin MacPhee (Kevin McPhee)
Kevin MacPhee (Kevin McPhee)
78,000
Nicolas Chouity
Nicolas Chouity
58,000
Andrew Chen
Andrew Chen
52,000 24,000
Robin Ylitalo
Robin Ylitalo
52,000 18,000
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
41,000 11,000
Pratyush Buddiga
Pratyush Buddiga
30,000
Jeff Hakim
Jeff Hakim
14,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Katchalov Eliminates Paus

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

A short-stacked Dominik Paus, who hails from Germany, got his stack all in preflop holding pocket sevens. Unfortunately for him, Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov woke up with {10-}{10-}. Paus was looking to improve, but instead it was Katchalov's hand that got better as the board ran out with both paint and an ace to give him a Broadway straight!

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
55,000 10,500
Dominik Paus
Dominik Paus
Busted

Tags: Eugene KatchalovDominik Paus

Some Level 5 Eliminations

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis
Dimitrios Barmpathanasis
Busted
Felix Kurmayr
Felix Kurmayr
Busted
Ailo Sara Hegge
Ailo Sara Hegge
Busted
Manuel Gleissner
Manuel Gleissner
Busted
Blazej Przygorzewski
Blazej Przygorzewski
Busted
Michael Palauschek
Michael Palauschek
Busted
Axel Stein
Axel Stein
Busted
Rui Ferreira
Rui Ferreira
Busted
Georgy Filippovich
Georgy Filippovich
Busted
Oleg Vasylchenko
Oleg Vasylchenko
Busted
Ronny Voth
Ronny Voth
Busted
Henri Kasper
Henri Kasper
Busted
Glen Cymbaluk
Glen Cymbaluk
Busted
Patryk Poterek
Patryk Poterek
Busted
Markus Feurle
Markus Feurle
Busted
Matthew Lapossie
Matthew Lapossie
Busted
Keith Johnson
Keith Johnson
Busted
Ngo The Duc
Ngo The Duc
Busted
Harry Law
Harry Law
Busted
Sasa Zorc
Sasa Zorc
Busted
Martin Merz
Martin Merz
Busted
Besnik Lalinovci
Besnik Lalinovci
Busted
Anton Smirnov
Anton Smirnov
Busted
Uladzimir Zaharau
Uladzimir Zaharau
Busted
Daniel Ghionoiu
Daniel Ghionoiu
Busted

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