€25,500 Single-Day High Roller Day 1 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

08-25-2015 22:50 UTC+1

Boeree Wins One on the Bubble

Frank Op de Woerd

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Ankush Mandavia opened for 80,000 from early position and Liv Boeree on the button was the only caller.

The flop came and both players checked. The on the turn made Mandavia bet a hefty 250,000. Boeree thought for just a bit before calling.

The river came the and Mandavia checked. Boeree again thought about it, scratched her nose, and checked behind. Mandavia showed , Boeree took it down with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Liv Boeree	1,250,000 430,000	430,000

Ankush Mandavia	950,000 300,000	300,000

Tags: Ankush Mandavia Liv Boeree

08-25-2015 22:55 UTC+1

It's Still Hand for Hand

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

No big all ins, no double ups and certainly no bust outs. The bubble continues.

08-25-2015 23:03 UTC+1

Stani Wins a Small Pot

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Mark Teltscher opened from early position with a raise to 80,000 and Kevin Stani on the button was the only caller. Teltscher fired 80,000 on the flop, 90,000 on the turn and 115,000 on the river. Stani called all streets and Teltscher showed . Stanu tabled for the winner and took it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Stani	1,680,000 830,000	830,000

Mark Teltscher	520,000 530,000	530,000

Tags: Kevin Stani Mark Teltscher

08-25-2015 23:08 UTC+1

Another Double Up for Fernandez

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Remko Rinkema

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

The action folded to Iacopo Brandi who moved all in from the button to put pressure on both blinds. Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez called from the small blind for 116,000 total, and the showdown went as following.

Brandi:
Fernandez:

The board ran out and Fernandez kept his tournament aspirations alive with a big sigh.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iacopo Brandi	780,000 320,000	320,000
Leo Fernandez	245,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Leo Fernandez

08-25-2015 23:08 UTC+1

Break

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Remko Rinkema

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Play will continue in 20 minutes.

08-25-2015 23:20 UTC+1

Chip Counts in the Break (full)

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	1,715,000 355,000	355,000

Kevin Stani	1,565,000 115,000	115,000

Farid Jattin	1,315,000 240,000	240,000
Liv Boeree	1,255,000 5,000	5,000

Mike McDonald	1,250,000 570,000	570,000

Ivan Luca	1,050,000 550,000	550,000
Andrei Streltsou	965,000 120,000	120,000
Ankush Mandavia	825,000 125,000	125,000
Antonio Buonanno	805,000 5,000	5,000

Iacopo Brandi	795,000 15,000	15,000
Jeff Rossiter	670,000 66,000	66,000
Mark Teltscher	500,000 20,000	20,000

Jani Sointula	435,000 135,000	135,000
Steve O'Dwyer	410,000 150,000	150,000

Martin Finger	375,000 45,000	45,000

Anton Astapau	365,000 166,000	166,000
Manuel Blaschke	345,000 45,000	45,000
Leo Fernandez	310,000 65,000	65,000

Sam Greenwood	270,000 70,000	70,000

Adrian Mateos	235,000 65,000	65,000

Juha Helppi	185,000 265,000	265,000
Brian Roberts	175,000 133,000	133,000
Viacheslav Buldygin	140,000 99,000	99,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	130,000 145,000	145,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

08-25-2015 23:24 UTC+1

Play Continues Hand for Hand

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Because there has already been a blind increase during hand for hand, the same level is played again. So the remaining 24 players are again playing 20,000/40,000 with a 5,000 ante. As soon as a player gets eliminated, the next level will start.

08-25-2015 23:37 UTC+1

Ivan Luca and Juha Helppi Both Out on the Bubble (€21,600)

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Farid Jattin opened for 85,000 from middle position and Ivan Luca in the hijack called all in for his last 65,000. Action folded around and Jattin got some chips back. Action was halted and no hole cards were shown just yet.

At the same time on a different table, action folded to Juha Helppi and he moved in from the small blind for about 180,000 and big blind Kevin Stani made the call from the big blind.

First Farid Jattin showed his and Ivan Luca tabled . The board ran out and Ivan Luca was eliminated. He walked over to Juha Helppi's table to see what his faith would be. If Helppi would get eliminated as well, the two of them would share the 23rd place money. If Helppi would chop or double, Luca would get nothing.

With Luca as the interested bystander, Helppi turned over . Stani had the . The board ran out and with his turned pair of sevens Stani eliminated Helppi.