2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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Event Info
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
€595,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€3,150,000
Total Entries
315
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 315
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Gone Baby Gone

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Newey Misses and Busts

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Paul Newey
Paul Newey

On a {3-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} flop it was David Vamplew who had 11,500 out in front of him from the button and Paul Newey threw in 28,500 from the big blind. After a while the former EPT London champion moved all in and Newey called to risk his tournament life for about 80,000 chips.

Vamplew: {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}
Newey: {3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

The turn was the {5-Clubs} and the river was the {6-Spades}, keeping Vamplew's pair of queens in front.

Tags: David VamplewPaul Newey

Watson Doubles

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Mike Watson got his last 34,500 in on a flop of {10-Hearts}{4-Spades}{J-Hearts} with {J-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. He was up against the {9-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} of Tom-Aksel Bedell who did not improve. The {Q-Spades} on the turn and {2-Spades} on the river were blanks and Watson doubled to 83,000.

Tags: Tom-Aksel BedellMike Watson

Joao Vieira FInishes the Job McDonald Started

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Walid Bou Habib had worked his stack up to 9,300 and shoved it in from early position. Mike McDonald in the hijack called and action folded to Joao Vieira in the big blind. He three-bet to 26,600 and McDonald folded.

Joao Vieira: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Walid Bou Habib: {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}

"I have some bad news for you" McDonald said to Habib, later indicating he too had {A-}{J-}. The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and Habib was out.

Tags: Mike McDonaldWalid Bou HabibJoao Vieira

Thorel Busts One, O'Dwyer Wins a Banana

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

Steve O'Dwyer just won a banana, but more importantly, Jean-Noel Thorel is building a stack in this event again after finishing second in the €25,500 Single-Day High Roller.

After we wrote down the hand that boosted Thorel's stack to 125,000, Steve O'Dwyer explained to us what happened on the hand before. Thomas Muehloecker raised before the flop and the player on the button moved all in for about 35,000 chips. Muehloecker folded to the shove and the all-in player tabled {A-}{A-}.

On the very next hand it was O'Dwyer who raised from the button and the small blind shove again, this time for 41,000. Thorel made de call from the big blind and O'Dwyer folded, after which the showdown played out as follows.

Thorel: {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Opponent: {6-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Spades}{A-Hearts}{4-Clubs} and Thorel raked in the pot, and the knocked-out player threw his banana into the pot as well as he left the tournament. Thorel was pushed the pot, and the banana, but he surrendered the latter and O'Dwyer snapped it up.

While Thorel stacked some newly won chips, O'Dwyer peeled his banana and both players seemed equally happy with the outcome of this hand.

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSteve O'DwyerThomas Muehloecker

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

McDonald Scores a Big Double

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Walid Bou Habib opened the button and big blind Mike McDonald three-bet to 15,000. Bou-Habib wasn't backing down and made it 37,500 and McDonald shoved all in not much later for 86,400. Bou-Habib thought about it for a bit, counted his chips, and then called.

Walid Bou Habib: {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
Mike McDonald: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and McDonald doubled to a 88 big blind stack while Bou-Habib had fewer than 2 big blinds left.

Tags: Walid Bou-HabibMike McDonald

Grospellier Loses Lots

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Artem Kobylinskiy got his 64,200 in before the flop holding {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs} and was looked up by Bertrand Grospellier who was the proud owner of {A-Spades}{K-Spades}. The board came {3-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and Grospellier lost what he had won earlier today, and then some.

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierArtem Kobylinskiy

Quick Exit for Mercier

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Jason Mercier on Day 1 of the High Roller
Jason Mercier on Day 1 of the High Roller

Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier was among the last people to enter the tournament before play started today, but unfortunately for him he was among the first to get sent to the rail.

After unknown action Mercier ended up at risk before the flop for about 34,000 and he was up against Dimitrios Farmakoulis.

Farmakoulis: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Mercier: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Spades}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades}{K-Hearts} and Mercier was knocked out.

Tags: Jason MercierDimitrios Farmakoulis

Gone For Ever (Till the Next One)

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante