2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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
Entries
315
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
25,000

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.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
165,000
165,000
165,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
125,000
-25,200
-25,200

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelSteve O'DwyerThomas Muehloecker

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.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
110,000
66,500
66,500
Winamax
Profile photo of Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
Busted
Profile photo of Armen Khachatryan ru
Armen Khachatryan
Busted
Profile photo of Dzmitry Urbanovich pl
Dzmitry Urbanovich
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
Busted

Tags: Mike McDonaldWalid Bou HabibJoao Vieira

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.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
180,000
72,300
72,300
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
Busted

Tags: David VamplewPaul Newey

Kovtuno Doubles Again

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

Gleb Kovtunov, who bubbled the €25,000 Single-Day High Roller last week, doubled for the second time today.

Carlos Chadha opened the cutoff for 5,000 and small blind Kovtunov shoved all in for 33,000. Big blind Joao Vieira assessed the situation and looked him up, Chadha folded.

Gleb Kovtunov: {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}
Joao Vieira: {A-Hearts}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and Kovtunov doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
76,500
-33,500
-33,500
Winamax
Profile photo of Gleb Kovtunov ua
Gleb Kovtunov
73,400
39,200
39,200
Profile photo of Carlos Chadha ca
Carlos Chadha
49,000
-23,200
-23,200

Tags: Joao VieiraCarlos ChadhaGleb Kovtunov

The Payouts

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

The payouts have been announced and the 315 entries have created a prize pool of €3,150,000, and 47 places will get paid. The winner of this event takes home just shy of €600,000 and as of right now 120 players are still remaining. The money will be reached later today, but the final table seems to be out of reach for now.

PlacePayout
1€595,400
2€378,290
3€283,550
4€229,470
5€180,890
6€138,110
7€101,440
8€74,550
9€61,110
10-11€51,330
12-13€45,220
14-15€40,640
16-17€36,060
18-20€31,480
21-23€28,420
24-27€25,360
28-31€22,300
32-39€19,550
40-47€17,420

Palumbo Scores a Huge Double

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

As we approached the table Palumbo was already getting his stack counted by the dealer, at that point guaranteed to get it back times two. He told us afterwards what had happened.

Palumbo raised before the flop with {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} and got two calls, one of 'em being Pavel Binar from the small blind. The flop came {9-Hearts}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Binar checked. Palumbo made a continuation bet of 8,500 and got a call before Binar check raised to 32,000. Just Palumbo made the call. The {3-Clubs} fell on the turn and Binar bet more than half Palumbo's remaining stack. The two got all of their chips in eventually and Palumbo was shown {K-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a lower trips. The {6-Diamonds} on the river didn't change a thing about that and Palumbo scored a full double.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
330,000
123,400
123,400
Profile photo of Pavel Binar cz
Pavel Binar
71,000
-93,800
-93,800

Tags: Rocco PalumboPavel Binar

Updated Chip Counts

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
335,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Ivan Soshnikov ru
Ivan Soshnikov
202,000
108,600
108,600
Profile photo of Darrell Goh at
Darrell Goh
200,000
24,500
24,500
Profile photo of Apostolos Bechrakis gr
Apostolos Bechrakis
150,000
54,300
54,300
Profile photo of [Removed:2] lb
[Removed:2]
148,000
-96,600
-96,600
Profile photo of Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
140,000
-27,900
-27,900
Profile photo of Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
133,000
-10,400
-10,400
Profile photo of Henrik Hecklen dk
Henrik Hecklen
115,000
-23,600
-23,600
Profile photo of Alexandr Komarov ru
Alexandr Komarov
82,000
28,400
28,400
Profile photo of Laszlo Bujtas hu
Laszlo Bujtas
81,000
-24,600
-24,600
Profile photo of Pavel Binar cz
Pavel Binar
55,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
17,500
-21,500
-21,500
Full Tilt