€50,000 Super High Roller
Day 3 Started
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague
€50,000 Super High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague
Buy-in
€48,500
Prize Pool
€2,688,840
Entries
56
Level
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Who Will Win the EPT Prague Super High Roller?
After two long days of high-level poker just eight players remain with a chance to win the €806,650 first-place prize! Dutch youngster Luuk Gieles leads the way with 2,556,000 chips, followed closely by Polish star Dzmitry Urbanovich, Steve O'Dwyer and Sam Greenwood.
It's anyone's game going into the final day, as the average stack is 52 big blinds, and even the short-stacked John Juanda can't be counted out. Juanda comes into the day with 643,000 chips, and he's the only player with less than a million to start with.
The day looks to be very exciting with lots of high-level poker action, and PokerNews will be there to follow it all. Coming into the final table, the eight finalists are guaranteed at least €107,550, and the full payout looks as follows.
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | €806,650 |
| 2 | €583,500 |
| 3 | €376,400 |
| 4 | €285,000 |
| 5 | €220,500 |
| 6 | €172,100 |
| 7 | €137,140 |
| 8 | €107,550 |
As it stands Gieles, our chip leader, is the least experienced player at the table, and here's a look at the finalists ranked by all-time live tournament earnings. It's clear that Juanda, who's a part of the Poker Hall of Fame, leads the way, as he's ranked ninth on the global all-time money list, but he comes into the day as the short stack. On the other hand, Luuk Gieles sits at the bottom of this list, but he's the tournament chip leader.
A win by Gieles today would only make him surpass Dvoress in live tournament earnings, to give an idea of how stacked this final table really is.
| Name | Live tournament earnings | Biggest score |
|---|---|---|
| John Juanda | $17,969,849 | $1,645,757 |
| Steve O'Dwyer | $11,233,509 | $1,872,580 |
| Igor Kurganov | $9,284,866 | $1,559,373 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | $3,877,473 | $1,595,368 |
| Thomas Muehloecker | $2,503,447 | $522,633 |
| Sam Greenwood | $1,877,372 | $396,920 |
| Daniel Dvoress | $759,233 | $278,454 |
| Luuk Gieles | $144,414 | $112,238 |
Level: 16
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
The cards are in the air for the EPT Prague Super High Roller final table. PokerNews will be providing hand for hand coverage of this final table, so sit back, relax and enjoy a full day of top-level poker action.
Hands 1-5: Greenwood Off to a Good Start
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #1: Daniel Dvoress picked up the blinds and antes with a 70,000 raise from the button.
Hand #2: Thomas Muehloecker opened the button for 75,000 and Luuk Gieles in the small blind was the only one calling. Gieles check called a bet of 96,000 on 
. Both players checked the 
on the turn and Gieles tanked for a bit before checking again on the 
river. Muehloecker checked behind, and saw he lost to Gieles' 
.
Hand #3: Steve O'Dwyer limped in from the small blind and Dzmitry Urbanovich checked from the big blind. Both players checked the 
flop and the 
popped up on the turn. O'Dwyer bet 30,000 and Urbanovich made the call. The river came the 
and O'Dwyer checked. Urbanovich bet 50,000 and O'Dwyer released.
Hand #4: Sam Greenwood opened to 75,000 under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer on the button was the only caller. The flop came 
and Greenwood picked up the pot with a continuation bet of 111,000.
Hand #5: Luuk Gieles opened to 75,000 from the hijack and Sam Greenwood in the big blind called. The flop came 
and Greenwood check called a bet of 70,000. Both players checked the 
on the turn and Greenwood bet out 180,000 on the 
river. Gieles almost immediately folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,600,000 | 44,000 |
|
2,505,000 | 282,000 |
|
2,101,000 | -176,000 |
|
1,060,000 | -196,000 |
Hands 6-10: Kurganov Takes Some From Greenwood
Level 16
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Hand #6: Steve O'Dwyer raised from the hijack to 75,000 and he picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #7: Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 75,000 from the hijack and he won the pot.
Hand #8: Steve O'Dwyer raised to 70,000 under the gun plus one and he took down the pot.
Hand #9: The action folded to Daniel Dvoress on the button and he raised to 70,000. Luuk Gieles enquired how much his opponent started the hand with, and Dvoress responded with, "About 1.1 million."
"Raise," Gieles then announced, before taking his time to put 200,000 across the line. Dvoress folded and Gieles took down this pot.
Hand #10: Igor Kurganov raised to 75,000 under the gun plus one and Sam Greenwood three-bet from his direct left to 150,000. The action folded back to Kurganov, and he made the call.
The flop showed 
on which Kurganov check-called a bet of 145,000. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river completed the board with the and Kurganov lead out for 260,000. Greenwood smiled, looked down at his stack, and after about 30 seconds he folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,230,000 | -275,000 |
|
1,775,000 | 278,000 |
EPT Prague €50,000 Super High Roller Final 8
Level: 17
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
There's a New Chip in Play
Level 17
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
In a short five-minute break the yellow 1,000 chips have been raced off, and some black chips worth 100,000 have been brought into play. Play now continues in the 20,000/40,000/5,000 level.
Hands 11-15: Four for Greenwood
Level 17
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #11: Sam Greenwood made it 100,000 to go from early position and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #12: Like last hand, Sam Greenwood opened to 100,000 and picked up the blinds and antes.
Hand #13: Igor Kurganov limped in from the small blind, but folded to Greenwood's raise from the big blind.
Hand #14: "How much are you playing sir?" Luuk Gieles asked big blind John Juanda. Juanda revealed his stack (about 450,000) and Gieles decided to make it 90,000. Everyone folded.
Hand #15: Sam Greenwood made it 80,000 to go from the button and Daniel Dvoress made the call from the big blind. Dvoress check folded to Greenwood's 110,000 bet on 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,595,000 | 365,000 |