2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
€375,770
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,794,500
Entries
185
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

"Boy, That Escalated Quickly!" - Loosli Loses 100bb Pot

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

On a board of {9-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades}, and with the pot only 5,150, Gustav Nordh overbet the pot for 7,500, before Sylvain Loosli moved all-in for 26,975. Nordh thought for a while before calling in what was a pot just over 100 big blinds!

Nordh: {4-Spades}{5-Spades}
Loosli: {a-Spades}{10-Spades}

Both had flush draws, but Nordh was ahead owing to his flopped pair. Loosli had outs, but the {6-Clubs} didn't help him, nor did the {5-Hearts} on the river and Loosli was eliminated

Player Chips Progress
Gustav Nordh se
Gustav Nordh
83,000
83,000
83,000
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
Busted
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Gustav NordhSylvain Loosli

Three New; Two Reentries

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

Mark Radoja, Jacob Bazeley and Georgios Zisimopoulos have entered the competition while Jared Jaffee and Patrick Leonard are on their second bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Patrick Leonard gb
Patrick Leonard
50,000
$25K Fantasy
Run It Once
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
50,000
29,000
29,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
50,000
Jacob Bazeley us
Jacob Bazeley
50,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
50,000

Tags: Mark RadojaJared JaffeeJacob BazeleyGeorgios ZisimopoulosPatrick Leonard

Sikora Busts in Three-Way Pot

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

Ari Engel raised to 1,225 and Kelvin Kerber flat-called before the action reached jaroslaw Sikora. The Pole jammed for 12,500 out of the big blind and Engel reshoved with Kerber snap-calling for around 30,000 chips himself.

Sikora: {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Kerber: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}
Engel: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

The dealer told Kerber to push forward his stack while the Brazilian wasn't worried about losing. "I don't know, I have been running pretty good lately," Engel said and picked up a gutshot on the flop {9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. However, the {K-Hearts} turn and {2-Clubs} river blanked to bust Sikora and let Kerber more than double.

Player Chips Progress
Kelvin Kerber br
Kelvin Kerber
72,000
72,000
72,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
69,000
-16,000
-16,000
$25K Fantasy
Jaroslaw Sikora pl
Jaroslaw Sikora
Busted

Tags: Ari EngelJaroslaw SikoraKelvin Kerber

Kurganov Takes One

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante
Igor Kurganov
Igor Kurganov

Felipe "Mojave" Ramos raised to 1,200 from the button and Igor Kurganov called out of the big blind. Both players checked the {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{J-Spades} flop and the {A-Diamonds} turn before Kurganov checked the {Q-Spades} river. The Friend of PokerStars bet 1,500 and then folded to a check-raise worth 4,000.

Player Chips Progress
Felipe "Mojave" Ramos br
Felipe "Mojave" Ramos
45,200
45,200
45,200
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
38,500
-11,500
-11,500

Tags: Felipe RamosIgor Kurganov

Updated Counts

Level 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

"My mum is sad that my chip count is not on PokerNews," Max Silver said when walking by his table. Dominik Nitsche leaned over from the next table and grinned "Max would like to point out he is still on his first bullet."

Below are the updated counts.

Player Chips Progress
Akin Tuna tr
Akin Tuna
158,000
53,000
53,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
125,000
71,000
71,000
Alen Bilic ba
Alen Bilic
107,000
12,000
12,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
100,000
50,000
50,000
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
90,000
90,000
90,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
84,000
9,000
9,000
EPT 2X Winner
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
83,000
21,000
21,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
80,000
33,000
33,000
Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
75,000
-10,000
-10,000
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
67,000
-1,000
-1,000
Darrell Goh at
Darrell Goh
63,000
12,000
12,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
60,000
10,000
10,000
Run It Once
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
59,000
59,000
59,000
Lauri Varonen fi
Lauri Varonen
56,500
-27,500
-27,500
Alexandru Papazian ro
Alexandru Papazian
56,000
Arne Coulier be
Arne Coulier
56,000
56,000
56,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
51,000
1,000
1,000
Kyle Frey us
Kyle Frey
43,300
-14,700
-14,700
Jeff Rossiter au
Jeff Rossiter
43,000
-7,000
-7,000
Kevin Killeen ie
Kevin Killeen
15,000
15,000
15,000
Carlos Chadha us
Carlos Chadha
Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Celestino Could Have Got More

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Ariel Celestino called a bet of 3,000 from Andrew Lichtenberger on a flop of {3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and saw the {2-Clubs} on the turn. Lichtenberger slowed down and checked allowing Celestino to bet 7,650. His opponent called and the {4-Diamonds} was dealt on the river. Again Lichtenberger checked and Celestino checked behind. Lichtenberger tabled {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Celestino rapped his knuckles against the felt in frustration as he turned over {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}.

Both have healthy chip stacks as players take their second break of the day

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
83,000
33,000
33,000
$25K Fantasy
Ariel Celestino br
Ariel Celestino
72,000
72,000
72,000

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerAriel Celestino

Full House for Ekvardt

Level 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

On the {A-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{A-Diamonds} river, Emil Ekvart bet 8,600 into a pot of 13,000 and Ari Engel tanked on the button for quite some time before making the call. Ekvardt turned over his {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs} for a full house and Engel mucked the {A-Spades}.

Below are some further chip counts of players who enjoy a good start early on.

Player Chips Progress
Jean Paul Zaffran fr
Jean Paul Zaffran
115,000
28,000
28,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
85,000
19,500
19,500
$25K Fantasy
Jeff Gross us
Jeff Gross
77,000
22,500
22,500
StakeKings
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
72,000
26,000
26,000
Emil Ekvardt se
Emil Ekvardt
71,000
21,000
21,000

Tags: Ari EngelEmil Ekvardt