2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
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

Joao Vieira Eliminated in 23rd Place (€19,740)

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Joao Vieira
Joao Vieira

Joao Vieira raised to 18,000 from the button and Sylvain Loosli called from the small blind. The flop came {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Loosli check-raised from 18,000 to 45,000 with the Portuguese coming along. The {6-Spades} appeared on the turn and Loosli moved all in to put Vieira at risk for approximately 150,000 chips.

Vieira tanked for some time and the clock was called, with a few seconds remaining he tossed in a chip.

Vieira: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}
Loosli: {8-Hearts}{9-Hearts}

The {4-Clubs} river was a blank and Vieira headed to the rail in 23rd place.

Player Chips Progress
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
470,000
-78,000
-78,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
Busted
Winamax

Tags: Joao VieiraSylvain Loosli

Francois Billard Eliminated in 25th Place (€17,950)

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Francois Billard
Francois Billard

The previous hand, Francois Billard had shoved for just over 100,000 chips and he would do so again for just over 120,000. This time, Felix Bleiker snap-called and that for a very good reason.

Billard: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Bleiker: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades} and Billard headed to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Felix Bleiker ch
Felix Bleiker
490,000
-20,000
-20,000
Francois Billard ca
Francois Billard
Busted

Day 1 Chip Leader Dominik Nitsche Eliminated in 26th Place (€17,950)

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Dominik Nitsche
Dominik Nitsche

We didn't get the hand but Ben Heath filled us in on the details.

Nitsche raised and William Arruda in the big blind defended. The German put out a continuation bet on {a-}{9-}{5-} rainbow, and the big blind called. Nitsche barrelled on the {2-} on the turn and William Arruda shoved on him. Nitsche showed {a-}{j-}, but Arruda had out flopped him holding {a-}{9-}. The river bricked and Nitsche was out the door.

Player Chips Progress
William Arruda br
William Arruda
960,000
190,000
190,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
Busted

Tags: Dominik NitscheWilliam Arruda

Vladas Tamasauskas is the Bubble Boy

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Vladas Tamasauskas bubbles EPT 12 Dublin €10,300 High Roller
Vladas Tamasauskas bubbles EPT 12 Dublin €10,300 High Roller

With eight minutes left on the clock for the current level, a five-way limped pot would see the bubble burst. Jerry Odeen bet the {J-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades} flop for 15,000 and just Vladas Kamasauskas called from one seat over. The {8-Clubs} on the turn saw the Swede continue for 33,000 and again Tamasauskas called, slowly cutting out the call from his stack of T-1,000 chips.

On the {2-Spades} river, Odeen wasted little time before announcing all in and Tamasauskas was sent into the think tank. He took a sip of his water, apologized for taking so long and stood up to study the board. Another minute passed and he ultimately announced the call.

Odeen turned over the {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and Tamasauskas was trying to muck his cards, declaring the defeat. The dealer turned over his cards since it was an all in showdown and the Lithuanian had called with the inferior {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} to exit in 28th place on the stone cold bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Jerry Odeen se
Jerry Odeen
420,000
220,000
220,000
Vladas Tamasauskas lt
Vladas Tamasauskas
Busted

Tags: Jerry OdeenVladas Tamasauskas

Neuville Departs; Hand For Hand Mode

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Pierre Neuville
Pierre Neuville

"What am I doing with 29 left?" Pierre Neuville said after having just been eliminated two spots off the money. The Belgian had three-bet jammed out of the big blind for what looked like 120,000. Initial raiser William Arruda called and it was a big flip once again.

Neuville: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Arruda: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The flop {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} gave Arruda the nut straight and it was all over after the {9-Clubs} turn, making the {10-Diamonds} river a formality. Only 28 players remain with the top 27 spots getting paid, the tables will now continue in hand for hand mode.

Player Chips Progress
William Arruda br
William Arruda
760,000
135,000
135,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
Busted

Tags: Pierre NeuvilleWilliam Arruda

Bustout Galore With Lewis, Gieles and Lichtenberger Gone

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Luuk Gieles
Luuk Gieles

At the same time, three players busted on three different tables to reduce the field to 29 participants.

Ryan Riess had Andrew Lichtenberger at risk for what looked like 100,000 chips with the {A-Spades}{K-Spades} versus {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. The flop {7-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Spades} was kind of an overkill and the {K-Diamonds} turn and {K-Hearts} river didn't matter much anymore.

Then Romain Lewis lost his last chips in a similar flip with {3-Clubs}{3-Spades} against the {A-Spades}{K-Hearts} of Sam Chartier. The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs}.

Last but not least, Luuk Gieles three-bet all in for 115,000 out of the big blind. Initial raiser Jason Mercier tank-called after having opened to 12,500.

Gieles: {J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Mercier: {8-Clubs}{8-Spades}

The roller coaster board {Q-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} reduced the field from 32 to 29 in a matter of one minute.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
430,000
221,000
221,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
350,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
290,000
124,000
124,000
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
Busted
Romain Lewis fr
Romain Lewis
Busted
Winamax.fr
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
Busted

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerJason MercierLuuk GielesRomain LewisRyan RiessSamuel Chartier

Bustouts Continue; O'Dwyer and Srinivasan Gone

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

There will be no High Roller title this time for Steve O'Dwyer, as he shoved {10-}{9-} from the button into the {j-}{j-} of Arne Coulier in the big blind, and failed to improve.

Similarly Shyam Srinivasan is no longer in the field. He check-raised a flop of {j-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Dominik Nitsche moved all-in. Srinivasan called and tabled {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}, but Nitsche had outs to win holding {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and the {9-Clubs} on the river was a formality.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
540,000
110,000
110,000
Arne Coulier be
Arne Coulier
320,000
100,000
100,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
Busted

Tags: Arne CoulierDominik NitscheShyam SrinivasanSteve O'Dwyer

Arruda Busts Radoja

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Mark Radoja
Mark Radoja

Shyam Srinivasan has increased his stack further and Arne Coulier as well as William Arruda had already doubled. Then, Steve O'Dwyer opened to 12,000 and Mark Radoja three-bet to 37,000 from the small blind. Arruda clicked it to 75,000 out of the big blind with O'Dwyer quickly folding.

Radoja shoved and Arruda snapped him off.

Radoja: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}
Arruda: {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and the stacks were counted, Arruda had 274,500 and Radoja was covered to bust.

Player Chips Progress
William Arruda br
William Arruda
550,000
408,000
408,000
Shyam Srinivasan ca
Shyam Srinivasan
260,000
85,000
85,000
Arne Coulier be
Arne Coulier
220,000
100,000
100,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
Busted

Tags: Arne CoulierMark RadojaShyam SrinivasanSteve O'DwyerWilliam Arruda

Hadad From Hero to Zero

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Or Hadad
Or Hadad

Within two hands, the stack of Or Hadad went from well above average to zero. He first stacked Christoph Vogelsang for 78,200 on a flop of {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts} with {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades} versus {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} when both the {10-Diamonds} turn and {J-Diamonds} river blanked.

Then, he got into a raising war with Sergey Lebedev. The Russian three-bet to 26,000 out of the big blind and Hadad squeezed to 78,000. Lebedev five-bet and Hadad jammed for more than 200,000 with the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}.

"You got aces?" he asked and Lebedev just nodded, flipping over {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}. The board ran out {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{K-Spades}{7-Spades} and that sent Hadad to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Sergey Lebedev gb
Sergey Lebedev
500,000
305,000
305,000
Christoph Vogelsang de
Christoph Vogelsang
190,000
149,200
149,200
Or Hadad il
Or Hadad
Busted

Tags: Christoph VogelsangOr HadadSergey Lebedev