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

Level: 16

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Palma Due But Doesn't Get There

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Nicholas Palma
Nicholas Palma

Sylvain Loosli raised to 12,500 and Nicholas Palma then three-bet to 38,000 from two seats over before Loosli made it 92,000 to go. Palma jammed for around 240,000 and Loosli snap-called.

"Sorry. I am super due for this," Palma said and flipped over the {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Loosli was ahead with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and held up despite a very scary board of {J-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Sylvain Loosli fr
Sylvain Loosli
640,000
290,000
290,000
Jaka Coaching
Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
Busted

Tags: Nicholas PalmaSylvain Loosli

Palumbo Eliminates Vousden

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

Pre-flop Rocco Palumbo raised blind on blind and Vousden called. On the flop of {9-Hearts}{4-Spades}{7-Spades}, Palumbo checked and Vousden bet 18,000. Palumbo raised to 31,000 and Vousden shoved. Palumbo quickly called and showed {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} while Vousden had {k-}{9-}. The board ran out {q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Vousden was dead, and eliminated, by the turn

Player Chips Progress
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
410,000
263,000
263,000
Samuel Vousden fi
Samuel Vousden
Busted

Tags: Rocco PalumboSamuel Vousden

Celestino Fails to Run It Up

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

Ariel Celestino open-jammed for 76,000 and was called by Francois Billard in the small blind.

Billard: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Celestino: {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}

Celestino was behind and would stay that way on a {q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} leaving him with just 3,000 chips behind.

Despite doubling up the immeidate next hand holding {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs} against ODeen's {q-Clubs}{k-Spades}, he got his remaining 15,000 chips against Vladas Tamasauskas' {k-Spades}{6-Spades}, holding {7-Hearts}{9-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Francois Billard ca
Francois Billard
170,000
83,000
83,000
Ariel Celestino br
Ariel Celestino
Busted

Tags: Ariel CelestinoFrancois BillardVladas Tamasauskas

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

Kings for Coulier

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

Luuk Gieles moved all in for 50,000 with the {Q-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and Francois Billard called out of the small blind with the {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}. The board ran out {K-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} and Gieles sat back down and put on his sunglasses. "Still alive, I can do this," the Dutchman said.

Over on the other table, Dominik Nitsche raised to 13,000 for the second hand in a row and again Arne Coulier called from two seats over. The Belgian had given up the first hand after the pot, now he stuck around on the {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop by check-calling a bet of 15,000. Both checked the {2-Clubs} turn and Nitsche then bet the {Q-Hearts} river for what looked like 40,000.

Coulier quickly called and turned over {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs} as winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
440,000
-100,000
-100,000
Arne Coulier be
Arne Coulier
400,000
80,000
80,000
Francois Billard ca
Francois Billard
145,000
-25,000
-25,000
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
115,000
-15,000
-15,000

Tags: Arne CoulierDominik NitscheFrancois BillardLuuk Gieles

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
$25K Fantasy
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
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerJason MercierLuuk GielesRomain LewisRyan RiessSamuel Chartier

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

Ghassan Doubles on the Bubble

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Ibrahim Ghassan
Ibrahim Ghassan

The first all in and call on the bubble of the High Roller was between Ibrahim Ghassan and Jason Mercier.

Ghassan held {j-Spades}{j-Hearts} and had three-bet Jason Mercier's open of 12,000, with the Team PokerStars Pro holding {a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{10-Spades}{q-Spades} and Ghassan doubled to around 75,000

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
300,000
-50,000
-50,000
Ibrahim Ghassan lb
Ibrahim Ghassan
75,000
-100,000
-100,000

Tags: Ibrahim GhassanJason Mercier

Bleiker Doubles Through Coulier

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

Arne Coulier, who has won his seat for the event through a Live Satellite and picked up some chips from Dominik Nitsche recently, just made a mode that backfired heavily. Coulier opened, Felix Bleiker missclicked and min-three-bet before the Belgian four-bet shoved. Bleiker called for 257,500 and was put at risk on the bubble.

Bleiker: {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Coulier: {K-Spades}{9-Hearts}

On the {Q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{2-Clubs} flop, Coulier was demanding the {9-Clubs} whereas Bleiker smiled over with an "I take the ace." Neither the {7-Hearts} turn nor the {K-Hearts} river changed anything and Coulier was cut down considerably.

Player Chips Progress
Felix Bleiker ch
Felix Bleiker
530,000
330,000
330,000
Arne Coulier be
Arne Coulier
145,000
-255,000
-255,000

Tags: Arne CoulierDominik NitscheFelix Bleiker