A true test of poker skill and endurance is set to begin and end today with the latest PokerStars European Poker Tour Single-Day High Roller starting off at 12:30 p.m. local time in Dublin, Ireland.
With an inflated buy-in and turbo structure designed to end within a single day of play, these Single-Day High Roller events have traditionally drawn some of the best players on the planet willing to play it out until the wee hours of the morning.
The first Single-Day High Roller event of the EPT's 12th season in Barcelona featured a €25,000 + €500 buy in and saw Martin Finger get the best of a 118-entry field to collect an €865,900 first-place prize.
Next up was a €10k Single-Day High Roller in Malta that saw Steve O'Dwyer bank €327,030 after defeating a field of 99. German Rainer Kempe then won the EPT12 Prague €25,000 Single-Day High Roller for €539,000 beating a field of 80 entries.
The EPT's all-time leading money winner, O'Dwyer earned his second single-day high roller title of this season at the 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure by winning the $50,000 Single-Day High Roller with 58 unique entries and 22 reentries to capture a $945,495 first-place prize.
Today in Dublin, players will start out with 100,000 in chips and blind levels escalating every 30 minutes. Registration will close at the start of the event's ninth level and players are allowed a single reentry should they go broke within the first eight levels.
The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be on hand for all the action from the call to shuffle up and deal until a new EPT Single-Day High Roller champion is crowned.
After a slow start to the day, Turkish player Orpen Kisacikoglu is now the run away chip leader.
His latest ascent up the leader board came when he busted Pratyush Buddiga, cracking his queens in a massive flip with big slick.
In the meantime, several others have also gone broke, including Mustapha Kanit, whose high-roller win streak ends at one after a victory in the €25K High Roller last night.
Chip bosses Sergey Lebedev and Orpen Kisacikoglu just clashed over a big pot.
With the board reading on the turn, Kisacikoglu led for 57,000. Lebedev struck back, raising to 135,000 total, and after a minute in the tank, Kisacikoglu called.
Kisacikoglu checked the river, but when Lebedev fired out a bet of 200,000, he shrugged and called. Lebedev turned over the having flopped a flush. Kisacikoglu mucked allowing Lebedev to rake in the pot and rise into the spot at the top of the current counts.
Action folded to Paul Tedeschi on the button and he made it 27,000 to go. Christoph Vogelsang in the big blind was the sole caller.
Vogelsang check called a bet of 30,000 on and another 77,000 on the before the completed the board. Vogelsang checked again, with about 170,000 or so behind, and Tedeschi moved all in.
Vogelsang tanked long and hard, and had the clock called on him at one point. With just 7 seconds left to act, Vogelsang called while saying "I call, with no blockers or anything."
Vogelsang showed but that was no good as Tedeschi tabled . Exit for Vogelsang.
The tournament is down to 21 players, as Pasi Sormunen, Georgios Zisimopoulos and Orpen Kisacikoglu have also made their way to the exit.
Rainer Kempe limped the small blind and Jason Wheeler checked his option in the big.
Kempe led for 16,000 on the flop and Wheeler raised to 36,000. Kempe called and checked the turn. Wheeler fired again, leading for 65,000, but Kempe would not go away.
Finally, when the completed the board and Kempe checked, Wheeler shoved. Kempe made a somewhat reluctant 220,000-chip call and his full house was no good. Wheeler had the , having flopped trips and rivered quads.
Under the gun, Bryan Paris shoved all in for 231,000. Action folded to Senh Ung in the small blind and he asked for a count. He then called, and Dominik Nitsche folded his big blind.
Senh Ung:
Bryan Paris:
The board ran out an uneventful and Paris made his exit. Senh Ung in the meantime, was the first player out today but now has over a million in chips.
From the hijack, Daniel Dvoress shoved all in for 385,000 total. The cutoff folded but Kevin MacPhee on the button wasted no time calling all in for 357,000. Francois Billard in the big blind asked for counts, but after a minute thinking about it, he folded.
Daniel Dvoress:
Kevin MacPhee:
The board ran out and MacPhee doubled up, leaving Dvoress extremely short.
Daniel Dvoress bubbles EPT 12 Dublin €10,200 Single Day High Roller
Daniel Dvoress just became the bubble boy busting 14th.
He shoved for less than one big blind and after Francois Billard completed from the small blind, Dominik Nitsche checked his option. Billard check-called a 35,000 Nitsche bet on the flop, then both players checked the turn.
On the river, Billard led for 100,000 and Nitsche folded. Dvoress turned over the , but had been beaten by Billard's .
With his exit, hand-for-hand play is over and the rest of the 13 players remaining are all in the money.
In the level before this one, Ryan Riess from the cutoff made it 65,000 to go. On the button, Sergey Lebedev shoved all in for 665,000 and after both blinds folded, Ryan Riess instantly called.
Sergey Lebedev:
Ryan Riess:
The board ran out and Riess was knocked down to the role of short stack.
Not much later it was Viacheslav Goryachev in first position that moved in for his last 104,000. Ryan Riess right next to him called all in for 45,000 and on the button, Paul Tedeschi shoved over the top from the button. Both blinds released and a three way showdown was at hand.
Viacheslav Goryachev:
Ryan Riess:
Paul Tedeschi:
The board ran out and while Goryachev more than doubled, Ryan Riess made his exit.
Jeff Rossiter opened to 90,000 and Mark Radoja pushed all in behind him for 606,000. It folded to Sergey Lebedev and he shipped it in for more than both players had.
Rossiter let it go and the hands were revealed with Radoja holding and the lead over Lebedev's .
No ace or face came on the board and Radoja doubled up, knocking Lebedev off his perch at the top of the counts.
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on the turn, Kisacikoglu led for 57,000. Lebedev struck back, raising to 135,000 total, and after a minute in the tank, Kisacikoglu called.
river, but when Lebedev fired out a bet of 200,000, he shrugged and called. Lebedev turned over the 
having flopped a flush. Kisacikoglu mucked allowing Lebedev to rake in the pot and rise into the spot at the top of the current counts.
and another 77,000 on the 
before the 
completed the board. Vogelsang checked again, with about 170,000 or so behind, and Tedeschi moved all in.
but that was no good as Tedeschi tabled 
turn. Wheeler fired again, leading for 65,000, but Kempe would not go away. 
completed the board and Kempe checked, Wheeler shoved. Kempe made a somewhat reluctant 220,000-chip call and his 
full house was no good. Wheeler had the 
and Paris made his exit. Senh Ung in the meantime, was the first player out today but now has over a million in chips.
and MacPhee doubled up, leaving Dvoress extremely short.
flop, then both players checked the 
turn. 
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