Break!
With eight full 30-minute levels now in the books, the players are off on a 15-minute break. When they return, the registration and single-reentry period will officially close.
With eight full 30-minute levels now in the books, the players are off on a 15-minute break. When they return, the registration and single-reentry period will officially close.
Level: 9
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
The registration for the 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin €10,200 Single-Day High Roller has closed. A total of 66 unique players have entered and 23 players re entered, to get to a total of 89 entries. 52 remain as of now.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jyri Merivirta | 100,000 | |
David Peters | Busted | |
Igor Kurganov | Busted |
Details of the betting escaped us, but it suffices to say Mike McDonald has gone broke.
He was seen getting out of his chair with the in front of him on a board. Davidi Kitai held the and was seen raking in the pot that included the remainder of McDonald's stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Davidi Kitai |
125,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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Mike McDonald | Busted | |
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Steve O'Dwyer will not be winning his third Single-Day High Roller title of the EPT's 12th season here today.
He ran the last of his chips and the into Kevin MacPhee's dominating and said his goodbye's following a run out.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kevin MacPhee |
189,000
22,000
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22,000 |
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Steve O'Dwyer | Busted | |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Demetrio Barreca made it 10,000 to go and Jason Mercier and the player in the big blind called.
Both the big blind and Barreca checked the flop and when Mercier bet 14,500, only Barreca called. The turn brought the and a check from Barreca. Mercier bet 39,000, but could not shake Barreca.
The river saw Barreca check yet again and Mercier shove in for close to 125,000. Barreca called with the having made the nut-flush on the river and Mercier could show only the on his way out the door.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Demetrio Barreca |
390,000
140,000
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140,000 |
Jason Mercier | Busted | |
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.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu |
580,000
511,000
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511,000 |
Lauri Varonen | Busted | |
Mustapha Kanit | Busted | |
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Pratyush Buddiga | Busted |
With registration officially closed, the prize pool has been announced. A total of €863,300 will be divided amongst the top 13 players.
Position | Prize | Position | Prize | Position | Prize | |
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1 | €229,200 | 5 | €66,480 | 9 | 24,170 | |
2 | €159,280 | 6 | €51,800 | 10 - 11 | €18,560 | |
3 | €105,320 | 7 | €41,000 | 12 - 13 | €17,270 | |
4 | €82,450 | 8 | €31,940 |
Sergey Lebedev has now crested the 500,000-chip mark and sits among the leaders after busting Walid Bou Habib.
Habib got it in with the and Lebedev called off with the holding through a board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sergey Lebedev |
550,000
450,000
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450,000 |
Walid Bou Habib | Busted |