€25,750 High Roller
Day 1 Completed
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
€25,750 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,715,000
Entries
70
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Qualifier Anton Bertilsson Leads Biggest Buy-In Ever Held On Irish Soil
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
For the first four seasons of the European Poker Tour, a stop in Dublin was a fixture on the schedule. The tour didn't return in Season 5 and stayed absent from the program for several years, but it has returned with a bang this week for Season 12.
To kick things off, the biggest buy-in tournament ever held on Irish soil took place. Things started out a bit slow, but in the end 56 players ponied up the €25,750 buy-in. With 10 reentries generated, the total field size was bumped up to 66.
Live qualifier Anton Bertilsson from Sweden would end the day as chip leader. He amassed his chips winning pots against the likes of Andre Akkari, Martin Jacobson, and Chance Kornuth, before busting Joao Simao in a big confrontation with aces against kings. He bagged up a large 1.375 million in chips and found himself well out in front of Nick Petrangelo's second-place stack of 888,000.
Joao Vieira was the first to bust. The Portuguese pro ran queens into Dario Sammartino's backdoor trips with ace-four and headed to the registration desk to buy back in.
Kyle Frey followed Vieira out the door. He was short already when he got his last money in and called it off with ace-king. He was in good shape against the five-three suited of Jean-Noel Thorel, but the three in the window resulted in him heading to the exit.
Steve O'Dwyer has been running hot, but we'll see if the cool down has finally begun after a slow start in Dublin. Today he ran jacks into Jeff Rossiter's aces and busted with an ace appearing on the flop. He didn't fare much better on his second bullet, either, running ace-king into tens to bust for the final table.
One of the most remarkable hands of the day happened just before the last level started. Kevin MacPhee kicked of the action with a raise under the gun and his neighbor, Winfred Yu, made the call. In the cutoff seat, Charlie Carrel called, and then Pratyush Buddiga squeezed from the big blind. MacPhee folded, but Yu made the call again. Carrel then back-raised all in for heaps and Buddiga folded. Yu called, and it was jacks for Yu and ace-king for Carrel. A king on the river favored Carrel and the EPT Grand Final High Roller champion doubled up. Wheeler, with his jaw just about on the ground even before the showdown had happened, described the hand as "incredible."
The 41 players that survived the eight levels of play return at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Registration is open till the start of the day, so the total amount of entries and prize pool might just grow a little bit more. The players buying in now will receive a crisp 250,000 starting stack, good for almost 42 big blinds at the start of play.
PokerNews will return with live coverage, and chip counts of all the players can be found below. In the meantime, check out Sasha Salinger "calling the clock" on 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Martin Jacobson:
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,375,000 | 75,000 |
|
888,000 | 13,000 |
|
852,000 | 22,000 |
|
733,000 | 158,000 |
|
729,000 | 568,000 |
|
696,000 | -97,000 |
|
673,000 | 233,000 |
|
613,000 | 19,000 |
|
583,000 | -74,000 |
|
565,000 | 140,000 |
|
555,000 | 135,000 |
|
482,000 | 242,000 |
|
461,000 | -39,000 |
|
461,000 | -19,000 |
|
434,000 | 14,000 |
|
432,000 | 182,000 |
|
411,000 | 185,000 |
|
407,000 | 67,000 |
|
358,000 | 78,000 |
|
344,000 | 84,000 |
|
331,000 | 81,000 |
|
311,000 | -9,000 |
|
310,000 | 60,000 |
|
308,000 | 128,000 |
|
277,000 | 27,000 |
Bagging Up
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The second last hand on the table of Davidi Kitai brought some excitement but ultimately no showdown. Kim Wittendorff bet the flop 
for 36,000 and Kitai made it 78,000 to go before the Dane tanked. The clock was called and Wittendorff then raised to 211,000 in order to enforce a fold from Kitai.
Once the last hand was completed, they bagged up and that was it for Day 1 with 41 players remaining according to the screens.
Brito Doubles Through Vogelsang
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Fernando Brito was at risk for 158,000 with the 
and Christoph Vogelsang looked him up with 
. The German needed to improve and was provided help by the flop 
, Brito was ready to leave. However, the Portuguese regained the lead with the 
turn and doubled after the 
river bricked off.
Vogelsang raised to 10,000 the next hand and was called from one seat over, Jean-Noel Thorel then squeezed to 40,000 and Vogelsang called. The German however let go on a queen-high flop to drop some more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000 | 70,000 |
|
155,000 | -200,000 |
Wheeler Gone
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Jason Wheeler, who qualified for this event late last night, has just been eliminated. After a raise from David peters to 12,000 it was Wheeler shoving for 130,000. Nick Petrangelo flat called with 
and Peters folded. Wheeler had 
and did not improve on 
. Petrangelo up to just under 900,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
875,000 | 175,000 |
|
Busted |
Budigga Busts to Mateos
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Just before the clocks were stopped, Pratyush Buddiga got his last 27,500 chips in before the flop with the . Adrian Mateos had him covered and flipped over the inferior 
, but the Spaniard got there on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
145,000 | -15,000 |
|
Busted |
Three More Hands
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
And the day is done. Check back soon for end of day chip counts and an extensive recap of todays action.
Mustapha Kanit Jams With 10-6 Off Suit, Does Not Get There
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The cutoff raised to 10,000 and Davidi Kitai on the button three-bet to 25,500. The small blind folded but Mustapha Kanit in the big blind had bigger plans. He cold four-bet to 72,000 and the initial raiser folded.
Davidi Kitai tanked for a bit before five-betting to 120,000 with about 270,000 behind.
Kanit tanked for a fair bit before shoving all in. Kitai snap called for 391,500 total and Kanit's face turned sour.
Mustapha Kanit: 
Davidi Kitai: 
The board ran out an uneventful 
and Kitai doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
793,000 | 543,000 |
|
130,000 | -190,000 |
O'Dwyer Busts... Again
Level 8
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The pot was over 250,000 when we got to the table. The board was 
and Anton Bertilsson had bet enough to put Steve O'Dwyer all-in. O'Dwyer, who was already on his second bullet, was tanking and eventually slammed down the chips for a call and tabled while Bertilson showed . The river card was the 
and for the second time in as many hours. Meanwhile Bertilson boosts his stack to well over 1.3m
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000 | 200,000 |
|
Busted |