€25,750 High Roller Day 1 | 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

02-12-2016 21:01 UTC

The Sixes are Good for Heath

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ben Heath was all in for 92,500 chips preflop and Rocco Palumbo locked up to set the following coin flip:

Heath:
Palumbo:

"Six, Six, Six," Charlie Carrel demanded from the dealer when leaning over from the other table and cheering for his buddy Heath. Sure enough the flop came and Carrel grinned with a "you're welcome" on his lips. The turn and river changed nothing whatsoever and Heath doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rocco Palumbo	260,000 10,000	10,000
Ben Heath	190,000 -130,000	-130,000

Tags: Ben Heath Charlie Carrel Rocco Palumbo

02-12-2016 20:59 UTC

A Small Dent in Bertilsson's Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 15,000 and Paul Newey called before Anton Bertilsson clicked it up to 52,000 from the cutoff. Thorel announced all in and Newey folded, Bertilsson called without asking for an exact count.

Thorel was at risk with the and Bertilsson's run good was halted, the Swede only had . The board provided no help for the chip leader and he lost 166,500 chips to Thorel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Bertilsson	1,100,000 -180,000	-180,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	340,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Anton Bertilsson Jean-Noel Thorel Paul Newey

02-12-2016 20:55 UTC

Silver Surfs Twice

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Max Silver's recent tweets indicated no luck for the day and the Brit indeed busted and purchased a second bullet.

Max Silver @max_silver

Hanging about in the 25k. 125k going into 5k bb. Might have to use @SnapShove soon!February 12, 2016

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Max Silver @max_silver

Snap bust 66<QQ. 25k is now a 50kFebruary 12, 2016

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Player	Chips	Progress
Max Silver	250,000

Tags: Max Silver

02-12-2016 20:53 UTC

Kenney Spikes Lucky River

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Bryn Kenney was all in and at risk before the flop for his last 76,500 and he was called by Sean Winter, who also held the dominating hand.

Kenney:
Winter:

Both players paired up on the flop with Kenney now in even bigger trouble. The turn was a blank, but the magic river gave Kenney trips and a fortunate double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Winter	370,000 30,000	30,000
Bryn Kenney	160,000 65,000	65,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Sean Winter

02-12-2016 20:44 UTC

Carrel Doubles in "Incredible Hand"

Webjoker

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

"This hand is incredible" whispered Jason Wheeler who had gotten up from the table while the confrontation between Yu and Carrel was still in progress. Here's what Wheeler told us had happened.

Kevin MacPhee raised to 9,000 under the gun and Winfred Yu right next to him made the call. Charlie Carrel over called from the cutoff before Pratyush Buddiga squeezed to 35,000 from the big blind. The suqeeze was reason enough for MacPhee to fold but Yu made the call once more.

Action was now on Carrel in the cutoff and he shoved for 272,000 total. Buddiga mucked his cards but Yu wasn't willing to do the same just yet. The player from Hong Kong tanked for a bit before he called.

Charlie Carrel:
Winfred Yu:

The board ran out and Carrel doubled up, leaving Yu with just around 180,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Carrel	594,000 344,000	344,000
Winfred Yu	180,000 -105,000	-105,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel Jason Wheeler Kevin MacPhee Pratyush Buddiga Winfred Yu

02-12-2016 20:41 UTC

Luca Busts Moraes with Aces

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Pre-flop Moraes raised to 9,000 and found callers in Ivan Luca, Dario Sammartino and Bryn Kenney. The flop came and it was checked to Moraes who put out a continuation bet of 11,000. Ivan Luca and Dario Sammartino called, while Bryn Kenney got out of the way. On the turn, which was the , Sammartino checked a second time, and this time so did Moraes, allowing Luca to bet 48,000. Sammartino folded and action was back on Moraes.

Moraes went deep into the tank, checking and re-checking his hole cards whilst staring intently at the board. Eventually he moved all-in for his remaining hundred thousand or so chips and Luca snap called.

Luca:
Moraes:

Moraes had outs, nine in total, but the wasn't one of them and he exited just as the final level of the day started.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Luca	420,000 170,000	170,000
Rafael da Silva Moraes	Busted

Tags: Ivan Luca Rafael Moraes

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

02-12-2016 20:31 UTC

Eight Reentries so Far

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Connor Drinan as well as Mike McDonald both purchased a reentry as well to bring the total field size to 65 entries, of which eight are second bullets until now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Connor Drinan	250,000 250,000	250,000
Mike McDonald	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Mike McDonald

02-12-2016 20:30 UTC

Margereson Busts for the Last Time

Webjoker

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We're unsure what had happened prior to our arrival, but we are sure Scott Margereson has been eliminated. We're also sure he won't make a comeback, as this was his second bullet.

On a board of we saw 27,000 in front of Mike Watson on the button. Scott Margereson, seated in the big blind we believe, had his entire stack of 134,000 in the middle. Watson reluctantly called after giving it some thoughts, and Margereson showed . Watson was the owner of and Margereson made his exit after the useless completed the board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	Busted

Tags: Mike Watson Scott Margereson

02-12-2016 20:26 UTC

Timex Runs Out of Chips

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Mustapha Kanit raised to 9,000 and Niall Farrell called from one seat over before Mike "Timex" McDonald moved all in for his last 43,500. Kanit called but then folded to the shove of Farrell.

McDonald:
Farrell:

The board ran out and McDonald grabbed his belongings on the turn already, wishing his opponents good luck.