EPT Dublin 2016 High Roller Champion Mustapha Kanit
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Mustapha Kanit takes down the EPT Dublin $25k High Roller. He tells PokerNews the strategy that kept him chip leader the entire final table.
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,025,000
Entries
605
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Dinner Break Counts
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000 | 7,000 |
|
134,000 | 14,000 |
|
120,000 | 120,000 |
|
120,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
101,000 | 11,000 |
|
93,000 | 11,000 |
|
88,500 | -1,500 |
|
74,000 | -1,000 |
|
67,000 | 10,000 |
|
63,000 | 35,500 |
|
61,000 | 1,000 |
|
57,000 | 21,000 |
|
56,000 | 12,000 |
|
50,000 | 20,000 |
|
46,000 | 2,000 |
|
28,000 | 1,000 |
|
26,000 | -8,000 |
Dinner Break!
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The players have been sent on a 75-minute dinner break and two more levels of the same duration will then still be played upon return before bagging and tagging.
McDonald Forces Fold in Last Hand Before Break
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Kamran Aliyev raised to 1,000 from early position and found two callers before Mike McDonald three-bet from the big blind to 4,500. Aliyev then raised to 12,500 and McDonald shoved for his remaining 26,675. As the clock ticked down toward the dinner break, Aliyev eventually folded and McDonald went to dinner knowing that he would come back to an above average stack
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | 4,000 |
|
48,000 | 19,000 |
Tedeschi and Soulier Thriving
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Alfie Adam raised a Paul-Francois Tedeschi bet to 6,000 on the 
flop and the Frenchman called out of the big blind. Both then checked the 
turn and the 
river to see Tedeschi flip over 
as winning hand. Tedeschi has doubled up his starting stack and another Frenchman is doing even better.
Fabrice Soulier has almost four times the starting stack, straight among the top counts right now.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 79,000 |
|
60,000 | 24,500 |
|
18,000 | 18,000 |
Eminoglu Folds and Gets Shown Aces
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Yucel Eminoglu opened to 1,050 and was called by one opponent before Edouard Mignot three-bet to 3,400. Eminoglu checked for the stacks of his opponents, who both had around 19,000 behind, and then made the call. The third player in the hand also called with the flop coming 
.
The action was checked to Mignot and the Frenchman shoved, enforcing two folds and then flashing the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000 |
They are Gone
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Dex de Jong's pocket kings were cracked by the ace-queen of Jeremy Nock and Georgios Sotiropoulos as well as Jason Wheeler were also sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
PokerNews Podcast Episode #360: Chad’s Final Show
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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Neuville Pays Off Zinno
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
2015 November Niner and serial qualifier Pierre Neuville had to look twice on the river of a board 
after paying off a bet by Anthony Zinno. The American had fired 5,000 and Neuville eventually called to get shown 
for top pair. That was enough to win the pot and both players are now evenly stacked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
44,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
44,000 | -14,000 |
Bleiker Missing
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Felix Bleiker, who played in the 25k High Roller and final tabled the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event in Berlin last year, is nowhere to be found anymore. The Swiss had recently shoved for around 10,000 without getting called, but now his seat is vacant.
Luciana Manolea as well as Vojtech Ruzicka are taking the opposite direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 15,000 |
|
Busted |