2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€561,900
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,025,000
Entries
605
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Manquant is Missing

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ricardo Manquant has been eliminated by Kamran Aliyev and the latter jumped to the top of the current leader board.

Player Chips Progress
Kamran Aliyev az
Kamran Aliyev
120,000
33,000
33,000
Natasha Barbour ca
Natasha Barbour
53,000
-2,500
-2,500
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
51,000
12,000
12,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
36,000
36,000
36,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Paul-Francois Tedeschi fr
Paul-Francois Tedeschi
35,500
9,500
9,500
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
EPT 1X Winner
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
$25K Fantasy
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
10,700
-19,300
-19,300
EPT 2X Winner
Ricardo Manquant fr
Ricardo Manquant
Busted

Raniszewski Left Short

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

The pot was already quite big when Julien Martini moved all in or 13,300 on the river of a board {K-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. His opponent, Tomasz Raniszewski, eventually called the shove for more than one third of his stack and then flashed worthless pocket aces when Martini revealed {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
52,000
52,000
52,000
$25K Fantasy
Tomasz Raniszewski pl
Tomasz Raniszewski
21,000
-21,000
-21,000

Tags: Julien MartiniTomasz Raniszewski

Leathem Left With Nothing

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

"The guy next to me. He has been hitting everything. Flushes and so on. Well okay, this time he had a good hand," Andrew Leathem said while storming out of the tournament area. The Scot had committed his last 6,000 chips with the {A-}{10-} and was called by Georgios Zisimopoulos with pocket queens.

The Greek held up and once again confirmed his ambitions for a big stack at the end of Day 1a. Vladimir Velikov has been eliminated as well. The Bulgarian finished 14th in the UKIPT Dublin Main Event at the RDS a few days ago, but failed to make another deep run.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Zisimopoulos gr
Georgios Zisimopoulos
90,000
15,000
15,000
Vladimir Velikov bg
Vladimir Velikov
Busted
Andrew Leathem gb
Andrew Leathem
Busted

Tags: Andrew LeathemGeorgios ZisimopoulosVladimir Velikov

Tamasauskas from Hero to Zero

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

On the {K-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{9-Hearts} turn, Piotr Franczak check-called a bet of 3,075 by Vladas Tamasauskas and then faced the shove of his opponent for 11,850 on the {3-Diamonds} river. Franczak eventually called and was shown {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} by Tamasauskas for the nut flush, Franczak had 300 chips left.

Two hands later, the Pole was all in for 250 chips when Francisco Gordillo had raised to 775. Jean-Noel Thorel called in the small blind and Tamasauskas then squeezed to 2,800. Gordillo and Thorel both called and they saw the flop {9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}. Thorel check-called a bet of 3,300 whereas Gordillo folded.

On the {J-Clubs} turn, Thorel check-called a bet of 5,750 before Tamasauskas emptied the clip on the {5-Spades} river by shoving for 20,300. Thorel had checked and wasted little time before making the call. Tamasauskas sheepishly turned over {K-Hearts}{8-Clubs} for complete air while Thorel had the {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} for top pair and top kicker. Franczak also hit the rail with his {A-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and the Lithuanian went from hero to zero in five minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
82,000
39,000
39,000
Vladas Tamasauskas lt
Vladas Tamasauskas
Busted
Piotr Franczak pl
Piotr Franczak
Busted

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelPiotr FranczakVladas Tamasauskas

Silver Eliminated

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Max Silver lost his shorter stack to Luca Pagano while fellow High Rollers Joao Vieira, Jason Mercier and Charlie Carrel are still in. Carrel busted in third place in the 25k some time ago and jumped straight into the Main Event while Chartier is riding a short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
55,000
4,000
4,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
38,000
-4,000
-4,000
Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
35,000
-4,000
-4,000
$25K Fantasy
Winamax
Charlie Carrel gb
Charlie Carrel
30,000
30,000
30,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
8,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Charlie CarrelJason MercierJoao VieiraLuca PaganoMax SilverSam ChartierSamuel Chartier

Updated Counts

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Anthony Zinno just took down a pot on the {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} turn by betting 8,000 and his opponent claimed to fold the winning hand while Zinno insisted to have him beat.

Natasha Barbour "sent" some chips involuntarily to table neighbor Mike Watson with the Canadian being down to 10,000 not long ago and Kyle Frey won a small three-way pot against Walid Bou Habib.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
60,000
49,300
49,300
EPT 2X Winner
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
58,000
23,000
23,000
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
50,000
22,000
22,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
38,000
-4,000
-4,000
Anthony Zinno us
Anthony Zinno
36,000
15,000
15,000
$25K Fantasy
Natasha Barbour ca
Natasha Barbour
30,000
-23,000
-23,000
Kyle Frey us
Kyle Frey
23,000
500
500

Tags: Anthony ZinnoKyle FreyMichael WatsonMike WatsonNatasha BarbourWalid Bou Habib

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Pirmamod Busts to Monstad

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Vebjorn Monstad raised to 800 and Nasrodin Pirmamod then shoved for what looked like 8,000 from one seat over. The Norwegian asked his opponent what he had and Pirmamod replied "four and five" with his French accent. "I am pretty good against four and five," Monstad replied and then made the call for one third of his stack.

Pirmamod: {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}
Monstad: {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}

The Frenchman improved on the {J-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts} flop and the {9-Diamonds} turn blanked, however the {6-Diamonds} river gave Monstad a set and sent Pirmamod to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Vebjorn Monstad no
Vebjorn Monstad
34,000
-9,000
-9,000
Nasrodin Pirmamod
Nasrodin Pirmamod
Busted

Tags: Nasrodin PirmamodVebjorn Monstad

Jason Mercier Chips Up

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a river of {2-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}, Jason Mercier had re-raised his opponent Mikko Turtiainen's bet of 12,500 all-in for Mercier's remaining 27,650. Turtiainen had Mercier covered, but only barely, and he was deep in thought for several minutes.

The clock was eventually called and Turtiainen used nearly all of it, before eventually releasing his hand. Mercier moved up to nearly double starting stack with this hand.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
57,000
19,000
19,000
Mikko Turtiainen fi
Mikko Turtiainen
17,025