Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
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
Litvinov vs Aliyev
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
With around 12,000 chips in the middle and the board laying 
, Artem Litvinov bet 4,800 and then faced the check-raise of Kamran Aliyev in the small blind to 18,000. Litvinov started his usual table talk and gave his opponent either 
or 
while Aliyev replied "and you have something like ace-ten."
Litvinov took around three minutes before folding and was then shown the 
by Aliyev, who added an "nice fold buddy" just to rub it in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 7,000 |
|
45,000 | -2,000 |
Fish and Chips
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
The player under the gun raised to 525 and found three callers, including Kevin MacPhee in the small blind, and Darryl Fish in the big blind. The four players saw a flop of 
.
It was checked to Fish, and he bet 1,000. MacPhee was the only caller. The turn was the 
and again MacPhee checked to Fish who bet 1,700, which MacPhee called. The river was another 
, and MacPhee checked a third time. Fish bet a third time, this time 5,300 and that was enough to force MacPhee out of the pot.
Both players have decent stacks here on day 1a, as they look to build a steady start to their Main Event
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 4,000 |
|
29,000 | -12,000 |
Sammartino Busts Early
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Dario Sammartino played for around one hour only in the Main Event and just headed out of the door. He previously lost a quite big 30,000-pot with two pair against the higher two pair of Riku Koivurinne and then four-bet against Artem Litvinov.
The Russian stuck around to see a flop of 
and Litvinov pushed with jacks to see Sammartino call it off after a few minutes of table chat with the Russian, holding pocket deuces only.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | 62,000 |
|
|
47,000 | 17,000 |
|
Busted |
Agerskov vs Monstad
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Joining the action on the flop 
, Rasmus Agerskov checked in late position and Vebjorn Monstad bet 1,500 from the button. The Dane called and the 
on the turn saw Monstad now fire a bet of 5,000. Again, Agerskov called after some consideration and the duo headed to the 
river.
After another check by his opponent, Monstad made it 11,000 to go and Agerskov spent a few minutes in the think tank. He then took a sip of his coffee, stared at his opponent and the board before releasing his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,000 | 43,000 |
|
33,000 | -12,050 |
Kempe Cut in Half
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
A few further updated counts include Rainer Kempe and the news of the German aren't necessarily any good. Kempe, who made back-to-back Main Event final tables this season, is down to only 15,000 chips while Jason Mercier enjoys a decent start into Day 1a.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 12,000 |
|
34,000 | 4,000 |
|
34,000 | 2,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
21,200 | 200 |
|
15,000 | -15,000 |
Some Updates from the Tournament Floor
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000 | 14,800 |
|
35,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
35,000 | 5,500 |
|
24,000 | -7,000 |
|
22,500 | 1,500 |
|
|
21,000 | -9,000 |
|
18,000 | -8,000 |
Updated Counts Part 2
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel faced the check-raise of Matthew Davenport out of the small blind on the 
turn from 3,000 to 6,800 and the Frenchman, a regular on the European Poker Tour and in High Roller Events, folded. Below are further chip counts from the tournament room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,050 | 13,050 |
|
42,000 | 12,000 |
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
|
39,000 | 9,000 |
|
39,000 | 3,000 |
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
33,000 | 3,000 |
|
32,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
|
21,000 | -9,000 |
|
16,000 | -16,000 |
Palma in, Jattin Not Out
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Two Americans are making the headlines for this post. Whereas Nicholas Palma just entered the competition, fellow American Farid Jattin was the third player to be eliminated. Jattin cashed in several EPT events this season with the biggest score coming from a win in a Six-Max Turbo in Barcelona for € 70,870.
Edit: Jattin actually just got seated and has not been eliminated, his ticket was just laying very close to the "seat open" sign.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Montgomery Also Bows Out
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
A second seat open was waiting to be picked up when coming back from the break and that media card belonged to Scott Montgomery. According to Thomas Finneran, it was Tomasz Raniszewski who picked up the chips when flopping two pair with and rivering a full house to bust Montgomery's 
for flopped top pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | 42,000 |
|
Busted |