€5,300 Main Event
Day 1a Started
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
Welcome to the EPT Dublin €5,300 Main Event Day 1a
Welcome to the PokerNews live coverage of the EPT12 Dublin Main Event! After a long hiatus, the stop is back in the calendar, with players looking to convert the €5,300 buy-in into a potentially even bigger payday.
It’s been eight years since the stop last appeared in an EPT schedule, but it’s been welcomed back by all involved, as we have already enjoyed several days’ worth of exciting poker action in the UKIPT Main Event as well as the €25k High Roller, both of which reach their conclusions today at the Royal Dublin Society.
There have been four previous winners of EPT Main Events:
| Season | Winner | Entrants | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Vaswani | 163 | €93,000 |
| 2 | Mats Gavatin | 248 | €317,000 |
| 3 | Roland De Wolfe | 389 | €554,300 |
| 4 | Reuben Peters | 221 | €532,620 |
With two day ones to choose from, we will have to wait and see just who enters, and aims to add their name to the list of winners. Many big names are in town for the UKIPT and EPT festival, and we will keep you right up to date with which of them are playing day 1a of the Main Event right here on PokerNews.com
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
First List of Familiar Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The action has started with around 70 players and among those to be seated right from the bat included Rasmus Agerskov, Barny Boatman, Kevin MacPhee, Kai Herold and Artem Litvinov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Disastrous Start for Frey
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Picking up the action on the 
flop with around 2,000 in the pot, Kyle Frey bet 1,000 from the small blind and his opponent on the button called. The 
turn was checked through before Frey bet the 
river for 1,500. His opponent raised to 4,000 and Frey called to muck when shown 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,500 | 22,500 |
Zisimopoulos Starts Well
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Albert Sapiano, Thomas Finneran, Jeremy Nock and Georgios Zisimopoulos have all been spotted in the field as well. Nock and Zisimopoulos are on the same table in the very corner of the room with the Greek raising it up early on. Nock called the raise to 250 and they checked the flop 
and the 
on the turn.
After the 
river, Nock folded to a bet of 200 and faced a raise to 300 shortly after to make the call. On the flop 
, Zisimoulos fired a continuation bet and Nock folded to let the Greek grin. "Oh come on," he said and flashed pocket deuces for bottom set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
29,500 |
Four More to the Score
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Adrian Mateos took his seat over on table one with Jeremy Nock and Georgios Zisimopoulos whereas Balazs Botond and Fernando Brito just walked into the tournament area. And then there is also former World Series of Poker Main Event champion Ryan Riess in today's field as well to bring in some international flair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
Leledakis Rivers Full; Gets Paid
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Joining the action on the 
turn, Christopher Kruk bet 2,250 and Andreas Leledakis called to see the 
on the river. Kruk bet 5,300 and the Greek squeezed to 12,000 with the Canadian eventually calling. Leledakis flipped over for a full house and Kruk sighed before mucking his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000 | 45,000 |
|
16,000 | 16,000 |
Daly Chipping Up Early
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
On a board of 
John Daly bet 5,200 into a pot of 8,000 and his opponent Nicholas Howard made the call.
Both players checked the river of the 
and Daly tabled 
. Howard mucked and Daly scooped a sizeable pot early on day 1a
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
39,000 | |
|
21,500 |
A Few More Faces
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Joao Vieira, Andrew Hulme and EPT10 Prague Main Event runner up Georgios Sotiropoulos have been added to the field. The Greek also won the LAPT Bahamas Main Event at the PCA earlier this year to boost his live scores to almost $2 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |