2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
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

"Triple Up Baby"

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

With around 7,000 chips in until the {6-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{Q-Spades} turn, Or Hadad moved all in for 11,250. Amgd Nadr called and then faced the reshove of Mikhail Korotkikh for more than 35,000 chips. Nadr tanked for two minutes, shook his head and then openly folded the {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for bottom set.

Hadad flipped over his {4-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for two pair and Korotkikh's flush draw and pair with {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} failed to improve, the {J-Hearts} river was a blank. "Triple up baby," Hadad celebrated and Nadr kept the hands in front of his face in disbelief of what just happened.

Player Chips Progress
Or Hadad il
Or Hadad
38,000 38,000
Mikhail Korotkikh ru
Mikhail Korotkikh
25,000 25,000

Tags: Amgd NadrMikhail KorotkikhOr Hadad

Dias Takes from Popov

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Five players went to a flop and saw a board of {4-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. It was checked to Bernardo Dias who bet 3,650, and Popov was the only caller. The turn was the {9-Hearts} and Popov again check-called a bet from Dias, this time 9,200. On the river, which was another jack, the {j-Diamonds}, Popov checked once more before Dias fired out 27,300 leaving himself only 18,000 behind.

Popov went deep into the tank as the clock ran down towards the dinner break. He counted out the chips to make the call and played with them, before returning the chips to their piles and folding, showing {j-}.

"Good fold," said tablemate Ludovic Geilich, "He's always got {4-}{4-} or {3-}{3-} there. Maybe even {a-}{j-}", as Popov dipped below 100,000 and Dias boosted his stack

Player Chips Progress
Slaven Popov bg
Slaven Popov
89,000 -36,000
Bernardo Dias br
Bernardo Dias
59,000 59,000

Tags: Bernardo DiasSlaven Popov

Some Notable Stacks

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Here are some notable stacks from the EPT Main Event, including Ryan McEathron who doubled his meagre stack up shoving {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} into his opponent's {a-Spades}{2-Spades} and holding on a {7-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} board

Player Chips Progress
Jiachen Gong ca
Jiachen Gong
63,000 5,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
EPT 1X Winner
43,000 12,000
Dara O'Kearney ie
Dara O'Kearney
43,000 13,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
37,000 5,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
20,000 -2,100
Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
14,000 -9,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
11,500 -27,500
Ryan McEathron ca
Ryan McEathron
8,000

Bilic Loses With Queens; Busts

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Alen Bilic opened to 1,000 from the cutoff and Charles Chattha called before Ben Farrell then three-bet to 4,300. Only Bilic called and they saw the flop of {5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. Farrell continued for 4,000 and Bilic cut out the chips for a call, proceeding to see the {8-Clubs} on the turn. Farrell chose his last option and moved all in for 36,525, a massive overbet compared to the size of the pot.

Bilic gave it a lot of thought and eventually called with slightly more chips.

Farrell: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}
Bilic: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

The {7-Clubs} river was a blank and Bilic was left with only 2,700 chips, the EPT12 Malta runner up departed two hands later. "A bad day," he sighed when walking out of the tournament area. He will stick around for the regular 10k High Roller at the end of the festival, though. Farrell boosted his stack significantly and now has more than table neighbor Gavin O'Rourke.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Farrell gb
Ben Farrell
91,000 91,000
Gavin O'Rourke ie
Gavin O'Rourke
42,000 -38,000
Alen Bilic ba
Alen Bilic
Busted

Tags: Alen BilicBen FarrellCharles Chattha

Rough Lesson by Rudnik

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Upon arrival, a raise to 6,900 was in front of Michal Rudnik and the Pole then faced a raise to 12,000 by Ilan Boujenah from two seats over. Rudnik squeezed to 19,000 and Boujenah quickly folded before he was shown the {3-Spades}. "I love you," the player in seat two applauded and Rudnik grabbed the chips.

Boujenah simply focused straight away on the music on his smart phone immediately after and showed no reaction whatsoever.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Rudnik pl
Michael Rudnik
65,500 65,500
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
26,500 26,500

Tags: Ilan BoujenahMichal Rudnik

'ElkY' Chips Up Against Ferreira

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Kitty Kuo made it 1,600 on a {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades} flop and got callers in Antonio Da Costa Ferreira in the cutoff, and Grospellier on the button. The turn was the {7-Clubs} and Kuo checked, allowing Ferreira to bet 3,250. 'ElkY' called and Kuo folded. On the river of the {j-Hearts}, Ferreira kept up the aggression betting 7,750 and Grospellier thought before carefully removing his ornamental Mau5, and raising to 25,550. Ferreira mucked allowing every Twitch fanboy's favourite player to move closer to 100,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
91,000 23,000
Antonio Da Costa Ferreira pt
Antonio Da Costa Ferreira
26,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierKitty KuoAntonio Da Costa Ferreira

No Stack in Sight

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Ruben Visser opened to 900 and Jon Clark called, then Mark Mcshane three-bet to 2,700. Visser folded and Clark called to see a flop of {K-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. Clark check-called a continuation bet worth 3,000 before checking down the {K-Spades} turn and {Q-Clubs} river. Mcshane flipped over {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} as winning hand and Clark just shook his head, though he remains the biggest stack with around 54,000 chips.

Guy Goosens, Ruben Visser and Katerina Malasidou are all rather short.

Player Chips Progress
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
EPT 1X Winner
12,000 -9,000
Guy Goosens be
Guy Goosens
11,000 -19,000
Katerina Malasidou gr
Katerina Malasidou
7,200 -6,800

Tags: Guy GoosensJon ClarkKaterina MalasidouMark McshaneRuben Visser

Dato Doubles Through Apmann

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Pre-flop Andrea Dato opened to 900 from the hijack, and 2015 WSOP bracelet winner Adrian Apmann three-bet from the button to 2,350. The blinds folded and action was back on Dato who 4-bet to 6,100.

Apmann thought for a second before moving all-in and Dato called.

Dato: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Apmann: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

Dato was behind but the {q-Spades} on the {8-Clubs}{q-Spades}{a-Diamonds} flop helped his cause considerably, and he doubled up to just under 50,000 chips as the board ran out {j-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Player Chips Progress
Andrea Dato it
Andrea Dato
49,000 21,700
Adrian Apmann de
Adrian Apmann
23,000 -17,000

Tags: Adrian Apmannandrea dato

Back to Work for MacIntyre

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The massage ended abruptly, Fraser MacIntyre stood up without being overly upset, smiled and then headed out of the tournament area. The Scot had promised to give 10% of his winnings to each of his parents, whose birthday is today and in two weeks, but that plan will have to be scrapped for now.

"Ah well, back to work. I had ace king and ran into queens. Flopped the nut flush draw and didn't get there," the EPT8 Madrid runner up said.

Player Chips Progress
Fraser MacIntyre gb
Fraser MacIntyre
Busted

Tags: Fraser MacIntyre