€5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
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
Ireland's Patrick Clarke Leads Final 16 Into Day 5 of EPT Dublin Main Event
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Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Day 4 of the 2016 PokerStars European Poker Tour Dublin €5,300 Main Event was nothing less than an Emerald Isle massacre, as the field was cut down from 45 to 16 within three 90-minute levels.
The competitors played a fourth level, but no one else went broke and the final 16 will return to the Royal Dublin Society on Friday at 12 p.m. local time to play for seats in the six-handed final.
Among those who were on the wrong end of the early bloodletting were PokerStars Team Online's Jaime Staples, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano, former World Series of Poker November Niners Pierre Neuville, James Akenhead, and Antoine Saout, and EPT main event winners Dominik Panka and Anton Wigg.
Headlining the final 16 are two of the most successful players over the past couple of EPT seasons, as EPT Season 11 Malta €25,000 High Roller and two-time time EPT Super High Roller runner-up Dzmitry Urbanovich joins EPT Season 11 Grand Final and 2013 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Adrian Mateos in the group.
However, it's an Irishman who sat on the top of the chip counts when the day ended, with 2014 Irish Open champion Patrick Clarke leading the charge into Day 5. Clarke got a huge chunk of chips just as play wrapped up, scooping a more-than-one-million-chip pot after making a flush on the river versus Canadian Christopher Kruk.
A solid day from German Gilles Bernies will see him return within a couple blinds off Clarke, and Greek player Iliodoros Kamatakis and Urbanovich are within striking distance as well.
The United Kingdom will bring the largest contingent into the event's penultimate day with Rhys Jones, Alex Goulder, Tomas MacNamara, and Frank Williams all making it through, although they all sit in the bottom eight with the exception of Jones.
Play will resume with blind levels at 12,000/24,000 with a 3,000 ante. They will redraw again once the nine-handed unofficial final table is reached, and although EPT final tables are eight-handed, they will play down to the final six on Friday before bagging up and coming back to play down to a winner on Saturday.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be on hand from start to finish Friday, so tune in then to watch this group contest for the EPT Season 12 Dublin Main Event title and the €561,900 first-place prize that comes along with it.
Don't forget that you can also follow coverage of the €10,300 High Roller on PokerNews as well.
While you're waiting for Day 5 of the EPT Dublin Main Event to kick off, check out the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, with hosts Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters discussing Phil Galfond's op-ed, the Full Tilt-PokerStars merger, and more.
End-Of-Day Chip Counts (full)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
An extensive recap of todays action to follow.
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kuljinder Sidhu | United Kingdom | 1,260,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Matias Ruzzi | Argentina | 587,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Frank Williams | United Kingdom | 275,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Rhys Jones | United Kingdom | 1,095,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 651,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Tomas MacNamara | United Kingdom | 812,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Dzmitry Urbanovich | Poland | 1,407,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Alex Goulder | United Kingdom | 1,012,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Christopher Kruk | Canada | 450,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Iliodoros Kamatakis | Greece | 1,446,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Ivan Banic | Croatia | 1,062,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Gilles Bernies | Germany | 2,801,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jiachen Gong | Canada | 448,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Patrick Clarke | Ireland | 2,950,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Mikhail Petrov | Russia | 663,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Alexandre Meylan | Switzerland | 1,206,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,950,000 | |
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2,801,000 | 601,000 |
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1,446,000 | 46,000 |
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1,407,000 | 25,000 |
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1,260,000 | 297,000 |
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1,206,000 | 556,000 |
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1,095,000 | -27,000 |
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1,062,000 | 192,000 |
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1,012,000 | -293,000 |
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812,000 | 43,000 |
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663,000 | -437,000 |
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651,000 | -66,000 |
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587,000 | -272,000 |
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450,000 | |
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448,000 | -252,000 |
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275,000 | -523,000 |
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Kruk Loses Big in the Last Hand of the Day
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Patrick Clarke made it 50,000 to go and Christopher Kruk in the big blind made the call. Kruk check called a bet of 55,000 on 
, before both players checked the 
on the turn. The 
completed the board and Kruk checked. Clarke made a hefty bet of 425,000 and Kruk made the call after some time in the tank. Clarke showed 
for the rivered flush and Kruk mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,950,000 | 630,000 |
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450,000 | -520,000 |
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Urbanovich Doubles Through Mateos
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Dzmitry Urbanovich raised it up preflop and Adrian Mateos made the call.
Urbanovich bet the 
flop, but could not shake Mateos. Then, on the 
turn, when Urbanovich bet 165,000, Mateos shoved in.
Urbanovich snap called with the 
set and Mateos had the 
flush draw, allowing Urbanovich to double through after the 
river brought no diamond.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,382,000 | 408,000 |
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717,000 | 70,000 |
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Kruk Big Bets Don't Get the Job Done
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Action folded to Christopher Kruk in the small blind and he limped in. In the big blind, Iliodoros Kamatakis checked his option and the two took a flop of 
. Kruk tossed in a single 25,000-chip and Kamatakis was quick to call.
Kruk bet another 90,000 on the turn. Kamatakis called and the completed the board. Kruk bet a hefty 250,000 and Kamatakis immediately cut out calling chips. He thought about it for a bit and ended up tossing them in to make the call.
"King high" admitted Kruk while showing 
.
Kamatakis smashed his 
on the table and took down the sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,400,000 | 565,000 |
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970,000 | -930,000 |
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Clarke Gets There
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Christopher Kruk opened the pot with a raise to 45,000 from early position and Ivan Banic in the hijack made the call. From the small blind, Patrick Clarke squeezed to 165,000 and the big blind and Kruk both folded. Banic made the call.
Both players checked on 
and the hit the turn. Clarke bet out 190,000 and Banic called. The 
on the river prompted Clarke to bet 385,000. Banic wasted not much time calling, but mucked upon seeing Clarke's 
for turned trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,320,000 | 620,000 |
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870,000 | -930,000 |
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Raise, Raise and Take It!
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The number of three-bets and four-bets at the feature table has reached epic proportions. A ton of preflop action has been featured with very few flops, turns or rivers.
An example of the action came moments ago when Kuljinder Sidhu raised it up and Matias Ruzzi three-bet, making it 175,000.
Dzmitry Urbanovich then four-bet to 478,000 and both players folded, allowing Urbanovich to chip up without even seeing a flop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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974,000 | 497,000 |
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859,000 | -158,000 |
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Gong Flats With Kings
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
From early position, Mikhail Petrov made it 45,000 to go. Jiachen Gong in the big blind flat called and both players checked the flop of 
. Gong then lead out for 80,000 on the 
turn and Petrov called.
The 
completed the board and Gong bet 120,000. Petrov called instantly, but mucked upon being shown 
.
"You call all in?" Iliodoros Kamatakis asked.
"Yes. I had an eight. I had ace-eight." Petrov replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000 | -220,000 |
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700,000 | 250,000 |
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Broadway!
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Frank Williams made it 35,000 in the last hand before the level moved up and Adrian Mateos called. They both checked the 
flop, but when the turn came down and Williams checked, Mateos bet 50,000.
Williams called and checked the river. Mateos led for 175,000 and after a good minute or two in the tank, Williams shoved in. Mateos snap called with the 
, but the pot got chopped as Williams had the as well and both had a Broadway straight.