€5,300 Main Event
Day 5 Started
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 5
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
Big Day In Dublin: The 2016 PokerStars EPT12 Dublin Final 16 Kicks Off at Noon
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It's a day to move up or move out. Put up or shut up. Move on or move along.
It's Day 5 of the 2016 PokerStars EPT12 Dublin Main Event, and all hyperbole aside, it's a day when things will get truly serious on the felt inside the Royal Dublin Society.
A total of 16 players will start play just after 12 p.m. local time in Dublin, battling it out for a seat in Saturday's final six where a €561,900 first-place prize and Irish poker glory awaits the winner.
Patrick Clarke knows a little bit about Irish poker glory, having won the 2014 Irish Open. The Emerald Isle native will come in with the chip lead, but the path to glory this time around should prove even more difficult, with players like EPT Season 11 Malta €25,000 High Roller winner Dzmitry Urbanovich and EPT Season 11 Grand Final champion Adrian Mateos among those standing in the way.
They're in the money now, but everybody wants a bigger piece of the pie and there's another 13 skilled players on the list, hungry to etch their names in the EPT annals and willing to do whatever it takes to survive this day.
Play will begin with blind levels at 12,000/24,000 with a 3,000 ante at the final two tables. They will play down to two tables of five, then combine and redraw once only nine remain.
From there, they will play down to the final six before bagging up and coming back to play down to a winner on Saturday.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will be here for every flop, turn and river and you're welcome to come along for the ride as the EPT12 Dublin final 16 plays down to six.
| 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 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Christopher Kruk Eliminated in 16th Place (€25,820)
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
On the first hand, action folded to Alexandre Meylan on the button and he made it 50,000 to go. In the small blind, Christopher Kruk didn't hesitate for a second and shoved all in for 447,000. The big blind folded and Meylan tanked for a bit before calling.
Christopher Kruk: 
Alexandre Meylan: 
Kruk politely asked for a seven, but would get none. The 
flop was no good, and though the likelihood of a split pot grew with the 
on the turn, it wasn't meant to be as the 
completed the board and eliminated Kruk.
The remaining 15 players are guaranteed €28,760 from here on out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,698,000 | 492,000 |
|
Busted |
Jones Chips Up
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Alex Goulder made it 55,000 and Matias Ruzzi three-bet, making it 115,000 to go.
It folded to Rhys Jones and he tanked it out for a minute before pushing all in, having both players covered. Goulder quickly tossed his cards in the muck and after taking 30 seconds to think about it, Ruzzi did the same.
Jones has now moved up to 1.5 million without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,490,000 | 395,000 |
Jiachen Gong Eliminated in 15th Place (€28,760)
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
In the cutoff, Gilles Bernies opened the betting with a raise to 55,000. His neighbor on the button, Jiachen Gong, shoved all in for 450,000. In the small blind, Patrick Clarke tanked for a fair bit before he eventually tossed his cards into the muck. Mikhail Petrov folded his big blind and Bernies did one last check of his cards before calling.
Gilles Bernies: 
Jiachen Gong: 
"At least my suits are live" Gong said, while also getting the news that Clarke had folded an ace.
The board ran out 
and Gong made his exit in 15th place, netting him €28,760.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,386,000 | 585,000 |
|
Busted |
Frank Williams Eliminated in 14th Place (€28,760)
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
For the second time today, Frank Williams open shoved from early position. The first got through, but Kuljinder Sidhu picked up the on the second and made the call.
Williams had the 
and said goodbye in fourteenth after whiffing the 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,756,000 | 496,000 |
|
Busted |
Small Pot for Banic
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
In the small blind, Ivan Banic limped in. Gilles Bernies thought about it for a bit before checking. Both players checked on 
and the appeared on the turn. Banic bet out 45,000 and Bernies made the call. Banic bet another 115,000 on the 
river and Bernies called again. Banic showed 
, Bernies mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,290,000 | -96,000 |
|
1,300,000 | 238,000 |
Ruzzi Doubles In Huge Cooler
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Adrian Mateos made it 50,000 and Kuljinder Sidhu three-bet to 115,000 before Matias Ruzzi pushed in for 233,000 total.
Mateos was the only interested party, holding the in a massive cooler with Ruzzi on the 
. The 
flop turned things around fast, and it turned out Mateos was on the wrong end of the cooler this time, as the 
turn and river ensured Ruzzi would double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
623,000 | 36,000 |
|
330,000 | -321,000 |
Raise the Turn
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
In the cutoff, Gilles Bernies made it 55,000. Alexandre Meylan called from the big blind and check called a bet of 55,000 on 
as well. The on the turn prompted Meylan to bet out 80,000. Bernies took his time, before raising to 205,000. Meylan quickly called, but check folded to Bernies 400,000 bet on the 
river.