EPT Online 01: $1,050 NLHE [Arena Championship] Day 1 | 2020 PokerStars EPT Online

11-09-2020 01:35 UTC

Veldhuis Doubles

Lyle Bateman

Level 14 : 4,500/9,000, 1,100 ante

Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson raised it to 20.7K from the hijack before Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis shoved for 101,120 from the cutoff and Wilson called it off with the bigger stack.

Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson:
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:

Board:

Veldhuis had the best ace going in, and held to take down a much-needed double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson	824,481	57,750
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	224,540	90,320

Level: 14

Blinds: 4,500/9,000

Ante: 1,100

11-09-2020 01:30 UTC

Wilson Takes from Veldhuis

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson raised under the gun to 18.4K, and Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis three-bet to 50.4K from one seat left. It folded back to Wilson who shoved for almost 700K, forcing Veldhuis to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy "BowieEffect" Wilson	766,731	215,020
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis	134,220	-209,910

11-09-2020 01:26 UTC

Ferreira Takes a Stack

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

João "soleej" Ferreira raised early, then called off the shove from big blind "IraiseYouUp" with the biggest stack.

"IraiseYouUp":
João "soleej" Ferreira:

Board:

Ferreira started with the best ace, and held through all five board cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
João "soleej" Ferreira	762,747	225,183
IraiseYouUp	Busted

11-09-2020 01:11 UTC

"diego efe33" Holds with Kings

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov opened the pot from the button to 17.2K and got called by both players in the blinds. The flop came and it checked to Kotelnikov who bet 32K. "diego efe33" called from the small blind before "Hendurr" raised to 108K.

Only "diego efe33" called to the turn where they check-called for 172K. They both checked the river, and "diego efe33" took it down with pocket kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
diego efe33	1,036,637	457,847
Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov	608,760	-82,125
Hendurr	484,737	-300,550

11-09-2020 00:58 UTC

Big Stacks at Break

Lyle Bateman

Level 13 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Total entries are now up to 2,061 with 918 players still in action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey "ThePateychuk" Pateychuk	2,809,019
RB Tiger	2,158,544	124,375
admegneki	2,004,572
serrazina11	1,906,212	551,376
Kurtkaare	1,851,337
Toby "sadface11" Joyce	1,673,413

Level: 13

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

11-09-2020 00:49 UTC

Stack Updates

Lyle Bateman

Level 12 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

Fintan "EasyWithAces" Hand and Ben "Spraggy" Spragg are among the players who have busted as play approaches Level 13.

Player	Chips	Progress
RB Tiger	2,034,169	645,291
kryrobi	1,653,954	-240,388
Luckbox1326	1,633,614	-64,246
CinemaniaK	1,561,927	-32,302
Fahredin "FeriBo" Mustafov	1,495,376	660,035
serrazina11	1,354,836	-550,462
Leonardo "LeoMattosAK" Mattos	1,336,475	315,340
dabanda69	1,276,357	-288,103
Jamie "Ship It 2010" O'Connor	1,236,209	235,290
$harkFlo	1,210,800	-259,592
zufo16	1,207,579	-91,723
Dinesh "NastyMinder" Alt	1,198,780	170,780
Anatoly "NL_Profit" Filatov	1,061,801	815,856
nafnaf_funny	999,370	-389,415
%frusru%	988,597	-444,782
Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast	856,617	100,935
GDZ4hotwings	797,858	156,541
Hendurr	785,287	185,605
winiels	783,814	586,279
Andrey "kot_spartac" Kotelnikov	690,885	137,275
Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs	669,781	-154,000
Alexandru "JustPray" Marcu	651,596	-116,125
Norweg1anB4nk	639,391	48,612
Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane	613,479	409,125
Mikolaj "T3G3S" Zawadzki	609,514	-365,037

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11-09-2020 00:34 UTC

$2 Million in Prizes

Lyle Bateman

Level 12 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

There are now more than 2,000 entries in the first event of EPT Online, and the prize pool is now sitting at $2,010,000. Registration remains open until the start of Day 2, so there's no doubt it will continue to grow from here.

11-09-2020 00:33 UTC

"Hendurr" Gets There

Lyle Bateman

Level 12 : 3,500/7,000, 875 ante

"Hendurr" opened the cutoff to 14K, and Aliaksandr "Alexgirs" Hirs called the big blind. They both checked the flop of , and "Hendurr" called for 20,576 on the turn. When the river came , Hirs fired 49,800, and "Hendurr" called.