2020 PokerStars EPT Online

EPT Online 08: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max]
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 PokerStars EPT Online

Final Results
Winner
Bert "girafganger7" Stevens
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
$96,144
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,100
Prize Pool
$500,000
Entries
244
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
18,750
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
244
Players Left
15

Day 1 of the PokerStars EPT Online 08: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] Starts at 7:05 PM CET

EPT Online
EPT Online

At 7:05 pm CET, Day 1 of the PokerStars EPT Online 08: $2,100 NLHE [8-Max] is set to start with another guaranteed prize pool of $500,000 and the EPT Spade trophy on the line. The eighth event of the first-ever online EPT festival is a two-day tournament for players to take another shot at an EPT win.

Five winners have been crowned already with another one set to be determined later today in EPT Online 06: $10,300 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller] with Daniel "SmilleThHero" Smiljkovic having a shot at becoming the first double EPT Online champion.

EPT Online Winners

DateEventEntriesPrize PoolWinnerFirst Prize
November 9thEPT Online 02: $10,300 PLO High Roller70$700,000Ka Kwan "kaju5" Lau$188,937
November 8thEPT Online 03: $5,200 High Roller131$655,000David "MonkeyBausss" Laka$143,567
November 9thEPT Online 04: $530 NLHE1,139$569,500Tatiana "Mysters_Y" Barausova$74,951
November 9thEPT Online 05: $1,050 Win the Button238$200,000Claas "SsicK_OnE" Segebrecht$45,765
November 10EPT Online 07: $2,100 NLHE PKO334$668,000Daniel “SmilleThHero” Smiljkovic$113,490

When players enter the tournament before the start of the day or during the first four hours and 45 minutes of play, they will get 100,000 in their starting stack. If things fail on a first bullet, two more are available for players if they feel like trying again. The level duration is set to be 20 minutes long for the first 34 levels of the event and will increase to 30 minutes from there onwards.

Day 1 will come to an end when seven hours and 45 minutes have passed with Day restarting on Thursday, November 12 at 7:05 pm CET and play down to a winner. PokerNews will be there from the first table that gets opened until the tournament breaks for today, so make sure to keep following the updates here.

Remaining EPT Online Schedule

DateTimeEventFormatBuy-inGuarantee
Nov. 1118:05EPT Online 088-Max NLHE$2,100$500,000
Nov. 1119:05EPT Online 09 [High Roller]6-Max 8-Game$5,200$250,000
Nov. 1218:05EPT Online 10 [Super High Roller]8-Max NLHE$25,000$2,000,000
Nov. 1219:05EPT Online 11 [Deep Stacks]8-Max NLHE$1,050$500,000
Nov. 1318:05EPT Online 126-Max NLHE PKO$1,050$500,000
Nov. 1319:05EPT Online 13 [High Roller]6-Max NLHE 6+$10,300$400,000
Nov. 1418:05EPT Online 14 [EPT Online Cup]9-Max NLHE$215$500,000
Nov. 1419:05EPT Online 15 [High Roller]6-Max NLHE$10,300$500,000
Nov. 1518:05EPT Online 16 [Main Event]8-Max NLHE$5,200$5,000,000
Nov. 1519:05EPT Online 176-Max PLO$2,100$500,000
Nov. 1520:05EPT Online 188-Max NLHE PKO$1,050$500,000
Nov. 1619:05EPT Online 198-Max NLHE PKO$530$500,000
Nov. 1718:05EPT Online 20 [Last Chance]9-Max NLHE$1,050$500,000

Higher Kicker for Mattsson

Level 2 : 300/600, 75 ante
Mattsson vs kwek333
Mattsson vs kwek333

Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi raised to 1,320 from the early position and was called by "kwek333" in the hijack. Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson three-bet to 6,540 from the cutoff for the action to fold back to "kwek333" who made the call.

The flop came {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, "kwek333" check-called the 3,975 continuation-bet of Mattsson.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and "kwek333" check-called the continuation-bet of 25,565 of Mattsson.

The river completed the board with the {a-Diamonds} and they both checked. "kwek333" tabled the {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} for the pair of queens but Mattsson held the {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for the same pair but higher kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
155,230
55,230
55,230
kwek333 nl
kwek333
48,954

"Old brock" First to Go

Level 2 : 300/600, 75 ante
Pardo vs Old brock
Pardo vs Old brock

Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson raised to 1,494 from the button and "Old brock" three-bet to 7,200 from the small blind. Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo four-bet to 18,000 in the big blind for Mattsson to fold. "Old brock" five-bet shoved with the slightly bigger stack for Pardo to make the call for the 100,456 he had behind.

Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
"Old brock": {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{2-Hearts} for Pardo to double up with the higher pocket pair and leave "Old brock" behind with a mere 235 which they lost shortly after,

Player Chips Progress
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo es
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo
202,931
102,931
102,931
roo_400 ca
roo_400
151,873
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker at
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker
99,010
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi br
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi
91,060
-8,940
-8,940
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson
79,443
-75,787
-75,787
Old brock at
Old brock
Busted

Death by Quads for Karam

Level 4 : 500/1,000, 125 ante
Uselis vs Karam
Uselis vs Karam

Gediminas "Gedis92" Uselis raised to 2,500 from under the gun and the action folded to Fernando "fapk2212" Karam in the small blind who three-bet to 9,000. Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph folded his big blind but Uselis four-bet to 25,500 for Karam to make the call.

The flop came {8-Hearts}{a-Spades}{6-Hearts}, Karam check-raised the 15,500 bet of Uselis to 45,000 and was called.

The turn was the {8-Clubs}, Karam checked again. This time, Uselis checked too for the {a-Diamonds} to complete the board. Karam shoved for 82,440 which Uselis called with the bigger stack. Karam tabled the {q-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} but Uselis held the {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} for quads.

Player Chips Progress
Gediminas "Gedis92" Uselis
Gediminas "Gedis92" Uselis
321,611
221,611
221,611
Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood
Lucas "YRWTHMELTHR" Greenwood
100,000
Mario "MB TREMENDO" Bonanata uy
Mario "MB TREMENDO" Bonanata
100,000
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves gb
Luke "Bit2Easy" Reeves
100,000
Fernando "fapk2212" Karam br
Fernando "fapk2212" Karam
Busted

"KaptianKush" Kicks Greenwood to the Curb

Level 6 : 700/1,400, 175 ante
KaptianKush vs Greenwood vs Papazian
KaptianKush vs Greenwood vs Papazian

At the end of the previous level, Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian raised to 2,664 from the hijack and Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood three-bet to 8,400 from the cutoff. "KaptianKush" four-bet to 24,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Papazian five-bet shoved for 117,892 and Greenwood called for the 96,884 he had behind. "KaptianKush" did the same but for the 93,600 they had behind.

"KaptianKush": {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {a-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{4-Spades} for "KaptianKush" to flop a set and improve to a full house on the turn to bust Greenwood and double through Papazian.

Player Chips Progress
KaptianKush cr
KaptianKush
283,200
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian ro
Alexandru "steakaddict." Papazian
27,576
-90,304
-90,304
Dinesh "nastyminder" Alt
Dinesh "nastyminder" Alt
Busted
Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima br
Lucio "WizardOffAz" Lima
Busted
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders nl
Daan "DaanOss" Mulders
Busted
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
Busted

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Level 8 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante
#EPT4Charity
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"ludako123" Loses All to "RobertMark18"

Level 9 : 1,250/2,500, 325 ante
RobertMark18 vs ludako123 vs Arends
RobertMark18 vs ludako123 vs Arends

"RobertMark18" raised to 6,250 from the middle position and Jans "Graftekkel" Arends three-bet to 20,000 from the button. "ludako123" four-bet shoved for 95,565 from the small blind for the big blind to fold. "RobertMark18" five-bet shoved for 169,085 which Arends called.

"ludako123": {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}
"RobertMark18": {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{j-Spades} for "RobertMark18" to hold with the rockets to take "ludako123" out and double through Arends.

Player Chips Progress
RobertMark18 ca
RobertMark18
438,835
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends nl
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends
65,474
-36,076
-36,076
ludako123 bg
ludako123
Busted

"Tr!pleeeee" Catches Veldhuis

Level 10 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante
Tr!pleeeee vs Veldhuis
Tr!pleeeee vs Veldhuis

PokerStars Team Online member Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis raised to 6,150 from the middle position and "Tr!pleeeee" called in the cutoff.

The flop came {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, Veldhuis continued with a bet of 6,410 and was called.

The turn was the {6-Spades}, Veldhuis barreled 14,000 over the line and got called again.

The river completed the board with the {q-Diamonds} and Veldhuis shoved for 35,742 and was called by the bigger stack. Veldhuis tabled the {10-Spades}{9-Spades} for the bluff for "Tr!pleeeee" to knock him out as they held the {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} for the flopped set.

Player Chips Progress
Tr!pleeeee pl
Tr!pleeeee
237,829
Giorgios "Geokarak" Karakousis gr
Giorgios "Geokarak" Karakousis
Busted
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi br
Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi
Busted
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
Busted

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Level 11 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante

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