2020 PokerStars EPT Online

EPT Online 14: $215 NLHE [EPT Online Cup]
Day: 1
Event Info

2020 PokerStars EPT Online

Final Results
Winner
Dominik "Bounatirou" Nitsche
Winning Hand
109
Prize
$82,093
Event Info
Buy-in
$215
Prize Pool
$566,600
Entries
2,833
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
2,833
Players Left
130

"Harn1" Leads at End of Day 1

Level 25 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
"Harn1" Leads at End of Day 1
"Harn1" Leads at End of Day 1

Action is complete on Day 1 of EPT Online 14: $215 NLHE [EPT Online Cup], and UK player "Harn1" is leading the way into Day 2 as the only player with more than 4 million chips. A total of 2,833 entries brought the prize pool to $566,600, besting the guarantee by more than 10%, but by the time they'd played the 7 hours and 45 minutes on Day 1, just 130 players were left in action.

PlacePlayerCountryChips
1Harn1United Kingdom4,064,369
2kosilkOBelarus3,268,591
3Roman "Roma-Tilt" KorenevRussian Federation2,623,637
4Matheus "mpZancan" ZancanBrazil2,555,546
5gytav420United Kingdom2,442,732
6DrunkSp3werMalta2,327,689
7DeM!st3rGermany2,135,043
8acapulcooPoland2,114,438
9BiocidSweden2,109,499
10MrSwingKKUnited Kingdom2,062,558

Action on Day 1 got underway at 1:05 p.m. eastern, and after almost 4 hours of late registration, a total of 2,833 entries broke the $500K guarantee by more than $66,000. That meant 413 players would share in the prizes.

It only took about 2 more hours to play into the money, and once the bubble burst, things moved even faster. By the time they finished the first day of play another 2 hours later, there were just 130 players left in the game.

Everyone coming back for Day 2 is guaranteed at least $716, but they are all eyeing the more than $82K up top for the win. Join PokerNews tomorrow, starting at 1:05 p.m. eastern, as they play down to a winner, and find out who turns $215 into more than $82K.

"BossKC191" Takes a Stack

Level 25 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante
"BossKC191" Takes a Stack
"BossKC191" Takes a Stack

"Vivaoo" raised to 50K and "joooonteeee" called the button before "motelli' shoved all-in from the small blind for 336,444. "BossKC191" called from the big blind, but the other two folded.

"motelli' : {a-Diamonds}{8-Spades}
"BossKC191": {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

Board: {q-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

"motelli' shoved with an ace but was behind the big slick of "BossKC191" and busted for $716.

Player Chips Progress
BossKC191 nl
BossKC191
1,817,204 1,104,424
Vivaoo de
Vivaoo
1,309,922 398,857
joooonteeee se
joooonteeee
1,144,716 -65,150
motelli fi
motelli
Busted

"Vivaoo" Chips Up

Level 23 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante
"Vivaoo" Chips Up
"Vivaoo" Chips Up

Dorian "harddecision" Rios raised the hijack to 30K, and "Vivaoo" called from the button before "joooonteeee" raised the small blind to 90K. Both players called to the {7-Clubs}{6-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and they checked through the {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} turn and river. When it checked to "Vivaoo" on the river, they bet 150,937 and only Rios called. "Vivaoo" had pocket threes for the turned straight, and won it when Rios mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Vivaoo de
Vivaoo
911,065
Dorian "harddecision" Rios ve
Dorian "harddecision" Rios
898,666 -77,105

Hartmann Takes a Stack with a Triple

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante
Hartmann Takes a Stack with a Triple
Hartmann Takes a Stack with a Triple

It all got in pre-flop in a huge three handed pot where "Braver16" had their kings cracked by the ace-jack of Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann as he was eliminating "RaymondRed27" as well. Hartmann hit a jack on the flop, then tripped up on the river to stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann de
Pascal "Päffchen" Hartmann
769,251 392,713
Braver16 de
Braver16
588,795 -633,811
RaymondRed27 nl
RaymondRed27
Busted

"FlaskeW" Busts in Cooler

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
"FlaskeW" Busts in Cooler
"FlaskeW" Busts in Cooler

"FlaskeW" three-bet over an early raise, and "motelli" shoved the big blind for 841,950. "FlaskeW" called with queens against jacks, but "motelli" flopped it on the {j-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{k-Clubs}{10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} board.

Player Chips Progress
motelli fi
motelli
985,153 147,528
FlaskeW dk
FlaskeW
Busted

"Dolleman12" Doubles to the Chip Lead

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 750 ante
Dolleman12 vs SolbergPro
Dolleman12 vs SolbergPro

"SolbergPro" raised to 18,000 from the middle position and the action folded to "Dolleman12" on the button who called and so did "Aleks Better" in the big blind.

The flop came [jqd7h], "Aleks Better" checked, "SolbergPro" bet 36,000 for only "Dolleman12" to make the call.

The turn was the {a-Clubs}, "SolbergPro" bet 54,000 for "Dolleman12" to raise to 108,000 which "SolbergPro" called.

The river completed the board with the {6-Hearts}, "SolbergPro" shoved for "Dolleman12" to make the call for the 461,260 they had behind. "Dolleman12" held the {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} for the flush to double up to the chip lead as "SolbergPro" held the {j-Spades}{10-Hearts} for the pair of jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Dolleman12 nl
Dolleman12
1,274,270
SolbergPro no
SolbergPro
94,435 -626,885

Spragg Loses All in Two Hands

Level 15 : 1,750/3,500, 450 ante
mmosna vs Spragg
mmosna vs Spragg

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg raised to 7,700 from the hijack and "dodi papa" three-bet shoved for 54,237 from the cutoff. The action folded back to Spragg who made the call.

"dodi papa": {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Ben "Spraggy" Spraggg: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran out {5-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for "dodi papa" to hit the runner-runner flush to double up.

A few hands later, "mmosna" raised from the small blind to put Spragg all-in who called for the 21,762 he had left.

Ben "Spraggy" Spragg: {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
"mmosna": {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{9-Spades} for "mmosna" to river the pair of nines to send the PokerStars ambassador to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Rasmus "Powergolf" Zerr dk
Rasmus "Powergolf" Zerr
563,906 83,305
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends nl
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends
376,736
mmosna br
mmosna
327,992
dodi papa hu
dodi papa
124,824
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg
Ben "Spraggy" Spragg
Busted

The EPT Champions Most Likely to Win a Second Title at EPT Online

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 375 ante
EPT Champions
EPT Champions

For the first time ever, poker players around the world will be able to compete in a prestigious European Poker Tour (EPT) Main Event from the comfort of their homes.

Yep. EPT Online runs from Nov. 8-18 at PokerStars, with 20 events of varying buy-ins ranging from $215-$25,000 (just like a regular EPT schedule), and $20 million guaranteed in prizes.

For years, many of us have watched the EPT Live streams from our desks or armchairs and dreamed of one day being able to compete, and maybe, just maybe, win a title.

All of the players in this article have already done it. They’re EPT champions, but only Victoria Coren-Mitchell and Mikalai Pobal have ever won two EPT Main Events.

With the $5,200 EPT Online 8-Max, No Limit Hold’em Main Event kicking off on 15 November, we wondered: which former EPT Main Event winners are most likely to claim another title this time around?

There are more likely candidates than you’d imagine.

Check out the full story over at the PokerStars Blog

"ritchstone" Takes D'Alterio Out

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 250 ante
ritchstone vs D'Alterio
ritchstone vs D'Alterio

"KirusRUS" raised to 4,400 from the middle position and was called by "ritchstone" in the late position. Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio three-bet to 18,000 from the button. The action folded back to "ritchstone" who made the call.

The flop came {7-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{4-Hearts}, "ritchstone" check-raised the 15,065 bet of D'Alterio to 45,377 who shoved for 163,857 which "ritchstone" called with the bigger stack.

"ritchstone": {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The rest of the board was completed with the {7-Hearts} on the turn and the {a-Clubs} on the river for "ritchstone" to bust D'Alterio with the full house.

Player Chips Progress
ritchstone gb
ritchstone
440,033
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Luigi "Il-Giuglia" D'Alterio
Busted

Quick Guide to PokerStars Home Games; It Takes Just Five Easy Steps!

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

There's never been a better time to find out how to set up a PokerStars Home Games than right now.

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PokerStars Home Games allow you to take the banter of your local home game onto the online felt, even allowing you to play with poker friends from all over the world.

Here is our quick and easy five-step guide to setting up a PokerStars Home Game of your own.