EPT Online 14: $215 NLHE [EPT Online Cup] Day 1 | 2020 PokerStars EPT Online

11-15-2020 00:32 UTC

Hartmann Takes a Stack with a Triple

Lyle Bateman

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,250 ante

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	769,251 392,713	392,713
Braver16	588,795 -633,811	-633,811
RaymondRed27	Busted

11-15-2020 01:11 UTC

"Vivaoo" Chips Up

Lyle Bateman

Level 23 : 7,000/14,000, 1,750 ante

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 and they checked through the 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	911,065
Dorian "harddecision" Rios	898,666 -77,105	-77,105

11-15-2020 01:42 UTC

"BossKC191" Takes a Stack

Lyle Bateman

Level 25 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

"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' :
"BossKC191":

Board:

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

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

11-15-2020 02:27 UTC

"Harn1" Leads at End of Day 1

Lyle Bateman

Level 25 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

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.

Place	Player	Country	Chips
1	Harn1	United Kingdom	4,064,369
2	kosilkO	Belarus	3,268,591
3	Roman "Roma-Tilt" Korenev	Russian Federation	2,623,637
4	Matheus "mpZancan" Zancan	Brazil	2,555,546
5	gytav420	United Kingdom	2,442,732
6	DrunkSp3wer	Malta	2,327,689
7	DeM!st3r	Germany	2,135,043
8	acapulcoo	Poland	2,114,438
9	Biocid	Sweden	2,109,499
10	MrSwingKK	United Kingdom	2,062,558

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.