Level: 7
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
2022 PokerStars EPT London
£50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2022 PokerStars EPT London
Buy-in
£50,000
Prize Pool
£1,891,890
Entries
39
Level
20
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Entries
30
Players Left
16
Bedell Pips Bujtas
Level 7
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Laszlo Bujtas raised to 9,000 in early position and was called by Tom-Aksel Bedell from a couple of seats over. The rest of the table folded and the dealer spread the flop of 
.
Both players checked and the 
landed on the turn. Bujtas led out with a bet of 12,000 this time and Bedell called to see the 
on the river.
Bujtas fired out another bet of 35,000 this time and Bedell used one of his time banks before making the call. Bujtas tabled 
for top pair but Bedell had 
for the better kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
231,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
Heath Bounces Volkmann
Level 7
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Ben Heath raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Sam Greenwood called from the button before Bruno Volkmann three-bet to 45,000 from the big blind. Heath responded with a four-bet to 100,000 and Greenwood got out of the way before Volkmann shoved for just under 200,000. Heath called quickly and the cards were turned up.
Bruno Volkmann: 
Ben Heath: 
The board ran out 
and Heath made a set of eights on the flop to send Volkmann to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,010,000
355,000
|
355,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Derwiche Felt It Coming
Level 7
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Philip Sternheimer opened to 9,000 in the cutoff and Pedro Garagnani called from the small blind. Imad Derwiche three-bet shoved all in for 156,000 from the big blind and Sternheimer looked him up.
Imad Derwiche: 
Philip Sternheimer: 
"Good job, buddy," Derwiche pre-congratulated Sternheimer. Derwiche rose from his seat to video the runout of 
, giving Sternheimer the best hand with the ace on the river.
"Bah, bah, bah. Thank you guys," Derwiche said as he headed for the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
560,000
159,000
|
159,000 |
|
Busted |
Dvoress Jams Into Mateos
Level 7
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu opened to 9,000 from under the gun and was called by Daniel Dvoress in the cutoff. Philip Sternheimer also came along on the button and Adrian Mateos stuck in a three-bet from the small blind. The action folded back to Dvoress who four-bet ripped all in. Sterneheimer folded but Mateos snapped it off.
Daniel Dvoress: 
Adrian Mateos: 
The board ran out 
and the pair of fives was not enough for Dvoress to overtake Mateos. The stacks were counted and Dvoress was the player at risk for 348,000 with Mateos having him covered by exactly 1,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
414,000
|
414,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Vieira Trending in the Wrong Direction
Level 7
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Sam Grafton raised to 8,000 from under the gun and was called by Henrik Hecklen on his left. Joao Vieira three-bet to 20,000 in the cutoff and the action folded all the way back to Hecklen who called.
The flop came 
and both players checked to the 
on the turn. Hecklen led out with a bet of 26,000 on the turn and Vieira was forced to lay his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
903,000
478,000
|
478,000 |
|
494,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
|
||
|
405,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
376,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
|
76,000
-519,000
|
-519,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Bujtas Pressures Greenwood
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Action was heads up with 24,000 in the pot and 
on the board when Sam Greenwood bet 28,000 from the big blind. Laszlo Bujtas raised to 52,000 from the next seat over and Greenwood called.
The turn was and Greenwood checked. Bujtas slid out a stack of green T-25,000 chips that looked to be around 250,000. Greenwood glanced down at his stack and folded without much hesitation.
Greenwood is trending downwards after a good start to the day while Bujtas has chipped up in recent levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
437,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
105,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Short Stacks Fight It Out
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Punnat Punsri raised to 9,000 in the cutoff and Sam Greenwood defended from the big blind. The flop came 
and Greenwood checked to Punsri who continued with a bet of 7,000. Greenwood check-raised to 18,000 and Punsri called.
The turn was the and both players checked to the 
on the river. Greenwood counted out a bet of 66,000 this time and Punsri went into the tank for a minute before pushing his cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
140,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
104,000
-109,000
|
-109,000 |
Two More Re-Entries
Level 8
: Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
250,000
-11,000
|
-11,000 |