James Hartigan of the EPT Live Team has recently tweeted the following:
Revised start time for #EPTLive = 14:30 CET. I’m told we’ve only missed the first few hands. No major action. Once again, our apologies.May 12 2013Follow
We apologize for any inconveniences, but apparently we will miss the first few hands of play.
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
We've missed the first nine hands, and the end of Level 25 due to technical difficulties, but the stream is now live and it's time to crown a champion.
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier raised from the button to 80,000 with 
and Andrew Pantling three-bet from the small blind to 250,000. Pantling had 
and picked up the pot after Mercier folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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4,290,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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760,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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Andrew Pantling opened to 88,000 from the cutoff with 
, Daniel Negreanu defended from the big blind with 
, and the flop fell 
. Negreanu checked, Pantling continued for over 100,000, and Negreanu called.
The turn was the , Negreanu checked again, and Pantling fired another 290,000. Negreanu check-raised, making it 620,000, and Pantling tank-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,800,000
490,000
|
490,000 |
|
2,000,000
419,000
|
419,000 |
|
||
Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden raised under the gun to 80,000 with and Steve O'Dwyer called from the button with 
. Noah Schwartz raised all in from the big blind for 748,000 and both his opponents folded. Schwartz had 
and was well ahead of both of his opponents.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,370,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
||
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1,320,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
||
|
900,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
Andrew Pantling opened to 88,000 from early position, and Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 234,000 with 
on the button. The action folded back to Pantling, who called, and the flop fell . The two checked.
The turn was the 
, the two checked again, and the 
completed the board, giving Kid Poker Broadway. Pantling checked a third time, Negreanu bet out 384,0000, and Pantling made the call with just ace-high.
Negreanu opened up the winner, and raked in the pot, bumping his stack to 3.6 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
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3,600,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
||
|
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3,000,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
1,580,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
|
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1,400,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
940,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
835,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
615,000
171,000
|
171,000 |
Andrew Pantling opened to 83,000 with , Grant Levy three-bet to 205,000 on his direct left with , and the action folded back to Pantling, who called.
The flop fell 
, Pantling checked, and Levy moved all in for 400,000. Pantling snap-called.
The turn and river came , respectively, eliminating Levy in eight place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,700,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
Busted |
