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7:25pm:
Level 13 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (2,000 ante)
7:25pm: A whole lot of 3-bets
Level 13 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (2,000 ante)
3-betting is the order of Level 13 - all the cool kids are doing it. Everywhere we look it's happening.
Sam Greenwood opens to 30,000, Dominik Nitsche 3-bets to 77,000, Greenwood folds.
Mark Radoja opens to 30,000, Jeff Rossiter 3-bets to 82,000, Radoja folds.
Paul-Francois Tedeschi opens to 26,000 Reiner Kempe makes it 81,000 to play, and Tedeschi gives it up.
All three of this took place on different tables. We've only got three tables left! --JS
7:15pm: Level 13 is a go
Level 13 - Blinds 6,000/12,000 (2,000 ante)
We're down to 26 players as we enter Level 13. --JS
7:00pm: Lebedev takes the chip lead
Level 12 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
We just caught the end of a huge pot between Sergey Lebedev and Orpen Kisacikoglu. The board read [th][ah][4h][5c][ks] and Kisacikoglu checked over to Lebedev (bear in mind there was around 427,000 already in the middle!). Lebedev put out a bet of 200,000 and Kisacikoglu had a long think. He'd eventually make the call, but mucked when Lebedev flipped over the [kh][3h] for the stone-nuts.
With that hand, Lebedev has taken a good chip lead with 960,000, while Kisacikoglu has 245,000 remaining. --JS
6:50pm: Players are back - except this lot
Level 12 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
We now have 29 players remaining. Adrian Mateos, Jean-Noel Thorel, Piotr Franczak, Rocco Palumbo, Scott Margereson, Georgios Sotiropoulos, Davidi Kitai, Alexandru Papazian, Dzmitry Urbanovich, Martin Jacobson, and Max Silver have all been eliminated. --JS
6:40pm: A few chip counts
Level 12 - Blinds 5,000/10,000 (1,000 ante)
Here are a few unofficial chips counts at the break:
Jason Wheeler 520,000
Daniel Dvoress 510,000
Sam Greenwood 430,000
Dominik Nitsche 400,000
Paul-Francois Tedeschi 375,000
Viacheslav Goryachev 344,000
Kevin MacPhee 288,000
6:30pm: Break time
Players are now on a 20 minute break. When we return the blinds will be 5,000/10,000 with a 1,000 ante. --JS
6:24pm: Nitsche wins big from Zisimopoulos, then doubles Sormunen
Level 11 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
The clock had been called on Georgios Zisimopoulos, as he was taking a heckuva long time to make a decision as to call Dominik Nitsche's all-in shove. The board was [qh][8h][4d][2h][8s], the bet was for 185,000 more and the pot was already huge, but with just 191,000 himself it would basically be for Zisimopoulos' tournament. As it ticked down to 5 seconds his hand hit the muck.
Nitsche scraped in the pot and now had 430,000. "I had ace queen, you had king queen," he said afterwards. Juding by Zisimopoulos's reaction, he may have been on the money.
The next hand Nitsche was right in the thick of the action again, opening and then calling a shove from Pasi Sormunen for 48,000. Nistche held [ad][5d] while it was [ks][qc] for the Finnish player, and a king on the flop secured him the double up.
Dominik Nitsche 375,000
Pasi Sormunen 108,000
Georgios Zisimopoulos 191,000 --JS
6:14pm: Habib busts to Lebedev
Level 11 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
Walid Bou Habib was all-in with [ah][kh] but would need to hit to beat Sergey Lebedev's [2h][2d]. The board ran out [5d][3d][js][8s][jc] and the deuces held, eliminating Habib, while giving Lebedev around 600,000. --JS
6:04pm: Prize pool and pay-outs
Level 11 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
The 89 entries in this event created a prize pool of €863,300, and 13 people will be paid. Here's a look at how the pay-outs breakdown:
1. €229,200
2. €159,280
3. €105,320
4. €82,450
5. €66,480
6. €51,800
7. €41,000
8. €31,940
9. €24,170
10. €18,560
11. €18,560
12. €17,270
13. €17,270
There are 37 players remaining. --JS
6:00pm: Level 11 underway
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000/8,000 (1,000 ante)
The blinds continue to go up, and many stacks are entering the danger zone. Don't go anywhere - we'll be back with knock-outs and the prize pool/pay-outs in just in a sec. --JS
5:50pm: Buddiga loses the race
Level 10 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Pratyush Buddiga had got it all-in with [qh][qd] against Orpen Kisacikoglu's [ah][ks], and the two were off to the races. Kisacikoglu has an interesting look today - a ski woolly hat and a scarf covering everything but his eyes. The board ran out [9c][as][5h][4c][2h] and that ace ended Buddiga's tournament. It was a pretty large pot, and Kisacikoglu now has more than 500,000. --JS
5:45pm: Kanit can't make it two in a row
Level 10 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
The enigmatic, entertaining, and effervescent Mustapha Kanit won't win two High Rollers in a row, as he has been eliminated from this event. Will we see him hop into the Main Event on Day 1B? --JS
5:40pm: Mercier eliminated - no chance to re-enter
Level 10 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
What an annoying time to bust your first bullet - right after entry is closed! Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier is gone and will have to find new plans for the day. --JS
5:30pm: Level 10 begins
Level 10 - Blinds 3,000/6,000 (1,000 ante)
Play has now entered Level 10 which means there are no more entries allowed. A total of 66 players entered this event, with 23 re-entering. As it stands 43 remain - we'll have the prize pool details as soon as they're announced. --JS
5:23pm: Greenwood doubles through Vogelsang
Level 9 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
Jean-Noel Thorel kicked off the action with an open to 12,000, before Sam Greenwood decided to shove for 98,000 on the button. Christoph Vogelsang looked interested, and thought for a little while before raising to 225,000. Thorel quickly got out of the way, and the cards were on their backs.
Sam Greenwood [7d][7s]
Christoph Vogelsang [ah][tc]
There was an ace in the window on the flop, but also a 7 - giving Greenwood a set. At the end, the board read [as][4d][7h][qd][ks] and Greenwood doubled up. He now has 124,000.
There are 45 players remaining. --JS
5:10pm: McDonald, Kurganov, Drinan, Chartier, Charania - all eliminated
Level 9 - Blinds 2,500/5,000 (500 ante)
There have been plenty of bust-outs since the players have returned for Level 9. Igor Kurganov, Connor Drinan, Sam Chartier, Mohsin Charania, and Mike McDonald have all been felted.
In Mike McDonald's case, it was by the hands of Davidi Kitai. McDonald had got all his chips in with [ac][5c] on the turn of the [4s][kd][2c][9c] board, and needed an ace, club or 3 to beat Kitai's [td][tc]. The river was the [9s] though and McDonald is outta here. Kitai now has 115,000.
52 players remain, with one more level before entry is closed. --JS
4:50pm: One last hand
While all other players had gone on their break, two remained. I went over to see what was going on and found Francois Billard and Sergey Lebedev playing a pot together which would stretch five minutes into their comfort time.
The board had already reached the river, showing [qh][td][jd] and Billard checked, before Lebedev put out a 36,000 bet into a 90,000 pot. Billard went deep into the tank - for so long that Ryan Reiss - who had hung back to watch his tablemates play - had a chance to do an interview and still come back in time to catch the end of the hand. Billard would eventually fold though, and now sits with 168,000, while Lebedev is up to around 205,000. --JS
4:46pm: Break time
Level 8 has concluded and players are on another 15-minute break. This will be the last chance for anyone to enter or re-enter, as that window will close with the start of Level 9. --MH
4:42pm: Mercier doubles through Kurganov
Level 8 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Jason Mercier was just now all in and at risk holding [Ad][Kc] versus Igor Kurganov's [Ac][Jd]. The [9h][Qd][9c][3c][Tc] board was okay for Mercier, and he doubles to about 180,000 while Kurganov slips to just over 85,000. --MH
4:37pm: Assorted chip counts
Level 8 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
They are about halfway through Level 8 -- almost four hours into the tournament -- and at the moment Daniel Dvoress looks like the leader as he's pushing up toward the 500,000-chip mark.
Here's a glimpse at how several of the stacks look at present, including all the big ones:
Daniel Dvoress - 475,000
Jason Wheeler - 390,000
Christoph Vogelsang - 328,000
Charlie Carrel - 318,000
Martin Jacobson - 353,000
Senh Ung - 290,000
Pratyush Buddiga - 244,000
Adrian Mateos - 220,000
Ryan Riess - 196,000
Jeffrey Rossiter - 186,000
Nick Petrangelo - 145,000
Sam Greenwood - 120,000
Igor Kurganov - 118,000
Rocco Palumbo - 107,000
Bryn Kenney - 105,000
Connor Drinan - 91,000
Mustapha Kanit - 88,000
Steve O'Dwyer - 82,000
Dominik Nitsche - 80,000
Max Silver - 75,000
Davidi Kitai - 73,000
David Peters - 60,000
Jason Mercier - 54,000
With about 15 minutes of late registering and re-entering to go, there are 89 total entries so far. --MH
4:35pm: Jacobson felts Watson, while Heath hits the rail again
Level 8 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Two more players have exited this event, one of whom has become our first to bust twice.
Ben Heath, who has now used both of his entries and can't re-enter, was putting on his backpack and making his way out of the tournament area while we were watching a hand between Martin Jacobson and Mike Watson.
Jacobson min-raised from UTG and it folded around to Watson in the big blind. He made the call the two saw the [4c][3c][td] flop, which Watson would check to the pre-flop raiser. Jacobson c-betted for 13,000, but Watson 3-bet shoved for around 40,000. Jacobson made the call with the [ts][qc] and was ahead with a pair of tens against Watson's [ac][8c]. The [8h] on the turn gave SirWatts some hope, but the [6s] river sealed his fate.
It's likely we'll see Mike Watson again in this event, but he only has one and a bit levels to re-enter. Meanwhile, Jacobson is storming up the counts with 350,000. --JS
4:22pm: Kanit's back in
Level 8 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
There may only be one Mustapha Kanit, but there are two Mustapha Kanit buy-ins in this event. The Italian High Roller champ is back in with 100,000. --JS
4:17pm: Zisimopoulos doubles through Silver
Level 8 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
Before Level 7 ended, Georgios Zisimopoulos found a double up when he shoved from the small blind into Max Silver's bb. It was only for 26,300, so Silver made the call with [8h][6h], in bad shape against Zisimopoulos' [th][8d]. It would get worse for Silver on the flop as Zisimopoulos flopped the nut straight. The board ran out [9c][jh][7s][as][kh] and Zisimopoulos is up to 54,000, while Silver is in trouble with 33,500. --JS
4:16pm: Level 8 begins
Level 8 - Blinds 2,000/4,000 (500 ante)
They're up to Level 8 now, the last full level before late registration and the ability to re-enter ends. --MH
4:12pm: Gieles felts Kanit
Level 7 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
We're trying to keep our cool and not get too excited around here whenever someone loses an all-in. Not yet, anyway. With late registration and the ability to re-enter available through the start of Level 9, nothing is final, really... unless, of course, a player busts for a second time, which is something we haven't seen happen yet.
Case in point, just now we were reporting how Steve O'Dwyer had responded to being knocked out once by re-entering and knocking out Luuk Gieles. Well, Gieles then performed a similar feat, immediately buying back in and then felting yesterday's €25K High Roller champ, Mustapha Kanit.
Following an open from the button, Kanit had shoved for about 58,000 from the small blind, and Gieles reshoved from the big to isolate. Kanit had [As][8d] and Gieles [9s][9d]. The [7d][4h][6d][8h][5h] put a straight on the board, but Gieles was able to make a better one and Kanit was out... but likely not for long.
Gieles is at 145,000 now. --MH
3:58pm: O'Dwyer felts Gieles
Level 7 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Steve O'Dwyer was nursing a short stack up through the last level when he finally busted and then re-entered. Shortly after that, he was the one felting another in a hand versus Luuk Gieles.
Gieles had open-pushed his last 38,000 from early position and O'Dwyer called from late, with the blinds stepping aside. Gieles showed [Ac][3c] while O'Dwyer had picked up [Ah][Ad]. The board ran out [2s][3d][4c][7c][6h], and Gieles moved to the rail.
On his second try, O'Dwyer has 142,000 now. --MH
3:48pm: Seeking more silver spades
Level 7 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
They're up to Level 7, and as it happens there are now 77 total entries in the event. Which will be the lucky one?
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3:43pm: Seeking more silver spades
Level 6 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
"You guys play the Main yet?"
So asked Dominik Nitsche, one of the late arrivers for this event. Most at the table had, but Nitsche said he hasn't as yet. At that revelation, Bryn Kenney -- another of the latecomers -- had a ready rejoinder.
"Sick brag, bro."
The table laughed, as they all knew along with Kenney why it was Nitsche has yet to play the EPT Dublin Main Event. The German was otherwise occupied during yesterday's first Day 1 flight, busy winning the €2K UKIPT High Roller where he topped a 416-entry field to earn a cool €156,160.
Speaking of players who collected silver spades a day ago, another one has also now joined the €10K SDHR field -- Mustapha Kanit, winner of the EPT Dublin €25K High Roller. --MH
3:27pm: Kempe snares Neuville's stack
Level 6 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
In a battle of the blinds, Pierre Neuville found himself all in and at risk with [Kd][2s] versus Rainer Kempe's [3d][3c].
The [7c][2c][Jh] flop gave Neuville one pair, but the [8s] turn and [9h] river provided no further improvement and he was felted. Kempe has about 120,000 at present. --MH
3:18pm: Level 6 begins
Level 6 - Blinds 1,200/2,400 (300 ante)
As Level 6 begins the big board shows 67 total entries, with 57 players in action. --MH
3:16pm: Vogelsang stacks Silver
Level 5 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Christoph Vogelsang opened for 4,800 from under the gun and Nicholas Palma called from the next seat over. It folded around to Max Silver in the big blind who then reraise-shoved for 42,000 total.
Vogelsang paused about a half-minute, studying Silver's bet and the counting through his own chips. Finally he reraised all in over the top, and Palma quickly folded.
Silver: [Ts][Td]
Vogelsang: [Ad][Ah]
Silver immediately stood from his seat at the sight of Vogelsang's rockets, and five cards later -- [Js][8h][7c][3s][Kd] -- he departed. Vogelsang now has about 290,000, while Silver is already re-entering to try and take a second crack. --MH
3:05pm: Jacks hold for Luca
Level 5 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Following a Martin Jacobson open from the button, Ivan Luca reraised all in from the big blind for 12,900 and after thinking for a short while the 2014 World Series of Poker Main Event champion called.
Jacobson showed [Ac][Qc] while Luca had [Jc][Jd]. The board came [Ks][4s][Kc][8s][8h] -- safe for Luca who doubled to just under 30,000. Meanwhile Jacobson slips to about 75,000. --MH
2:59pm: Surveying the big stacks
Level 5 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
A quick survey of the tables seeking the biggest stacks reveals that Senh Ung -- one of the players who has re-entered -- looks to have the most chips at present. An unofficial top five:
Senh Ung - 310,000
Daniel Dvoress - 290,000
Jeff Rossiter - 220,000
Nicholas Palma - 215,000
Christoph Vogelsang - 215,000
2:48pm: Level 5 begins
Level 5 - Blinds 1,000/2,000 (300 ante)
Players are back and cards are in the air once again. Now the total number of entries is up to 61, with late registration continuing to stay open through the start of Level 9.
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2:33pm: Break time
Players are now taking their first 15-minute break of the day. --MH
2:23pm: Field increases, becomes increasingly tough
Level 4 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
Some more latecomers to tell you about -- Steve O'Dwyer, Martin Jacobson, Igor Kurganov, Sam Greenwood, Ivan Luca, and Jared Jaffee are further helping fill out a stellar field in this one.
Right now there are 58 total entries with 50 players sitting behind stacks. --MH
2:11pm: Serving treys
Level 4 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
With the board showing [3h][3c][9d][9c][3d] and a small pot having developed, Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier made bet from the small blind with the full house on the board and Georgios Zisimopoulos couldn't resist calling from the button.
Mercier then showed [Qc][3s] for quads and Zisimopoulos mucked. Mercier is at about 118,000 right now while Zisimopoulos sits with just over 160,000. --MH
2:01pm: Level 4 begins
Level 4 - Blinds 800/1,600 (200 ante)
Another half-hour level has started. After this one, players will be taking their first 15-minute break of the day. --MH
1:53pm: More KOs, Dvoress chips up
Level 3 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
We just saw Daniel Dvoress claiming the last of Sam Chartier's stack to send the latter to the rail. Dvoress has about 245,000 now. Ben Heath was also standing with his backpack, having likewise lost the last of his starting stack.
The big board is showing 54 total entries to this point, with 48 players in action. --MH
1:42pm: Lebedev knocked out
Level 3 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
Sergey Lebedev has become the third player stacked so far after a confrontation with Georgios Zisimopoulos near the beginning of the day's third level.
Lebedev was all in and at risk with [9c][9s] versus Zisimopoulos's [Ah][Kh], but the [3c][7s][Qh][7c][Kd] board had brought a better pair to Zisimopoulos, and Lebedev is out. Like the others felted early, he can re-enter up until the start of Level 9.
Zisimopoulos is up to 175,000 now. --MH
1:31pm: Level 3 begins
Level 3 - Blinds 600/1,200 (200 ante)
They continue on into Level 3 without a break, with 40 total entries so far. --MH
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1:27pm: Gieles grabs from Neuville
Level 2 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
We arrived on the river to see a provocative-looking board-and-hands combination in a hand between Luuk Gieles and Pierre Neuville.
The board read [8h][Ks][8c][Ad][4s], and Neuville's [Jc][8d] meant he'd flopped trips. But Gieles's [Ac][Ah] meant he'd turned a full house, and the Dutchman profited well by doing so, earning a big pot off of the Belgian.
Gieles is up around 215,000 now while Neuville slips back to 70,000. --MH
1:20pm: Bleiker bounced
Level 2 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
Felix Bleiker has followed Senh Ung to the rail as the second knockout of the day after losing his stack to Kevin MacPhee in a set-over-set situation. --MH
1:17pm: Ung felted; Kempe, Adams on the rise
Level 2 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
The day's first knockout has already occurred here in the middle of Level 2.
A preflop raising war between Senh Ung and Rainer Kempe saw Ung all in and at risk with ace-king versus Kempe's pocket nines. The nines held, Ung is out (perhaps to re-enter), and Kempe is now sitting with about 200,000 or twice the starting stack.
Meanwhile Timothy Adams took a decent-sized pot off of Charlie Carrel a short while ago, and he sits with about 160,000 in the early going. --MH
1:01pm: Level 2 begins
Level 2 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
It's a new level already, but there's no increase in either the blinds or antes. --MH
12:53pm: All-ins aplenty
Level 1 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
We've already seen a couple all-ins even in the first level of the tournament.
In one instance, Mike McDonald raise-shoved over a river bet by Orpen Kisacikoglu to claim a decent-sized pot. McDonald is up around 130,000 at present.
Meanwhile on the next table over, Christoph Vogelsang and Nicholas Palma got it all in on only to discover both had been dealt pocket kings. The board provided no four-flushes, and the pair chopped the pot. --MH
12:46pm: More arrivals
Level 1 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
The empty seats are starting to fill and a fifth table has been opened as more than 30 players are in action now. Adrian Mateos, Jeffrey Rossiter, and Anthony Zinno are among the latest to claim seats. --MH
12:39pm: The usual suspects
Level 1 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
A couple of minutes into today's event and the big board is showing 19 players registered so far, with 17 of them in their seats and playing short-handed at four tables. Late registration is open until the start of Level 9.
At one table is Mike McDonald, Daniel Dvoress, Kyle Frey, and Demetrio Barreca. At another we find Sergey Lebedev, David Peters, Ryan Riess, Senh Ung, and Fernando Brito.
Nearby at a third table are seated Pierre Neuville, Christoph Vogelsang, Laui Varonen, and Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier. And at the fourth we find Timothy Adams, Pratyush Buddiga, Ben Heath, and Charlie Carrel. --MH
12:31pm: Shuffle up and deal!
Level 1 - Blinds 500/1,000 (100 ante)
The first hands of the €10K Single-Day High Roller are being dealt. Play is eight-handed and players are starting with deep stacks 100,000 chips, but the blinds and antes will start increasing soon thanks to the short 30-minute levels. Also, players can re-enter once, which ought to inspire even more action from the start. --MH
12:00pm: €10K Single-Day High Roller starting soon
Welcome back to the Royal Dublin Society where among today's busy schedule the €10K Single-Day High Roller will be playing out starting at 12:30pm. With half-hour levels the pace promises to be a quick one, and many of poker's biggest names are expected to take part today.
Back soon for the beginning... and the middle... and the end, as we bring you start-to-finish coverage of the "SDHR"! --MH
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