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5:35pm: Break time!
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
It's time for a 20-minute breather. -- HS
5:30pm: Banic takes lead into the break
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Michel Abecassis fell to Ivan Banic just before the break to solidify his status as tournament chip leader.
Abecassis moved all in from the small blind for 24,100 and Banic called from the big blind with [kd][7c]. Abecassis opened [js][qd] but the [2c][9s][8s][kc][9d] failed to come to his rescue.
Top three stacks at the break:
Ivan Banic - 460,000
Anthony Zinno - 410,000
Adrien Allain - 320,000 -- MC
5:28pm: An EPT at Bernies'
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
This table might be full of esteemed stars like Team PokerStars Pros Liv Boeree and Luca Pagano, as well as all-round sicko Charlie Carrel and EPT Grand Final champ Adrian Mateos, but right now Day 1A chip leader Gilles Bernies has way more than any of them.
We've seen him win plenty of pots today, and often without showdown. In one hand just now against Mateos, he check-raised Mateos' 9,000 bet to 21,000 with the board showing [5s][ah][6c][4s]. He took it down and added to his stack, which now contains 210,000.
"Show one! I just want to see one, one time!" said Nicholas Palma. Bernies clearly has all the players intrigued. --JS
5:25pm: Killeen lives to fight another day
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
"Time on table 16" was the cry from the dealer so I scuttled over to see what was going on. Turns out Jiachen Gong had set Kevin Killeen all in for his final 30,000 on the turn of a [4h][4s][Jh][6c] board.
While Killeen was thinking Kitty Kuo was kind enough to fill me in on the betting action. Pre-flop Gong had raised and Killeen had called in position. On the flop Gong had check-raised Killeen and then set him in on the turn.
There was no need for a countdown though as Killeen mucked his hand. --NW
5:22pm: Please accept my deepest tanks
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Kind of an interesting one to share involving Ofer Zvi Stern and David Vamplew. The story involves tanking, by the way.
Stern opened for 3,500 from early position, Vamplew called from the next seat, and the big blind came along as well. All checked the [Qc][Th][Ts] flop and when Stern bet 5,000 on the [9c] turn only Vamplew called. All of that took less than a minute.
The river brought the [8c] and a relatively quick bet of 10,500 from Stern. Vamplew then made it 29,000.
Roll in the tank.
Stern took a few minutes deciding how to respond to Vamplew's raise, starting out deep within his hood and eventually coming out of it to examine Vamplew's stack, chat him up a bit, then count out and grab up calling chips.
In agony (it seemed), Stern held the chips up to his eye for a while, as though trying to see the answer within them. He then began holding them out before him a couple of times -- a gesture one player afterwards suggested should have bound him to a call -- and as he did one of the chips actually fell from his hand over the betting line.
At that Stern gave in, letting gravity determine his decision, and spilled the other chips along with it while saying he had actually wanted to fold. He knew it was a call, and there was kind of a collective exhale all around when Stern showed [Kd][Jc], Vamplew [Kh][Jd], and as both had king-high straights they chopped the pot.
The floor was called over afterwards to answer a theoretical -- would it be a call if someone held chips out as Stern did? The floor said there'd be a warning to the player to stop doing so, and that depending on the situation a player could potentially be so bound.
Stern has 155,000 at present and Vamplew 115,000. And the table has a topic to discuss for another hand or three. --MH
5:20pm: Ruzzi on a roll
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Yang Zhang opened for 3,600 on the button, getting callers from Matias Ruzzi in the small blind and Adrian Buckley, who wears a kind of comic strip hoodie, in the big.
The flop came [9s][7h][2c]. The blinds checked to Zhang who didn't realise for a minute. When he did he bet 5,000, which both Ruzzi and Buckley called.
The turn came [5s]. This was checked all round for a [qs] river card. Ruzzi checked to Buckley who bet 17,000. That forced a fold from Zhang. Ruzzi paused, then called.
[td][8s] and a busted straight draw for Buckley, [as][qc] and top pair for Ruzzi, who moves up to 175,000. Zhang and Buckley drop to 52,000 and 37,000 respectively. - SB
5:18pm: Queens for an EPT Queen
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Former EPT Sanremo champion Liv Boeree has got back to a six-figure stack after winning a battle of the blinds versus another player who has an EPT title, Adrian Mateos.
The action folded around to the Team PokerStars Pro in the small blind and she put in a raise. Mateos called to a [kd][4s][5h] flop where he raised Boeree's 4,300 continuation-bet up to 12,000. Boeree tanked for several minutes before electing to call. No more chips found their way into the middle as the [4h][6c] turn and river were checked through.
Boeree opened [qs][qd] and moved up to 102,000 after Mateos mucked, dropping to 66,000. -- MC
5:16pm: Another raft of eliminations
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
About 189 players remain in this event as the bust-outs continue. The latest to fall are the following: Toby Joyce, Jamie O'Connor, Vincent Lahalle, Slaven Popov, Rafael Porzecanski, Aurelie Quelain, Idris Ambraisse, Kyle Frey, Joel Micka, Mahmood Rasheed, Kamram Aliyev, Francois Billard, Jeff Gross, Bart Verbanck, Victor Begara, Johannes de Vries, Sandrine Zeitoun, Czeslaw Szerszen, Walter Treccarichi, Ronan Gilligan, Steven van Zadelhoff, Olof Haglund, Guillaume Diaz, Tomas Geleziunas, Oliver Morelato, Ross Loggie, Bruno Lima, Ilan Hannich, Fuad Serhan, Guy Tomaselli, Thomas Miller.
By this time tomorrow, we'll be deep in the money. Only 87 players get paid. -- HS
5:15pm: The look of Moorman
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
You know how you can just feel when someone is looking at you? Well we can just feel when Chris Moorman is looking to four-bet.
On a flop of [4h][2h][3s] and with 16,500 already in the middle, Moorman led for an even 10,000 into garishly-hoodied US player Adrian Buckley. Buckley is clearly a brave man as he opted to three-bet Moorman - a min-raise to 20,000.
And here's where we just sensed it. It took a few minutes, but there it was. A four-bet to 45,000.
Moorman took it down, and is now sitting with 172,500. --JS
5:10pm: Welcome to the Emerald Isle for the Red Dragon
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
We don't see Raiden Kan very often in Europe, but he is one of Macau's best known tournament players and a legend on the APPT. The vast majority of his near $900,000 tournament winnings have come on that tour.
Kan is over here in Dublin this week, however, and has about 230,000 chips in the Main Event today. He has come 15th, 11th and 15th in the three side events he has played to date, so is clearly in the zone. -- HS
5:07pm: Dzmitry Doublanovich
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Moments after that hand with Elky (see below), Urbanovich found himself in a big preflop all-in confrontation with Aurelie Quelain who is sitting between those two.
Quelain had picked up [Ad][Kc], but unfortunately for her Urbanovich had woken up with [Ah][Ac], and after a [Kh][4h][7s][7h][Qh] the Polish pro had suddenly doubled back to about 100,000 even. Meanwhile Quelain falls to less than 10,000. --MH
5:05pm: T-(turn) Rex
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Artem Litvinov, in his first appearance on the EPT for some time, opened for 3,400 under the gun. Next to him was Jarrod Rex who called, as did Ivan Deyra in the big blind. The saw a flop: [4s][ah][ac].
Deyra checked to Litvinov who bet 5,800. Rex called while Deyra got out of their way before the [6h] turn. Litvinov, playing a stack of around 90,000, checked this time. Rex, playing about the same, bet 12,500.
Litvinov didn't fold immediately, but instead looked at his cards once more before pausing in thought for a minute. But he'd play no further part.
Rex up to around 100,000. - SB
5:03: Petersen is jack the lad
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Team Online's Mickey Petersen won a hand versus Tudor Purice to see his stack rise to 140,000.
He opened from under the gun and picked up two callers including Purice in the big blind. The flop fanned [td][8h][2d] and Petersen continued for 5,500. Only Purice check-called before both checked the [qd] turn. The board completed with the [4d] and Petersen opened [jd][jh] for a flush after his 10,000 bet was called. Purice mucked and his stack dropped to 100,600. -- MC
5:01pm: 2014 WSOP Main Event champion doubles up
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
I arrived at the table to see the hand already over but the facts were laid bare for all to see. Martin Jacobson had been all in and at risk for 51,600 with pocket queens and Sven Magirius had tried to send him home with [Ad][Kc]. Magirius failed. The board ran [4h][2s][4s][Ts][Qc] board. -NW
Sven Magirius, 125,000
Martin Jacobson, 107,200
5pm: ElkY and Dzmitry wowing the crowd
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened for 3,500 from the button and earned a couple of callers in Aurelie Quelain (small blind) and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier (big blind).
The flop fell [6s][2c][3d], and it checked to Urbanovich who continued for 5,500 and only ElkY stuck around. Both players then checked the [Ad] turn.
The river brought the [Kc] and ElkY checked. Urbanovich took a few seconds, then pushed out a bet of 7,200. The Team PokerStars Pro thought a short while, then removed the green alien figure sitting atop his chips, dug out enough to call, and set them forward.
Urbanovich tabled [8d][5d] -- he'd flopped a gutshot and turned a flush draw, but neither had come. Then ElkY showed his hand -- [7d][2d].
"Wow!" said Or Hadad, sitting to Grospellier's left.
"Wow," he added. Then one more time: "Wow."
ElkY's fifth pair was good, and he's now at about 101,000 while Urbanovich has roughly half that with right at 50,000. --MH
4:55pm: O'Dwyer climbing higher
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Brazil's Joao Baumgarten opened to 3,500 on the button - a particularly scary proposition considering the man in the big blind is none other than Steve O'Dwyer.
It folded to O'Dwyer and he made the call, taking us to the [2s][5d][qh] flop, which he'd then check. Baumgarten continued for 4,000 but O'Dwyer went nowhere, so the dealer burned and turned the [ac]. Both checked, and the river was the [9c]. Now O'Dwyer took the aggressive route - as he so often does - with a bet of 4,800, which was enough to take it down.
The next hand saw O'Dwyer pick up a tiny blind vs blind pot against Scott Margereson, so O'Dwyer is now up to 120,000, while Baumgarten has 136,000. --JS
4:54pm: Kamatakis the newest Twitch star?
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
PokerStars qualifier Iliodoros Kamatakis' first ever recorded cash was way back on Season 4 of the EPT, where finished 19th in the Main Event for €12,650. He's been a regular on the tour ever since then and is also a regular grinder of the high stakes tournaments on PokerStars.
He's cashed in five different events during this season alone, including a career high score of €180,890 for a fifth place finish in the €10k High Roller at EPT Prague. Those results have helped get his career winnings up to $625,961. He's looking good to add to that total as well as he's increased his stack to 170,000 today.
The man from Greece has a big persona as well so it's no surprise to see him start broadcasting his game on Twitch. He streams while playing on PokerStars under the handle "ILIOS72", so go check him out for some top-level poker and maybe some Greek humour. -- MC
4:50pm: Things tipping Zinno and Petrangelo's way
Level 12 - Blinds: 800-1,600 (200 ante)
We've checked all sides of Table 11 and can confirm it is not tilted in any way. That said, the chips do seem to be sliding down to the end where Anthony Zinno and Nick Petrangelo are sitting side by side.
Petrangelo just picked up another pot after rivering a flush and earning a few chips off of Adrian Attenborough. He's up to 168,000 here in the first part of Level 12.
Meanwhile Zinno is now sitting behind 285,000, one of the bigger stacks in the room at present with 207 players remaining. --MH
4:45pm: Kisacikoglu goes head to Akenhead
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Orpen Kisacikoglu is back in the Main Event action today after taking a break for €10,300 Single-Day High Roller yesterday, and he's sporting the same funky look he had then: a woolly ski bobble hat, and a thin scarf covering all but his eyes.
We just found him in a pot with James Akenhead, who'd opened to 3,400. Kisacikoglu then three-bet to 8,000 and it folded around to Felipe Ramos in the big blind. He clearly had a tough decision on his hands - with 24,000 in play, would he choose this time to make a move?
He eventually opted to give it up, and Akenhead made the call. The two saw the [7s][qs][ad] flop and Akenhead checked, allowing Kisacikoglu to continue for 6,500.
Akenhead didn't take long to call and chucked in calling chips. To the river we went - the [th]. Akenhead checked again, and Kisacikoglu bet 15,000 which would be enough to scoop the lot. He's up to 87,000, while Akenhead is still looking strong with 122,000. --JS
4:35pm: Deuces are good
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Jelcides Monteiro opened from under the gun for 3,500. Nick Petrangelo was on the button and called for a flop of [th][9c][6h], which both players checked.
On the [ts] turn Monteiro bet 3,000. Petrangelo paused and then went for his chips, raising to 8,800 which Monteiro called. That was the end of the betting, with the [4c] checked both ways. Monteiro turned over [as][jh] but Petrangelo's [2s][2h] was good.
Monteiro down to 122,000 while Petrangelo moves up to 165,000. - SB
4:30pm: Cody too slick for Wang
Level 12 - Blinds 800-1,600 (200 ante)
Jake Cody is up to around 115,000 after doubling up through Michael Wang. The action was started by Jonathan Concepcion and he raised from under-the-gun. The Team PokerStars Pro three-bet to 10,600, Wang four-bet to 24,000, Concepcion folded, Cody moved all in for 54,200 and Wang called.
Cody: [As][Kh]
Wang: [Jc][Jd]
It was a classic race and it was one Cody won as the board ran [Tc][Ks][2h][7h][Ah]. -NW
Jake Cody, 115,000
Michael Wang, 60,400
4:25pm: Serhan the gent
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Good grace at the point of elimination is not exactly in the job description of a high stakes poker player, but it seldom goes unnoticed when it happens.
Fuad Serhan has been playing the EPT for several years now, cashing as recently as Prague last December. Back then he'd been eliminated from the Main Event, departing with a kindness towards the victor and the rest of his table that struck me as unusual.
Well, he just did the same again when his pocket nines were undone by his opponent's ace on the turn. And while he might have been inwardly annoyed his Main Event campaign was over prematurely, that was still no reason for anything other than good natured encouragement to people who were no doubt secretly glad another player had busted before them.
Like we said, it's not much, and you can get along just fine in this game without it. But everyone likes a good sport. Serhan is one of them. - SB
4:20: Great timing for Ruzzi
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Of course it helps getting big hands in poker, but what really helps is getting one at the same time as someone else.
That's what happened over on table 15 as after a raise to 2,700 from the hijack, Chris Moorman raised to 6,500 from the cutoff, Tomas Geleziunas then four-bet to 13,100 from the button but the action didn't stop there.
Matias Ruzzi was in the big blind and he studied the table before moving all-in for 50,700. There followed two folds but Geleziunas had less than Ruzzi and he committed the rest of his chips.
Ruzzi: [Kc][Kd]
Geleziunas: [As][Ks]
The Lithuanian had one over card to hit but he didn't get there on the [5c][6d][4d][6h][Kh] board. --NW
4:10pm: Treys for Thiago
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Thiago Crema De Macedo's shoulders slumped a little. A non-verbal indicator of disappointment, a common occurrence at the poker table that is easily readable to all.
Such tells are easier to decipher, of course, once all the decisions in a hand have been made. That was the case here as De Macedo had already pushed all in for about 16,000 from the button and watched Oliver Morelato call all in for almost that much from the next seat over.
The shoulder-slumping came after De Macedo showed his [3c][3h] and Morelato [Kc][Kh]. Then came the flop -- [8d][Td][3s]! -- and now it was Morelato exhibiting those non-verbal signs of disappointment. He stood and began collecting his things as the [8c] turn and [9h] sealed his fate, only pausing for a recheck of the stacks to ensure that indeed he was eliminated.
De Macedo is still in with about 32,000. And sitting upright. --MH
4:05pm: Poker - a game the whole family can enjoy
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
This is pretty rare to find on Day 2 of an EPT Main Event: an eight-handed family pot!
Nikolaus Teichert opened to 2,500 under-the-gun and Fernando Brito called. Then Paul-Francois Tedeschi called. Then Edouard Mignot called. Then Guy Goossens called. Then Richard Dubini called on the button. Then Christopher George called from the small blind. And finally, Mazin Khoury called from the big blind.
That makes eight to us! It was a full-on family affair to the flop, which was the [6s][4s][ad]. We had nine checks and saw the [9h] on the turn. Teichert checked and then we had a little action - a bet of 2,000 from Brito. Tedeschi gave it up, but Mignot called. It folded around to Khoury who called, and Teichert gave it up.
The river was the [6c], pairing the board. Brito checked and Mignot checked behind. Surprisingly we had two big hands - [kh][kd] for Brito and [jh][jd] for Mignot. Brito scooped the pot and is now up to 95,000 - but with those hands, how did we manage to see a eight-handed flop!
I guess you can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family pots. --JS
4:05pm: Boeree bounces Bruno
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Bruno Kawauti open-pushed his last 14,900 from early position and it folded around to Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree in late position. Boeree got a look at the amount of the push and made the call, and everyone else stepped aside.
Kawauti tabled [Jh][Jd] but had run into Boeree's [Ah][Ac]. The board came [Kd][Tc][9h] to give Kawauti a gutshot straight draw, but the turn was the [9s] and river the [7d] and the Brazilian is out.
Boeree is up to 92,000 after collecting that pot. --MH
4pm: Everybody wants that man, Stephen Malone
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Last night's leader Francisco De Oliveira just lost a pot that at the same time put his opponent Stephen Malone back on course to be among the leaders, and the target for everyone.
De Oliveira opened for 2,700 from middle position, which Malone called from the big blind for a flop of [4d][2d][as]. De Oliveira bet again, making it 3,000 which Malone called for a [7s] turn card.
The pattern continued, with De Oliveira betting another 7,000 which again, Malone called. The river was the [8c]. De Oliveira checked and Malone did the same by simply turning over his [ac][jc].
De Oliveira drops slightly to around 180,000, while Malone is now back up to a stack of 210,000. - SB
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3:55pm: Just keep falling
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
It is a non-stop procession to the exit today, with the following now departed too:
Eli Heath, Riku Koiverinne, Antal Roth, David Maudlin, George Danzer, Darrell Goh, Jasper Wetemans, Simon Persson, Andreas Samuelsson, Jonathan Gray, Martin Guth, Julien Rouxel, Athanasios Fergiatakis, Max Greenwood, Harpreet Gill, Tom Hall, Charles Chattha, Benjamin Dadon, Daryll Fish, Joe Mouawad, Miguel Iglesias, Thomas Finneran, Danny van Zijp, Vojtech Ruzicka, Jeremy Wray, Sergio Castellucio, Thomas Boivin, Anton Bertilsson. -- HS
3:50pm: Big laydown from Ramos, Marchi marches on
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Felipe "Mojave" Ramos just faced a big decision for his tournament life in a hand against Davide Marchi.
It started with an under-the-gun raise from Ramos to 2,600, which was folded around to Marchi on the button who asked Ramos how much he was playing. He said, "About 38,000." He had three-bet to 7,500 and the blinds got out of the way. Ramos made the call and we went to the flop.
The [6h][6d][kd] was dealt by the dealer and Ramos checked to the pre-flop 3-bettor. Marchi continued for 6,100, and Ramos made the call again - not insignificant as he now just had around 24,000 behind. The turn was the [jd], which both players opted to check. So, we saw the [qd] on the river, and Ramos checked once more.
"All in," Marchi said, putting Ramos to the test. With a paired board and flush draw out there, it was a scary set of community cards. After a minute or so Ramos begrudgingly laid it down, showing his [qs][ks] for two pair. Marchi gave nothing away as to the strength of his hand, and just started stacking chips.
He now was 112,000, while Ramos has 24,000. --JS
3:44pm: Greenwood gives, Samuelsson survives
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Following Andreas Samuelsson's open-push for 22,800 from the cutoff, Sam Greenwood considered for a few moments before calling from the button, and the blinds scattered.
It was a race as Samuelsson had [Qd][Qc] and Greenwood [Ah][Kc]. An ace did come among the community cards, but so did a queen to give Samuelsson a saving set and a double to about 48,000. Greenwood meanwhile sits with about 65,000. --MH
3:35pm: Two KOs with KK for Piotrowski
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Harpreet Gill raised, Max Greenwood three-bet, Przemyslaw Piotrowski jammed, Gill called all in, and Greenwood called all in as well.
The cause for such enthusiasm? Pocket pairs all around:
Gill: [Td][Ts]
Greenwood: [Jc][Jh]
Piotrowski: [Kd][Kh]
Piotrowski's kings were best at the start, and after a [2s][5h][2d][6d][Ad] runout it was the best at the end as well, earning Piotrowski the pot and reducing the field by two.
Piotrowski is right at 100,000 now. --MH
3:30pm: Moorman eliminates Fergiatakis, up to 180,000
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
On Sunday Chris Moorman took his lifetime online tournament winnings over the $13,000,000 mark. Today he's making sterling progress in the Main Event as he's up 180,000 - more than double average - after eliminating Athanasios Fergiatakis.
I missed the pre-flop action but on a [2s][Kd][As] flop Moorman bet 4,500 and Fergiatakis check-called. The [Ts] fell on the turn, Fergiatakis checked again, Moorman bet, Fergiatakis moved all-in for looked like around 25,000 and Moorman instantly called.
He showed [Qs][9s] and Fergiatakis went to muck his hand, but as this was an all-in the dealer was duty bound to expose it and she turned it over to show that Fergiatakis was drawing dead with [Kh][8h].
The meaningless [2d] completed the board. -NW
Chris Moorman, 179,000
Athanasios Fergiatakis, 0
3:25pm: Vogelsang on song
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
After an open raise for 2,600, Christoph Vogelsang three-bet to 7,200. Darryll Fish was in the cutoff and moved all-in for 23,200. Benjamin Dadon thought to himself "I was going to do that!" and also shoved, for 38,200. That was enough to force a fold from the original raiser.
The action was back on Vogelsang. He looked at his cards again to check that they were both still red, and both still aces. They were. He called.
Vogelsang: [ad][ah]
Fish: [ts][td]
Dadon: [qs][qd
The board ran [3c][3s][3d][8s][7c] to send two players to the rail and Vogelsang up to 140,000. - SB
3:20pm: Wray sent away
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Former soccer club chairman Jeremy Wray -- about whom we were writing earlier in the afternoon -- found himself ground down almost to nothing a short while ago before staging a comeback of sorts. It was enough to impress Iliodoros Kamatakis sitting across the table.
"From 700 to 10,000... more that 10,000! How do you do it?" asked Kamatakis, and Wray just shook his head. He'd just doubled up again through Riku Koivurinne with [Kh][Jd] versus Koivurinne's [Kd][Qh], spiking a jack on the turn to stay alive.
Soon enough Kamatakis would get a chance to test Wray's luck himself after the latter moved all in from early position for his last 11,400 and Kamatakis called from the button. Wray had [Ad][Jh] this time while Kamatakis showed [Kc][Kh].
The nine-high board didn't help Wray any, though, and his luck ran out. He wished the table well, and now Kamatakis is stacking about 145,000. --MH
3:10pm: Up to the Gill
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Max Greenwood is down to a little more than 20 big blinds after he called the all-in of Harpreet Gill.
On a flop of [6c][7h][4d] Gill checked the big blind ahead of a raise from Greenwood, who then called when Gill shoved.
[ad][tc] for Greenwood
[7c][4h] for Gill
The turn came [3s] and the river [qc] to double up Gill and leave both players on roughly 27,000. -- SB
3:20pm: Winsor more than doubles up
Level 11 - Blinds 600-1,200 (200 ante)
By the time I joined the table significant action had already taken place. Ben Winsor had raised, Regis Burlot had re-raised to 20,000 from a stack of 24,000 (so was essentially all-in), Czeslaw Szerszen had called the 20,000 and action was now back on Winsor.
He took a few seconds then announced all in. Burlot shoveled the rest of his chips over the line and Szerszen then asked for a count of Winsor's shove. The Brit was all in for 40,800 and it was too much for Szerszen to call.
Winsor: [Ks][Kc]
Burlot: [9c][9d]
The [7h][6c][2h][2s][Td] board missed Burlot and he's out, while Winsor is now up to around 87,000. --NW
3:10pm: In the land of the blinds, the cut off raiser is king
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
More chips for Sam Greenwood who is now up to around 85,000.
He raised from the cutoff, making it 3,000 which was called by Guillaume Diaz and Carlos Chadha in the blinds.
The flop came [qs][4d][7d] which was checked all round for a [ts] turn card. That was checked as far as Greenwood who bet 8,200. More than enough to win the hand. - SB
3:05pm: A flurry of Level 11 eliminations
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Level 11 has started with a bang and the following players are no longer welcome in this tournament:
Antonio Battaglia, Regis Burlot, Parker Talbot, Matthieu Lamagnere, Piero Guido, Ilan Boujenah, Adrian Apmann, Jarkko Mammela, Mark Radoja, Seamus Cahill, Jason Mercier, Scott Stanko, Michael Gathy, Marius Gierse, Atanas Kavrakov, Iulian Nastase, Simon Scheiflinger, Derek Chisholm and Gerardus Englebert.
2:57pm: Level 11 begins
Level 11 - Blinds: 600-1,200 (200 ante)
Players are back from the day's first break and cards are in the air once again. The big board says there are 261 of them remaining. --MH
2:50pm: Who's going to win?
Level 10 - Blinds: 500-1,000 (100 ante)
I don't know. But it won't be any of this lot, that's for sure:
John Clark, Diego Zeiter, Yen Chen, Evangelos Chatziioannou, Ondrej Vinklarek, Kelvin Kerber, Leon Viellevoije, Dirk Gerritse, Marian Fridrich, Preben Stokkan, Patrick Leonard, Arthur Conan, Robert Sampson, Michael Hill, Adam Picken, Eoin O'Shea, Tommi Etelaeperae, Clement Thumy, Kristof Coenen, Carter Swidler, Alex Lindop, Jonathan Reynolds, Giorgios Zisimopoulos, Gareth Chantler.
They are all out. -- HS
2:40pm: Break time
Level 10 - Blinds: 500-1,000 (100 ante)
That's the end of Level 10 and players are heading for a break. We'll take a look at some big stacks and get the counts page updated as soon as.
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PokerStars Blog reporting team on the EPT12 Dublin Main Event: Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Martin Harris, Howard Swains and Nick Wright. A fine bunch of strays. Photography by Neil Stoddart. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.
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