Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Yann Dion |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Sergio Aido | Eliminado | |
Jason James | Eliminado |
2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
The chips are starting to fly here in the Hofburg Palace, and no one is catching them as well as Russia's Ismail Erkenov.
In a recent hand, Lukas Berglund three-bet shoved for approximately 13,000 holding and Erkenov four-bet to 30,000. David Kaufmann then five-bet shove for 93,000 with , and Erkenov snap-called with . The board ran out a clean , and just like that Erkenov found himself sitting in the catbird seat.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ismail Erkenov |
245,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Lukas Berglund | Eliminado | |
David Kaufmann | Eliminado |
Action folded to Sam Trickett on the button and he opened for 2,000. Raoul Refos, who was next to act in the small blind, three-bet to 6,500, the big blind folded, and Trickett made the call to see a flop of . Refos bet 4,500, Trickett called, and the dealer burned and turned the .
Refos bet again, this time 7,500, but he couldn't shake Trickett. When the completed the board on the river, Refos checked and Trickett followed suit. Refos tabled the , and it was good as Trickett nodded and then sent his cards to the muck.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Raoul Refos |
112,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
Sam Trickett |
33,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
Juha Helppi busted earlier in the evening, and he took some time off before opting to reenter. On the flip side, Team Online's Marc-Andre Ladouceur recently busted and decided to immediately reenter. Different strategies for different folks.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Juha Helppi |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur |
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Jonathan Karamalikis opened from early position only to have a short-stacked Simon Ravnsbaek three-bet jam for 17,600 from the button. Ismail Erkenov, who was in the small blind, was slow and deliberate in his decision. Eventually he came in with a four-bet to 30,400, and that inspired both the big blind and Karamalikis to fold.
Erkenov:
Ravnsbaek:
Ravnsbaek was well out in front with his kings, and they held after the board ran out a dry .
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ismail Erkenov |
115,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
Jonathan Karamalikis |
102,000
-15,800
|
-15,800 |
Simon Ravnsbaek |
38,000
20,400
|
20,400 |
The total number of entries is 150 so far. Of those 150 entries, 15 are reentries. People are still allowed to enter and reenter till the start of Day 2.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened for 1,600 and Dominik Nitsche defended in the big blind. The flop was . Nitsche checked and Grospellier continued for 2,000. Nitsche check raised him to 5,200 but Grospellier raised it up some more with a bet of 12,100 which ended the resistance and gave him the pot.
On the next hand, Grospellier again opened for 1,600. Zoltan Szabo called on the button and Kristoffer Edberg did the same from the small blind. The flop came and a bet of 2,200 from Grospellier did the trick.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Bertrand Grospellier |
60,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
We didn’t see how the action went down but Team PokerStars pro Theo Jorgensen called off a shove by Todd Terry for a 50k pot. Terry had bottom set with against Jorgensen’s top pair.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Theo Jorgensen |
110,000
-49,800
|
-49,800 |
|
||
Todd Terry |
91,000
35,700
|
35,700 |
Anatoly Filatov has joined the High Roller and almost immediately got a double up. Jakub Michalak five bet shoved with and was called by the of Filatov. No help came on the flop and Michalak was left with only a few thousand chips. He shipped them all in next hand on the button, got no callers and turned over leading him to remark,”F**k this tournament. I don’t want to play anymore.”
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Anatoly Filatov |
120,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Jakub Michalak |
3,000
-47,000
|
-47,000 |
Back in October, Jason Lavallee won the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour London High Roller for £357,700. Lavallee is in today's field looking to become the first player to ever win two EPT high roller titles, but he just faced a set back in a hand against David Kaufmann.
It began when Kaufmann opened under the gun only to have Lavallee three-bet to 4,400. Kaufmann made the call and the both players checked the flop. When the turned. Lavallee led out for 5,400, Kaufmann called, and the completed the board on the river.
Lavallee slowed down with a check, and Kaufmann took his time before betting 8,400.
"I'm so confused," Lavallee admitted as he contemplated what to do for nearly two minutes. The bet constituted a good portion of his stack, but he decided to see it. Once the chips hit the felt, Kaufmann tabled the for the nuts. Lavallee stared at the cards for a moment and then sent his own to the muck unseen.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
David Kaufmann |
55,000
18,700
|
18,700 |
Jason Lavallee |
13,300
-25,700
|
-25,700 |