€10,300 High Roller
Dia 1 Iniciado
2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
€10,300 High Roller
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,773,800
Entradas
181
Nível
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
EPT Vienna High Roller Set to Kick Off
EPT Vienna Season 10 sponsored by PokerStars.net continues today with the first day of the €10,000 buy-in High Roller. With big fields already in attendance here at the Hofburg Palace for the Eureka and Main Event tournaments we are certainly expecting a high number of entrants.
Dominik Panka won the last EPT High Roller at Deauville back in January, defeating Albert Daher heads up and winning €272,000. Both players are expected to make an appearance today to resume hostilities.
This is a three-day event with entry and single rebuys open until the start of play tomorrow so numbers will grow throughout the day with confirmation of the prize pool coming shortly after start of play on the second day.
Players begin with a starting stack of 50,000 chips with blinds starting at 100 / 200 /25. Tables are eight handed with antes kicking in right at the first level. The slightly flatter structure means there is a lot of room to play but pots are worth fighting for right from the start. That means we are guaranteed action throughout the day, and if a player happens to get unlucky early on then another €10,000+ €300 will buy you right back into the game.
Some of the players we are expecting to see today include PokerStars Team Pros Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Eugene Katchalov; as well as Full Tilt Poker Professionals Viktor Blom and Gus Hansen. We also expect appearances from rising Spanish star Sergio Aido, German wunderkind Ole Schemion, Ireland’s Steve O’Dwyer, and Kevin McPhee from the US.
Action begins shortly at 1 p.m. local time so stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team keeps you up to date throughout the day with all the action, chips counts and stories from the tables as the High Rollers battle it out for the chance of a big payday and the glory of being crowned 2014 EPT High Roller Champion.
High Roller Day 1 Structure
The players will play 10 one hour levels today with a 15 minute break after every two levels and a one hour dinner break after level six.
Nível: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Walid Bou Habib Wins EPT Vienna €2,000 Turbo for €107,700
Nível 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
Last night, EPT9 Deauville runner-up Walid Bou Habib won the EPT Vienna €2,000 Turbo event. The 43-year-old Lebanese engineer, who is a serial online qualifier on PokerStars, cut a deal with British pro Tom Hall in heads-up play to take the title and €107,700 first prize.
The tournament attracted 319 runners and created a prize pool of €618,860. That was spread out among the top 47 players with some notables cashing including Steve O’Dwyer (47th - €3,530), Andrew Chen (34th - €3,960), Anton Wigg (19th - €6,370), Todd Terry (14th - €8,230), and Jason Wheeler (12th - €9,160).
Habib, who lives in Beirut and is part of a close-knit group of Lebanese players who compete on the EPT, is the current #4 tournament player in his country with more than $1.2 million in live tournament winnings.
As well as his Deauville second place for €475,000, he also went deep at the PCA in 2011 and the EPT4 Grand Final, and has a further nine cashes on the tour. However, last night’s victory is by far his biggest tournament win.
Here's a look at the final table results:
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walid Bou Habib | Lebanon | €107,700 |
| 2 | Tom Hall | UK | €89,510 |
| 3 | Vasili Firsau | Belarus | €57,430 |
| 4 | Ami Barer | Canada | €46,470 |
| 5 | Nick Abou Risk | Canada | €36,630 |
| 6 | Andreas Berggren | Sweden | €27,970 |
| 7 | Mark Buckley | Ireland | €20,540 |
| 8 | Ole Schemion | Germany | €15,100 |
Early High Roller Names
Nível 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
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: 100/200, 25 ante
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Don't Forget to Use the MyStack App to Update Your Chip Count
Nível 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
The PokerNews MyStack App is available for players here in the EPT10 Vienna €10,000 High Roller, allowing players to directly update their chip count on the PokerNews Live Reporting page for their friends and family to see.
You can download the app for iPhone or Android now to get started. Then, create a new PokerNews account or update your current one to start updating your status immediately. Your followers can see all the live action that you're involved in.
Be forewarned, however, any abuse of the app will result in account suspension or termination.
Dream Start for [Removed:17]
Nível 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
Prior to the start of play, David "MissOracle" Yan, who has been featured in PokerNews' popular Online Chat series, was clearly excited for the €10,000 High Roller as he tweeted:
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10,300€ high roller in Vienna today. Field small so far but gonna get bigger, looks good!Follow @missoraclepoker
Little did he know that minutes later he'd follow that up with yet another tweet. That's because Yan managed to double his stack in just the first few minute of play. It happened in a hand where Yan called a four-bet preflop from Kazakhstan's Zhapar Sultanov.
When the flop came down the 
, Sultanov checked, Yan bet 5,000, and Sultanov check-raised to 15,000. Yan made the call, and after the dealer burned and turned the 
, Sultanov moved all in. Yan wasted little time in calling off and the cards were turned up.
Yan: 
Sultanov: 
It was a bad spot for Sultanov, and he needed a ten on the river to win the pot. Unfortunately for him, it didn't come as the 
blanked.
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Duhamel in Early Action
Nível 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
Aslan Daurov tangled in an early pot with Jonathan Duhamel. The two players saw a flop of 
and with Duhamel first to act he bet 650 only to be faced with a raise from Daurov to 2,000. Duhamel raised him right back to 5,400 and Daurov made the call.
The turn card was the and a bet from Duhamel, this time for 13,000, saw Daurov throw his cards in.
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