Ole Schemion did not enjoy his new chips for too long as he just doubled up Rob Mizrachi. Greg Merson raised from the cutoff and Ole Schemion called from the button. Mizrachi was seated in the big blind and he three-bet to 325,000.
Merson folded and Schemion moved all in after which Mizrachi snap-called.
Mizrachi:
Schemion:
The board ran out and Mizrachi doubled into the chip lead. He was all in for a total of 1,460,000.
Rob Mizrachi raised under the gun plus one to 100,000 and Ole Schemion called from the big blind.
The flop brought out and Schemion checked to Mizrachi who bet 70,000. Schemion check-raised to 175,000 and Mizrachi made the call.
On the turn the hit and Mizrachi bet 120,000 after Schemion had again decided to check. Schemion check-raised again, and this time he pushed for 575,000 total. Mizrachi folded and Schemion picked up this pot.
Action folded to Rob Mizrachi in the small blind, and he raised to 125,000. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst made the call from the big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked.
On the turn, the was added to the board. Mizrachi fired a bet of 150,000, and Selbst made the call to see the land on the river. Mizrachi checked, and Selbst bet 385,000. Mizrachi snap-called.
Selbst tabled the for a set of sevens, and Mizrachi mucked his hand.
From the hijack seat, Ole Schemion raised to 100,000. Jake Schindler called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Schindler checked, Schemion bet 115,000, and Schindler called.
The turn was the , and Schindler checked. Schemion fired 225,000 with 920,000 behind, and then Schindler check-raised all in for 1.13 million. Schemion tanked for a bit and then called with the for top pair. Schindler held a combo draw with the .
The river was the to give Schindler a ten-high straight, and he won the pot. Schemion had just 15,000 more than Schindler and was left with that very small amount.
On the very next hand, the blinds kicked up to 30,000/60,000/10,000. After tossing in the ante, Schemion had just 5,000 in chips left. After the deal, he tossed his last blue T5,000 chip into the middle from under the gun plus one. In the next seat, the hijack seat, Mustapha Kanit raised to 120,000. Everyone folded, leaving Schemion at risk against Kanit.
Schemion had the , but was dominated by the for Kanit. The board ran out , and Schemion was eliminated in seventh place. He earned $216,040 for his result.
Last year, Schemion took fifth in this very event, earning $354,860, and earlier in this year's PokerStars Caribbean Advneture, he took seventh in the $100,000 Super High Roller for $277,080.
Aleksandr Denisov had been short for a few hours before he ultimately busted in sixth place. On a Denisov committed his final two big blinds and he was up against Rob Mizrachi.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard (last updated January 12, 2014):
Place
Player
Points
1
Thomas Muhlocker
350.68 pts
2
David Benefield
321.18 pts
3
Ole Schemion
311.62 pts
4
Jeff Rossiter
258.92 pts
5
Joao Barbosa
257.14 pts
6
Kenny Hallaert
253.87 pts
7
Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos
251.08 pts
8
Jonathan Duhamel
243.35 pts
9
Timothy Adams
222.31 pts
10
Frederik Brink Jensen
209.90 pts
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.