€25,500 High Roller Dia 1 | 2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final

2015-05-06 13:37 UTC+2

Team Online's Isaac Haxton Approves of the EPT12 Schedule

Nível 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Two days ago, the schedule for Season 12 of the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final was announced.

Six stops were announced for Season 12, with a seventh in March to be determined. The schedule will include Barcelona, Malta, Prague, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Dublin, and Monte Carlo. For those looking to mark their calendars of the dates of these stops, check out the following table.

Event	Date
EPT Barcelona	Aug. 19-30, 2015
EPT Malta	Oct. 21-31, 2015
EPT Prague	Dec. 6-16, 2015
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure	Jan. 6-14, 2016
EPT Dublin	Feb. 10-20, 2016
EPT Grand Final	April 26-May 6, 2016

Team Online's Isaac Haxton, who was recently bounced from the Main Event, joined the €25,000 High Roller and immediately began to chat with his opponents. One of the topics concerned the aforementioned schedule, and Haxton gave his input.

"They're doing a great job getting rid of stops I don't like and replacing them with ones I like," said Haxton. "Sanremo turning into Malta is a big upgrade."

The rest of the table seemed to agree that it was a good schedule, though a few said they wished Vienna was back on it. Only time will tell if that happens.

Tags: Isaac Haxton

2015-05-06 13:44 UTC+2

Small One for Newey

Nível 1 : 100/200, 25 ante

Paul Newey opened for 500 from the hijack and Pratyush Buddiga called from the button. Vladimir Dobrovolskii came along from the small blind and three players took a flop of . Dobrovolskii checked, Newey continued for 1,000, and Buddiga got out of the way.

Dobrovolskii called and then checked after the dealer burned and turned the . Newey doubled his bet to 2,000, and it did the trick as Dobrovolskii released his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Paul Newey	52,000 2,000	2,000
Vladimir Dobrovolskii	48,000 48,000	48,000

Tags: Paul Newey Vladimir Dobrovolskii

Nível: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

2015-05-06 13:54 UTC+2

Players Still Streaming In

Nível 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Brian Roberts	50,000
Thomas Muehloecker	50,000
Sam Greenwood	50,000
Erik Seidel	50,000

Byron Kaverman	50,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	50,000
Dan Smith	50,000
Max Altergott	50,000

2015-05-06 14:05 UTC+2

Started From the Bottom Now They're Here

Nível 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Players at Isaac Haxton's table are reminiscing about the formative years of the online poker industry. They're discussing how they came up in the poker world, building bankrolls on some of the old multi-skin sites and using family members' names to get around age restrictions. Plenty of stories are getting tossed around, but Isaac Haxton had perhaps the most amusing anecdote.

"I remember the first $50,000 I won playing poker," he said. "It was on Ultimate Bet. I think I was playing under my mom's name."

Tags: Isaac Haxton

2015-05-06 14:14 UTC+2

Roberts Changes His Mind, But Smith Won't Show

Nível 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Three players saw the river on a board, and Brian Roberts bet 15,000 from the big blind. It was an overbet, as the pot contained just slightly over 12,000, and the player in the cutoff quickly folded. Dan Smith had something to think about on the button though, and the American high roller eventually said he was all in. It looked to be about 30,000 more, and Roberts thought for awhile before mucking.

"Don't show it," he warned Smith.

"Don't?" Smith slid his cards inward but kept a hold of them.

"OK, please show," Roberts said with a laugh.

"You can't have it both ways," Smith replied, keeping them face-down and collecting the pot.

Smith is coming off a win in the €5,000 Midnight Turbo event, where he collected €109,370 for topping a field of 82.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dan Smith	62,825 12,825	12,825
Brian Roberts	33,050 -16,950	-16,950

Tags: Brian Roberts Dan Smith

2015-05-06 14:16 UTC+2

The Notables Continue to Show

Nível 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Tony Gregg	50,000
John Duthie	50,000
Govert Metaal	50,000
Mohsin Charania	50,000

Martin Finger	50,000

Andrew Chen	50,000
Ivan Luca	50,000
Bryn Kenney	50,000
JC Alvarado	50,000
George Danzer	50,000

Dominik Nitsche	50,000
Martin Jacobson	50,000
[Removed:17]	50,000

2015-05-06 14:23 UTC+2

On for Von Toperczer

Nível 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

With 5,700 in the pot and a flop of , Martin Jacobson checked from the small blind and Max Silver did the same from middle position. Germany's Sebastian Von Toperczer followed suit from the cutoff, and the dealer burned and turned the .

Two more checks opened the door for Von Toperczer to bet 3,200, and that did the trick as both Jacobson and Silver folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Max Silver	52,000 2,000	2,000
Sebastian Von Toperczer	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Martin Jacobson Max Silver Sebastian Von Toperczer

2015-05-06 14:28 UTC+2

One for Firsau; Soika Off to a Good Start

Nível 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Ihar Soika opened for 550 and received a call from Chang He on the button. Vasili Firsau came along from the big blind, and three players took a flop of . Firsau checked, Soika bet 900, and He folded. Firsau check-called and then led out for 500 on the turn. Soika quickly folded.

Despite losing that hand, Soika is still off to a good start in this tournament, while both Firsau and He are hovering near the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ihar Soika	65,000 15,000	15,000
Chang He	50,000
Vasili Firsau	48,000

Tags: Chang He Ihar Soika Vasili Firsau

2015-05-06 14:33 UTC+2

Former EPT Grand Final Champ Takes on an Australian

Nível 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Australian Geoffrey Mooney opened for 600 under the gun and former EPT Grand Final Main Event champ Mohsin Charania, who was seated to Mooney's direct left, three-bet to 1,800. Action folded back to Mooney, who called to see a flop. Mooney checked and then wasted little time in releasing his hand after Charania bet 2,050.

Not much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on both their stacks.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Geoffrey Mooney	53,000
Mohsin Charania	52,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Geoffrey Mooney Mohsin Charania