€10,300 High Roller Dia 1 | 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin

2016-02-18 16:49 UTC

Pots for Greenwood and Dando

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Nível 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Paul Dando shoved all in for 18,900 with a pot of about as much on the and table neighbor Felix Stephensen folded after plenty of consideration. A call would have been for half his stack and the Norwegian, who won a Side Event a few days ago, was waiting for a better spot.

Timothy Adams is up nicely and Luc Greenwood follows not far behind after a hand against Connor Drinan. The latter bet half the pot for 10,600 on the turn and Greenwood check-called out of the small blind. Drinan then checked behind the river and Greenwood flipped over to win the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Timothy Adams	85,000 3,000	3,000
Luc Greenwood	77,000 19,000	19,000
Paul Dando	38,000 38,000	38,000
Felix Stephensen	36,000 -14,000	-14,000
Connor Drinan	25,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Connor Drinan Felix Stephensen Luc Greenwood Paul Dando Timothy Adams

2016-02-18 16:58 UTC

Or Hadad Up and Down

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Nível 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a flop of , Hadad bet 3,000 and Andre Akkari called. Both players checked the on the turn and Akkari bet 6,300 on the river card. Hadad thought but eventually called, and Akkari showed . Hadad was unhappy but shipped the chips over, showing .

A few hands later, on a river against Charlie Carrel, Hadad had bet 5,000 on . "How is your read?" asked Hadad.

Carrel thought for a few seconds and just played with his chips.

"This is my first High Roller," said Hadad. "I was in the Main Event. I busted. With ."

"I thought you would be more nervous, you don't look nervous," said Carrel, before mucking his cards

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andre Akkari	92,000 42,000	42,000

Or Hadad	26,000 -14,000	-14,000
Charlie Carrel	22,000 -28,000	-28,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Charlie Carrel Or Hadad

2016-02-18 17:01 UTC

Litvinov Short Again

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Nível 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

On a four-way flop of , the action was checked to Artem Litvinov and he bet 4,000 into a pot of 4,500. Charlie Carrel moved all in from the button for 9,850 and Andre Akkari as well as Joe Mouawad folded. Litvinov didn't call immediately either and Carrel joked "yessss I dodged the snap call."

Litvinov eventually folded and then demanded change, as he had put in a T-5,000 chip. "I said four. 400, no?" with a quite serious expression on the face. It was just an attempt to confuse the dealer, as he clearly meant 4,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Charlie Carrel	19,000 -3,000	-3,000
Artem Litvinov	9,000 -21,000	-21,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Artem Litvinov Charlie Carrel Joseph Mouawad

2016-02-18 17:03 UTC

More Faces in the Field

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Nível 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

David Vamplew and Zvi Stern had already registered and Ludovic Geilich was waiting for a seat to become available. The Scot had just won his ticket in a Satellite.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
David Vamplew	50,000 50,000	50,000

Zvi Stern	50,000 50,000	50,000
Ludovic Geilich	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: David Vamplew Ludovic Geilich Ofer Zvi Stern

2016-02-18 17:06 UTC

Full House for Ekvardt

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Nível 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

On the river, Emil Ekvart bet 8,600 into a pot of 13,000 and Ari Engel tanked on the button for quite some time before making the call. Ekvardt turned over his for a full house and Engel mucked the .

Below are some further chip counts of players who enjoy a good start early on.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jean Paul Zaffran	115,000 28,000	28,000
Ari Engel	85,000 19,500	19,500
Jeff Gross	77,000 22,500	22,500
Pierre Neuville	72,000 26,000	26,000
Emil Ekvardt	71,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Ari Engel Emil Ekvardt

2016-02-18 17:09 UTC

Celestino Could Have Got More

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Nível 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

Ariel Celestino called a bet of 3,000 from Andrew Lichtenberger on a flop of and saw the on the turn. Lichtenberger slowed down and checked allowing Celestino to bet 7,650. His opponent called and the was dealt on the river. Again Lichtenberger checked and Celestino checked behind. Lichtenberger tabled and Celestino rapped his knuckles against the felt in frustration as he turned over .

Both have healthy chip stacks as players take their second break of the day

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andrew Lichtenberger	83,000 33,000	33,000
Ariel Celestino	72,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Andrew Lichtenberger Ariel Celestino

2016-02-18 17:10 UTC

Second Break

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Nível 4 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players are heading into their second 20-minute break of the day.

Nível: 5

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

2016-02-18 17:40 UTC

Updated Counts

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Nível 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

"My mum is sad that my chip count is not on PokerNews," Max Silver said when walking by his table. Dominik Nitsche leaned over from the next table and grinned "Max would like to point out he is still on his first bullet."

Below are the updated counts.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Akin Tuna	158,000 53,000	53,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	125,000 71,000	71,000
Alen Bilic	107,000 12,000	12,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	100,000 50,000	50,000
Max Silver	90,000 90,000	90,000
Mike Watson	84,000 9,000	9,000

Emil Patel	83,000 21,000	21,000
Jason Mercier	80,000 33,000	33,000

Nicholas Palma	75,000 -10,000	-10,000
Rocco Palumbo	67,000 -1,000	-1,000
Darrell Goh	63,000 12,000	12,000
Daniel Dvoress	60,000 10,000	10,000
Bart Lybaert	59,000 59,000	59,000
Lauri Varonen	56,500 -27,500	-27,500
Alexandru Papazian	56,000
Arne Coulier	56,000 56,000	56,000
Dominik Nitsche	51,000 1,000	1,000
Kyle Frey	43,300 -14,700	-14,700
Jeff Rossiter	43,000 -7,000	-7,000
Kevin Killeen	15,000 15,000	15,000
Carlos Chadha	Eliminado

2016-02-18 17:45 UTC

Kurganov Takes One

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Nível 5 : 250/500, 50 ante

Felipe "Mojave" Ramos raised to 1,200 from the button and Igor Kurganov called out of the big blind. Both players checked the flop and the turn before Kurganov checked the river. The Friend of PokerStars bet 1,500 and then folded to a check-raise worth 4,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Felipe "Mojave" Ramos	45,200 45,200	45,200

Igor Kurganov	38,500 -11,500	-11,500

Tags: Felipe Ramos Igor Kurganov