Who Can Beat Mustapha Kanit?
The final table of the 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin €25,750 High Roller is set to start at 12:30 pm local time (in about 90 minutes). The final table will be live streamed on an hour delay with hole cards up. PokerNews' coverage will be free of spoilers and follow along with the live stream, starting at 13:30 local time (in about 2.5 hours).
Eight players will take the stage, with the chip lead in the hands of Italian wunderkind Mustapha Kanit. A big clash with queens against the eights of Anton Bertilsson on Day 2 resulted in a big stack for Kanit, while Bertilsson was left extremely short. The Swedish live qualifier battled himself back though, bagging the second biggest chip stack at the end of the day.
Worth noting is that this is Chance Kornuth's third $25,000 high roller final table of the year. He made the final table on three different continents; he finished 7th at the high roller in the PCA ($192,780), he won the A$25,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions (A$790,560/$547,874), and now he's here on European soil to go two for three.
There's 55 minutes left on the level (level 19: 30,000/60,000 with a 10,000 ante). Here's the final table in seat order:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Life Time Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 570,000 | 10 | $3,970,023 |
| 2 | Jeff Rossiter | Australia | 1,120,000 | 19 | $6,033,652 |
| 3 | Chance Kornuth | United States | 1,310,000 | 22 | $3,241,176 |
| 4 | Anton Bertilsson | Sweden | 3,850,000 | 64 | $934,538 |
| 5 | Keith Johnson | United Kingdom | 1,155,000 | 19 | $564,403 |
| 6 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | 5,460,000 | 91 | $5,497,875 |
| 7 | Ivan Luca | Argentina | 1,265,000 | 21 | $2,741,799 |
| 8 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | 2,755,000 | 46 | $1,753,655 |
EPT Season 12 $/€25,000 High Rollers
| Year | Stop | Entries | Champion | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Barcelona | 152 | Martin Finger | €865,900 |
| 2015 | Malta | 74 | Mike McDonald | €498,575 |
| 2015 | Prague | 80 | Rainer Kempe | €539,000 |
| 2016 | PCA | 225 | Nick Maimone | $996,480 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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5,460,000 | |
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3,850,000 | |
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2,755,000 | |
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1,310,000 | |
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1,265,000 | |
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1,155,000 | |
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1,120,000 | |
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570,000 | |
flop favored Johnson and after the 
hit the turn, Luca had just a single out left. The 
on the river was a blank and Luca was knocked down to just 110,000, while Johnson doubled to 2,430,000.
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and the 
board was the last one Luca saw in this event as Kornuth's ace-high held to eliminate him in eighth.
, leaving himself with 610,000 if he would lose.
and Rossiter took the lead. 
in the big blind.
received a walk in the big blind.
. Mustapha Kanit with the 
bumped it up to 275,000 and Bertilsson folded.
and three-bet to 530,000. Charlie Carrel folded his big blind. 
. Kanit checked and Bertilsson bet 700,000, leaving himself 2.36 million behind. Kanit made the call.
in the big blind.
on the flop and Kanit was in good position to end it all right there. The 
on the turn was extremely good for Carrel though, jumping in front. Chance Kornuth was now in real trouble, but he was saved by the 
on the river! 