Max Silver might be an expert in playing the short stack, he just proved he also knows his way around with a bigger stack. The fact he had a big hand might helped in this case as well.
Silver raised to 15,000 from the cutoff. Kim Wittendorff hadn't showed up yet so the button was vacant, and Dario Sammartino folded from the small blind. Martin Jacobson called from the big blind.
Jacobson checked on and called Silver's 18,000 continuation bet. The on the turn saw Jacobson check call another 42,000. The completed the board and Jacobson checked a third time. Silver bet a hefty 122,000 and Jacobson made the call.
Silver showed for the rivered full house and Jacobson silently mucked.
When we got to his table, Davidi Kitai had bet out on a river of , but was facing a hefty re-raise from Ivan Luca. Kitai pondered for a moment before making the call. Luca tabled for a full house, but he winced as Kitai rolled over for a larger house. With that hand he moved over the one million chip mark early on day two
On a board of Ivan Luca (big blind) and Thiago Nishijima (cutoff) got their chips in the middle. Luca had the best of it holding . Nishijima, despite having two pair with the , was looking for just a six to save his tournament life. The on the river was a blank and Nishijima made his exit.
Pratyush Budigga has also entered the tournament again before the start of Day 2 and has just been spotted at the tables. The registration is officially closed and the official numbers and prize pool should be available within the hour.
In one of the first few hands of the day, Rocco Palumbo opened to 14,000 from the small blind and Philip Sternheimer moved all in out of the big blind for 117,000. Palumbo called and Sternheimer had some kicker trouble.
Sternheimer:
Palumbo:
The board ran out and despite picking up a straight draw, Sternheimer was sent to the rail. "That was quick," he sighed and headed out of the tournament area.
Keith Johnson and Kyle Frey won their seat via last night's satellite. Frey played yesterday so will be on his second bullet while Johnson didn't play on Day 1.
In 90 minutes from now at 12.30 p.m. local time, Day 2 of the 2016 PokerStars EPT12 Dublin €25,750 High Roller Event gets underway at the Royal Dublin Society. So far, the tournament has attracted a total of 56 players and 10 of them took advantage of the single reentry to create a field of 66 entries. Throughout the first eight levels, this number was whittled down to 41 hopefuls, but the field size may still increase with registration open until 15 minutes prior to the start of Day 2.
Leading the field is Anton Bertilsson with staggering 1,375,000 in chips and the Swede is no stranger on the European Poker Tour, having finished second to Stephen Graner in the EPT11 Prague Main Event. Furthermore, Bertilsson was one of five players that won their entry through a €3,000 Satellite the previous day. Nick Petrangelo (888,000) and Kim Wittendorff (852,000) complete the overnight podium whereas many other well known names of the international poker circuit also made it through to Day 2.
Other big stacks include Dario Sammartino (733,000), Timothy Adams (729,000), Triple Crown Winner Davidi Kitai (696,000) and Mike Watson (673,000) to just name a few. The only remaining Team PokerStars Pro is Jason Mercier (555,000) whereas Andre Akkari busted late on Day 1. Steve O'Dwyer won't be returning to the tables today either after busting on both bullets yesterday.
Action resumes with level nine at blinds 3,000-6,000 and a running ante of 1,000, giving new additions to the field more than 40 big blinds to play with. A maximum of 10 levels of 60 minutes each will be played or until the final table of the last eight is reached, whichever of the two comes first. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to cover the action, so make sure to tune back in regularly.