Second Break of the Day
The second scheduled five-minute break kicked off with 35 players out of 40 entries remaining and half of the guarantee has been reached thus far.
The second scheduled five-minute break kicked off with 35 players out of 40 entries remaining and half of the guarantee has been reached thus far.
PokerStars Blog has been on the floor to report on every major High Roller at every European Poker Tour stop, until this year of course. But while we can’t be there in person, we can still bring you some EPT action thanks to EPT Online.
We’re now in the High Roller stages, with the $10K playing down to a champion tonight and the $25K Super High Roller kicking off tomorrow (Friday, Nov 12).
So what better time to take you on a trip down memory lane and tell you some of the most memorable High Roller moments from EPTs past.
During one of the last hands prior to the scheduled break, Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang raised to 8,400 and was called by Ole "wizowizo" Schemion in the big blind. With the flop showing , Schemion check-raised from 12,000 to 34,000 and called the shove of Vogelsang for 121,277 total.
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang:
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion:
Schemion was in the lead with the top two pair which held on the turn and river.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Ole "wizowizo" Schemion |
507,193
144,721
|
144,721 |
|
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Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang
|
Eliminado |
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph three-bet an open raise to 8,400 by Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang and a cold-call by Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi to 44,000 and Shakerchi moved all in to claim the pot uncontested.
Vogelsang is on the second bullet which also applies for Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski, while Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin and Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank are on their first entry.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi |
268,302
37,486
|
37,486 |
Christopher "lissi stinkt" Frank
|
250,000 | |
Vyacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin | 250,000 | |
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski
|
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang
|
240,600
240,600
|
240,600 |
Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | 217,300 |
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger started the action with a raise to 8,800 in middle position and Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford three-bet to 26,400 on the button. Eibinger four-bet to 58,000 and called the five-bet shove of Beresford to be the player at risk for 199,767.
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger:
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford:
The flop gave Eibinger top set and Beresford needed one of the remaining four jacks in the deck. He found neither of them on the turn and river and Eibinger doubled.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo |
493,947
22,408
|
22,408 |
hello_totti |
489,995
-18,953
|
-18,953 |
Matthias "iambest2" Eibinger
|
409,534
189,227
|
189,227 |
spaise411 |
283,889
33,889
|
33,889 |
Sergei "Futti18" Koliakov |
248,383
-36,056
|
-36,056 |
|
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Daniel "Oxota" Dvoress
|
130,486
-122,260
|
-122,260 |
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford |
99,281
-223,775
|
-223,775 |
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian defended his big blind against an under-the-gun raise to 8,800 by David "dpeters17" Peters and they checked the flop. Martirosian bet the turn for 34,000 to pick up a call and jammed the river for an effective 156,466.
That's what Peters had left, who made the call with and was shown the for trips sevens by Martirosian.
One hand later, Martirosian lost a bigger pot with top pair against a rivered flush of Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood but the revenge of Martirosian came two hands later.
The open raise of the Russian was worth 10,000 and Greenwood three-bet to 36,000, Martirosian made it 100,000 to go and called the five-bet jam by Greenwood for 525,350.
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood:
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian:
On a board of , queens held up and even made a set to propel Martirosian into the lead.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Artur "mararthur1" Martirosian
|
1,121,022
753,906
|
753,906 |
David "dpeters17" Peters
|
Eliminado | |
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
|
Eliminado |
Nível: 7
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 625
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle was the initial raiser and picked up a call by table short stack David "MonkeyBausss" Laka. They headed to the flop on which Rolle check-called a bet of 15,225 and the German also check-called the shove of Laka for 69,367 on the turn.
David "MonkeyBausss" Laka:
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle:
Rolle needed a trey and that's exactly what he received on the river.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle |
476,619
105,310
|
105,310 |
David "MonkeyBausss" Laka | Eliminado |
Down to a mere 37,377, Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca jammed from under the gun and was called by PokerStars ambassador Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis in the big blind.
Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca:
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis:
Both flopped a straight draw on and it was Veldhuis who prevailed on the turn and river.
Another Spaniard was involved in a preflop all-in contest as Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo looked up Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford for 100,836.
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford:
Juan "malaka$tyle" Pardo:
There was no upset on the board and Beresford doubled.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Juan "Malaka$tyle" Pardo |
378,111
-115,836
|
-115,836 |
Lex "L. Veldhuis" Veldhuis
|
259,670
54,715
|
54,715 |
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford |
211,047
111,766
|
111,766 |
Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca
|
Eliminado |
Another five players have already re-entered and new additions to the field were Niklas "Lena900" Astedt, "ragAAAila19" and "L1VeYRdrEamS". As of right now, only 41 players remain.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Vicent "gordon0410" Bosca
|
271,375
271,375
|
271,375 |
David "MonkeyBausss" Laka |
262,325
262,325
|
262,325 |
Niklas "Lena900" Astedt | 245,175 | |
Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood
|
234,300
234,300
|
234,300 |
Andrei "ragAAAila19" Boghean | 175,920 | |
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Adrian "Amadi_017" Mateos
|
165,181
165,181
|
165,181 |
David "dpeters17" Peters
|
164,220
164,220
|
164,220 |
L1VeYRdrEamS | 151,837 |