€50,000 Super High Roller Dia 2 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 12 Barcelona

2015-08-23 21:21 UTC+2

Newey Doubles Through Kurganov

Nível 15 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Paul Newey moved all in from the button for 304,000 and Igor Kurganov tanked for a while before making the call from the small blind. Fedor Holz folded from the big blind, and the showdown went as following.

Newey:
Kurganov:

The board ran out and Newey kept his tournament hopes alive.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Igor Kurganov	2,500,000 80,000	80,000
Paul Newey	620,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Igor Kurganov Paul Newey

2015-08-23 19:33 UTC+2

Alvarado Knocks Out Mandavia

Nível 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The board read when Ankush Mandavia checked from the cutoff to JC Alvarado who bet 112,000 from the button.

Mandavia proceeded to move all in for 437,000 and Alvarado gave it some thought before making the call.

Mandavia:
Alvarado:

The river was the and Alvarado's pair held up.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
JC Alvarado	1,400,000 1,003,000	1,003,000
Ankush Mandavia	Eliminado

Tags: Ankush Mandavia JC Alvarado

2015-08-23 19:04 UTC+2

Altergott's Aces Send Trevallion Packing

Nível 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Max Altergott raised under the gun, and Alexander Trevallion moved all in over the top for about 260,000 from the small blind. Altergott made the call, and Trevallion was at risk.

Altergott:
Trevallion:

The board ran out , and despite flopping top set to take the lead, Trevallion was eliminated by Altergott's rivered flush.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Max Altergott	1,820,000 720,000	720,000
Alexander Trevallion	Eliminado

Tags: Alexander Trevallion Max Altergott

2015-08-23 18:42 UTC+2

Greenwood Gone, Egan Wins Another One

Nível 14 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Michael Egan raised to 37,000, and Sam Greenwood moved all in for 250,000 from his immediate left. The action folded back around to Egan, and he quickly made the call.

Egan:
Greenwood:

The window card was the , but it was followed by the and the , giving Egan a higher set.

"What a tease," Haralabos Voulgaris said, before the turn brought the . The river was the to send Greenwood to the rail, and Egan collected the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Egan	2,250,000 550,000	550,000
Sam Greenwood	Eliminado

Tags: Haralabos Voulgaris Sam Greenwood

2015-08-23 18:19 UTC+2

1.8 Million Coin Flip Ends Rossiter's Tournament Life

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Nível 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

As we arrived on Fedor Holz's table he had 97,000 in front of him and Jeff Rossiter had 245,000 committed. Action was on Holz and he pushed all in. Rossiter wasn't the happiest person in the world, but he did call almost instantly for his 900,000 stack.

Holz showed and Rossiter turned over .

What started out as a coin flip soon turned into a nightmare for Rossiter: on the flop. The on the turn left him drawing dead and the on the river was there just for good measures. Rossiter made his way to the exit, Holz started stacking his 2.7 million stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Fedor Holz	2,700,000 950,000	950,000

Jeff Rossiter	Eliminado

Tags: Fedor Holz Jeff Rossiter

2015-08-23 18:10 UTC+2

Tollerene and Holz Battling

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Nível 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Fedor Holz and Ben Tollerene have been going to war lately, seated right next to each other in the tournament and playing two recent hands against one another. Unfortunately for Tollerene, these hands didn't go his way with Holz winning both of the pots.

On the first hand, we picked up the action on the flop. Tollerene checked, and Holz bet 77,000. Tollerene thought for a bit, then made the call.

The turn card was the , and Tollerene checked again. This time, Holz's wager was priced at 166,000, but it didn't scare Tollerene away. He took his time, then called, and the landed on the river. Tollerene checked, and Holz also checked after a little bit of thought.

Tollerene showed the for a pair of sevens, but his hand was no good against Holz's and the young German scooped the pot.

On the next hand, action folded to Tollerene in the small blind. He put in a raise, and Holz called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Tollerene bet 60,000, Holz called, and the turn was the .

Tollerene slowed down with a check on fourth street, and Holz pounced with a bet of 118,000. Tollerene called, and the completed the board. Tollerene checked, having a stack of 436,000 behind. Holz thought for a minute or so and then stuck out a tall stack of cherry-colored T25,000 chips to put Tollerene all in. Now it was Tollerene's turn to think, and think he did.

Tollerene thought for several long minutes, but in the end he couldn't find a call and passed with a fold. Holz won the pot and moved up to 1.75 million in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Fedor Holz	1,750,000 750,000	750,000

Ben Tollerene	436,000 -464,000	-464,000

Tags: Fedor Holz Ben Tollerene

2015-08-23 17:47 UTC+2

"I feel like you have sh*t," - Max Altergott

Nível 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Max Altergott was just put in a tough spot, and the German pro produced some great quotes as he contemplated his decision against Hassan Fares.

When we arrived on the scene the board showed and Altergott had bet 90,000.

Altergott was heads up against Fares, who threw out 150,000 in 25,000-denomination chips.

This however wasn't a legal raise, and it was ruled that Fares had to make it 180,000.

"Ok, ok," Fares said, "No problem!"

Fares threw out the additional chips needed, and Altergott went into the tank.

"You know I have a king, right?" Altergott said.

"But what do you have?" Altergott continued.

During the tanking process Fares remained silent, as Altergott kept talking.

"I feel like you're bluffing, I feel like you have sh*t."

Altergott then stood up out of his seat and stared Fares right in the eyes for well over a minute.

As the German pro sat down he said, "You can decide, just tell me what to do. If you want me to call, I will call."

"I don't want to decide," Altergott said.

As Altergott finally decided to make the call he threw the chips forward and said, "Here, you can have these chips."

Altergott's read however was good, as Fares showed for ace-high. Altergott tabled for a pair of kings and he raked in this big pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Max Altergott	1,205,000 625,000	625,000
Hassan Fares	380,000 -61,000	-61,000

Tags: Max Altergott Hassan Fares

2015-08-23 15:14 UTC+2

Stern Loses to Egan in Seven-Figure Pot

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Nível 11 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

After a raise to 24,000, it was Dani Stern three-betting to 68,000 from the cutoff seat. Michael Egan was in the small blind and he cold four-bet to 147,000. Play folded back to Stern and he thought about it for a bit before moving all in for around 500,000. Egan made the call to create a huge, seven-figure pot.

Stern showed the , while Egan had the .

The dealer spread the to give Stern the lead with top set of jacks, but Egan still had a flush draw and a chance to hit a higher set. The turn was the to give Egan that flush, and now all the Australian needed to do was dodge the board pairing on the river.

When the hit the river, Egan's hand was best with a queen-high flush, and Stern was sent off to the rail.

Egan now boasts a stack of 1.5 million in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Egan	1,500,000 380,000	380,000
Dani Stern	Eliminado

Tags: Dani Stern Michael Egan

2015-08-23 14:03 UTC+2

Chip Leaders Clash in Interesting Hand

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Nível 10 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

As we arrived over on Table 6, there was already lots of action underway and three players involved.

Stephen Chidwick was in the hijack seat and had apparently opened with a raise. Christoph Vogelsang was in the cutoff seat and had three-bet. Leon Tsoukernik was in the small blind and cold-called. Then, Chidwick four-bet to 100,000. Vogelsang tanked for a bit before he made the call, and then Tsoukernik instantly called to leave himself with just 80,000 behind.

The flop came , and Tsoukernik checked. Chidwick sat motionless, except for his middle finger that made a tapping motion to indicate he as well was checking. Vogelsang confirmed how much Tsoukernik had (exactly 80,000), and then bet 39,000. Tsoukernik folded his hand, and Chidwick made the call.

The fell on the turn, and Chidwick, still not moving much at all, checked again. Vogelsang bet a modest 115,000, and Chidwick folded after just a little bit of thought.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Christoph Vogelsang	1,095,000 92,500	92,500
Stephen Chidwick	960,000 -102,000	-102,000
Leon Tsoukernik	80,000 -150,500	-150,500

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Stephen Chidwick Leon Tsoukernik

2015-08-23 10:30 UTC+2

Day 2 of the €50,000 Super High Roller Awaits

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The music kept on skipping yesterday, as records were constantly broken on Day 1 of the €50,000 Super High Roller. A staggering 93 entries were generated from 81 unique players and 12 reentries, shattering last year's total of 77. After the first eight one-hour levels of play, 66 remained with one of UK's finest, Stephen Chidwick, leading the charge with over 1 million in chips from the 250,000-chip starting stack.

While familiar faces like Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst, and Scott Seiver were missing, as well as last year's champion Olivier Busquet and runner-up Daniel Colman, a lot of players that never played a €50,000 event before showed up. For example, there was Ben "Ben86" Tollerene, Luuk "pokerkluka" Gieles, Philippe "takechip" D'Auteuil, and Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson in the field, and all of them made it through to Day 2.

Registration will remain open till start of play today, which will be at 12:30 p.m. local time, so new players might sign up and old ones might reenter. After Day 1 finished yesterday, there was a "reverse freeroll" held that gave players the chance to win their €50,000 buy-in back if they were still in, or qualify for another bullet if they weren't. A total of five seats were handed out in that one, though we're unsure who the lucky players were at this time.

The plan for today is to play 10 levels or down to a final table of eight, whichever comes first. Buying in now gives you a fresh stack of 250,000, and that's good for just over 41 big blinds with the first level of play at 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante.

Here's the structure for today:

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
9	3,000	6,000	1,000
10	4,000	8,000	1,000
--	Break	20 minutes	--
11	5,000	10,000	1,000
12	6,000	12,000	2,000
--	Break	20 minutes	--
13	8,000	16,000	2,000
14	10,000	20,000	3,000
--	Break	75 minutes	--
15	12,000	24,000	3,000
16	15,000	30,000	4,000
--	Break	20 minutes	--
17	20,000	40,000	5,000
18	25,000	50,000	5,000

The table draw will be released as soon as registration closes, as to not give newcomers the advantage of knowing what table they might end up, and when it is available we'll post it. The prize pool will also be confirmed at that time.

While you wait, check out Sarah Herring's interview with Fedor Holz:

PokerNews.com will be on site from start to finish, reporting on the first flop till the last river, so be sure to stay glued to these pages.

Tags: Ben Tollerene Fedor Holz Luuk Gieles Phil D'Auteuil Phillippe D'Auteuil Scott Margereson Stephen Chidwick