€25,500 Single-Day High Roller | 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

2015-12-11 15:06 UTC+2

Martin Finger Bluffs It All Off

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Nível 2 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We missed the pre flop and flop action, but Davidi Kitai was kind enough to fill us in after the hand was over. Here's he said what happened.

Martin Finger opened from middle position and Davidi Kitai called from the hijack. One player in the blinds came along for the ride and the three of them saw a flop of . After it was checked to him, Finger made a continuation bet. Kitai called, the player in the blinds folded.

The on the turn made Finger bet 15,000. Again Kitai called and the fell on the river to complete the board. Martin Finger moved all in and Davidi Kitai snap called and showed for the nut flush. Finger slid his cards into the muck but the dealer retrieved them and tabled them as . We're not a hundred percent sure the dealer got the right cards from the muck though, so there's a possibility Finger had something other than jack-three suited.

EPT Barcelona Single Day High Roller champion Martin Finger wasn't the first to go however, Master Classics of Poker champion Jussi Nevanlinna was the first one out today. We missed his exit. Both players still have the option to re enter before 5 pm (in 3 hours).

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Davidi Kitai	177,000 77,000	77,000

Jussi Nevanlinna	Eliminado
Martin Finger	Eliminado

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2015-12-11 14:09 UTC+2

Stover Wins EPT12 Prague "Right to Play" Charity Tournament

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Nível 1 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Right To Play charity tourney winner Elena Stover and runner-up Miss Finland, Sara Chafak

Last night, PokerStars hosted their "Right to Play" Charity Tournament here inside the Hilton. This morning, they released the following on what turned out to be a fun and successful night...

One of the biggest highlights of this season's EPT Prague Poker Festival was the Charity Tournament which took place at the Hilton Prague raising funds for the EPT’s official charity partner Right To Play. The winner was American pro Elena Stover, who won €1,000 in live event tournament credits. Miss Finland Sara Chafak finished second and managed to get the exact prize she wanted - an iPhone® 6 Plus.

Following a special reception in the Hilton Prague, 43 players sat down to compete in the €150 buy-in event which was jointly hosted with EPT Travel. Others taking part included EPT Malta champion Niall Farrell and members of PokerStars' elite Team PokerStars Pros: Jake Cody, Chris Moneymaker, George Danzer and Theo Jorgensen.

Players were permitted unlimited €50 rebuys in the tournament, which generated a substantial prize pool with the full €8,150 going to Right to Play.

This was the first official EPT tournament in support of Right To Play and kicks off a season-long official partnership which will see similar events at all remaining stops in EPT Season 12.

Sue Hammet, Head of Corporate Giving at PokerStars, said: "Extending our partnership with Right To Play will provide an additional £300,000 through our Helping Hands programme to fund the training of another 2,500 volunteer coaches throughout the world. With this and our previous donations via our staff and players, for a total amount of £800,000 so far, we are enabling the charity to help transform the lives of over 400,000 children and young people across the world."

Right To Play uses the educational power of various sports, games and play to help children and young people to overcome the effects of poverty, disease and war.

Tum Kazunga, Head of Corporate Partnership for Right to Play, took part to the event too: "Playing is a universal language, and it is great to see how people can help and get involved in charity events doing what they like to do. Right To Play is currently helping one million children a week, and thanks to this kind of partnership we can aim to double this figure by 2018".

PokerStars players can also help support Right To Play by donating their FPPs through the PokerStars VIP store. For every 1,200 FPPs donated by a player, PokerStars will make a $20 donation to the charity.

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2015-12-11 11:17 UTC+2

Ready For Another Big One? It's Single Day High Roller Time!

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EPT Barcelona Single Day High Roller champion Martin Finger

It was right here in Prague where Bryn Kenney pitched the idea of a single day High Roller to PokerStars' Live Events Specialist Neil Johnson. It was put on the schedule for that season's Grand Final and it was a big succes. The "Bryn Kenney" invitational as the tournament was dubbed the first time, has been on the schedule for every stop since, with varying buy ins:

Season	EPT Stop	Buy In	Uniques	Re Entries	Entries	Winner	Prize
11	EPT Grand Final	€50,000	54	12	66	Mustapha Kanit	€936,500
12	EPT Barcelona	€25,000	118	34	152	Martin Finger	€865,900
12	EPT Malta	€10,000	99	35	134	Steve O'Dwyer	€327,030

Play starts at 12:30 local time where players will receive 100,000 in chips. Levels will be 30 minutes long through out the day with blinds at 500 and 1,000 the first half hour. Registration for this event closes at 5:00 pm with eliminated players having the option to re enter once till that time. The structure sheet can be found here (.pdf)

Last stop's Single Day High Roller champion Steve O'Dwyer added another goblet to his throphy room yesterday as he came out victorious in the regular €50,000 High Roller for €746,543. It's likely we'll see O'Dwyer enter today's €25,000 Single Day High Roller, though that would mean he can't enter the Main Event till the start of Day 2, or when he gets eliminated from this event.

The event in Monte Carlo was finished at 2:25 am, while the Barcelona Single Day High Roller was stopped 3-handed at 3:53 am and continued two days later. The Malta edition was done at 2:34 am, so just expect a long day of poker action right here in Prague as well. As per usual, you can follow all of it on PokerNews.com. We'll be on sight from start to finish and bring you coverage of the biggest names in poker battling it out in a high roller to be finished in just a single day!