€25,500 Single-Day High Roller
Dia 1 Começado
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague
€25,500 Single-Day High Roller
Dias: 1
Event Info
Resultados Finais
Event Info
Informações do Nível
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague
Buy-in
€25,000
Premiação
€1,960,000
Entries
80
Nível
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Ready For Another Big One? It's Single Day High Roller Time!
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!
8 Players Signed Up So Far
Fast, Harris, Hakim, Bou Habib and Palumbo qualified last night.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
Small Delay
The start of the tournament has been delayed. New starting time is 12:45 (in about 15 minutes).
Nível: 1
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Who's Here?
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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Okhotskiy Takes One From Newey
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Paul Newey raised under the gun to 2,100 and Oleh Okhotskiy called from the button after which Andre Akkari called from the big blind as well.
The flop brought out 
and Akkari checked to Newey who bet 3,500 and Okhoskiy raised it up to 7,500. Akkari folded and Newey made the call.
On the turn the 
hit and Newey check-folded to a bet of 6,600.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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110,000 | 10,000 |
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92,000 | -8,000 |
Stover Wins EPT12 Prague "Right to Play" Charity Tournament
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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.
Chidwick Takes an Early Hit
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
With a 100-big blind starting stack things get interesting right away, and we just caught the end of a hand between Mikita Badziakouski and Stephen Chidwick.
The board showed 
when Chidwick bet 13,000 out of position and the Belarusian pro called from this direct left.
The river was the 
and Chidwick fired out 32,200, which made Badziakouski think for a while. After a while he did call, and Chidwick showed 
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Badziakouski showed 
and with two pair he took down the pot.
"Did you think about folding?" Jason Mercier joked.
"No," Badziakouski calmly replied, as he stacked up his newly won chips.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
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145,000 | 45,000 |
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43,000 | -57,000 |
Up to 42!
Nível 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
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