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

2015-12-11 16:19 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mustapha Kanit	100,000

Luuk Gieles	100,000
Ramin Hajiyev	100,000
Anton Astapau	100,000 100,000	100,000
Sam Greenwood	100,000 100,000	100,000
Jeff Rossiter	100,000 100,000	100,000

Hajiyev Doubles Through Muehloecker

Nível 5 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The flop showed when Thomas Muehloecker checked to Ramin Hajiyev who bet 14,600 from the button. Muehloecker gave it some thought before calling, and the turn was the .

Muehloecker checked again, and Hajiyev moved all in for 55,000. The Austrian pro called, and the showdown went as follows.

Hajiyev:
Muehloecker:

The river brought the and Hajiyev doubled up, leaving Muehloecker with a short stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Ramin Hajiyev	182,000 82,000	82,000
Thomas Muehloecker	36,000 -64,000	-64,000

Tags: Thomas Muehloecker Ramin Hajiyev

2015-12-11 16:39 UTC+2

Mercier Hits the Ground Running

Nível 5 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

The tournament is only four levels old, but Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier already sits on just shy of three times the starting stack.

Just now, in a three-way pot, the flop showed when we caught Stephen Chidwick fold after both Kenney and Mercier had 5,300 invested in the pot.

The turn brought the and now Mercier check-called a bet of 11,000, putting the on the river.

Mercier checked again, and Kenney checked behind. Mercier showed and Kenney mucked his cards, one by one.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jason Mercier	274,000 174,000	174,000

Bryn Kenney	108,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Jason Mercier Stephen Chidwick

2015-12-11 16:41 UTC+2

On a flop of we saw big blind Andy Seth and cutoff Christoph Vogelsang check to Watson. "SirWatts" bet 7,000 and just Seth called, Vogelsang folded. Seth check called another 17,500 on the turn, but check folded to the third bullet worth 42,000 Watson fired on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mike Watson	170,000 70,000	70,000

Andy Seth	106,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Christoph Vogelsang Mike Watson

Nível: 6

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

2015-12-11 16:55 UTC+2

A Set For Finger, Two Pair for Markin and Nothing For McDonald

Nível 6 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Martin Finger raised from the button to 5,000 and Leonid Markin called from the small blind after which Mike McDonald three-bet from the big blind to 16,000. Both Finger and Markin called, creating three-way action on .

After Markin checked, McDonald bet 14,000 and both Finger and Markin made the call.

The turn was the and Markin checked again after which McDonald moved all in for about 41,000 chips. Finger made the call to put McDonald at risk, and Markin tanked for a long time before folding.

Finger showed for top set, and McDonald said, "There was a good chance you had that," as he tabled .

The river brought the , and McDonald wished the remaining players good luck before exiting the room.

"I had seven six," Markin said with a bit of a smile on his face.

"That's a good fold," Finger said, seemingly a bit surprised that the Russian player had managed tog get away from two pair.

"Yeah, I'm happy, it's a good fold," Markin added.

"I was enjoying this hand for sure," Finger said with a big smile on his face, as the other players laughed at his remark.

Finger now sits on 225,000 chips while Markin has slightly less than the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Martin Finger	225,000 125,000	125,000

Leonid Markin	96,000 -4,000	-4,000
Mike McDonald	Eliminado

Tags: Leonid Markin Martin Finger Mike McDonald

2015-12-11 16:55 UTC+2

Kurganov Makes a Hero Call, Schemion Gets Unlucky

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Nível 6 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Luuk Gieles juist told us about a "sick hand" he played against Igor Kurganov. Gieles opened with and Kurganov made the call from the big blind. Kurganov check called a bet of 4,000 on and the both checked on the turn. The river came the and Kurganov checked again. With about 20,000 or so in the pot, Gieles moved all in. Kurganov, who had about 37,000 left called the over bet with just high and was right!

Gieles, who just lost a fair portion of his chips, saw Ole Schemion raise to 5,000 under the gun. Gieles three bet to 15,600 with and action folded back to the German. Schemion pushed for 42,000 and Gieles made the call. Schemion had but would get out flopped: . The on the turn and on the river both didn't help Schemion's cause, and the German pro made his exit.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Luuk Gieles	130,000 30,000	30,000
Igor Kurganov	96,000 -4,000	-4,000
Ole Schemion	Eliminado

Tags: Igor Kurganov Luuk Gieles Ole Schemion

2015-12-11 17:02 UTC+2

Down and Out, and Back In!

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Nível 6 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Dietrich Fast has been eliminated from this tournament while Piotr Franczak and David Steicke have just entered, The other players had busted earlier, but have bought back in.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Piotr Franczak	100,000
David Steicke	100,000
Ivan Luca	100,000 100,000	100,000
Kevin MacPhee	100,000 100,000	100,000

Mike McDonald	100,000 100,000	100,000

Byron Kaverman	100,000 100,000	100,000
Andrew Chen	100,000 100,000	100,000
Dietrich Fast	Eliminado

2015-12-11 17:09 UTC+2

Muehloecker Doubles Through Hajiyev

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Nível 6 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

David Peters opened for 6,000 from the hijack and Thomas Muehloecker didn't hesitate getting his 35,800 in from the button. Ramin Hajiyev in the big blind asked for a count, and then moved in himself for 106,500. Peters folded, later claiming he had pocket sevens.

Ramin Hajiyev:
Thomas Muehloecker: