Charlie Carrel raised to 50,000 from the cutoff and Anton Bertilsson three-bet to 120,000 from one seat over. Mike McDonald then squeezed all in for what looked like 270,000 out of the small blind with Carrel folding and Bertilsson calling.
McDonald:
Bertilsson:
The board ran out and the Canadian headed to the rail while Bertilsson once again generated a small gap at the top of the counts.
Niall Farrell opened to 26,000 from under the gun and Charlie Carrel then shoved for what looked like 300,000 from one seat over. Farrell made the call and it was a coin flip for the tournament life of the EPT12 Malta Main Event champion.
Farrell:
Carrel:
The flop saw Carrel improve to a pair of aces while Farrell had some outs on the turn. "Come on, straight flush!" Mustapha Kanit joked, but the river was a blank. Carrel shook hands with Farrel and wished him a nice time in the pub before then remarking to Kanit "I just wanted to see you and firaldo battle" based on the previous banter on their table.
In the last hand of the level Fernando Brito jammed all in for 73,000 from middle position. Chance Kornuth in the small blind made the call, but he folded to Max Silver's three-bet to 180,000 from the big blind.
Fernando Brito:
Max Silver:
The board ran out and despite hitting top pair on the river, the pot went to Silver with the turned straight. Brito out, down to 29 players.
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Anton Bertilsson leads the High Rollers into Day 2
In 90 minutes from now at 12.30 p.m. local time, Day 2 of the 2016 PokerStars EPT12 Dublin €25,750 High Roller Event gets underway at the Royal Dublin Society. So far, the tournament has attracted a total of 56 players and 10 of them took advantage of the single reentry to create a field of 66 entries. Throughout the first eight levels, this number was whittled down to 41 hopefuls, but the field size may still increase with registration open until 15 minutes prior to the start of Day 2.
Leading the field is Anton Bertilsson with staggering 1,375,000 in chips and the Swede is no stranger on the European Poker Tour, having finished second to Stephen Graner in the EPT11 Prague Main Event. Furthermore, Bertilsson was one of five players that won their entry through a €3,000 Satellite the previous day. Nick Petrangelo (888,000) and Kim Wittendorff (852,000) complete the overnight podium whereas many other well known names of the international poker circuit also made it through to Day 2.
Other big stacks include Dario Sammartino (733,000), Timothy Adams (729,000), Triple Crown Winner Davidi Kitai (696,000) and Mike Watson (673,000) to just name a few. The only remaining Team PokerStars Pro is Jason Mercier (555,000) whereas Andre Akkari busted late on Day 1. Steve O'Dwyer won't be returning to the tables today either after busting on both bullets yesterday.
Action resumes with level nine at blinds 3,000-6,000 and a running ante of 1,000, giving new additions to the field more than 40 big blinds to play with. A maximum of 10 levels of 60 minutes each will be played or until the final table of the last eight is reached, whichever of the two comes first. The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to cover the action, so make sure to tune back in regularly.
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and the Canadian headed to the rail while Bertilsson once again generated a small gap at the top of the counts.
saw Carrel improve to a pair of aces while Farrell had some outs on the 
turn. "Come on, straight flush!" Mustapha Kanit joked, but the 
river was a blank. Carrel shook hands with Farrel and wished him a nice time in the pub before then remarking to Kanit "I just wanted to see you and firaldo battle" based on the previous banter on their table.
and despite hitting top pair on the river, the pot went to Silver with the turned straight. Brito out, down to 29 players.
