€25,500 High Roller Dia 1 | 2015 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Malta

2015-03-18 18:49 UTC+2

Some Updated Chip Counts from the Break

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Nível 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joao Vieira	130,500 -9,500	-9,500

Oleksii Khoroshenin	119,550

Jorryt van Hoof	103,000 53,000	53,000
Daniel Dvoress	99,500 14,500	14,500
Paul Klann	92,000 42,000	42,000
Martin Finger	88,000 36,900	36,900

Mikita Badziakouski	80,000 30,000	30,000
Nick Petrangelo	78,000
Sam Greenwood	76,000 26,000	26,000
Timothy Adams	69,325 19,325	19,325
Dimitar Danchev	68,300 8,300	8,300

Simon Ravnsbaek	68,000 11,000	11,000
Dan Smith	66,500 16,500	16,500
Jose Carlos Garcia	59,975
David Peters	58,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jeff Rossiter	57,800 7,800	7,800
Ihar Soika	54,000
Sorel Mizzi	53,000 3,000	3,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	52,725
Thomas Muehloecker	50,825 13,325	13,325
Fabian Quoss	50,000 -11,000	-11,000
Vanessa Selbst	50,000

Igor Kurganov	49,500 49,500	49,500
Mike McDonald	47,000 -6,000	-6,000

Antanas Malinov (Atanas Malinov)	42,050

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Nível: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

2015-03-18 18:26 UTC+2

Break Time

Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

The players are on a 20-minute break. Chip counts coming up after the break.

2015-03-18 18:25 UTC+2

Leonard Shoves on McDonald

Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Patrick Leanord had been making a lot of folds today but enough was enough in a hand versus Mike McDonald.

The two players were in the blinds and reached the river where the board read . The pot was small, as reflected by Leonard's 325 bet, but soon swelled. McDoald raised to 1,8000 but had to admit defeat and fold when Leonard three-bet shoved for 37,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mike McDonald	53,000 53,000	53,000

Patrick Leonard	41,000 6,500	6,500

Tags: Mike McDonald Patrick Leonard

2015-03-18 18:20 UTC+2

King High No Good for King Vieira

Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Joao Viera heroed a couple streets with king high and lost a pot to a pair of deuces but still has a big stack, around 140,000.

Simon Ravnsbaek raised his button, bet 1,000 and 2,225 before checking behind on the river. Viera stuck with him all the way and the board rested as . Viera opened king-queen and lost out to the Dane's .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Joao Vieira	140,000 48,000	48,000

Simon Ravnsbaek	57,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Joao Vieira Simon Ravnsbaek

2015-03-18 18:04 UTC+2

Quoss Shoves on Jacobson; Kurganov & Van Hoof Fall

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Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

We missed the early action, but when we happened by Table 2 Fabian Quoss had 7,500 out in front of him on the button and reigning World Series of Poker champ Martin Jacobson had raised to 13,800 from the small blind. Quoss thought for a few moments before announcing he was all in, and the Swedish snap-folded his cards.

Meanwhile, Igor Kurganov and Jorryt van Hoof were both recently eliminated from the tournament. Van Hoof has opted to reenter.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Fabian Quoss	61,000
Jorryt van Hoof	50,000 5,000	5,000
Martin Jacobson	36,000 -14,000	-14,000
Igor Kurganov	Eliminado

2015-03-18 17:59 UTC+2

Enter Schemion

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Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Ole Schemion, the man who sits atop the Global Poker Index, has just entered the €25,000 field, and it's no surprise to see him come in raising.

In the first hand that he played, Patrick Leonard opened for 600 from early position only to have David Peters three-bet to 1,100 from the button. Schemion then four-bet to 3,800 from the big blind, Leonard folded, and Peters called to see a flop.

Schemion continued for 4,000, Peters called, and then both players checked the turn as well as the river. Schemion showed the for the nut no pair, but Peters did hold a pair with the .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Peters	60,000 10,000	10,000
Ole Schemion	42,000

Tags: Ole Schemion David Peters Patrick Leonard

2015-03-18 17:36 UTC+2

Trickett in, Busquet Out

Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Sam Trickett finished his lunch, took his seat, and quickly took a pot off Philipp Gruissem.

The latter raised from the hijack and Trickett called from the big blind. Both players checked the flop before the Briton led for 1,000 on the turn. Gruissem folded.

Olivier Busquet was the second player to bust today. There was no need to balance up his table as Bryn Kenney was sat there after buying in.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sam Trickett	51,700 51,700	51,700
Bryn Kenney	50,000 50,000	50,000
Olivier Busquet	Eliminado

Tags: Bryn Kenney Olivier Busquet Philipp Gruissem Sam Trickett

2015-03-18 17:35 UTC+2

I Want to Pump [Clap & Point] You Up: Preparing for a €25,000 High Roller

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Nível 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Timothy Adams, Pratyush Buddiga & Jeff Rossiter

There's no denying a health movement has occurred in the poker world. Players like Marvin Rettenmaier and Chris Moorman have lost a ton of weight, while others, like the man-beast that is Jason Koon, have gained credit for their fitness lifestyle; in fact, Koon was just named No. 2 on Sarah Herring's Top 5 Biceps in Poker (to see who topped the list, you'll have to watch the video).

Correlation may not imply causation, but it's hard to deny that healthy living influences poker success. Just look at the aforementioned players. Moorman, already online poker's most decorated tournament player, notched his first major live win ($1,015,460 for taking down the 2014 World Poker Tour LAPC) after dropping a few stone, while Rettenmaier won back-to-back WPTs. As for Koon, well he's always been a physical specimen, one with $3,140,385 in career earnings.

None of those players are here in Malta, but threes others – Jeff Rossiter, Pratyush Buddiga, and Timothy Adams – are here looking for success in the €25,000 High Roller. All three of them, who are in admirable shape, were actually spotted in the Hilton Malta gym this morning. This begged the question – what do players do to prepare for a high roller event?

"Pretty much everyday before I play, I try to do something active because I always hope for a long day at the tables," says Adams. "I kind of prepare for it. I do things like cardio, stretching, lift weights. It totally depends on how I feel and my routine. I definitely try to keep active before playing."

Likewise, Buddiga stated that he does his best to work out five times a week, but admits that "sometimes on poker trips it's hard to do that." As for Rossiter, he exercises regularly no matter where he is.

"I used to be a little lazier about it when I was traveling, but it's become more of a priority," Rossiter admits. "I make sure I go to bed earlier so I have time in the morning to eat some food and go to the gym rather than scrambling to get to the table."

Of course there are challenges that make living healthy and exercising regularly difficult on the road. For instance, not every hotel has a worthwhile gym.

"In an interview one time I was asked what stop I like the most," says Buddiga, who is often seen working out with both Mike McDonald and Connor Drinan. "I said London just because I liked the gym and Nando's [restaurant], which is probably not what most people think of when they name their favorite stop [laughs]. When you go somewhere where the food is terrible and the gym isn't great, you just feel more down on yourself if you're losing."

As Buddiga points out, partaking in the local cuisine, or at least Nando's, is one of the best parts about traveling to an EPT, but would one relish a feast before a big tournament, like a €25,000 High Roller?

"I kind of made a lifestyle change five or six years ago when it comes to eating," says Adams. "I just try to eat things that fit well in my stomach. I don't eat too heavy, but I eat often and light. I just eat my normal kind of meals. I definitely wouldn't have a cheat meal or something before a long day."

Adams went on to explain how he prepared for today's tournament: "I went to the gym really briefly to go on the treadmill and just walk. Because I haven't been in the sun in awhile, I went on my balcony. I brought a yoga mat. I just laid on the yoga mat and stretched. I did some core stuff. I have some apparatuses to help me stretch – foam rollers, stuff like that. Bringing it sets a good tone, kind of forces you to do that stuff."

As for Rossiter, he was busy hitting the weights.

"I slack on doing cardio, but I'm looking to play some squash in the future and do some other activities like rock climbing," he says.

Whether or not working out this morning will help this trio succeed in the short term remains to be seen, but regardless, Buddiga sums up the fitness craze in poker nicely: "It's just nice to get in a good routine where you eat healthy, workout, and not actually spew in a poker tournament like so many people do."

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Nível: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25