Ryan Riess comes to Dublin for the first time after watching a thrilling Conor McGregor victory in Vegas this summer. He tells PokerNews how he is enjoying the city and culture while also trying to take down the 10k One Day High Roller.
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Dublin
The 30 players remaining are now off on a 15-minute break.
Only 31 players remaining, players are busting left and right.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Alexandru Papazian | Busted | |
Scott Margereson | Busted | |
Georgios Sotiropoulos | Busted | |
Mohsin Charania | Busted | |
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Dzmitry Urbanovich | Busted | |
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Rocco Palumbo | Busted | |
Jean-Noel Thorel | Busted | |
Piotr Franczak | Busted | |
Adrian Mateos | Busted | |
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Davidi Kitai | Busted | |
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Kevin MacPhee with the and Martin Jacobson with the got it in before the flop. The board ran out and the former WSOP champion made his exit.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kevin MacPhee |
330,000
141,000
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141,000 |
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Martin Jacobson | Busted |
Bryn Kenney shoves all in for his last 35,000 and Georgios Zisimopoulos reshoved. Action was then on max Silver and "snap shoved all in, and then snap busted" he told us afterwards.
Max Silver:
Georgios Zisimopoulos:
Bryn Kenney:
Bryn Kenney was covered by both, and Silver was covered by Zisimopoulos. The board ran out and Silver made his exit while Kenney tripled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Georgios Zisimopoulos |
150,000
50,000
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50,000 |
Bryn Kenney |
105,000
5,000
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5,000 |
Max Silver | Busted |
Sergey Lebedev has now crested the 500,000-chip mark and sits among the leaders after busting Walid Bou Habib.
Habib got it in with the and Lebedev called off with the holding through a board.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sergey Lebedev |
550,000
450,000
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450,000 |
Walid Bou Habib | Busted |
With registration officially closed, the prize pool has been announced. A total of €863,300 will be divided amongst the top 13 players.
Position | Prize | Position | Prize | Position | Prize | |
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1 | €229,200 | 5 | €66,480 | 9 | 24,170 | |
2 | €159,280 | 6 | €51,800 | 10 - 11 | €18,560 | |
3 | €105,320 | 7 | €41,000 | 12 - 13 | €17,270 | |
4 | €82,450 | 8 | €31,940 |
After a slow start to the day, Turkish player Orpen Kisacikoglu is now the run away chip leader.
His latest ascent up the leader board came when he busted Pratyush Buddiga, cracking his queens in a massive flip with big slick.
In the meantime, several others have also gone broke, including Mustapha Kanit, whose high-roller win streak ends at one after a victory in the €25K High Roller last night.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Orpen Kisacikoglu |
580,000
511,000
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511,000 |
Lauri Varonen | Busted | |
Mustapha Kanit | Busted | |
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Pratyush Buddiga | Busted |
Demetrio Barreca made it 10,000 to go and Jason Mercier and the player in the big blind called.
Both the big blind and Barreca checked the flop and when Mercier bet 14,500, only Barreca called. The turn brought the and a check from Barreca. Mercier bet 39,000, but could not shake Barreca.
The river saw Barreca check yet again and Mercier shove in for close to 125,000. Barreca called with the having made the nut-flush on the river and Mercier could show only the on his way out the door.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Demetrio Barreca |
390,000
140,000
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140,000 |
Jason Mercier | Busted | |
Level: 10
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000