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4:52pm: Nice for Newey
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
Just before the players go on break, Paul Newey has just picked up a welcome pot. It started with an open from Christoph Vogelsang to 27,000, and then a three-bet to 75,000 from Mike McDonald.
Newey stared down both players, and started counting his chips. He must have decided he had the right amount to shove, and moved all his green chips into the middle. Vogelsang threw his hand away instantly, but it wasn't such an easy decision for McDonald. He counted Newey's chips in his head and thought for a minute or so, before making a reluctant fold.
That pot brought Newey's stack to around 580,000, while McDonald has 480,000. --JS
4:50pm: Kitai sends MacPhee down the river
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
Picking up the action on the turn, Kevin MacPhee and Davidi Kitai were involved in a handsome looking pot. The board showed the [6s][3s][5d] flop and [as] turn, and MacPhee had a bet of 84,000 in front of him. It was on Kitai, who made the call.
The river brought the [8c] and now the bet from MacPhee was seven green chips - good for 175,000. Kitai snap-called and flipped over the [9s][8d] for a rivered set, meaning MacPhee's [5h][6h] for a flopped two-pair were no good.
MacPhee is down to 530,000 while Kitai is up to 925,000. --JS
4:40pm: All-in and a call and a chuckle
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
There's a certain sound players make following an all-in and a call--a variety of laughter--that is unmistakable in its meaning. One doesn't even have to see the cards to know what it signifies, that exhaled, wordless expression of relief that at once makes it clear that the preceding tension has been dissolved in an instant.
It's the sound players make when they realize they each have the same hand.
We heard it just now standing by the table of Mike McDonald and Christoph Vogelsang. The board read [Qc][Kc][Kc][Td], and after a leading bet from McDonald and a long, suspense-filled pause by Vogelsang, the latter raised all in. McDonald only thought a few seconds longer before calling, and the players showed their hands -- [Jc][9s] for McDonald, and [Jh][9d] for Vogelsang.
The sound was heard, the inconsequential river was dealt, and the pot was chopped. McDonald has about 570,000 right now, while Vogelsang has 465,000. --MH
4:30pm: Farrell activates Plan B
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
Earlier today Niall Farrell talked about his usual Plan B, a trip to the pub to unwind and watch the rugby. Mustapha Kanit had picked up on this.
"Lord of Scotland," Kanit said. "We're going to send you to the pub soon."
Kanit was only slightly wrong. Farrell actually stuck around for a while, but has now finally departed, sent to the rail by Charlie Carrel.
Farrell opened to 26,000 from under the gun before Carrell, in the seat next to him, announced he was all-in for something like 330,000, which had him covered. With the action folded back to him Farrell called.
Farrell: [ts][tc]
Carrel: [as][kh]
The board got scary, but ultimately went Carrel's way, landing [9s][ad][6s][8s][5h].
Farrell made his way to the rail, make that the pub, while Carrel stacked up around 650,000.
"It's not funny to play against the British players," said Kanit. "They win every hand." -- SB
4:35pm: Kurganov busts to Farrell - Kanit is not happy
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
With just 111,000 left, Igor Kurganov shoved under-the-gun and it was folded around to Niall Farrell. "1-1-1?" he asked, to which Igor replied: "Yep. Good luck." We're not sure he meant it, but Farrell decided to shove over the top anyhow.
It was then folded around to Ben Heath in the big blind, who asked Farrell how much more he had. "About 125,000 more," was the answer, which was too much for Heath who let it go. So, the cards were on their backs:
Igor Kurganov [9h][th]
Niall Farrell [as][kd]
The flop was good for Kurganov - [7c][7d][9d]. He'd gone out in front with his pair, and even hit two pair on the [tc] turn. However, the two sevens on board meant that Farrell only needed to pair his ace or king to take the lead with a bigger two pair.
Boom! The Barry Greenstein - i.e. an ace on the river - hit, and Kurganov was eliminated. As he was getting up, he wished everyone on the table good luck, and every player was no doubt happy to see such a tricky opponent gone.
Not Mustapha Kanit though. "Now am I big blind!" he jokingly moaned, as Kurganov's elimination meant the next blind moved over to him. "What the f***!"
Niall Farrell now has 254,000. --JS
4:25pm: Wittendorff eliminates Mercier
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
Jason Mercier opened for 26,000 from middle position, then watched Kim Wittendorff three-bet to 61,000 from the button. The blinds stepped aside, and after a pause the Team PokerStars Pro called the reraise.
The flop came [Qd][2d][4s], and Mercier checked. Wittendorff sat in contemplation for a half-minute, then fired 65,000. Mercier called. The turn brought the [2s] and another check from Mercier. This time Wittendorff waited closer to a minute, then announced he was all in.
The bet covered the 220,000 or so Mercier had behind, and he went through various stages of thinking about the problem, counting his remaining chips and checking the tournament clock as he did. Finally he called, tabling [Ts][Th], and discovered the bad news as Wittendorff had [Kh][Ks].
The river was the [Js], and Mercier was eliminated. Wittendorff meanwhile now has a bit more than 1 million. --MH
4:20pm: Johnson takes one from Sammartino
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
After Dario Sammartino opened to 26,000 from the under-the-gun, he found three callers: Jeff Rossiter, Chance Kornuth, and Keith Johnson from the big blind. The four saw a flop of [9s][ah][ks], Johnson checked, and Sammartino continued for 36,000.
That got Rossiter and Kornuth out the way, but Johnson didn't budge. The turn was the [8c] and, as it so often does on the turn, the action slowed right down. Both checked and we went to the [jh] river.
It looked like both players considered betting, but it was to be checked again and Johnson scooped it with [ac][qs]. Sammartino mucked.
Dario Sammartino 470,000
Keith Johnson 680,000 --JS
4:15pm: Pret a Pratyush
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
Pratyush Buddiga is out. He shoved with [ah][kc] which Ben Heath called with [7c][7d]. The board ran [8c][qh][2h][jc][4d] to send Buddiga to the rail, and leave Heath with roughly 1.1 million. - SB
4:10pm: Dvoress up to 600,000
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
Daniel Dvoress opened for 28,000 under the gun and the action was folded to Tim Adams in the big blind. Adams reached for his chips and called.
The flop came [as][4h][6d]. Adams checked once, then called Dvoress's bet of 14,000. Then on the [9h] turn card he checked again, then called Dvoress's bet of 47,000. Then on the [7c] river card he checked once last time. But Dvoress's bet of 113,000 took the pot.
Dvoress up to 600,000. - SB
4.05pm: Rossiter pushes out Johnson
Level 12 - Blinds 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante)
Keith Johnson opened from the cutoff, making it what looked like 30,000 to play. (They're into Level 12 now, with blinds at 6,000-12,000 (2,000 ante). Dario Sammartino called from the button but Jeff Rossiter bumped it up, making it 110,000 to go.
Johnson called; Sammartino did not.
The flop came [3c][8s][tc] and both checked. The turn was [2d] and both checked. The river was [ts] and no matter how much Johnson wanted to call Rossiter's bet of 135,000 (and he seemed very tempted), he didn't. He folded.
Counts from that table:
Jeff Rossiter 840,000
Anton Bertilsson 1.35 million
Martin Jacobson 200,000
Chance Kornuth 900,000
Max Silver 1.1 million
Dario Sammartino 700,000
And why not another table too?
Winfred Yu 510,000
Ben Heath 410,000
Pratyush Buddiga 290,000
Mustapha Kanit 155,000
Mike Watson 420,000
Niall Farrell 530,000
Charlie Carrel 350,000
Nick Petrangelo is pretty much neck-and-neck with Bertilsson at the top of the counts. -- HS
4:00pm: Chartier reaches million mark
Level 11 - Blinds 5,000-10,000 (1,000 ante)
Sam Chartier opened for 24,000 in the cut off. Rocco Palumbo was on the button next to him and raised to 65,000. Chartier called for a [qs][kc][9h] flop. Chartier checked and Palumbo made it 65,000 to play. Chartier called for the [jh] turn card.
Now Chartier bet out, making it 110,000. Palumbo paused a while, but opted not to continue. He drops slightly to 470,000. Chartier meanwhile is up to around 1 million. - SB
3:50pm: Pair, set, straight flush
Level 11 - Blinds 5,000-10,000 (1,000 ante)
Every once in a while the board deliverers nothing but good news for a player. A few minutes ago it was Mike McDonald's turn, when he made a straight flush on the river, having made a set on the turn.
The board ran [9d][7s][8d][7c][6d]. McDonald held [7d][td], which made whatever Davidi Kitai called with on the river, look irrelevant. - SB
3:45pm: Johnson snares Drinan
Level 11 - Blinds 5,000-10,000 (1,000 ante)
Connor Drinan is out, having wandered headlong into a trap set by Keith Johnson.
Drinan opened from early position, making it 23,000, and after action folded to Johnson in the big blind, he opted only to call. I say "only" because he had [ah][ac]. But Drinan was not to know.
The flop came [6d][4c][7d] and Johnson checked. Drinan bet 20,000 and now Johnson sprang his trap, announcing that he was all in, covering the 200,000 stack, approximately, of Drinan.
Drinan called and turned over his [9s][9h]. The [as] on the turn ended this as a contest. -- HS
3:30pm: Scraps
Level 11 - Blinds 5,000-10,000 (1,000 ante)
Here's a deeply unsatisfying update that tells us almost nothing. Poker is a game of incomplete information, after all.
The flop was out -- [th][7d][jd] -- and Samuel Chartier, who would have been in the hijack pre-flop, must have bet. We can deduce that because Kim Wittendorff, who would have been on the button, had 65,000 in front of him, but Chartier had 175,000 there.
The decision, therefore, was on Wittendorff. And after a long while, he called.
The [5d] came on the turn and Chartier announced that he was all in. It was about 360,000. Wittendorff had about 600,000 in his stack and went into the tank for a long, long time.
But then he folded. So we know nothing at all about what that hand was about. You're welcome. -- HS
3:10pm: Four strikes and you're out
Level 11 - Blinds 5,000-10,000 (1,000 ante)
David Peters had moved in three times already before he found pocket nines and made it four.
Chance Kornuth had opened in early position before Peters shoved. An easy call for Kornuth with pocket jacks.
The flop was kind to Peters: [tc][9h][8c], and the [5d] turn was a blank. But not the [7s] river card, which gave Kornuth the straight, and the remainder of Peters's chips. Kornuth's stack now up to close to a million. - SB
3pm: Full counts
Level 11 - Blinds 5,000-10,000 (1,000 ante)
They're now into Level 11, with blinds and antes as above. We've updated the chip-count page with counts at this stage, so click over there to take a look.
Sneak preview: Anton Bertilsson (1.4 million) is ahead. Quelle surprise. But Nick Petrangelo is close behind him (1.275 million).
2:45pm: Break time
Players are now on a 20 minutes break.
2:40pm: Fine flop for McDonald
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
Just before the break at the end of Level 10, Mike McDonald managed an all-but double up through a frustrated Kim Wittendorff. Here's what happened.
McDonald opened from the hijack, making it 18,000 to play, and Wittendorff called on the button. They went to a flop of [as][7d][7c]. McDonald bet 20,000 and Wittendorff called, buying them the [qh] on the turn.
McDonald kept betting, this time 45,000, and Wittendorff kept calling. That meant a river of [qd]. McDonald only had about 200,000 in his stack at this point, but tickled a bet of 125,000 out there.
Wittendorff, from a far more sizeable stack, called but was quickly shown some bad news. McDonald flipped [7h][9h]. "You're kidding," Wittendorff said and mucked. -- HS
2:25pm: Elementary for Watson
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
More from Mustapha Kanit, who is hanging on. After a bet of 16,000 pre-flop from Igor Kurganov Kanit announced he was all-in for 149,000.
"You put 150 you get one change!" he said to Mike Watson next to him, who elected, like Kurganov, to pass.
Watson was in action shortly after, this time against Charlie Carrel.
Watson opened from the button for 16,000. Carrel called from the big blind.
The flop came [qh][ts][3c]. Carrel check-called Watson's bet of 20,000.
On the turn card [kd] both players checked for a [3h]. This time Carrel led the betting, making it 75,000 to play. Watson paused for several minutes before calling, turning over [qc][8d] to take the pot against Carrel's [ac][4s]. -- SB
Carrel - 450,000
Watson - 800,000
2:10pm: Vogelsang doubles
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
A useful double-up for Christoph Vogelsang here, although Ariel Celestino is going to be furious. His chances of getting anything from this tournament have taken a huge hit.
Celestino opened the hijack, making it 18,000 to play. Vogelsang, who has been playing a lot of pots recently, three bet from the cutoff, making it 55,000. Action folded back to Celestino and he moved all in.
Vogelsang was the effective stack, and he called off for his last 247,000 total, tabling [ah][qh] as he did. Celestino was in good shape with his [ac][kh] but the balance of power shifted on a flop of [3d][js][qd].
Celestino still had outs, but missed on the turn of [4h] and the river [4c]. Vogelsang takes his stack beyond 500,000. Celestino is cut down to about 200,000.
Other counts from that table:
Davidi Kitai 980,000
Bryn Kenney 190,000
Paul Newey 450,000
Kevin MacPhee 690,000
Ivan Luca 270,000 -- HS
2:05pm: Adams closing on a million
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
Timothy Adams opened for 17,000 from the cut off. Daniel Dvoress called from the button, as did Jason Mercier from the big blind.
Adams was betting again on the [ac][jd][3d] flop. 31,000 this time, called by Dvoress, before Mercier passed.
Timothy AdamsThat brough the turn card [9s]. Another 82,000 from Adams this time. Dvoress called for the [5c] on the river. Both players checked.
"Pair," said Adams, but Dvoress motioned for him to turn his cards over. He did, showing [kc][3c].
That was enough to take the pot and move up to 950,000. Dvoress, sho didn't show, down to 320,000. - SB
2:00pm: Winter getting warmer
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
Sean Winter just doubled up, having moved all in for 190,000 with [as][qs]. He'd been in the small blind, with Jason Mercier, calling from the big, with [5c][5d].
The board ran [ad][7h][3h][9d][8h]. There was enough red on the board to give Winter some doubts, but he was eventually convinced. - SB
1:50pm: Kornuth up
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
A big bet on the river by Chance Kornuth was enough to win a pot against David Peters.
The board read [9c][qc][8h][as][3s] with about 100,000 in the middle. Kornuth, playing from middle position, bet 186,000, sending Peters into the tank. He came out to pass.
Peters down to 475,000 while Kornuth moves up to 630,000. - SB
1:45pm: Half a million
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
The prize-pool information is now with us. Here are the all important details:
Players: 58
Re-entries: 12
Prize pool: €1,715,000
1 - €501,640
2 - €360,150
3 - €234,100
4 - €176,640
5 - €137,200
6 - €106,330
7 - €84,040
8 - €65,170
9 - €49,730
To restate: we're playing ten levels today, or to a final table of eight, whichever comes soonest. The bubble will likely be played on two five-handed tables, before they'll go nine handed when they're in the money. -- HS
1:35pm: New patterns
Level 10 - Blinds 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante)
They're through the first level of Day 2 and 36 players remain. Winfred Yu won small pots either side of the level-up announcement, building his stack to about 390,000.
Yu opened to 14,000 from UTG+1 (this is when blinds were 3,000-6,000 still) and picked up two callers: Mustapha Kanit, in the cutoff, and Charlie Carrel, in the big blind.
The flop fell [7h][qh][2s] and Carrel checked. Yu bet 26,000 and both Kanit and Carrel called. That meant a turn card: [3s]. Carrel checked, Yu bet 85,000, and both his opponents folded.
On the next hand, with blinds now at 4,000-8,000, Yu opened to 18,000 from under the gun and again picked up two callers: Mike Watson in the cutoff and Pratyush Buddiga in the big blind.
The flop this time delivered the [7s][2h][9s] and after Buddiga checked, Yu's bet of 30,000 was enough to persuade the other two out.
Carrel now has around 560,000; Kanit about 140,000. -- HS
1:30pm: Attention on Kanit
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
Right now the fun table belongs to Mustapha Kanit. He may not have many chips, but he's getting some attention.
Igor Kurganov (left) and Mustapha KanitHaving taken chips from Igor Kurganov earlier ("I like my chips," he'd said, before turning to Kurganov. "I like your chips too.") he took another small pot from him a short while ago, forcing a fold from Kurganov on a board of [5c][ac][6d][qd].
Kurganov took one of Kanit's cards in jest, and pretended to look.
"You can see if you want," said Kanit. "After I call the floor. One round penalteeeeeee!"
As before this last bit was sung, rather than spoken. -- SB
1:15pm: New patterns
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
If you watch a lot of poker hands, you notice some very familiar patterns. Pre-flop, it's very common to write: open, three-bet, call (everyone else folds) and post-flop you usually get a check, c-bet, call. The turn very often goes check, check. The river is anyone's guess.
When you add a further tonal dimension, of bet-sizing, that things can vary, and there's definitely been a shift in high roller events recently towards slightly bigger pre-flop three-bets, followed by smaller c-bets post flop. The sample size isn't enormous, but that's what seems to be happening.
Here's an example. Timothy Adams opened from early position, making it 14,000 (a "min-plus" open). Samuel Chartier three-bet from the small blind, to 47,000 (slightly bigger than a "standard" three-bet).
Adams called. The flop came [ah][qh][as] and Chartier bet 21,000 -- about one fifth of the pot. Adams called. The [ts] came on the turn and now Chartier bet 50,000 (a break from the usual check-check). Adams folded.
Over on the neighbouring table, Jeff Rossiter and Andrew Lichtenberger were playing it a bit more according to establish patterns. Rossiter opened to 16,000 from the button and Lichtenberger called in the big blind.
The two saw a flop of [tc][6h][js] and Lichtenberger checked. Rossiter bet 19,000 and Lichtenberger called. Then they both checked the [8h] turn. On the [4c] river, Lichtenberger's bet of 45,000 was enough to get it done. Rossiter folded. -- HS
1:05pm: Chipsmmmmmm
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
Sam Greenwood is out. He turned a straight with [8c][7h] against Igor Kurganov whose [kh][qh] made a flush on the river.
That put Kurganov up to 450,000, or at least it did temporarily. A short while later he called Mustapha Kanit's all-in. The Italian had pocket nines to Kurganov's ace-ten. There was some good natured banter as the board was dealt, with Kanit getting the upper hand.
You have to imagine what came next spoken in a kind of half-sung taunt toward Kurganov.
"Igor, I never lie... I take all the money... Igor, I told you before, are you stupid or whaaaaat?"
That got everyone laughing, even Kurganov, who drops down to 300,000, which is roughly what Kanit now has. - SB
Another of Kanit's all-ins1pm: Rossiter finds timely double
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
Rainer Kempe is the short stack at Anton Bertilsson's table, and sitting two seats to his left. It's going to be tough to get much traction from there.
Kempe tried it, however, on a recent hand and, in the process, contributed to a double up for Jeff Rossiter, the man sitting between Kempe and Bertilsson.
Kempe opened to 12,000 from the button and Rossiter three-bet to 42,000 from the small blind. Bertilsson never saw a three-bet that he didn't want to four-bet and did indeed move 500,000 over the line, which would cover both of his opponents if they combined their stacks, let alone went it alone.
Kempe folded, preserving his 100,000 or so left. Rossiter snap called, however, and turned over [ad][kc]. Bertilsson was behind with [ah][js].
The flop came [8d][kd][5d] and Rossiter prepared for a double. The [qd] turn sealed it. He had 230,000 in his stack, so resultantly now has double that.-- HS
12:55pm: Thorel thawed by Bertilsson
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
Jean-Noel Thorel has become the first victim of Anton Bertilsson today, running his pocket eights into Bertilsson's queens and finding no help on the board. Bertilsson moved beyond 1.6 million. -- HS
12:45pm: Welcome to the game
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
Jeff Rossiter is in the unenviable position of having Anton Bertilsson immediately to his left, and he can expect a long day of three-betting, one suspects. And if he thought it was only one person he would need to get past, he was wrong--at least if this early hand is anything to go by.
It was folded to Rossiter in the cutoff and he raised to 14,000. Bertilsson, as you might expect, counted down a re-raise from the button, making it 35,000 to play. But then Chance Kornuth, in the big blind, seized his opportunity to test the real strength of his opponents' hands. He four-bet to 91,000.
Rossiter folded. Bertilsson folded.
Prior to that, Philip Sternheimer became the first man to be knocked out. He played precisely one hand today. -- HS
12:40pm: Who's in: the clarification
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
Righto, we have our final list of players. Contrary to what is written below, there were only two winners of the live satellite last night: Kyle Frey and Keith Johnson. Frey is playing his second bullet, Johnson his first.
Francesco Del Foco bought in for the first time today. Pratyush Buddiga bought in for the second time.
So that's two new players (Del Foco and Johnson) and two re-entries Buddiga and Frey. Final numbers, which need to be confirmed 100 percent with the powers that be, will be with us shortly. -- HS
12:35pm: Place your bets... just not here
There's a man standing outside the tournament room who cannot stop people throwing money at him.
I know what you're thinking, what a great problem to have. But Aiden is manning the BetStars desk, and showing the odds of every High Roller player on a big screen.
It's caused some inadvertent problems. Not only do players like seeing their names on the screen, they also can't help wanting five euros on themselves to win at 100 to 1.
But this is BetStars, the new betting wing of PokerStars, which is online for a reason. You can use your account, but rolling up and laying down cash on the table is not exactly how it works. Not that it's stopping anyone. I saw it myself.
The BetStars deskStill, it's fascinating to look at, and an exciting part of the BetStars brand worth checking out. So far the favourite is Anton Bertilsson, the only player with more than a million chips. No surprises there.
Anyway, if you're curious check out the BetStars website. Just don't come here and throw cash at Aiden. - SB
12:30pm: Away they go
Level 9 - Blinds 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante)
That's it. They're off. We'll have details of any last-minute registrants as and when they're known. It's common at the start of Day 2 of these events to see Dzmitry Urbanovich turning up to play, but no confirmed sighting of him just yet. He is in Dublin, though, and finished second last night in the chess/poker hybrid event. -- HS
12:15pm: Another way in
The chip lead last night was held by Anton Bertilsson and Nick Petrangelo, who also share in common their method of entry to this €25,000 High Roller event. They both won a seat in a live satellite.
Perhaps with similar domination of their own in mind, a decent smattering played a live satellite last night in the attempt to get in for Day 2. Today we welcome to the stage Keith Johnson, Francesco Delfoco and Kyle Frey, who were successful. (It's actually a welcome back to Frey. He lost his first buy in yesterday, but is back for more today.)
They are starting action today in Level 9, with blinds at 3,000-6,000 (1,000 ante). That means a 250,000 starting stack is 42 big blinds. -- HS
12:00pm: To re-enter or not to re-enter
As mentioned below, this is a single re-entry event, allowing eliminated players the chance to get back in the action for the first eight levels of play. Yesterday, these ten did just that:
Andrew Lichtenberger
Connor Drinan
Daniel Dvoress
Chance Kornuth
Ivan Luca
Max Silver
Mike McDonald
Sam Greenwood
Scott Margereson
Steve O'Dwyer
Of those, both O'Dwyer and Margereson were eliminated twice and so will not be back today. Any of the following, who were knocked out yesterday but did not re-enter, have the chance to get involved again today:
Andre Akkari, Anthony Zinno, Dietrich Fast, Jaroslaw Sikora, Jason Wheeler, Joao Simai, Joao Vieira, Kyle Frey, Luuk Gieles, Piotr Franczak, Rafael Moraes. It's also possible for any totally new players to register as well. -- HS
11:45am: Eyes on the prize
Good morning everybody and welcome back to Ireland for Day 2 of the €25,000 High Roller event at EPT Dublin. Here are the important things to look out for today.
* At the end of play last night, Anton Bertilsson led the field of 42 players, all of whose counts are on the chip-count page.
* Registration closes shortly before the start of play today, at which point we'll have a seat draw and know the total number of entries.
* This is a single re-entry event, meaning anyone knocked out yesterday, who did not re-enter, can try again today.
* After 12:15pm, however, it's a freezeout.
* Prize pool information will be published some time today.
* They will play ten one-hour levels, or until a final table of eight is reached, whichever comes soonest.
* There's a dinner break at the end of Level 16.
Play will start at 12:30pm.
Take a look at the official website of the EPT, with tournament schedule, news, results and accommodation details for the rest of the season.
Also all the schedule information is on the EPT App, which is available on both Android or IOS.
PokerStars Blog reporting team on the EPT12 Dublin Main Event: Stephen Bartley, Martin Harris, Jack Stanton and Howard Swains. Photography by Neil Stoddart. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.
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