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* 46 of 185 entries remain (140 uniques, 45 re-entries)
4:47pm: Elevating Lebedev now among the big stacks
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
Sergey Lebedev has been on a good run since returning from the last break. Incidentally, the next break isn't far away, coming in about 10 minutes when this level concludes.
In one big hand he busted Or Hadad with pocket aces against Hadad's pocket queens for a half-million pot. Then Lebedev just picked up a pot from Luc Greenwood where Greenwood bluffed the river on a [5h][2d][3d][td][jd] board with [ac][ks]. Lebedev called with just [6d][6h] and his diamond won it.
Lebedev now has 600,000. --JS
4:41pm: Luc Greenwood backhanded by Palma
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
"You actually had a hand this time, I'm impressed -- not ace-deuce or king-eight!" needled Nick Palma to Luc Greenwood after the latter hit quads to double through him.
Greenwood had opened to 11,000 from the cutoff before Palma three-bet to 32,000 from the small blind. Greenwood then shoved and Palma said he didn't raise to fold and called all in for 129,500.
Greenwood: [ah][qs]
Palma: [7h][7c]
The flop fell [kc][5h][as] to see Greenwood take the lead, but Palma came storming back to make quads as the board ran out [7d], then [7s]. Palma is up around 270,000 now while Greenwood drops to just a little more than that with 280,000. --MC
4:38pm: Exits
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
Down to 46 now in the High Roller with Zvi Stern, Rui Ferreira, Joaa Simao, Jean Paul Zaffran, Bernardo Dias, Kyle Frey,Or Hadad, Fernando Brito, Rafael Da Silva Moraes, Anthony Zinno, Moshin Charania and Paul Dando among the latest players to bust out. --NW
4:35pm: It took him a while, but Radoja makes great call to bust Zisimopoulos
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
Georgios Zisimopoulos had shoved all in two hands in a row, but on the second time he'd get called and be behind. It was Mark Radoja who played executioner, even if it did take him a good few minutes and the clock being called to make the decision.
Zisimopoulos opened to 9,000 and Radoja three-bet to 25,000 on the button. Zisimopoulos then opted to four-bet jam for 89,400 and Radoja went into the tank.
After a few minutes, Zisimopoulos told him: "If you fold I show."
"If I call I'm really gambling," replied Radoja. "Do you wanna gamble?"
Zisimopoulos didn't respond but he did call the clock, so Radoja only had a minute to decide. About 40 seconds later he stuck a big stack of 5K chips in and the cards were on their backs.
Mark Radoja: [qs][9s]
Georgios Zisimopoulos: [th][9h]
It turned out to be a great call by Radoja as he was ahead with a better kicker to his nine. The flop paired both nines too - [ad][4s][9c]. The turn was the [8h] and the river the [2c], eliminating Zisimopoulos. "Good luck boys," he said as got his coat.
Radoja now has 530,000. --JS
4:31pm: Bleiker building
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
From the hijack Mark Radoja opened to 9,000, Felix Bleiker called on the button, and Dario Samamrtino did likewise from the big blind.
The flop was a tasty looking [9c][Kc][Qs]. Radoja c-bet 11,500, but both he and Sammartino folded after Bleiker raised it up to 35,000. The Swiss player is up to 220,000, whilst Radoja has a very healthy 415,000. --NW
4:25pm: Akin vs Arne
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
It was a case of who'd blink first in a recent hand between Akin Tuna and Arne Coulier. The former opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Coulier then came over the top with a raise to 24,500 on the button. It folded back round to Tuna and he pretty swiftly four-bet to 65,000 straight.
Coulier had about 89,000 back and decided to preserve that stack as he folded. Tuna is up to 230,000. --NW
4:18pm: Nordh doubles through Sam Greenwood
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
Sam Greenwood spent most of Day 1 at, or near, the top of the counts. He's back in the pack with 180,000 though after doubling up Gustav Nordh.
The Swede raised from the cutoff, then went on to bet 10,000, 25,000, then all in for 21,500 on a [5c][ts][7s][8c][5d] board. Greenwood was in the big blind and called all the way to the river where he tanked. He looked up at the sky and seemingly talked the hand through to himself. When he titled his head back down it was to reach for a calling chip.
Nordh opened [jh][jc] and Greenwood flashed his [8d][9d] before mucking. --MC
4:08pm: Ferreira is gone at the hands of Radoja; Nitsche gets stronger
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
Rui Ferreira jammed for his last 45,800 and was called by Mark Radoja on the button. Everyone else folded and the cards were on their backs: [as][8c] for Ferreira and [ahj][jh] for Radoja. No help came on the flop, turn or river for Ferreira and he was eliminated.
Meanwhile, Dominik Nitsche has extended his chip lead even further. --JS
Mark Radoja -- 460,000
Dominik Nitsche -- 570,000
3:55pm: Level 14 begins
Level 14 - Blinds 2,000-4,000 (500 ante)
The price of poker has just gone up. There are 49 players remaining. --MH
3:54pm: Nitsche busts Kurganov in super-aggro preflop battle
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Wow, that escalated quickly.
Dominik Nitsche opened to 7,000 and Igor Kurganov put in a big 3-bet to 41,000. Nitsche then shoved and Kurganov called off his remaining stack for what looked to be roughly 160,000.
Igor Kurganov [ah][kd]
Dominik Nitsche [9h][9s]
The board ran out [3d][qh][4c][8c][7d] and Igor was no more. Nitsche meanwhile, is almost certainly our new chip leader with 530,000. --JS
3:52pm: Drinan down flush street
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Connor Drinan had dropped to around 61,000 after he paid off Luiz Duarte, and his flush, on the river.
The latter had bet 32,100 from the small blind when the board read [7d][ah][jd][2d]. Drinan was in the hijack and made the call. The river came as [5s] and Duarte moved all in for 68,000. Drinan tanked for a few minutes before calling with [ad][tc]. It was no good as Duarte opened [8d][9d]. --MC
3:51pm: Adams heroes river, is right
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Timothy Adams was deep in the tank by the time I arrived at the table. The Canadian had been set all in by Ariel Celestino and was thinking over his decision. He was starring at a [2d][Ah][2h][4s][Qd] board and there was a pot of somewhere in the region of 72,500 in the middle.
Adams had 54,400 back and the conclusion he came to was that they, too, should go into the pot. Celestino showed [Kh][9h] for the busted flush draw, whilst Adams had [Kd][Qh] for the winning hand. He's up to around 185,000 whilst Celestino slips to 65,000. --NW
3:35pm: Luc loving those rivers
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Luc Greenwood sat in his seat, thinking long and hard over whether he should call all in or not. He had 22 big blinds and had been asked the question for all of them.
The action had folded around to Sylvain Loosli in the small blind and he set his Canadian opponent all in. It took around three minutes before Greenwood flicked in a chip to indicate a call.
Loosli: [ac][7d]
Greenwood: [kd][8d]
The board ran [4c][ts][jc][7h][8h] with Greenwood getting out of it on the river. Loosli dropped to 61,000.
Word reached blogging row that Greenwood was up to his old tricks the very next hand. The action folded around to him in the small blind and he moved all in with [ac][2s]. Fernando Brito was in the big blind with fewer chips and called all in with [ad][qs]. The board ran [6s][8c][9s][ks][2c] to hit Greenwood on the river again! He moved up to 225,000 as Brito was moved out. --MC
3:21pm: Prize pool and payouts
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Here's a full look at those payouts. The top 27 finishers are dividing up a €1,794,500 total prize pool. --MH
1st - €397,500
2nd - €268,270
3rd - €184,650
4th - €150,550
5th - €120,050
6th - €92,240
7th - €67,120
8th - €48,630
9th - €40,200
10th-11th - €34,100
12th-15th - €29,610
16th-17th - €24,220
18th-20th - €21,530
21st-23rd - €19,740
24th-27th - €17,950
3:14pm: Geilich gone
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Ludovic Geilich just ran pocket kings into the pocket aces of Joao Vieira, and following a queen-high runout Geilich is out and Vieira up to 270,000. --MH
3:02pm: So long, Soulier
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Fabrice Soulier was just all in and at risk with pocket jacks against the ace-king of Marco Leonzio. Alas for Soulier, Leonzio won the race and the Frenchman is out.
Leonzio is up to 175,000 with 60 players remaining. --MH
2:57pm: Mercier moves in front
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier had a profitable first two levels today, moving up in the counts to claim first position with 61 players left to begin Level 13. He's up to 375,000 now.
Mark Radoja has also moved way up over the 350,000 mark, while Dominik Nitsche sits just behind with about 345,000. Be sure to the chip counts page for the latest chip movement as well as to keep track of who has busted. --MH
2:55pm: Level 13 begins
Level 13 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Players are back and play has resumed. --MH
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2:40pm: Break time; 61 remain
The remaining 61 players are taking their first 15-minute break of the day. --MH
2:35pm: Stern's ticked off about clock
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
Zvi Stern is not happy right now, having branded the fact that the clock was called on him "rude".
We're not sure who did the clock-calling, but here was the situation. Stern faced a big river three-bet from Ariel Celestino of around 60,000 with the board showing the [4c][kc][9s][5d][7d]. He'd obviously been taking his time in other hands prior to this, and his three-and-a-half minute decision was the last straw.
About 30 seconds of the clock ticked down before Stern made the call and Celestino flipped over [kd][9c] for top two. Stern insta-mucked and then made his complaint.
"It was not rude," said Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier, one of Stern's tablemates. "I think that every person would vote that you had long enough." --JS
Zvi Stern -- 145,000
Ariel Celestino -- 141,000
2:24pm: Kanit can't collect double in Dublin
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
Connor Drinan raised from the small blind and Mustapha Kanit reraised his short stack all in from the big blind, earning a quick call from Drinan.
Drinan: [Js][Jd]
Kanit: [Ac][7s]
Kanit began rubbing his hole cards back and forth on the felt in anticipation of the flop, as if to conjure good things. The flop wasn't so bad for him, coming [5d][8h][4c] to provide a gutshot possibility.
"Wow," said Kanit.
The turn was pretty good, too, pairing him up with the [7d].
"Send it!" Kanit petitioned the dealer.
But the [5c] river didn't help the Italian, and he's out.
With 64 players left, Drinan is up to 155,000. --MH
2:15pm: NOW he talks
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
Fabrice Soullier was tangled up in a hefty pot with Samuel Vousden from Finland. Soullier began the pot with an open to 6,000 before Vousden 3-bet to 14,000. Soullier called and the two saw the [th][6h][5d] flop. It went check-check, and the [td] hit the turn. Now Soullier led for 17,500 and Vousden called. The river came the [4h] and Soullier checked, and now Vousden put out a big bet of 59,000.
Soullier went deep into the tank on this one. He was chatting to Vousden, trying to get him to mutter anything of significance, but he got nothing out of him.
He eventually folded, and after someone said nice hand to Vousden he responded with "Thanks".
"Oh, so now you talk huh?" said Soullier, jokingly.
"I'm just not as talkative as you," replied Vousden.
Soullier thought for a moment and said: "Well, maybe that's because your hand was better, huh?"
Fabrice Soullier 80,000
Samuel Vousden 195,000 -JS
2:05pm: Nordh beats Vieira
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
Joao Vieira opened to 6,400 and found one caller in Gustav Nordh. We saw a [kh][8c][ac] flop and Vieira c-betted for the same 6,400 after it was checked to him. Nordh made the call and the turn was the [tc]. Nordh checked again and now the bet from Vieira was 11,800. It would be called and the [3s] landed on the river. Both checked and Nordh flipped over [as][jd] for top pair. It was good. -- JS
Gustav Nordh -- 190,000
Joao Vieira -- 82,000
2:01pm: Leonard loses, Ghassan gathers
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
Patrick Leonard got the last of his stack in on the turn with the board showing [2h][Th][7h][Ts] and Leonard holding [Ah][7d] for tens and sevens plus a flush draw. Too bad for him, Ibrahim Ghassan had [Kc][Tc] for trip tens, and after the [5s] river Leonard was eliminated. Ghassan is up around 145,000 now. --MH
1:51pm: Either/or situation for Dvoress ends in favor of Or
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
Following a [4h][6d][Tc] flop, Daniel Dvoress was all in with his short stack versus Or Hadad. Either Daniel's [Kd][Td] would hold up, or Or's [Jh][Th] would outdraw him.
The [Jc] that spiked on the turn meant the latter option had come true, giving Hadad two pair, and after the [Qh] river Dvoress was eliminated. Hadad now has about 225,000. --MH
1:40pm: Simao doubles through Mercier
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
With the board reading [tc][4h][2c], Mercier had put out a bet of 7,000 and Brazil's Joao Simao shoved for his last 31,100. Mercier made the call with pocket sevens but was trailing the [td][9d] of Simao. The [6s] turn and [ac] river changed nothing. --JS
Jason Mercier -- 105,000
Joao Simao -- 62,000
1:36pm: Vamplew sent home
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
David Vamplew has been knocked out at the hands of Mark Radoja, who finished third in the Single-Day €10K and came into Day 2 in this event 2nd in chips.
Vamplew stuck the last of his chips in with the [qs][6s] on a [js][8s][6d][kd] board, and was unsurprisingly called by Radoja with his pocket jacks. The river was the [6h], giving Vamplew a pointless set and improving Radoja to a boat.
Radoja now has 303,000. --JS
1:34pm: Level 12 begins
Level 12 - Blinds 1,200-2,400 (300 ante)
Just 75 players remain as Level 12 gets underway, with Nick Petrangelo and Antonio Ferreira the last couple of players eliminated. Meanwhile Dominik Nitsche has added a few to stay in the chip lead. He has about 315,000 now.
You can check the live chip counts page for updates on where the chips are going as well as to see who has busted here on Day 2. --MH
1:21pm: Stern takes a big pot from Adams
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
Timothy Adams opened to 5,000 (for the second hand in a row), which found three callers in Zvi Stern, Ariel Celestino and Francois Billard.
The dealer put out a [tc][3s][jc] flop, which both Billard and Adams would check. That allowed Stern to open the aggresion with a 7,800 bet, and only Adams would call.
We saw the [6d] on the turn, and here's where the pot grew substantially. Adams checked once more and Stern continued for 16,800, but now Adams opted to 3-bet to 44,000. Stern didn't budge.
To the river we went - the [3c]. Adams checked for a third and final time and then folded to Stern's 46,000 bet.
That takes Stern up to 225,000, while Adams dips to 70,000. --JS
1:11pm: Chance a chancer
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
Chance Kornuth is among the latest to fall here in the early going on Day 2 after tangling with Luuk Gieles over a pot and being unsuccessful. Kornuth joins Darrell Goh, Emil Ekvardt, and Luis Rodriguez Cruz on the rail. Gieles, meanwhile, jumps up over 250,000.
After busting, Kornuth has wandered back to the tournament area and is chatting with those still in about taking pieces.
"You can take a piece of me, Chance," called Dietrich Fast just after losing small one to chip leader Dominik Nitsche. "I'm cheap!" he added with a grin.
A smiling Chance is considering Fast's offer. --MH
1:05pm: Full treble up for Neuville; just a double for Frey
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
2015 November Niner Pierre Neuville just locked up a rather nice treble up. He came in to the day short, but now sits with a playable stack of 30 big blinds.
Georgios Zisimopoulos kicked things off with an open to 4,500 and Felix Bleiker called from the small blind. Pierre Neuville then took this opportunity from the big blind to get his last 18,800 into the middle, and both Zisimopoulos and Bleiker called.
The flop came [7d][qd][jh], and Zisimopoulos and Bleiker commenced the side pot, although not much would happen. Both checked the flop, then Zisimopoulos put out a bet on the [9h] turn and Bleiker gave it up, so the cards were on their backs.
Pierre Neuville [qh][qc]
Georgios Zisimopoulos [qs][9s]
The river was an inconsequential [4h] and Neuville shot up to 60,000.
The next hand saw Kyle Frey double through Zisimopoulos. The two got it all-in after Zisimopoulos made it 5,000, and Frey shoved for 46,100. It was the [as][qc] for Frey which had out-run Zisimopoulos' [8d][8h] on the [2h][ac][6c][9d][9c] board. --JS
Kyle Frey -- 95,500
Georgios Zisimopoulos -- 35,000
12:56pm: Money, money, money
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
With late registration now closed, we can share information about the prize pool and payouts.
The total of 185 entries (140 uniques, 45 re-entries) generated a total prize pool of €1,794,500 that will be divided among the top 27 finishers. A min-cash will be worth €17,950, while the winner is scheduled to receive a nifty €397,500. --MH
12:49pm: MacDonnell, Watson out
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
Marc MacDonnell and Mike Watson are among the early busts here on Day 2, reducing the field to 82 players. --MH
12:42pm: Two black aces for Drinan
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
Connor Drinan raised to 5,000 from under the gun, then watched Alex Difelice three-bet to 12,500 from the button. Drinan called, and the pair both checked after the [9c][6c][7d] flop and again after the [Td] turn.
At the [9s] river Drinan fired 18,000, and after some thought Difelice called. Drinan tabled [As][Ac] and Difelice mucked. Drinan is up to 170,000 now while Difelice slips to just over 37,000. --MH
12:36pm: Three returners and one newcomer
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
It looks like just four new players joined the field to start today's Day 2. Bryn Kenney, Rafael Moraes, and Kevin Killeen all re-entered to start play today, while Scott Margereson -- who finished 19th in the EPT12 Dublin Main Event yesterday -- has joined the field for the first time.
That brings the total number of entries to 185. Prize pool information should arrive before too long, and we'll forward that along when it does. --MH
12:34pm: Day 2 begins
Level 11 - Blinds 1,000-2,000 (300 ante)
Day 2 has begun! Back shortly with a report on the under-the-wire entries and re-entries. --MH
11:55am: Nitsche leads €10K High Rollers into Day 2
Welcome back to the Royal Dublin Society where the €10K High Roller moves into its second day of play. Dominik Nitsche has already won the UKIPT High Roller and taken second in the EPT Dublin €10K Single-Day High Roller, and after a fruitful first day for the German yesterday carries the chip lead into Day 2. Here's a look at the top of the leaderboard to start play today:
1. Dominik Nitsche (Germany) -- 305,600
2. Mark Radoja (Canada) -- 280,000
3. Jerry Odeen (Sweden) -- 250,000
4. Sam Greenwood (Canada) -- 248,300
5. Ben Heath (UK) -- 240,300
6. Felix Bleiker (Switzerland) -- 212,000
7. Vladas Tamasuaskas (Lithuania) -- 198,100
8. Jason Mercier (USA) -- 189,300
9. Sam Chartier (Canada) -- 187,400
10. Luuk Gieles (Netherlands) -- 185,500
Also returning to big stacks are Ariel Celestino, Shyam Srinivasan, Kevin MacPhee, Jeff Gross, and the EPT Dublin 25K High Roller champion Mustapha Kanit. You can click here for a full list of chip counts from the end of Day 1.
Additionally, click here for a look through the Day 1 live updates, and click here for the Day 1 recap.
Late registration and the last chance to re-enter ends with the start of play today, so we'll soon know just how many entries there are as well as prize pool information. They'll play six one-hour levels today, take a one-hour dinner break, then come back for four or five more levels or stop if they get to an eight-handed final table.
Play begins a little over a half-hour from now. Join us then for start-to-finish coverage of Day 2! --MH
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