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1:31pm: Break time
They've reached the end of the level and the first 20-minute break of the day. --MH
1:31pm: They will not be seeing Level 16
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
The following players were all eliminated during the first level of play today: Ezequiel Lebed, Namir Mohamed, Miltiadis Kyriakides, Michail Karapanos, Diego Ventura, Nick Abou Risk, Pratyush Buddiga, Michael Wang, Alessio Casiraghi, Jarrod Rex, Davide Marchi, Zvi Stern, Moreten Jensen, Adrian Buckly. To think, they will never have the pleasure of posting a 4,000 big blind. --HS
1:30pm: Purice busts Bojang
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Tudor Purice has about 510,000 in chips, busting Ismael Bojang on the last hand before the break. It meant Purice spent the first few minutes of his break stacking up his recently-acquired wealth--although Bojang did not quite have 100,000 at the end.
The hard facts about Bojang's elimination are that he had ace-king suited and Purice [jd][js]. The board had at least one jack on it (maybe actually two; the dealer swept it away it before I could write it down) but Bojang headed out regardless. --HS
1:29pm: Dubini's hand gets caught in the cookie jar by Mateos
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (300 ante)
All-around boss Adrian Mateos opened to 6,500 under the gun and it folded around to Richard Dubini in the big blind, who made the call.
Dubini, who won a €2,000 side event at EPT12 Barcelona last year, checked the [9d][th][9c] flop over to EPT12 Grand Final champ Mateos, and he decided to check, too.
The pair then saw the [8s] turn and Dubini made a bet of 6,700, which Mateos called. The river was the [5c] and now Dubini made it 21,500. It didn't take Mateos long to make the call, and Dubini was forced to show his [qs][4s] for pure air. Mateos had [ad][8d] for a pair of eights, which was good for the win.
Adrian Mateos has 120,000 now, while Dubini is down to 103,000. --JS
1:28pm: Finito
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Alex Goulder opened to 6,500 from under the gun and it folded to Michail Karapanos on the button. Karapanos, who won a satellite here this week to book his place in the Main Event, looked down at [ad][js], a stack of only about 40,000, and decided that now was his time. He moved it all over the line.
"I've got a pretty good hand here," Goulder said, after Steve O'Dwyer and Jude Ainsworth, in the blinds, both passed. Goulder eventually called and showed [as][qh].
The board ran [td][3s][kd][2c][9d]. "Finito," Karapanos said. He was not wrong. --HS
1:27pm: Urbanovich turns the best of it versus Goulder
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Alex Goulder doesn't have the best seat in house with Ben Heath and Dzmitry Urbanovich to his direct left. He also has Jude Ainsworth and Steve O'Dwyer at his table, but at least they're to his right.
Goulder opened from the button and called after Urbanovich three-bet him off the button. The flop spread [3h][jh][6s], and Urbanovich continued for 13,200. Goulder check-called before the [kd][ac] turn and river were checked down. Goulder opened [qd][jd] for third pair but lost out to Urbanovich's second pair with [kc][td]. --MC
Dzmitry Urbanovich -- 130,000
Alex Goulder -- 150,000
1:23pm: Ruzzi roasts Mohamed
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Matias Ruzzi and Namir Mohamed got involved in a slow-burner of a hand that suddenly grew more costly and eventually accounted for Mohamed's tournament life.
Ruzzi opened from early position, making it 6,000 to go, and Mohamed called from one seat to his left. Diego Ventura called from the big blind, too, but his participation was minimal thereafter.
The three saw a flop of [ah][5h][4c] and Ventura checked. Ruzzi bet 8,000 and Mohamed raised to 26,000. That was the end of it for Ventura. Ruzzi, however, called.
Both players checked the [7s] turn, but that, as it turned out, would be a mistake from Mohamed. The [7d] came on the river and Ruzzi bet 36,000.
Mohamed flicked a single chip over the line, which initially looked only like a call, but the dealer confirmed that he clearly heard Mohamed announce that he was all in before the action. The all-in bet stood.
Ruzzi now had reason to pause for a moment. Their stacks were roughly the same size. But Ruzzi knew he also had good reason to call. He had [qh][7h] and did indeed thump out a tower of chips.
His flopped flush draw had improved invisibly to three-of-a-kind. And that was now better than Mohamed's [ad][kh]. Ruzzi had marginally more chips than Mohamed and so out went the latter.
Ruzzi now has about 240,000. --HS
1:20pm: Reeves wins classic race
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Although Luke Reeves just doubled up, he's still seething at being slow-rolled in a 250,000 pot sometime earlier in this tournament.
To the hand in question though, Reeves moved all in for 59,700 with [9c][9d] and Ian Hunter looked him up with [As][Kd].
The [Jd][7s][Qd] flop gave Hunter Broadway outs to go with his overcards. Then the [9s] turn reduced Hunter to just those straight outs, but he missed them on the [2h] river. That hand sees Reeves climb to 125,000 whilst Hunter slips to 38,000. --NW
1:22pm: Chip count changes
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
The biggest movers during the early going today are Scott Margereson (up 225K), Tudor Purice (up 120K), Mikael Jean (up 100K), Mike McDonald (up 70K), and Gaelle Baumann (up 135K). Those dropping the most are Alex Difelice (down 150K), Jaime Staples (down 70K), and Jude Ainsworth (down 60K). Find selected counts here. --SB
1:18pm: Buddiga bounced, Allain ascends
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Adrien Allain has a stack approaching 400,000 after he eliminated Pratyush Buddiga in a four-bet pot.
Allain had three-bet an opponent to 17,000 from the cutoff before Buddiga four-bet all in for 93,000 from the button. The opening raiser folded to leave Allain to make a call.
Buddiga: [9s][9h]
Allain: [ah][jd]
The board ran [7d][jc][td][jh][Ts] to make Allain a full house, and Buddiga is out. --MC
1:14pm: Abou Risk at risk, but doubles
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (300 ante)
Nick Abou Risk has just secured a much needed double-up courtesy of EPT12 Prague ninth-place finisher Ivan Deyra.
Abou Risk shoved from under the gun for 28,300, and found one caller in Deyra. It was a race, as Abou Risk held [as][qc], while Deyra had the [8s][8c]. The [4s][9c][6c] flop was no help to Abou Risk, but the [ad] on the turn sure was. The [3c] changed nothing and Abou Risk now has 64,700. --JS
1:06pm: Purice wrecks Rex
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (300 ante)
Tudor Purice is up to 415,000 now after a stop-and-go play by PokerStars Qualifier Jarrod Rex went awry.
Before the flop there had been an open, a three-bet from Purice, and a call from Rex. The original raiser got out of the way and the two saw the [ah][kd][js] flop with about 45,000 in the middle. Both checked.
The turn came the [tc] and now Rex surprisingly decided to shove for 95,000 or about twice the pot. Purice somehow found a call with [ac][9s] -- which was way ahead of Rex's pocket sevens. The [9c] river gave Purice two pair and eliminated Rex from the Main Event. --JS
1:04pm: High-octane, thrill-ride, action-movie explosions
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
I don't care what anyone says, the line-up of Steve O'Dwyer, Jude Ainsworth, Alex Goulder, Ben Heath, and Dzmitry Urbanovich is the most aggro, ruthless, and reckless seats 1 through 5 in any poker tournament ever. Just look at the action these guys are producing.
Hand 1: O'Dwyer opens to 6,000. Goulder three-bets to 11,600. Everyone folds, including O'Dwyer.
Hand 2: Heath opens the cutoff, making it 7,500 to play. Everyone folds.
Hand 3: Goulder opens to 6,300 from mid-position. Everyone folds.
Hand 4: Rodrigo Portaleoni opens the cutoff. O'Dwyer defends his big blind. The flop comes [8d][9d][td] and O'Dwyer check-folds to Portaleoni's 8,000 continuation bet.
Hand 5: Everyone folds to O'Dwyer's small blind. He completes. Ainsworth bets 11,500 total. O'Dwyer folds.
I know. Insane. Hold on to your hats! --HS
1:01pm: Mateos can't chop Hadad off
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
From under the gun Or Hadad opened to 7,200 only for Adrian Mateos, winner of the EPT11 Grand Final Main Event, to three-bet to 18,500 from the hijack. Back on Hadad, he got a confirmation of the size of the bet and then called, leaving himself about 80,000 behind.
On the [4d][3s][6s] flop Hadad checked the action to Mateos and the Spaniard slid out enough chips to set Hadad all in. The Israeli took about 10 seconds before calling all in for his last 78,400.
Mateos: [5h][3h]
Hadad: [Jh][Jd]
Hadad couldn't sit still, springing up out of his seat and almost walking away from the table by the time the [9c] turn and [Td] river completed the board. He had to sit back down, though, as he was still in the tournament.
"That's the third time you've reraised me," he said pointing at Mateos. "Nice hand, you played it well," added Tudor Purice. Hadad has 200,000 now, while Mateos falls back to 97,000. --NW
12:59pm: Boeree delivers a knockout
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Liv Boeree's stack is about 80,000 bigger thanks to a hand against Davide Marchi. Marchi is now out.
I only really saw the aftermath, but it was pretty easy to put the pieces together. Boeree opened from early position, Marchi shoved from the small blind, and Boeree called.
Marchi's [qh][kc] was dominated by the Team PokerStars Pro's [ah][ks]. The board ran [5s][4h][5c][js][2s] and that was enough for Boeree. She has about 230,000 now. --HS
12:58pm: Saout makes his mark
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Antoine Saout's opening table broke and he was moved to Table 15 where he quickly made his mark by eliminating Gergely Bartos.
The Frenchman raised to 7,000 from under the gun and was called by Alexandre Meylan before Bartos squeezed all in for 25,000 from the button. Saout moved all in as well and managed to isolate Batos as Meylan open-folded pocket sevens.
Bartos's [ac][4c] was drawing thin against Saout's pocket sixes, and a six in the window gave the latter a winning set. He jumped up to 180,000, nearly twice what he started the day with. --MC
12:55pm: Petrangelo folds his queens preflop
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (300 ante)
Mikael Jean ended Day 2 with one of the room's biggest stacks, and he's already been putting it to good use so far today - even bullying high roller Nick Petrangelo into folding pocket queens face-up preflop.
The hand started with Jean opening to 8,100, before LAPT4 Uruguay champion Alex Komaromi from Uruguay three-bet on the button to 18,500. Petrangelo was in the big blind and decided to four-bet pocket queens to 48,500.
After only about 15 seconds thought, Jean decided to shove, having everyone at the table covered in terms of stack size. Komaromi was quick to give it up, and to be honest it didn't take Petrangelo all that long to fold his queens, showing the table.
"That was good against me!" said Komaromi with a smile.
Petrangelo now has 130,000, while Jean is up to 387,000. --JS
12:47pm: Ay caramba! Bart hits two pair
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Belgian pro Bart Lybaert has gotten off to a good start. Just now he had a hand in which he turned two pair and got value out of it, increasing his stack to 155,000.
Brian Ganon had raised to 6,000 off the button and Lybaert peeled from the big blind to see a [kc][3d][2c] flop. The action was checked to the [js] turn where Lybaert led for 9,000. Ganon called quickly, but would take a lot longer to call on the [9d] river when faced with a 21,300 bet. Lybaert opened [kd][jh] and Ganon mucked, dropping down to 125,000. --MC
12:44pm: None shall pass Baumann
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Gaelle Baumann is never intimidated. She is more than happy to do battle with anybody at the poker tables. Case in point, this hand, in which she pushed Sven Magirius out of a pot and took her stack to about double his.
Baumann opened from early position, making it 6,500 to play. Only Magirius, one seat to Baumann's left, was in any way interested and only enough to warrant a call.
The two of them went to a flop of [9d][jh][3d] and Baumann bet 7,600. Magirius called and they went to the [kc] on the turn. Baumann fired again, this time 12,500, but Magirius now tried to flex his muscles. He raised to 36,000.
Baumann called and they went to the river: [qc]. Baumann checked this time, which prompted a bet of 36,000 from Magirius. But if he thought Baumann's long pause was prelude to a sigh-fold, he was wrong. Baumann instead raised all in.
Baumann's check-raise was for about 150,000, which covered Magirius. And instead it was the German forced into the sigh-fold, preserving his tournament life.
He now has about 120,000 left, while Baumann has about 260,000. --HS
12:41pm: Boeree's barrels can't shake off Rudelitz
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Completing from the small blind is a trend that we've seen a lot in high buy-in events on the EPT this season, and that's exactly what Liv Boeree did when action folded to her. Enrico Rudelitz checked his option from a seat over, and the two of them saw a [5s][8h][Kd] flop hit the felt. Boeree then bet 3,000 and Rudelitz smooth-called.
On the [7d] turn Boeree reached for chips again, betting 8,500, and again Rudelitz stuck around. Both players checked the [As] river and Boeree announced that she had nine-high. Rudelitz could beat that, showing [Kc][3d] to claim the pot. He's up to 170,000 now while Boeree slips a little to 116,000. --NW
12:34pm: Akenhead makes Staples twitch
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (300 ante)
PokerStars Team PokerStars Pro Online member and Twitch sensation Jaime Staples spent all day yesterday on the feature table, and had a pretty solid day ending with 289,600 -- almost double the tournament average.
However, Day 3 hasn't begun quite as well for Staples as he's just lost a big pot to James Akenhead right before their table broke.
Akenhead opened to 7,000 and Staples called on the button. The blinds folded and the two saw a flop of [3c][3h][7s], which Akenhead continued on for 9,500. Staples made the call once more and they went to the turn -- the [td]. Now the bet from Akenhead was 13,500, but again Staples went nowhere.
Another ten -- the [tc] -- landed on the river and Akenhead counted out a bet of 48,500 and slid it across the line. "That's a big bet," said Staples.
He thought for a minute and made the call, but mucked immediately when Akenhead flipped over his [th][jc] for a runner-runner full house. Akenhead now has 245,000, wile Staples has slipped to around 190,000. --JS
12:31pm: Urbanovich more than doubles up
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500/3,000 (400 ante)
Beware, Dzmitry Urbanovich now has a stack that's almost average and as we know his poker skills are anything but.
He raised it up to 7,000 from under the gun and picked up four calls, including both blinds. On the [5d][4h][9d] flop the action checked to Vebjorn Monstad who bet 18,000. That got rid of Jude Ainsworth, Alex Goulder, and Ben Heath, but Urbanovich was not so quick to release. Instead he moved all in for 51,500 and Monstad called the extra.
Urbanovich: [Ac][9c] - top pair
Monstad: [Kd][Qd] - two overs and a flush draw
Monstad was actually a 53.74% favourite to win the hand, but it would be Urbanovich's hand that would improve on the [As] turn and [Ah] river, and the Polish pro survived. --NW
Dzmitry Urbanovich -- 141,200
Vebjorn Monstad -- 97,000
12:25pm: Dias the king of Dublin
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
That's not quite true as Dublin is part of a republic, but Bernardo Dias is feeling king-like now after finding pocket kings to double up. The "president" of EPT Dublin doesn't get installed until Saturday anyway.
The high-rolling Christoph Vogelsang opened from under the gun with pocket queens and made a quick call after Dias moved all in for around 65,000 with his kings. The board ran out [8s][5d][ad][6h][5s] and Vogelsang quietly paid his dues and dropped to 189,000. --MC
12:20pm: Dzelinquent Dzmitry
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (300 ante)
At last the EPT11 Player of the Year has arrived -- only about 10 minutes after the start. That's everyone accounted for now, as Level 15 continues. --MH
12:19pm: Side-event crushers
It's not only about the Main Event here in Dublin this week and some big names and local heroes have been crushing the side-event schedule. Have a quick spin through our side-event review. --HS
12:13pm: Where's Urbanovich?
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (300 ante)
All I know is that if I were playing in an event with a €5,300 buy-in and €561,900 for first, I wouldn't want to turn up late for fear of missing a hand. I think most people feel that way.
Dzmitry Urbanovich is not like most people.
His bag is open and his chips are out (so the dealer can put his blinds in), but he's not yet arrived for Day 2. Funny thing is, I saw him at the hotel this morning up and about, so at least we know he's not forgotten to set his alarm.
Urbanovich might not like what he sees when he does eventually appear -- he's got what most people would consider a brutal table, hosting Steve O'Dwyer, Jude Ainsworth, Alex Goulder, and Ben Heath.
Then again, Urbanovich is not like most people.
We'll let you know when he shows! He starts the day with 67,000. --JS
12:09pm: Pezelj the first player out today
Level 15 - Blinds: 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Ivica Pezelj could only giggle at the flop he was faced with after moving all in and getting called.
Nikolaus Teichert had opened and made the call after Pezelj went all in for around 27,000 from the big blind with [kc][js]. Teichert opened [ts][9s] and hit the nuts on the [6s][7s][8c] flop. The board ran out [qc][qh], Pezelj is out, and Teichert's stack jumped up to 140,000. --MC
12:01pm: Cards in the air
Level 15 - Blinds 1,500-3,000 (400 ante)
Day 3 of the EPT Dublin Main Event has begun. The tournament now moves to 90-minute levels, with five levels scheduled to be played today.
With 127 players left, that means they are 40 eliminations away from the bubble bursting. A min-cash is €9,100, while all who remain continue to eye the €561,900 up top due to go to the winner. --MH
11:45am: Chasing Banic
Day 3 of the EPT Dublin Main Event begins at noon and all eyes will be on Croatia's Ivan Banic. He is the man to chase with 381,000 chips.
There's a spectacular chasing pack. Have a look at how they line up at the start of the day on the seat-draw page. --HS
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PokerStars Blog reporting team on the EPT12 Dublin Main Event: Stephen Bartley, Marc Convey, Martin Harris, Jack Stanton, Howard Swains and Nick Wright. Two days on the spin. Photography by Neil Stoddart. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog.
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