2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
€595,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€3,150,000
Entries
315
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
25,000

Nicholas Palma Eliminated in 17th Place (€36,060)

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Nicholas Palma - 17th Place
Nicholas Palma - 17th Place

Action folded to a short-stacked Nicholas Palma in the small blind and he open-shipped for just over 200K, which Luc Greenwood snap-called from the big blind.

Palma: {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}
Greenwood: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}

"It's alright, a three is coming," Palma said optimistically.

Unfortunately for him, his prediction did not come true as the board ran out an unhelpful {4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Spades}{q-Clubs}{10-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
1,500,000
435,000
435,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
Busted

Tags: Luc GreenwoodNicholas Palma

Palumbo Versus Bleiker

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Rocco Palumbo was in the small blind and he check-called an 80,000 bet from Felix Bleiker on the button with the flop reading {K-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. Both players then checked the {K-Spades} turn, before Palumbo led for 150,000 on the {4-Diamonds} river. Bleiker was done with his hand and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
1,350,000
-80,000
-80,000
Profile photo of Felix Bleiker ch
Felix Bleiker
1,260,000
-315,000
-315,000

Tags: Felix BleikerRocco Palumbo

What Does the Foxen Say?

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

William Foxen opened for 55,000 from the cutoff only to have Iliodoros Kamatakis three-bet to 125,000 from the button. Both blinds folded, Foxen pushed back with a four-bet to 260,000, and Kamatakis five-bet all in. Foxen shook his head and then released his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Iliodoros Kamatakis gr
Iliodoros Kamatakis
1,600,000
370,000
370,000
Profile photo of William Foxen us
William Foxen
825,000
-299,000
-299,000

Tags: Iliodoros KamatakisWilliam Foxen

Smaron Shoves on MacPhee

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante

Kenneth Smaron has started well and improved his stack to almost 600,000.

Kevin MacPhee led for 120,000 on the river of the {Q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{J-Spades} board, only to see Smaron raise all-in for 302,000 in total. MacPhee was considering his options for the best part of four minutes before Vanessa Selbst called time on him.

With 30 seconds remaining before his hand was declared dead, MacPhee folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
1,222,000
-354,000
-354,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kenneth Smaron us
Kenneth Smaron
590,000
175,000
175,000

Tags: Kevin MacPheeKenneth SmaronVanessa Selbst

Artem Metalidi Eliminated in 18th Place (€31,480)

Level 22 : 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Artem Metalidi - 18th Place
Artem Metalidi - 18th Place

Rocco Palumbo opened for 55,000 only to have a short-stacked Artem Metalidi three-bet jam from the button for around 160,000. The blinds both folded and Palumbo made the call.

Metalidi: {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}
Palumbo: {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}

Metalidi was pipped, and he failed to get lucky as the board ran out a clean {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{a-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
1,430,000
173,000
173,000
Profile photo of Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
Busted

Tags: Rocco PalumboArtem Metalidi

Level: 22

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Who Will Win the €595,500 First Place Prize?

Kevin MacPhee
Kevin MacPhee

Imagine winning €595,500 a few days before Christmas. It'd be amazing, right? Well, in a few hours one of the final 18 players in the EPT12 Prague €10,000 High Roller will have that amount credited to their bank account and will forever be known as the tournament's champion.

At the start of play is is American star Kevin MacPhee who is in pole position to win that massive sum of money having bagged up 1,576,000 chips at the end of Day 2. However, Switzerland's Felix Bleiker finished second in chips only a solitary 1,000 chip behind MacPhee.

Despite their big stacks, neither MacPhee or Bleiker are going to have things their own way because there are some extremely talented individuals still in the hunt for the title, and if they don't win it they will have a major influence over where that trophy calls home for the next year.

The likes of Rocco Palumbo, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, Davidi Kitai, and Daniel "Jungleman" Cates are still in the mix, making for what should be an exciting final day here in Prague.

TableSeatNameCountryChipsBig Blinds
11Mikkel Lokkegaard HansenDenmark293,00012
12William FoxenUnited States1,124,00045
13Iliodoros KamatakisGreece1,230,00051
15Mihails MorozovsLatvia675,00028
16Jaroslaw SikoraPoland1,227,00051
18Daniel CatesUnited States997,00041
      
22Ihar SoikaBelarus1,012,00042
23Davidi KitaiBelgium446,00019
24Vanessa SelbstUnited States1,190,00050
25Kevin MacPheeUnited States1,576,00066
26Kenneth SmaronUnited States415,00017
27Aleksandr DenisovRussia935,00039
      
31Rocco PalumboItaly1,257,00052
32Bryan ParisUnited States252,00011
34Artem MetalidiUkraine165,0007
36Nicholas PalmaUnited States335,00014
37Luc GreenwoodCanada1,065,00044
38Felix BleikerSwitzerland1,575,00066

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Chip Counts Final 18 (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
1,576,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Felix Bleiker ch
Felix Bleiker
1,575,000
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
1,257,000
Profile photo of Iliodoros Kamatakis gr
Iliodoros Kamatakis
1,230,000
Profile photo of Jaroslaw Sikora pl
Jaroslaw Sikora
1,227,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
1,190,000
Profile photo of William Foxen us
William Foxen
1,124,000
Profile photo of Luc Greenwood ca
Luc Greenwood
1,065,000
Profile photo of Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
1,012,000
Profile photo of Daniel Cates us
Daniel Cates
997,000
Profile photo of Aleksandr Denisov ru
Aleksandr Denisov
935,000
Profile photo of Mihails Morozovs lv
Mihails Morozovs
675,000
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
446,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Kenneth Smaron us
Kenneth Smaron
415,000
Profile photo of Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
335,000
Profile photo of Mikkel Lokkegaard Hansen dk
Mikkel Lokkegaard Hansen
293,000
Profile photo of Bryan Paris us
Bryan Paris
252,000
Profile photo of Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
165,000

€10,300 High Roller

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