£25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day 1 Completed
£25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day 1 Completed
The £25,000 Single-Day High Roller at the PokerStars European Poker Tour London at the Hilton Park Lane hotel has come to an end after 12 hours of play. The small and efficient field of just 19 started three hours later than was scheduled and ended up reaching its conclusion around 3 a.m.
Winning the one-day event for the grand prize of £196,170 was Daniel Dvoress who took home his first EPT title in Europe with this victory. It marks his fifth live tournament win of his career with most of the others coming in the Bahamas. This win is just an addition to his already impressive resume as the Canadian has accumulated more than $21 million in his illustrious poker career.
Place | Player | Country | Prize Money |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | £196,170 |
2 | Joao Vieira | Portugal | £123,170 |
3 | Pablo Silva | Brazil | £82,110 |
4 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | £54,740 |
Dvoress was a large stack for most of the day as he began accumulating early and did not relent. He won a crucial hand right before dinner break when Mike Watson made a call against Dvoress’s overpair of kings. That gave him the big chip lead, which he would only expand upon from there and eventually use to lean on the final table.
The field of 19 was made out of a few re-entries and after dinner break when registration closed there were only nine players left. Sam Greenwood went from second largest stack to out the door as the bubble boy in fifth after his ace-queen was out-flopped. That brought the field down to the four players who were paid.
About 45 minutes later, Danny Tang went out in fourth place after he started the day well as chip leader but ultimate met his demise when his pocket tens were slayed by the pocket eights of Dvoress when a flush was made on the river.
Three-handed place would commence for about another 45 minutes before Pablo Silva was put into an interesting dilemma in the small blind when Dvoress shoved from the button and the shorter stacked Joao Vieira was still to act in the big blind. Silva decided to call and would get unlucky with the board run out to go out in third place.
Heads-up play would last for all of one hand as Dvoress made short work of Vieira who only had a handful of big blinds but who nonetheless would still enjoy the third to second place pay jump acquired.
That wraps up the PokerNews coverage of this event. Stay tuned for more EPT London action as the week unfolds.
Joao Vieira jammed from the small blind on the first hand of heads up play with about seven big blinds and Daniel Dvoress called.
Vieira had the while Dvoress had the .
The flop sent Vieira into the lead as it came . But the turn restored order as the came off and the on the river confirmed Dvoress as the winner.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Dvoress |
1,900,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
||
Joao Vieira | Busted |
Daniel Dvoress jammed from the button. Pablo Silva paused as he had a tough decision in the small blind with Joao Vieira in the big blind with the short stack. Silva used a time bank and called. Vieira quickly folded in the big blind.
Pablo Silva:
Daniel Dvoress:
The flop sent Dvoress into the lead as it came down . The turn was the and the river the to bust Silva in third place.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Dvoress |
1,730,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
||
Joao Vieira |
170,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Pablo Silva | Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
The flop came . Pablo Silva and Joao Vieira checked. The tun was the . Silva bet 20,000 from the small blind and Vieira called in the big blind.
The came on the river. Silva announced a bet to 185,000 and Vieira snap-folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Dvoress |
1,200,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Pablo Silva |
450,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
Joao Vieira |
255,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
The blind levels have been reduced to 15 minutes at three-handed play.
Level: 17
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
The last three players are now on a 15-minute break.
Danny Tang was all in prelfop with the and in a good spot vs the of Daniel Dvoress.
But the flop was bad news for him as it came to give Dvoress a set of eights. The turn sent Tang back into the lead as the came off but the river had another twist as the hit to give Dvoress the winning flush and eliminate Tang.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Dvoress |
950,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
||
Danny Tang | Busted |