£10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2022 PokerStars EPT London

10-26-2022 22:52 UTC

Sammartino Shoves into Queens

Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Dario Sammartino and Espen Jorstad were heads up in a three-bet pot with the flop already on the table.

Sammartino checked to Jorstad on the button, producing a bet of 11,000. Sammartino check-raised all in, and Jorstad quickly made the call.

Dario Sammartino:
Espen Jorstad:

Sammartino was in bad shape against Jorstad's pocket queens, with the turn and river completing the board to cement his early exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Jorstad	162,000 60,000	60,000

Dario Sammartino	Busted

Tags: Dario Sammartino Espen Jorstad

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

10-26-2022 22:58 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Imad Derwiche	140,000 -34,000	-34,000
Kayhan Mokri	126,000 -14,000	-14,000
Leonard Maue	72,500 52,500	52,500
Rafael Navas Robles	19,500 -29,500	-29,500

Final Level Begins

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The EPT London £10,300 High Roller is now on its last level for Day 1, play is expected to close around 1 a.m.

10-26-2022 23:06 UTC

Keating Applies the Pressure

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The action was five ways to the flop when Martin Olali bet 4,000, which produced folds all the way around to Alex Keating.

Keating then check-raised to 15,000, and Olali called to see the turn. Keating used a time bank before counting out a bet of 30,000, and Olali used a time card of his own before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Keating	272,000 -12,000	-12,000
Martin Olali	56,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Alex Keating Martin Olali

10-26-2022 23:08 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	195,000 54,000	54,000

Stefan Schillhabel	185,000 25,000	25,000
Luis Faria	Busted

Kitai Outflops Benitez

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Calum Grant

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Francisco Benitez opened to 2,500 from the hijack and was called by Alexander Lynskey in the cutoff. Davidi Kitai then made it 11,500 from the button. Benitez put in the four-bet to 26,500 and only Kitai called.

Benitez continued for 12,000 and was called on the flop. Benitez then check-called for 18,000 on the turn.

The river checked through, Benitez had pocket queens but Kitai had the winner with his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	160,000 114,000	114,000

Francisco Benitez	43,000 -88,000	-88,000

10-26-2022 23:36 UTC

O'Dwyer Doubles Proudfoot

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Josh Noy

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jonathan Proudfoot and Stephen O'Dwyer were heads up on the flop, after the rest of the table folded to a bet of 2,000 from O'Dwyer and a check-raise to 5,000 from Proudfoot.

The board showed before the was added on the turn, and Proudfoot led for 6,700 and O'Dwyer made the call. The river brought another bet from Proudfoot, this time announcing all in for just under 11,000.