2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

£10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
£394,200
Event Info
Buy-in
£10,000
Entries
173
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Gruissem Shoves Turn

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

On a {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Clubs} flop, Leslie Arthur Packer check-raised Philipp Gruissem's 3,000 bet to 8,500 and German made the call to see the {4-Hearts} on the turn.

Packer fired 10,000 this time before Gruissem set Packer all in and the latter tanked for several minutes.

"Rebuy! It's a rebuy, you can't bust out!" said Gruissem, giving Packer what they call here in London 'the verbal treatment'. "...Ok, I have no full house. Full house, I just call..."

Packer smiled and continued to think.

"Ace-seven [of clubs]?" inquired Gruissem.

"Four-seven suited?" said Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

Finally, a clearly pained Packer folded his hand and, despite requests to the contrary, Gruissem refused to show his hand to the rest of the table.

Player Chips Progress
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Philipp Gruissem
70,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Leslie Arthur Packer gb
Leslie Arthur Packer
26,000

O’Dwyer Wins A Strange One

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Carlos Leoncio Mironiuk just played a rather strange pot with Steve O’Dwyer. Mironiuk opened the action and O’Dwyer in the small blind raised to 3,700. Mironiuk seemed uncertain of how many chips he needed to put out but he did want to call so the dealer helped him out and they went to the heads up flop of {4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{q-Spades}.

Both players checked and the turn card was the {10-Diamonds}. Mironiuk threw out a bet of 4,000 but had acted out of turn. O’Dwyer then bet 5,000 and Mironiuk called. The river card was the {J-Hearts} and a bet from O’Dwyer saw Mironiuk slam his cards face up in anger announcing, “Fold.”

The dealer scooped up his {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and shipped the chips to O’Dwyer.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve O'Dwyer
38,000
8,000
8,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Carlos Leoncio Mironiuk ar
Carlos Leoncio Mironiuk
26,000

Tags: Steve O'DwyerCarlos Leoncio Mironiuk

Second Bullet For Andreev

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante

Andrey Andreev has indeed bought back in after his big shove with a draw bricked the river in level two. Level three and a new bullet isn’t going a whole lot better.

Three players had got to the turn of a board reading {7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{3-Spades} and Dimitar Danchev had moved all in for 23,900. Andreev made the call which seemed to leave the remaining player with a decision as he took a short while before folding.

Danchev showed his {5-Spades}{4-Spades} for a turned straight and a frustrated Andreev tabled his {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} drawing dead. A river {6-Spades} saw a big pot shipped to Danchev.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
65,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
23,000
23,000
23,000

Tags: Dimitar DanchevAndrey Andreev

Early Chip Counts

Level 3 : 150/300, 25 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fedor Holz de
Fedor Holz
81,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
67,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Grayson Ramage us
Grayson Ramage
63,000
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
62,500
Profile photo of Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
56,000
6,000
6,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
55,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
51,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
50,000
Profile photo of Sergio Aido es
Sergio Aido
49,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Joel Nordkvist se
Joel Nordkvist
48,500
-1,500
-1,500
Profile photo of Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
48,000
3,000
3,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
45,000
-5,000
-5,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
43,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
42,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
41,000
-9,000
-9,000
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
40,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
39,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
33,000
Profile photo of Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
28,000
-22,000
-22,000
Profile photo of Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
15,000
-35,000
-35,000

Level: 3

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Already Warring

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Praz Bansi made it 500 to preflop before Talal Shakerchi three-bet to 1,500 behind him. Bansi responded with a four-bet to 3,600 but Shakerchi quickly came back over the top with a five-bet to 7,800. Bansi folded instantly with a smile.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
72,000
Profile photo of Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
53,000

Tricky Troyanovskiy

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Philipp Gruissem, sporting a natty new mustache, opened the action for 525 from the button and picked up one caller in the big blind, the tricky Russian Vladimir Troyanovskiy.

The flop {9-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} was checked and the {a-Diamonds} came on the turn. Troyanovskiy bet 700 and shot Gruissem a wolfish grin. The impassive German made the call and saw the {7-Clubs} hit the felt completing the board. Still grinning, Troyanovskiy bet 1,200.

Maybe he had it, maybe he didn’t. We’ll never know as Gruissem gave this one up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
52,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
49,000
-1,000
-1,000

Tags: Philipp GruissemVladimir Troyanovskiy

Andreev First Out

Level 2 : 100/200, 25 ante

Andrey Andreev is the first player out of the High Roller, lasting a little under two hours.

It all started harmlessly enough as Tom-Aksel Bedell opened the action and Andreev made the call. They saw a flop of {j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} and Andreev called a 500 bet. The fireworks happened on the turn card {3-Clubs} when Bedell checked and Andreev jammed for 20,000.

The big over bet meant it took some time for Bedell to make up his mind but in the end he called it to see Andreev show {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for a draw and Bedell tabled {j-Hearts}{10-Spades}. The river card {2-Clubs}bricked out to send Andreev out. It remains to be seen if he will take his option of buying back in.

“Brave call.” Max Silver said but the self-effacing Norwegian just shrugged.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tom-Aksel Bedell no
Tom-Aksel Bedell
66,000
Profile photo of Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
Busted

Tags: Tom-Aksel Bedell