€50,000 Super High Roller
Jour 3 a débuté
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague
€50,000 Super High Roller
Jours 3
Event Info
Résultats
Event Info
Info Niveau
2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€2,352,735
Entrants
49
Niveau
22
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Seat 6: Juha Helppi, 39, Turku/Finland, 1,615,000
Among the high roller community, few have been doing it as long as Helppi, whose first live cash came way back in the day at an event called Helsinki Freezeout 2001 for just over $5,000. The Finn has come a very long way since then with over $6.5 million in cashes and nary a score bigger than $400,000. Helppi has experienced his share of success on EPT high rollers, with five top-five finishes.
One of those came in this very event two years ago, when Helppi finished fourth for €269,360 in a tournament won by Leonid Markin. He tends to be the quiet sort at the table, contrasting him a bit with some of his opponents here, but the Finn will be drawing on a vast well of experience.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,615,000 |
Seat 5: Viacheslav Buldygin, 26, Sverdlovsk/Russia, 1,230,000
Not much is known about Buldygin, a young Russian player who has reportedly done well online. That would be the likely explanation for Buldygin's ability to play in some of the high-stakes live events, considering he had no live cashes until August 2015.
Since then, he has been unafraid to mix it up within the nosebleeds of the EPT, with three of his four live cashes coming in EPT High Rollers to account for most of his $258,094. Buldygin has been close to grabbing wins twice but finished runner-up in a pair of Malta events. He's a bit hot right now after cashing the €10,000 prelim event here at EPT Prague for €20,250.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
1,230,000 |
Seat 4: Julian Thomas, 35, Karlsruhe/Germany, 535,000
Thomas is a young German grinder, and while he hasn't attained the fame or fortune of some of his compatriots like Ole Schemion and Christoph Vogelsang, he still doesn't lack for some nice results. Thomas' best live score came in this very city in 2013, when he beat out a field of 306 runners to win World Poker Tour Prague for €206,230, almost exactly half of his live cashes.
Thomas has shown he isn't afraid to gamble in big spots, like when he surprised Anthony Zinno with a raise-call for almost 20 big blinds holding king-jack, and he'll take that fearless attitude to the final table.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
535,000 |
Seat 3: Charlie "Epiphany77" Carrel, 23, St. Helier/UK, 3,565,000
A young British pro who crushed online under the name "Epiphany77" on PokerStars, Carrel has made a remarkably smooth transition to live poker. He has already bagged a pair of EPT High Roller titles, winning a €25,500 High Roller at EPT Grand Final 2015 for €1.1 million and a €10,200 High Roller at EPT Dublin for €164,500.
Indeed, Carrel is already acutely attuned to looking for live tells, as he spends quite some time studying the faces and reactions of opponents in every notable hand and isn't afraid to get the banter going in search of information. Carrel's looking to add to his $3 million in live cashes and is certainly a favorite to do so given his stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
3,565,000 |
Seat 2: Paul Newey, 48, Burton upon Trent/UK, 955,000
Newey is one of the high rollers without a true poker pedigree in the sense that he did not build a roll in smaller buy-in events. The well-bankrolled Brit hopped into deep water pretty much right away and has cut his teeth against some of the world's best tournament players over the past few years.
Observe nearly any high buy-in event around the globe recently, and one was likely to lay eyes on Newey. He has been a regular face at final tables, including making the second $1 million Big One for One Drop final table in 2014. He's totaled over $4 million in cashes but is still seeking that first big win.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
955,000 |
Seat 1: Leon Tsoukernik, 43, Rozvadov/Czech Republic, 4,330,000
One of Europe's true high rollers, Tsoukernik runs the show over at King's Casino on the Western edge of the Czech Republic but has made the short journey to Prague for this last EPT Super High Roller. Tsoukernik is no stranger to big action, having been a participant in a number of nosebleed cash games in his home casino against the likes of Patrik Antonius and other big-name pros.
Tournaments don't seem to be his area of expertise as he has just one recorded cash, coming back in 2011 for €33,020. It's clear the joy of pulling off big bluffs plays a central role in Tsoukernik's drive to play poker, and he's certainly not afraid to get chips in the middle at any time. He'll be active as ever in seeking his first big tournament cash.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
4,330,000 |
ElkY fait la bulle, Leon Tsoukernik, Charlie Carrel et Juha Helppi en finale du 50.000€ EPT Prague
Ils ne sont plus que 6 sur le Super High Roller à 50.000€ l'entrée à l'issue du Jour 2 qui s'est déroulé lundi à Prague. C'est Bertrand Grospellier qui a terminé à la pire place, ElkY sort bubble-boy du tournoi (8e) ! Le Français est éliminé par la propriétaire du King's Casino de Rozvadov, Leon Tsoukernik, qui atteint sa première finale European Poker Tour en tant que chipleader.
[Stone bubbled. FeelsBadMan
— ElkY (@elkypoker) December 12, 2016
Deux fois vainqueur d'un High-Roller EPT, l'Anglais Charlie Carrel poursuit son rush avec la deuxième place du classement provisoire. Il retrouvera en finale le joueur russe online player Viacheslav Buldygin mais aussi l'Allemand vainqueur du WPT Prague 2013 Julian Thomas, le runner-up du Super High Roller Prague 2014 Paul Newey et le vainqueur EPT High Roller Deauville, le Finlandais Juha Helppi.
Anthony Zinno a lui terminé 7e du tournoi pour une nouvelle place payée. L'Américain encaisse 123 500€ alors que tous les participants de la finale sont assurés de repartir avec un minimum de 152 915€.
Le vainqueur empochera un titre prestigieux et 741,100€.
| Siège | Joueur | Pays | Chips | Blindes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leon Tsoukernik | Czech Republic | 4,330,000 | 87 |
| 2 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 955,000 | 19 |
| 3 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | 3,565,000 | 71 |
| 4 | Julian Thomas | Germany | 535,000 | 11 |
| 5 | Viacheslav Buldygin | Russia | 1,230,000 | 25 |
| 6 | Juha Helppi | Finland | 1,615,000 | 32 |
L'avant dernière journée de compétition avait débuté par les re-entries de [Removed:17] et Martin Kabhrel. 5e du WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic pour 345 272$, Justin Bonomo a aussi fait son apparition dans le tournoi pour porter l'affluence à 49 entrants (dont 10 re-entries). Sans succès puisque Martin Kozlov a rapidement mis fin à cette tentative...
Steffen Sontheimer, Max Silver, Sergey Lebedev et Vladimir Troyanovskiy ont suivi l'Américain rapidement dans le rail. Vainqueur l'an passé pour 746 543€, Steve O'Dwyer a d'abord doublé contre Mustapha Kanit sans parvenir à décoller. Il finira par rendre les armes contre Leon Tsoukernik.
Isaac Haxton et Martin Kabrhel sautent ensuite contre Vojtech Ruzicka alors qu'ElkY se charge de Ben Heath... et pendant ce temps là Leon Tsoukernik engrange en montrant de gros bluffs... et se fait payer dès qu'il possède un peu de value. Lors du Jour 2, Charlie Carrel a pris des jetons à ses adversaires, éliminant notamment Mustapaha Kanit, avant d'en perdre à plusieurs reprises contre le propriétaire du King's Casino. Tsoukernik a sorti Koray Aldemir avant de remporter un énorme coup 3-bet contre Jean-Noel Thorel. Tsoukernik trouve brelan alors que le Français fait TPTK avec 
et s'en est terminé pour JNT.
Toujours patient Paul Newey a été récompensé... au contraire d'ElkY. Absent à Malte, le Team Pro PokerStars faisait son retour. Tombé à 4 blindes, le Français perd le flip de la survie àla bulle contre le chipleader.
Bubble-boy de ce tournoi l'an passé, éliminé par Dzmitry Urbanovich, Anthony Zinno ne reviendra donc pas pour la finale après un ultime 40-60 perdu face à Paul Newey.
La partie reprendra à l'Hôtel Hilton de Prague avec 50 minutes à jouer sur le niveau 25000-50000. La finale est à suivre avec un décalage d'une heure en streaming.
High Roller 50.000€ EPT Prague (prizepool 2,352,735€)
Vainqueur €741,100
2e €535,250
3e €341,150
4e €258,800
5e €200,000
6e €152,915
7e Anthony Zinno USA €123,520
Niveau: 18
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Play Underway
Niveau 18
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Time for action in the last ever PokerStars EPT. The final table of the €50,000 Super High Roller has started!