€5,300 Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,535,000
Entries
1,107
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Day 3 of the Season 11 European Poker Tour Prague Main Event played out today after 200 players returned to action and aimed to make the money in the top 159. After five 90-minute levels of play, just 61 remained with Simon Mattsson and his stack of 1,790,000 leading the way.
Mattsson became the chip leader in the second-to-last last hand of play when he and Miha Travnik had a raising war preflop and committed their chips. Travnik was in for around 300,000 and at risk holding the 
against Mattsson’s 
. The board ran out 
to see Travnik miss all his outs as he was eliminated from the tournament. Mattsson would hold onto the slight chip lead with one more hand remaining in the day.
Not everyone was as fortunate as Mattsson on Day 3. Some who fell short of the money were Christian Harder, Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden, and both Paul Newey and Brian Roberts, who finished second and seventh, respectively, in the €50,000 Super High Roller event that concluded earlier in the week.
When 160 players remained, the money bubble was in effect and hand-for-hand play was started. It took a fair amount of time, but eventually the bubble burst. It happened when Mustapha Kanit raised from the cutoff seat, and Christian Favale three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Kanit then bumped it up to 63,000, and the decision fell back on Favale. He tanked for a few minutes before sliding out 105,000 in chips. Favale was not too pleased when Kanit moved all in a few seconds later, but he reluctantly made the call and the cards were tabled.
Kanit showed the powerful 
, and those bullets had Favale's 
in a world of hurt. The board ran out 
, and the Team PokerStars Online Pro exited as the bubble boy, ensuring the remaining 159 players a guaranteed €8,970 payday.
From there, the eliminations came in quick succession including Mickey Petersen (159th), Isaac Haxton (140th), Liv Boeree (118th), and Eugene Katchalov (63rd). Even though she didn't managed to make it to Day 4, PokerNews did catch up with Boeree to talk about her 2014 poker campaign, REG charity, and her love life:
Shannon Shorr (153rd), Olivier Busquet (82nd), Vladimir Troyanovskiy (79th), Mustapha Kanit (78th), and Thomas Muehlocker (64th) also fell as the day neared close. It was during this grind to the end of the day that others such as Davidi Kitai, Petr Jelinek, and Vanessa Selbst thrived — all three building up to over 1,000,000 in chips to finish the day.
Other notables managing to progress though to another day included George Danzer, Georgios Sotiropoulos, Dylan Linde, Sam Grafton, and Balazs Botond.
Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Name | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simon Mattsson | 1,790,000 |
| 2 | Stephen Graner | 1,713,000 |
| 3 | Davidi Kitai | 1,364,000 |
| 4 | Jonathan Wong | 1,295,000 |
| 5 | Petr Jelinek | 1,191,000 |
| 6 | Militiadis Kyriakides | 1,178,000 |
| 7 | Bjorn Wiesler | 1,084,000 |
| 8 | Pablo Sanz Quiles | 1,075,000 |
| 9 | Francesco Grieco | 1,054,000 |
| 10 | Vanessa Selbst | 1,007,000 |
Day 4 of the EPT Prague Main Event is set to begin at 12:00 CET on Monday, and the plan is to play down to the final 24 players. Be sure to join us then as we bring you all the action straight from the floor of the Hilton Prague Hotel.
Day 4 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Alexander Roumeliotis | Sweden | 184,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Remi Castaignon | France | 511,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Oleksandr Zhyrnov | Ukraine | 321,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Igor Dubinskyy | Ukraine | 206,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | Greece | 1,178,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Jonathan Wong | UK | 1,295,000 |
| 1 | 7 | [Removed:413] | France | 259,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Stephen Graner | USA | 1,713,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Sam Grafton | UK | 859,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Vanessa Selbst | USA | 1,007,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Jakub Slemr | Czech Republic | 338,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Petr Jelinek | Czech Republic | 1,191,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Artem Metalidi | Ukraine | 742,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Panagiotis Papaisidorou | USA | 537,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Pavel Veksler | Israel | 427,000 |
| 3 | 1 | George Danzer | Germany | 156,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Domenico Drammis | Italy | 457,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Tamer Kamel | UK | 893,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Christian Jeppsson | Sweden | 335,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Ji Zhang | Germany | 114,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Thomas Butzhammer | Germany | 186,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Pablo Sanz Quiles | Spain | 1,075,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Oscar Kroon | Sweden | 425,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Evgenii Starikov | Russia | 80,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Magnus Nordmark | Sweden | 226,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Oskar Fogel | Sweden | 143,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Nandor Solyom | Romania | 276,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Roman Pavliuk | Ukraine | 572,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Georgios Vrakas | Greece | 862,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Claude Metais | France | 203,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Peter Turmezey | Hungary | 346,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Dylan Linde | USA | 180,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 217,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Francesco Grieco | Italy | 1,054,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Dobromir Nikov | Bulgaria | 265,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Brian Altman | USA | 294,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Andras Nemeth | Hungary | 203,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Andy Seth | USA | 401,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Tatiana Barausova | Russia | 372,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Davidi Kitai | Belgium | 1,364,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Sergey Lebedev | Russia | 618,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Zoltan Szabo | Hungary | 130,000 |
| 6 | 6 | [Removed:2] | Lebanon | 243,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Pascal Hartmann | Germany | 425,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Fabio Sperling | Germany | 934,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Omar Lakhdari | France | 487,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Alfie Adam | UK | 204,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Idan Raviv | Israel | 504,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Pascal Pflock | Germany | 537,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Ilkin Amirov | Azerbaijan | 704,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Robert Schulz | Germany | 108,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Jerry Wong | USA | 916,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Albert Daher | Lebanon | 777,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Bjorn Wiesler | Germany | 1,084,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Milan Sasek | Czech Republic | 473,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Bertilsson Anton | Sweden | 233,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Martin Mulsow | Germany | 383,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Simon Mattsson | Sweden | 1,790,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | Greece | 324,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Romain Follet | Chile | 250,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Balasz Botond | Hungary | 682,000 |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
An extensive recaps of todays action to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,790,000 | |
|
1,713,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
|
1,364,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
||
|
1,295,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
1,191,000 | |
|
1,178,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
1,084,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
1,075,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
1,054,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
1,007,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
||
|
934,000
214,000
|
214,000 |
|
916,000
820,000
|
820,000 |
|
893,000
243,000
|
243,000 |
|
862,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
859,000
324,000
|
324,000 |
|
|
||
|
777,000
257,000
|
257,000 |
|
742,000
567,000
|
567,000 |
|
704,000
154,000
|
154,000 |
|
682,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
618,000
-62,000
|
-62,000 |
|
572,000
172,000
|
172,000 |
|
537,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
537,000
-283,000
|
-283,000 |
|
511,000
281,000
|
281,000 |
|
|
||
|
504,000
104,000
|
104,000 |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Muhlocker was all in preflop with 
. Adrian Ionescu had the rest of his chips in the middle too with . Petr Jelinek had them both covered and he tabled 
.
The cards fell 
and Jelinek hit his queen to bust two players in one fell swoop to take a stack over a million into the next day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,191,000
491,000
|
491,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Dennis Kaj Smit moved all in on one of the last hands of the night holding from the button and got called by the of Christian Jeppsson on the small blind.
The cards ran out 
and Smit relinquished the least of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
In the second last hand of play both Simon Mattsson and Miha Travnik were involved in a raising war pre flop that saw the latter commit approximately 300,000 in chips all in and was called.
Mattsson:
Travnik:
Travnik was at risk against the pair of tens and would find no help as the board ran out to see him eliminated so close to the end of days play.
With that pot Mattsson moved up to 1,790,000 in chips and would snatch the chip lead with one hand to go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,790,000
735,000
|
735,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Tatiana Barausova got her 131,000 stack in before the flop holding 
. Evgenii Starikov was the one looking her up with 
. The board came 
and Starikov was left with just over 75,000, Barausova doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
76,100
-68,900
|
-68,900 |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Oscar Kroon opened for 17,000 and Idan Raviv in the cutoff made the call. Simon Boss in the big blind shoved all in for 147,000 and Kroon shoved over the top. Raviv knew enough and folded.
Kroon had by far the best hand holding , Boss had 
. Some table mates would describe him as on semi tilt afterwards, and the tilty move did not get rewarded: .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
532,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
In the penultimate hand of the day the tournament lost one of Team PokerStars Pro's most prolific members.
Eugene Katchalov just lost the big hand with a flopped straight to a turned flush (and rivered straight flush), and moved the remainder of his stack in before the flop not much later. His opponent was once again Georgios Sotiropoulos.
Katchalov had 
and was up against the jacks of Sotiropoulos. No help on the board for Katchalov and with just one hand to go the Ukrainian made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Omar Lakhdari three-bet a raise from 20,000 to 60,000 in the cutoff and was called to continue with a bet of 50,000 on the 
flop. His opponent called and the on the turn was checked. The river saw the Frenchman lose another 100,000 chips with pocket as his opponent check-called and then showed 
for a gutshot that completed on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
460,000
60,000
|
60,000 |