2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Ramzi Jelassi
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€835,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,190,400
Entries
864
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Fish and Chips

Here's a selection of chip counts from around the world.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
110,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
82,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of Mick Graydon ie
Mick Graydon
58,200
-4,800
-4,800
Profile photo of Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
57,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
55,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
55,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter
39,000
14,700
14,700
Profile photo of Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
35,000
-12,000
-12,000
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
34,250
-9,750
-9,750
Profile photo of Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Kent Lundmark se
Kent Lundmark
31,100
-2,900
-2,900
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
30,700
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Toni Judet ro
Toni Judet
25,700
-3,500
-3,500
Profile photo of Praz Bansi gb
Praz Bansi
25,000
-9,700
-9,700
Profile photo of Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
21,650
-5,750
-5,750
Profile photo of Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
19,100
-8,400
-8,400
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Keven Staamen
Keven Staamen
17,500
Profile photo of Sean Jazayeri us
Sean Jazayeri
16,400
-17,600
-17,600
Profile photo of Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
8,100
-3,900
-3,900
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
4,500
-20,700
-20,700

Poker's Eureka Moment

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

The EPT main event is only one of the many tournaments taking place today in the poker room at Hilton Prague. It was also the final table of the Eureka Grand Final and the Eureka High Roller. The marriage of the two poker tours made the third "mega-festival" of this season, as PokerStars Blog explains.

Engel's Bid For Back-To-Back Final Tables Hits A Roadblock

Maurizio Braco opened for 1,200 under the gun and found callers in Antony Lezzi and Ari Engel in the cutoff and big blind respectively. When the flop fell {5-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts}, Engel checked, Braco bet 2,100, and Lezzi called. Engel then woke up with a check-raise to 7,275, only Lezzi called, and the {A-Hearts} turned.

This time Engel, who final tabled this event last year, slowed down with a check, but he still called a bet of 7,000 from Lezzi, who left himself just 5,700 behind. Both players then checked the {3-Diamonds} river and Lezzi tabled {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} for a set. Engel double checked his cards and then sent them to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
52,000
-4,000
-4,000

Tags: Ari EngelAntony LezziMaurizio Braco

Monning Doubles in Biggest Pot of the Tournament so Far?

Malte Monning just rocketed to the top of the chip counts after a huge showdown encounter with his neighbour Antonio Guerrero.

Monning opened to 1,125 before Guerrero three-bet to 3,100. The action folded back around to Monning who four-bet to 7,625. Guerrero wasn't having any of that and put in a chunky five-bet to 21,100. The action was back on the German again and he gave it some thought before moving all in for 65,800. Guerrero quickly called off his 64,200 stack.

Monning: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Guerrero: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}

The board ran {4-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{k-Spades}{j-Spades}{q-Clubs} to make Monning a lucky set on the river!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Malte Monning
Malte Monning
132,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Antonio Guerrero us
Antonio Guerrero
Busted

Tags: Antonio GuerreroMalte Monning

Soulier Being Honest With Engel

Ari Engel checked his hole cards, liked what he saw and raised to 1,100 from early position. The action passed around to Fabrice Soulier on the button and he min-raised to 2,100. Both blinds folded but Engel stuck around and called.

The dealer put out the all-heart {5-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} flop and Engel checked. Soulier place a 2,400 chip bet and after 15 or so seconds of deliberation, Engel folded.

"I think we may have had the same hand," suggested Engel

"I had the same hand as last time," claimed Soulier before adding, "Ace-ten, I am not going to lie to you, but this time with the ace of hearts."

"I had a suited ace with the ace of diamonds," replied Engel.

Nice friendly banter over on Table 6.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
56,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
34,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Ari EngelFabrice Soulier

Russia Versus Ukraine

Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov

Konstantin Puchkov was representing Russia and he lost in a battle versus Eugene Katchalov of the Ukraine.

Puchkov opened from under the gun and was called by Katchalov from two seats along along with Erik van den Berg in the big blind.

The flop fell {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Puchkov continued for 1,500. Van Den Berg folded from the big blind after Katchalov raised to 3,600. Puchkov called and check-called bets of 5,200 and 8,000 on the {2-Spades}{6-Hearts} turn and river.

Katchalov opened {4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} for a flopped set. His opponent opened {2-Clubs}{2-Hearts} for a smaller set to show off the great restraint it took not to build the pot any more.

While this hand was taking place Steve O'Dwyer busted from the next table along.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
66,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
54,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Erik Van Den BergEugene KatchalovKonstantin Puchkov