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

Horecki Finds a Checki

Marcin Horecki
Marcin Horecki

Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki paused on the river while he thought about whether to bet or check behind. Even though his hand was strong the board was very wet so he took the safe option.

The hand started with a raise to 900 from Antony Lezzi and a call from the Pole on the button. The flop fanned {q-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Lezzi continued for 1,100. Horecki treated the bet with a raise to 2,700. Call.

No more chips made the journey to the centre of the table as the board ran out {j-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. Horecki opened {j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for two pair. His opponent tapped the table, offered congratulations and mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Marcin Horecki
24,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Antony LezziMarcin Horecki

Diaz More Than Triples

Matthew Heap opened in position, Vitaly Lunkin called in late position, Bartlomiej Machon called on the button, and Gilbert Diaz moved all in for 2,800 from the blinds. Heap and Lunkin called, and the flop came {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. Heap led out for 2,400, and Lunkin folded.

Diaz: {q-Spades}{j-Spades}
Heap: {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Diaz held a monster draw, but the {4-Diamonds} on the turn was one of the worst cards in the deck for him. Not to worry, the {k-Diamonds} spiked on the river, giving him a king-high straight and more than tripling him to 8,300 chips.

Heap slipped to 34,500.

Player Chips Progress
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Matthew Heap
34,500
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Vitaly Lunkin
18,500
-7,900
-7,900
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Gilbert Diaz
8,300

Tags: Vitaly LunkinMatthew HeapGilbert Diaz

Van Den Berg Perplexed by Perepletchikov

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Erik Van Den Berg opened the betting with a raise to 800 from early position. One by one the players folded, until it was the turn of Oleg Perepletchikov (cutoff) to act. A brief pause was followed by a three-bet to 2,200 from Perepletchikov and a call from Van Den Berg.

Van Den Berg then checked to his opponent upon the arrival of the {5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{j-Hearts} flop and then called when Perepletchikov took a stab at the pot with a 3,100 bet. Van Den Berg tapped the table and checked again when the {6-Clubs} came into play, and Perepletchikov bet again, increasing the amount to 7,100.

This seemed to puzzled Van Den Berg who you could see was attempting to recap the hand in his head. Eventually, after around 45 seconds, Van Den Berg folded whilst sporting a puzzled look on his face.

Tags: Oleg PerepletchikovErik Van Den Berg

Action Flop & Nasty River Send Ekman To The Rail

We don't know the exact betting, but we do know that there was around 8,000 in the pot and a flop of {10-Hearts}{h}{7-Hearts} when Tobias Ekman got all in for around 13,000 and was at risk against Jeff Sarwer.

Showdown
Ekman: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Sarwer: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

Sarwer had flopped top set, but he needed the board to pair if he hoped to crack Ekman's flopped flush. The {4-Diamonds} turn didn't do it, bu the {8-Clubs} river did. Sarwer filled up to send a stunned Ekman to the rail shy of the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeff Sarwer
50,000
21,000
21,000
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Tobias Ekman
Busted

Tags: Jeff SarwerTobias Ekman

Accepted Action

Eoghan O'Dea
Eoghan O'Dea

Board: {3-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{k-Clubs}

Riccardo Piano checked, Eoghan O'Dea fired 900, and Erst Mykhaylo raised to 2,500. Piano folded, O'Dea re-raised to 6,000, and Mykhaylo bet the rest of his red T1,000 chips and his blue T5,000 chips, re-raising to around 13,000.

O'Dea slid out a tower of chips, making it around 60,000, and without actually committing his remaining 550 chips, Mykhaylo nodded and turned his cards over. O'Dea did the same.

O'Dea: {5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Mykhaylo: {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

The river was the {a-Spades}, and the pot was pushed to O'Dea, but Mykhaylo didn't want to leave.

"You're out," Ioannis Vogiatzoglou said, somewhat stunned that Mykhaylo wouldn't pass over his final 550 chips.

"Maybe," Mykhaylo told him.

The floor was called over, and after John O`Shea explained what had happened, Tournament Director Luca Vivaldi ruled that Mykhaylo was eliminated because he accepted the action.

Mykhaylo forfeited his remaining 550 chips, and hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Eoghan O'Dea
85,000
26,000
26,000
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Erst Mykhaylo
Busted

Tags: John O`SheaEoghan O'DeaRiccardo PianoErst Mykhaylo

Roy Shoves

Jonathan Roy
Jonathan Roy

Grzegorz Wyraz opened with a raise to 900 and received a call from Jonathan Roy on the button. The player in the small blind then three-bet to 3,600, Wyraz folded, and Roy made the call, bringing about a flop of {5-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}. From there, the small blind bet 2,600, Roy called, and the dealer burned and turned the {5-Clubs}.

This time the small blind checked, and then snap-folded when Roy moved all in for approximately 9,000. With that, the Quebecer has chipped up to 24,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Roy
24,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Jonathan RoyGrzegorz Wyraz

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Soulier Bests Adeniya

There was a raise and three calls before Martins Adeniya three-bet to 2,150 from the cutoff. The original raiser folded, but Fabrice Soulier and Chawki Fawaz made the call.

The flop fell {a-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, and the action checked to Adeniya. He tossed out 3,000, and only Soulier called.

The turn was the {5-Spades}, both players checked, and the {3-Hearts} completed the board. Soulier led out, betting 4,500, and Adeniya tank-called. Soulier tabled {a-Hearts}{2-Hearts} for a wheel, and Adeniya shook his head than mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Martins Adeniya
27,400
-16,600
-16,600
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Fabrice Soulier
22,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: Fabrice SoulierMartins Adeniya