2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€382,050
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€1,724,800
Entries
176
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Kakhmazov Five Bets

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Marinko Skoric opened the betting for 2,100 and was three-bet by Nadar Kakhmazov to 6,300. The blinds got out of the way and Skoric 4-bet him 14,100. It didn’t end there as Kakhmazov put in the 5-bet to 28,800 with about 27,000 chips behind. Skoric was sitting on 120,000 and made the call which got the attention of the rest of the table. The dealer put out a flop of {2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Hearts}. Skoric had a good look at the board and checked so Kakhmazov put out a bet of 17,100 leaving 10,000 behind. Skoric went in the tank for maybe 2 or three minutes until Skoric called the clock on him. A bit of confusion ensued as the floor started to give Kakhmazov the speech but it was soon corrected and when it was completed Skoric released his cards.

Player Chips Progress
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Marinko Skoric
105,000
5,000
5,000
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Nadar Kakhmazov
104,000

Tags: Marinko SkoricNadar Kakhmazov

Volpe vs. Haigh

Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

Robert Haigh opened for 1,800 from the hijack and was met by a three-bet to 4,400 by Paul Volpe on the button. Both blinds folded, Haigh called, and it was heads-up action to the {2-Hearts}{q-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop.

Haigh proceeded to check-call a bet of 4,800 and then both players checked the {J-Clubs} turn. When the {10-Clubs} completed the board on the river, Haigh checked and Volpe thought for about 20 seconds before putting out a bet of 9,800. A resigned Haigh released his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Volpe
80,000
10,000
10,000
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Robert Haigh
70,000

Tags: Paul VolpeRobert Haigh

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

The “Timex” Stare

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald

The board read {8-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts}{a-Clubs} and Mike “Timex” McDonald bet 4,500 into Pascal Lefrancois and gave him the stare. Undaunted, Lefrancois fearlessly made the call. River card {3-Hearts} and McDonald continued the aggression with a bet of 10,000. Lefrancois paused and a broke out into a big grin and folded telling his neighbour. “He got me with that stare.” Still got it Mike.

Tags: Mike McDonaldPascal LeFrancois

Little Slips Back

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Jonathan Little seems to have given a few of his chips away in hands we didn't see. We joined the table as Steve O’Dwyer took down a pot pre-flop that he and two other players were involved in but Little was right back in action next hand raising to 1,700 and finding a caller in the cut-off, Andre Goldbaum. They saw a heads-up flop of {k-Spades}{3-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} and a C-bet from Little won him the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jonathan Little
80,000
-86,000
-86,000

Tags: Andre GoldbaumJonathan LittleSteve O'Dwyer

Vamplew with the Six-Bet Shove

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
David Vamplew
David Vamplew

EPT champ David Vamplew opened with a raise from the cutoff only to have another EPT champ, Mike "Timex" McDonald, three-bet from the button. The blinds folded, Vamplew four-bet to 5,500, and McDonald responded with a five-bet to 11,000. Vamplew thought for about 30 seconds and announced that he was all in, which brought about a snap-called from McDonald.

Vamplew: {j-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
McDonald: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

"You have me covered?" Vamplew asked while looking at McDonald. Unbeknownst to him, the dealer had already put out the flop ({4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{j-Hearts}), which gave him a set. "Oh," Vamplew muttered once he looked at the board. "Nevermind."

The dealer completed the board with the {9-Clubs} turn and {3-Spades} river to give Vamplew, who was getting ribbed by the rest of the table, a full double.

Meanwhile, both Tiberu-Florian Georgescu and Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen have been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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David Vamplew
145,000
74,500
74,500
EPT 1X Winner
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Mike McDonald
27,000
-70,000
-70,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tiberu-Florian Georgescu
Tiberu-Florian Georgescu
Busted
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Theo Jorgensen
Busted

Tags: David VamplewMike McDonald

The Ladies Love ElkY

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier got his last 15,000 or so all in preflop and was in great shape to double through Max Heinzelmann.

Grospellier: {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}
Heinzelmann: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}

The Frenchman was looking to dodge a five, and that's exactly what he did as the board ran out an uneventful {k-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{q-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Max Heinzelmann
153,000
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Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
35,000
20,000
20,000

Tags: Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierMax Heinzelmann