€10,300 EPT High Roller | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-18-2018 13:43 UTC+1

Jan Nader Zadeh Eliminated in 14th Place (€34,670)

AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Alexandre Reard raised from the cutoff and saw Jan Nader Zadeh move all in from the small blind for around 250,000, which Reard called when the action folded back to him.

Jan Nader Zadeh:
Alexandre Reard:

Board:

Reard hit top set on the flop to extend his lead further, and by the river, he had hit a house, which sealed Nader Zadeh's elimination in 14th place for €34,670.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandre Reard	1,250,000 300,000	300,000
Jan Nader Zadeh	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Reard Jan Nader Zadeh

12-18-2018 13:37 UTC+1

Silver Doubles Through Tang

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Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Max Silver opened to 195,000 leaving himself under 50,000 behind. Danny Tang then moved all in, putting Silver to the test.

Glancing up at the tournament screen, Silver appeared to sigh before asking for a count.

"The choices I have made to get myself into this position," he said. "I wonder if I can get a payjump."

Eventually he called.

Max Silver:
Danny Tang:

There was a seven in the window of a run out and despite calling for a five for a chop on the river, Silver doubled up.

"What is this bull shit that's going on today?" asked Niall Farrell. "I'm the only one not to double?"

"What goes around comes around," replied Tang.

"Yeah," said tablemate Michael Addamo. "That's just a lie they tell you..."

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	930,000 -270,000	-270,000

Max Silver	500,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Danny Tang Max Silver Michael Addamo Niall Farrell

12-18-2018 13:25 UTC+1

Paiva Doubles Through Van Putten

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Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Tomas Paiva limped and Jasper Meijer van Putten raised to 65,000. Paiva called.

The flop came . Paiva bet 55,000 and Van Putten raised to 130,000. Paiva used a time extension before moving all in for 243,000 and Van Putten snap-called.

Jasper Meijer van Putten:
Tomas Paiva:

Paiva had flopped the nut straight and Van Putten was drawing exceedingly thin. The runout was not what he needed and Paiva doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper Meijer van Putten	1,450,000 -370,000	-370,000

Tomas Paiva	620,000 343,000	343,000

Tags: Jasper Meijer van Putten Tomas Paiva

12-18-2018 13:24 UTC+1

Silver Fails to Break Curse as Yakuba Doubles

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Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Max Silver opened to 40,000 and called the shove of Anton Yakuba for 277,000.

Max Silver:
Anton Yakuba:

Silver flopped a flush draw on the with Yakuba picking up a gutshot straight draw. The turn was the pairing Yakuba and he held on the rive.r

"Bullshit hand," said Silver, in reference to the two previous times today ace-queen had been cracked.

"I thought you were going to break the curse!" said Niall Farrell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Yakuba	580,000 200,000	200,000
Max Silver	410,000 -290,000	-290,000

Tags: Anton Yakuba Max Silver Niall Farrell

12-18-2018 13:19 UTC+1

Chobineh Shoves on Nader Zadeh

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AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The board was down , and there was around 250,000 in the middle. Jan Nader Zadeh, Bahram Chobineh and Alexandre Reard checked and saw a river card.

Nader Zadeh bet 70,000 from the big blind, and Chobineh moved all in for around 320,000.

Reard folded on the button, as did Nader Zadeh after 20 seconds of thought.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bahram Chobineh	575,000 250,000	250,000
Jan Nader Zadeh	250,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Bahram Chobineh Jan Nader Zadeh

12-18-2018 13:12 UTC+1

Overnight Chip Leader Van Putten Dropping

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Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Henrik Hecklen opened to 42,000 and got calls in the small and big blind from Jasper Meijer van Putten and Alexandre Reard.

The checked to Hecklen who bet 35,000. Van Putten was the only caller.

The turn was the and Van Putten again check-called, this time for 60,000.

The river was the . This time the Dutchman check-folded to a larger bet of 330,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper Meijer van Putten	1,820,000 -280,000	-280,000

Henrik Hecklen	1,790,000 240,000	240,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Henrik Hecklen Jasper Meijer van Putten

12-18-2018 13:05 UTC+1

Stefan Mattsson Eliminated in 15th Place (€34,670)

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AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action folded around to Danny Tang on the button, and he moved all in for around 550,000. Dimitar Yosifov folded from the small blind before Stefan Mattsson checked his hand from the big blind.

"I've only looked a one so far," said Mattsson, before he slowly peaked at his second card and called.

Danny Tang:
Stefan Mattsson:

Board:

Tang had Mattsson covered, but his hand was dominated. However, the flop gave Tang the lead with a pair, and he also picked up the nut flush draw.

The king of hearts on the turn sealed the pot in Tang's favor, and Mattsson was eliminated in 15th place for €34,670.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	975,000 400,000	400,000

Stefan Mattsson	Busted

Tags: Danny Tang Dimitar Yosifov Stefan Mattsson

12-18-2018 12:55 UTC+1

Schemion Doubles Through Farrell

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Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ole Schemion opened to 47,000 and Niall Farrell three-bet to 140,000. Schemion four-bet all in for 721,000 and Farrell called.

Ole Schemion:
Niall Farrell:

The flop came . "Chop it up; that's fair," said Farrell when the appeared on the turn. The river was the and Schemion doubled up.

"How come I've never win one of those? I've never been ahead in the last two years," said 2017 bracelet winner Farrell.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	1,500,000 775,000	775,000
Niall Farrell	740,000 -760,000	-760,000

Tags: Ole Schemion Niall Farrell

12-18-2018 12:54 UTC+1

Hon Cheong Lee Eliminated in 16th Place (€30,900)

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AaronMcBride

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress raised to 40,000 from early position, and Hon Cheong Lee moved all in for 330,000 from the next seat. The rest fo the table folded and Dvoress called.

Hon Cheong Lee:
Daniel Dvoress:

Board:

Lee needed help from the board after he saw Dvoress held pocket kings. Lee picked up the nut flush on the flop which gave him hope, but the board bricked, and Lee was eliminated in 16th place for €30,900.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	1,550,000 300,000	300,000

Hon Cheong Lee	Busted

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Hon Cheong Lee

12-18-2018 12:48 UTC+1

Final Two Tables

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Will Shillibier

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Seat	Table 1	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds	Table 2	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Niall Farrell	United Kingdom	1,500,000	75	Tomas Paiva	Portugal	450,000	23
2	Michael Addamo	Australia	500,000	25	Jasper Meijer van Putten	Netherlands	2,350,000	118
3	Max Silver	United Kingdom	750,000	38	Alexandre Reard	France	1,100,000	55
4	Anton Yakuba	Russia	380,000	19	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	1,250,000	63
5	Danny Tang	Hong Kong	575,000	29	Hon Cheong Lee	Hong Kong	330,000	17
6	Dimitar Yosifov	Bulgaria	400,000	20	Jan Nader Zadeh	United Kingdom	320,000	16
7	Stefan Mattsson	Sweden	465,000	23	Bahram Chobineh	Iran	325,000	16
8	Ole Schemion	Germany	725,000	36	Henrik Hecklen	Denmark	1,300,000	65

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper Meijer van Putten	2,350,000 53,000	53,000

Niall Farrell	1,500,000 96,000	96,000

Henrik Hecklen	1,300,000 -212,000	-212,000
Daniel Dvoress	1,250,000 150,000	150,000

Alexandre Reard	1,100,000 -33,000	-33,000
Max Silver	750,000 -162,000	-162,000
Ole Schemion	725,000 23,000	23,000
Danny Tang	575,000 -121,000	-121,000

Michael Addamo	500,000 -50,000	-50,000
Stefan Mattsson	465,000 46,000	46,000
Tomas Paiva	450,000 25,000	25,000
Dimitar Yosifov	400,000 -80,000	-80,000
Anton Yakuba	380,000 -12,000	-12,000
Hon Cheong Lee	330,000 48,000	48,000
Bahram Chobineh	325,000 -25,000	-25,000
Jan Nader Zadeh	320,000 -68,000	-68,000