2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€277,560
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€816,340
Entries
34
Level Info
Level
15
Blinds
10,000 / 25,000
Ante
25,000

King-Nine Wins for Soyza

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Lucas Reeves opened the button for 3,000 and big blind Christopher Soyza called. Soyza checked on {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} and called the 2,000 bet that followed.

The {7-Clubs} on the turn was checked by both and the {A-Diamonds} completed the board. Soyza checked again and Reeves bet 5,500. Soyza thought for just a bit and called.

"You got it," Reeves said showing {5-Spades}{8-Spades}. Soyza took it down with the {K-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Soyza
112,000
12,000
12,000
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Lucas Reeves
79,500
-20,500
-20,500

Tags: Christopher SoyzaLucas Reeves

The Defending Champ is Here

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Thomas Boivin won the first €25,000 Single-Day High Roller earlier this week but wasn't here at the start today. That was because he had made Day 2 of the €2,000 side event. He has since busted that event, and has now taken his seat in his second high roller of the week.

Player Chips Progress
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Thomas Boivin
100,000

Tags: Thomas Boivin

Level: 2

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Two-Table Affair

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With the registering of Benjamin Pollak and Christopher Soyza, this event is now a two-table tournament. There has been a redraw and play is about to get back underway with now two tables in play and 10 players total registered.

Player Chips Progress
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Benjamin Pollak
100,000
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Michael Soyza
100,000

Backdoor Flush

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Orpen Kisacikoglu opened the hijack for 2,500 and Tsugunari Toma called from the big blind. The flop of {10-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} was checked by both after which Toma took the betting lead on the {2-Diamonds} turn with a bet of 4,000. Kisacikoglu called and called Toma's 9,000 river bet on the {6-Diamonds} as well. Kisacikoglu mucked when Toma showed {K-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for the backdoor flush.

Player Chips Progress
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Tsugunari Toma
150,000
50,000
50,000
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Orpen Kisacikoglu
82,000
-18,000
-18,000

Tags: Orpen KisacikogluTsugunari Toma

Checked Through

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

You don't often see four-way pots in these high roller events, and you certainly don't see them all check through an entire board ofc cards. With play still a bit slow in these early levels, this ws an outlier we report on, even though nothing really happened.

Sergi Reixach opened for 2,500 and Jean-Noel Thorel (cutoff), Charlie Carrel (small blind), and Lucas Reeves (big blind) all called. They checked the entire board of {6-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {5-Spades} and Carrel took it down with {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a pair of sixes, all other three players mucked.

Tags: Charlie CarrelLucas ReevesSergi ReixachJean-Noel Thorel

Reixach With the Check-Raise

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Sergi Reixach opened for 2,500 under the gun and Jean-Noel Thorel called in the hijack. Reixach continued for 4,500 on {J-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{10-Spades} and Thorel called right away. The {J-Diamonds} on the turn paired the board and Reixach checked. Thorel opted to bet 6,500 but folded to Reixach's check-raise to 20,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Sergi Reixach
110,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
90,000
-10,000
-10,000

Tags: Sergi ReixachJean-Noel Thorel