2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
€840,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,693,900
Entries
1,174
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Wozniak Finishes the Job: Veksler Bubbles the EPT Prague Main Event

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Not too long ago, Mateusz Wozniak doubled through Pavel Veksler in a kings versus queens hand we reported on.

Now, on the stone bubble of the Main Event, the two clashed again. This time, though, everything would be on the line for Veksler.

Veksler opened the cutoff for 9,000 and his neighbor Wozniak called. The flop of {5-Spades}{J-Spades}{4-Spades} was still a somewhat reasonable affair as Veksler bet 15,000 and Wozniak just called.

The {4-Clubs} on the turn was checked by both and Veksler, with about 150,000 or so behind according to one of his tablemates after the hand, checked the {9-Spades} river. Wozniak now shoved all in for about 2.5 times the size of the pot.

As the dealer forgot to put the all-in button out, part of the audience wasn't too sure what was going on but for the players involved, it was very clear what was at stake.

Veksler tanked for quite some time and eventually called.

Wozniak showed {A-Spades}{J-Clubs} for the nut flush on the paired board. Veksler mucked but was eventually asked to show and tabled {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}.

Down to 175 players now, all guaranteed €8,710. With the tournament now in the money, 30-second shot clocks are now in place with players having all received two time bank cards.

Bubble Pavel Veksler
Bubble Pavel Veksler (standing, left) and Mateusz Wozniak (sitting, center)
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mateusz Wozniak pl
Mateusz Wozniak
370,000
152,000
152,000
Profile photo of Pavel Veksler ua
Pavel Veksler
Busted

Tags: Mateusz WozniakPavel Veksler

Zaichenko Busts To Kaladurdevic

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Andrey Zaichenko was all-in from the small blind and called by Dejan Kaladurdevic in the big blind.

Andrey Zaichenko: {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Dejan Kaladurdevic: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The board read {7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{j-Spades}{4-Hearts}, Zaichenko had flopped a pair of tens but Kaladurdevic had turned the higher pair of jacks to send Zaichenko to the rail as one of the first players in the money.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dejan Kaladurdevic me
Dejan Kaladurdevic
475,000
75,000
75,000
Profile photo of Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
Busted

Tags: Andrey ZaichenkoDejan Kaladurdevic

Post-Bubble Big Stacks

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Natalie Teh my
Natalie Teh
704,000
102,000
102,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
680,000
350,000
350,000
Profile photo of Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
650,000
185,000
185,000
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
606,000
136,000
136,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Armin Mette at
Armin Mette
570,000
300,000
300,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Jonathan Roy ca
Jonathan Roy
550,000
431,300
431,300
Profile photo of Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
480,000
110,000
110,000
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
350,000
220,100
220,100
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
320,000
155,000
155,000
Day 3 Chip Leader

Phiniotis Pushed Out by Delval

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Chrysi Phiniotis shoved her last 15,000 in from mid-position and Frederic Delval also shoved from the hijack for around 100,000. The rest of the table quickly folded.

Chrysi Phiniotis: {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Frederic Delval: {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{6-Hearts} for Phiniotis to not get any help of the board and she was sent to the payout desk to collect her min-cash of €8,710.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Frederic Delval fr
Frederic Delval
113,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Chrysi Phiniotis cy
Chrysi Phiniotis
Busted

Tags: Chrysi PhiniotisFrederic Delval

Wigg Making Waves

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

EPT Kopenhagen winner Anton Wigg has been near the chiplead all day and just added some more to his already impressive stack.

He opened the hijack for 9,000 and Krasimir Yankov called from the button. Wigg checked on {J-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Yankov bet 10,000. Wigg check-raised to 42,000 and Yankov called.

Wigg bet 68,000 on the {Q-Spades} turn and Yankov called once more.

They both checked the {J-Spades} river and Wigg tabled {7-}{7-} for the winning hand as Yankov mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
753,000
147,000
147,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
320,000
-100,000
-100,000

Tags: Anton WiggKrasimir Yankov

Chip Counts

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
726,000
-27,000
-27,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Armin Mette at
Armin Mette
686,000
116,000
116,000
Day 1B Chip Leader
Profile photo of Xixiang Luo cn
Xixiang Luo
605,000
405,000
405,000
Profile photo of Arthur Conan fr
Arthur Conan
590,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Gary Hasson be
Gary Hasson
498,000
188,000
188,000
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
380,000
20,000
20,000
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
309,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
299,000
-21,000
-21,000
Profile photo of Marius Conan fr
Marius Conan
224,000
89,000
89,000
Profile photo of Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
190,000
-50,000
-50,000
Profile photo of Alexandr Merzhvinskii ru
Alexandr Merzhvinskii
169,000
97,800
97,800
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
126,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Alex Papazian ro
Alex Papazian
72,000
-28,000
-28,000
Profile photo of Raul Martinez Requena es
Raul Martinez Requena
68,000
-50,000
-50,000
Profile photo of Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
54,000
-46,000
-46,000
Day 5 Chip Leader

Michailidis Takes Vieira Out

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
João Vieira
João Vieira

Dimitrios Michailidis raised to 9,000 from under the gun and was called by the player in mid-position. Joao Vieira shoved for 35,000 in the cutoff and Michailidis called. The initial caller quickly got out of their way.

Joao Vieira: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Dimitrios Michailidis: {a-Spades}{5-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Spades}{4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{9-Spades} for Michailidis to hit a pair of fives on the flop, Vieira then picked up the flush draw on the river but bricked the river to be sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
609,000
-71,000
-71,000
Profile photo of Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
Busted

Tags: Dimitrios MichailidisJoao Vieira

The Perfect Spot for Ignat

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Seated under the gun, Phachara Wongwichit shoved all in for 37,000. His neighbor, famed online player Liviu "0Human0" Ignat called. On the button, Ugo Faggioli called before big blind Valeriy Itsenko shoved for 88,000. Ignat ran his clock down to ten seconds before he made it 150,000. Faggioli folded.

Phachara Wongwichit: {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Liviu Ignat: {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}
Valeriy Itsenko: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{6-Spades} {Q-Spades} {6-Hearts} and Ignat eliminated two of his opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
510,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
Busted
Profile photo of Valeriy Itsenko ua
Valeriy Itsenko
Busted

Tags: Phachara WongwichitUgo FaggioliLiviu IgnatValeriy Itsenko

Five More Hands

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The floor just announced there are five more hands to be played for the day. Check back soon for assorted end-of-day chip counts and an extensive recap of today's action.