2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

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

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€463,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,584,660
Entries
66
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Tang Wins with a "Short Deck" Hand

Level 9 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Danny Tang
Danny Tang

Danny Tang raised it up from the cutoff and Preben Stokkan shoved all in for around 60,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Tang called, stating he had a "short deck hand".

Danny Tang: {j-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Preben Stokkan: {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

"No!" Tang shouted as the dealer fanned the flop of {5-Hearts}{3-Spades}{3-Clubs}, all of which would not be in the deck if they were playing short deck. The {6-Diamonds} on the turn still meant Stokkan was in the lead with his ace-high but the {10-Spades} on the river paired up Tang. Stokkan was eliminated and Tang collected his chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Danny Tang
265,000
165,000
165,000
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Preben Stokkan
Busted

Tags: Danny TangPreben Stokkan

Chidwick Doubles; Van Hoof Busts

Level 9 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Stephen Chidwick
Stephen Chidwick

Jorryt van Hoof went all in from the hijack for 61,000 and action made its way around to Stephen Chidwick, who called his last 58,000 off in the big blind.

Stephen Chidwick: {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Jorryt van Hoof: {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Chidwick found help on the flop {7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} but the turn {9-Spades} gave van Hoof four outs to a ten-high straight. However, the river {9-Clubs} paired the board to give Chidwick nines up and score him the double, leaving van Hoof with just 3,000 that he lost on the following hand with queen-three to Kitson Kho's pocket tens.

Player Chips Progress
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Juha Helppi
225,000
6,000
6,000
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Mustafa Jukovic
170,000
105,000
105,000
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Stephen Chidwick
135,000
-85,000
-85,000
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Kitson Kho
95,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Adrian Mateos
60,000
-220,000
-220,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Jorryt van Hoof
Busted

Tags: Jorryt van HoofStephen Chidwick

O'Dwyer Gets Lucky Double Through Dvoress

Level 9 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress saw action folded to him in the cutoff and opened to 10,000. He was three-bet all in by Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind for a total of 107,000. Dvoress thought for a couple of seconds and then made the call.

Steve O'Dwyer: {k-Spades}{10-Spades}
Daniel Dvoress: {k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

O'Dwyer was drawing slim with a dominated king and his odds only got worse on the flop {4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{j-Hearts}. Luckily for him, the turn {10-Diamonds} changed the landscape, putting him out in front with a pair of tens. He was not in the clear quite yet, though, as Dvoress picked up eight outs to Broadway in addition to having three live queens. However, the river came {8-Spades} and O'Dwyer scored the double.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve O'Dwyer
221,000
121,000
121,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Daniel Dvoress
178,000
-137,000
-137,000
Run It Once

Tags: Daniel DvoressSteve O'Dwyer

Grospellier Among the Recent Eliminations

Level 9 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Bertrand Grospellier raised it up from the cutoff and Michael Soyza announced all in from the big blind. Grospellier called off his fresh stack of just under 100,000 and the cards were tabled.

Michael Soyza: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Bertrand Grospellier: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}

The flop came {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{6-Spades} to give Soyza the lead with a pair of jacks. The {2-Spades} on the turn nor the {5-Diamonds} on the river was going to help Grospellier stay alive.

Player Chips Progress
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Bertrand Grospellier
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
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Robbie Toan
Busted
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Patrik Antonius
Busted
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
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Anatoly Filatov
Busted
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Chin Wei Lim
Busted

Tags: Michael SoyzaBertrand Grospellier

Arends Shoves on Hartmann

Level 9 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jans Arends raised it up from the cutoff and Pascal Hartmann stuck in a three-bet to 42,000 from the small blind. Arends called and the two players saw a flop of {9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Both players checked and the {8-Diamonds} landed on the turn.

Hartmann checked again and Arends splashed in a bet of 35,000 which Hartmann called. The {9-Spades} paired the board on the river and Hartmann checked once more. Arends shoved all in for over 200,000 and Hartmann dumped his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Jans Arends
420,000
320,000
320,000
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Pascal Hartmann
163,000
-137,000
-137,000

Tags: Pascal HartmannJans Arends

Level: 9

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Hajiyev Runs an Ace Into a Bigger One

Level 8 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ramin Hajiyev got his last 65,000 or so in the middle preflop from early position and received action from Tsugunari Toma, who was in the big blind.

Ramin Hajiyev: {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Tsugunari Toma: {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Hajiyev was unable to find help as the board ran out {5-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{4-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} and he found himself dry on chips, having been eliminated from the tournament by Toma who now sits with just under two starting stacks.

Player Chips Progress
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Tsugunari Toma
189,000
89,000
89,000
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Ramin Hajiyev
Busted