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

Grafton Nears Seven Figures

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Sam Grafton was in the big blind in a heads-up pot against Robbie Toan, who was under the gun. Action was on the flop with a board of {q-Spades}{a-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and Grafton check-called a bet of 9,000 from Toan.

The turn came {7-Diamonds} and Grafton checked. Toan fired out another bet of 50,000 and Grafton called. Action then checked through the river {6-Hearts} to take the hand to showdown.

Grafton showed {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} for a pair of aces with a jack kicker and Toan sent his cards to the muck. The pot was sent Grafton's way, bringing his stack just a hair shy of 1 million while Toan finds himself at a quarter of that figure.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Grafton
996,000
271,000
271,000
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Robbie Toan
250,000
-160,000
-160,000

Tags: Robbie ToanSam Grafton

Two Table Redraw

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
SeatTable 1Chip CountTable 2Chip Count
1Sam Greenwood340,000George Wolff475,000
2Robbie Toan230,000Matthias Eibinger235,000
3Timothy Adams165,000Ole Schemion486,000
4Joris Ruijs207,000Steve O'Dwyer835,000
5Jans Arends320,000Chin Wei Lim402,000
6Danny Tang355,000Pascal Hartmann278,000
7Mustafa Jukovic455,000Sam Grafton996,000
8Ramin Hajiyev170,000Laurynas Levinskas330,000
Player Chips Progress
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Sam Grafton
996,000
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Steve O'Dwyer
835,000
45,000
45,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Ole Schemion
486,000
-54,000
-54,000
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George Wolff
475,000
100,000
100,000
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Mustafa Jukovic
455,000
10,000
10,000
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Chin Wei Lim
402,000
177,000
177,000
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Danny Tang
355,000
74,000
74,000
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Sam Greenwood
340,000
Run It Once
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Laurynas Levinskas
330,000
-145,000
-145,000
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Jans Arends
320,000
-3,000
-3,000
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Pascal Hartmann
278,000
-90,000
-90,000
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Matthias Eibinger
235,000
-1,000
-1,000
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Robbie Toan
230,000
-20,000
-20,000
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Joris Ruijs
207,000
20,000
20,000
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Ramin Hajiyev
170,000
-115,000
-115,000
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Timothy Adams
165,000
-1,000
-1,000

Greenwood Finds a Miracle Double

Level 14 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

Danny Tang was in early position and opened to 25,000. Action folded around to Sam Greenwood, who three-bet to 60,000 in the cutoff. Robbie Toan was next to act on the button and cold four-bet to 125,000, prompting a fold from Tang. The cards hit the felt at an angle and flipped over with {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} exposed for a brief second. While the dealer was scooping up Tang's hand, Greenwood quickly announced he was all in and Toan immediately called.

"I didn't mean to," said Tang to the dealer during the commotion, but the table was clearly focused on the kings-versus-aces showdown. Greenwood had one card left in the deck to help him, but he didn't know it.

"What did you fold?" Greenwood asked Tang.

"Nothing," responded Tang, not looking to escalate the situation any further.

The flop came {8-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Toan was standing up confident about the prospects of winning a huge all-in situation. However, the turn rolled off {k-Spades}, the final king in the deck.

"That's a one outer!" said somebody from the table, and the river came {4-Spades} to leave Greenwood's' set of kings on top of Toan's cracked aces and Greenwood announced a stack of 239,000, which the dealer confirmed before squaring up stacks as the tournament went on break.

Once the hand was over, Tang confirmed to Greenwood what he had: "I folded king-ten," he said and the tournament area cleared out for what was left of the break.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Greenwood
533,000
193,000
193,000
Run It Once
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Danny Tang
374,000
19,000
19,000
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Robbie Toan
100,000
-130,000
-130,000

Tags: Danny TangRobbie ToanSam Greenwood

Level: 15

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 16,000

Lim Won't Go Back-to-Back

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Chin Wei Lim
Chin Wei Lim

Ole Schemion raised it up to 35,000 on the button and Chin Wei Lim defended from the big blind. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} and Lim checked to Schemion who made a large bet of 92,000. Lim used a time extension before check-raising all in for 347,000. Schemion called and the cards were on their backs.

Ole Schemion: {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}
Chin Wei Lim: {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

Lim currently had the best hand but Schemion flopped a combo draw. The {k-Spades} on the turn was a brick but the {10-Diamonds} on the river gave Schemion a flush and the best hand. Lim, who won the previous €25,000 Single-Day High Roller, will not be winning another one today.

Player Chips Progress
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Ole Schemion
802,000
316,000
316,000
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Chin Wei Lim
Busted

Tags: Ole SchemionChin Wei Lim

O'Dwyer Over a Million

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Steve O'Dwyer
Steve O'Dwyer

Matthias Eibinger was in the hijack and opened to 32,000 upon action folding to him. He received a call by Steve O'Dwyer, who was on the button, and the two went heads up to a flop of {j-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}. Eibinger made a continuation-bet of 30,000 and O'Dwyer called.

Both players then checked through the turn {10-Diamonds} and river {10-Clubs} to take the hand to showdown.

Eibinger showed {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a missed open-ended straight draw and O'Dwyer tabled {a-Clubs}{j-Clubs}, taking the pot with his jacks up, bringing him over the one-million mark along the way.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve O'Dwyer
1,030,000
195,000
195,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Matthias Eibinger
187,000
-48,000
-48,000

Tags: Matthias EibingerSteve O'Dwyer

Tang Turns Adams to the Door

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

Danny Tang opened to 40,000 from the hijack and Timothy Adams three-bet shoved all in for 154,000 in the big blind. Tang quickly called and had Adams dominated.

Danny Tang: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Timothy Adams: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The flop came {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} to give Adams the edge with two pair. However, the {k-Hearts} on the turn gave Tang a better two pair and he held on through the {3-Hearts} river to eliminate Adams.

Player Chips Progress
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Danny Tang
510,000
136,000
136,000
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Timothy Adams
Busted

Tags: Danny TangTimothy Adams

"Nice River" - Toan Gets Felted

Level 15 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
Robbie Toan
Robbie Toan

Robbie Toan limped in from early position and action folded around to Ramin Hajiyev, who checked his option in the big blind. Action checked through to the river as the board came {3-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts}{a-Spades}{q-Clubs}, where Hajiyev bet 35,000.

Action was then on Toan, who sat still for about 15 seconds and then moved his chips slightly forward and to the side as if he were about to shove them before leaving them firmly next to his cards. His 30-second shot clock became zero and he used an extension, taking no more than another five seconds before announcing he was all in. Hajiyev immediately called.

Robbie Toan: {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Ramin Hajiyev: {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}

"Nice river" said Toan, realizing that the same river that gave him Broadway had filled up Hajiyev to a full house, resulting in his elimination from the tournament just moments after the break, and just a few hands after his aces lost to Greenwood's kings via a one outer.

Player Chips Progress
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Ramin Hajiyev
355,000
185,000
185,000
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Robbie Toan
Busted

Tags: Ramin HajiyevRobbie Toan