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

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

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

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

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

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Hajiyev Doubles Through Toma

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tsugunari Toma opened to 12,000 in the cutoff and was three-bet all in for 95,000 by Ramin Hajiyev, who was on the button. Action made its way back to Toma and he proceeded to think about his decision for a few moments.

Hajiyev told him that he knew he was really considering what to do and then proceeded to provide some words of encouragement, trying to talk Toma into a call. Eventually, he said that Toma wasn't going to get him twice.

Toma was unsure of what he heard, so Hajiyev gave him a reminder of when Toma had knocked him out previously today.

"Ah, yes. Okay!" said Toma, throwing out four T25,000 chips to call.

Ramin Hajiyev: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Tsugunari Toma: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

The table erupted upon seeing Toma's hand: the excitement was palpable as to how Hajiyev had actually convinced Toma into calling with the best hand.

"I can't lose to you twice," insisted Hajiyev.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{3-Spades} to give Hajiyev four more outs to Broadway, one of which would come on the turn {10-Hearts} to lock in his double before the river {j-Diamonds} completed the runout. Hajiyev was paid the double, talking about how he tried to bait a call because of the likelihood that Toma had a worse ace as he stacked his newly-earned chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Tsugunari Toma
303,000
114,000
114,000
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Ramin Hajiyev
202,000
102,000
102,000

Tags: Ramin HajiyevTsugunari Toma

Thorel Eliminated for the Final Time?

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

Jean-Noel Thorel was on his fourth bullet of the tournament and was sitting on a stack of 65,000. Timothy Adams raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Thorel moved all in on the button. Adams asked for a count and then made the call.

Timothy Adams: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Jean-Noel Thorel: {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

The flop of {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{2-Clubs} gave Adams a few more outs and the {10-Diamonds} on the turn made him a straight. Thorel was left drawing dead to the {9-Clubs} on the river and he said bye to his fellow tablemates before exiting the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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Timothy Adams
190,000
90,000
90,000
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Jean-Noel Thorel
Busted

Tags: Timothy AdamsJean-Noel Thorel

Mateos Gets There Against Jukovic

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mustafa Jukovic opened in the cutoff to 11,000 and received a call from Adrian Mateos, who defended his big blind. The flop came {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Mateos led out with a bet of 6,000. Jukovic called.

The turn came {10-Hearts} and Mateos blasted his last 43,000 into the middle. Jukovic thought for a while and then decided to make the call.

Adrian Mateos: {q-Spades}{9-Spades}
Mustafa Jukovic: {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

Jukovic's call with ace-high was out in front against Mateos' double gutter and two live cards, but he would need to fade 14 cards in the deck to score the knockout and was unable to do so as the river {j-Hearts} rolled onto the felt to complete the runout, giving Mateos a straight and leaving Jukovic audibly upset about the situation thereafter.

Player Chips Progress
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Adrian Mateos
127,000
67,000
67,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Mustafa Jukovic
97,000
-73,000
-73,000

Tags: Adrian MateosMustafa Jukovic