2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€2,200 EPT National High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
€342,810
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€1,862,400
Entries
970
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
143
Players Left
1

Wyrzykiewicz Spoils Banic's Chances

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Remi Wyrzykiewicz saw action folded to him in the small blind and shoved all in to put Ivan Banic all in from the big blind for roughly his last 380,000. Banic thought for a couple of seconds and then announced a call.

Ivan Banic: {q-Spades}{9-Spades}
Remi Wyrzykiewicz: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Banic had called with a suited, two-gapped queen only to find dominated by an even better suited hand. The flop came {4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and was of no help to Banic, however the turn {k-Spades} did give him flush outs. Unfortunately for him, the river fell {j-Clubs} and became the last card of his tournament. He got up and made his way to the payout desk; meanwhile, Wyrzykiewicz reached over to grab the stacks of chips formerly held by Banic to pull them in and add to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Remi Wyrzykiewicz pl
Remi Wyrzykiewicz
1,370,000
570,000
570,000
Profile photo of Ivan Banic hr
Ivan Banic
Busted
Run It Once

Tags: Ivan BanicRemi Wyrzykiewicz

Grafton Eliminates Yared

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton

Sam Grafton raised from the hijack to 60,000 and Ghassan Yared three-bet from the button to 130,000. It folded back to Grafton who called to see the flop.

The first three community cards were {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and Grafton checked to Yared. He continued with a bet of 135,000 and Grafton flicked in the call.

The {5-Clubs} fell on the turn and both players checked this time to see the {j-Clubs} complete the board on the river.

Grafton bet 580,000 which was enough to put Yared all in who had 565,000 behind. Yared didn't take too long to throw in a chip to call and Grafton opened up {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for the nut-flush. Yared showed {q-Spades}{q-Clubs} for an inferior flush.

''Unlucky sir, very unlucky'' Grafton told Yared before he stacked the chips and Yared walked off.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
1,850,000
860,000
860,000
Profile photo of Ghassan Yared lb
Ghassan Yared
Busted

Tags: Ghassan YaredSam Grafton

Grafton and Yared Battling

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Sam Grafton bet 45,000 from the button on a {2-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop and Ghassan Yared made it 100,000 from the big blind. Grafton peeled and both checked the {6-Spades} turn for a {9-Hearts} river. Yared bet 50,000 and Grafton quickly called but couldn't beat {7-Spades}{4-Spades}.

The next hand, the board read {4-Hearts}{9-Spades}{q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{5-Clubs} on the river and Yared bet 90,000. Grafton announced 350,000, most of his remaining chips. Yared thought only briefly before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
990,000
-110,000
-110,000
Profile photo of Ghassan Yared lb
Ghassan Yared
830,000
453,000
453,000

Tags: Ghassan YaredSam Grafton

Fontaine Check-Bombs the Flop

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Mikhail Zub was on the button and opened to 65,000 upon action folding to him. Jean-Rene Fontaine defended his big blind and the two saw a flop of {j-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{8-Clubs}. Fontaine checked and Zub put out a continuation-bet of 60,000. Fontaine check-raised all in.

After a few moments, Zub asked the dealer how much the raise was for and Fontaine's stack was counted to be 545,000. He took another 40 seconds or so and then sent his cards to the muck.

"Show the bluff!" said a player at the table.

"No bluff," replied Fontaine with a smile as he raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mikhail Zub ru
Mikhail Zub
1,100,000
-100,000
-100,000
Profile photo of Jean-René Fontaine fr
Jean-René Fontaine
780,000
465,000
465,000

Tags: Mikhail ZubJean-Rene Fontaine

Sun Eliminated by Quintas

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Liwei Sun was very short and Jose Quintas put the pressure on him from the button. The small blind folded but Sun called for his tournament live as he put his last 6 big blinds in the middle.

Liwei Sun: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Jose Quintas: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

The board ran out {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{j-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} and Quintas flopped a straight to eliminate Sun.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jose Quintas pt
Jose Quintas
900,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Liwei Sun it
Liwei Sun
Busted

Tags: Jose QuintasLiwei Sun

Zub Doubles With Jacks

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Mikhail Zub
Mikhail Zub

Gab Yong Kim raised under the gun to 70,000 and the next seat had Mikhail Zub in it who pushed all in for 500,000. Janosch Hain then goes all in as well for 1,200,000. Kim folded when it folded back to him and they opened up.

Mikhail Zub: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Janosch Hain: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}

The {j-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} gave both players a little bit of hope, but the {4-Hearts} turn and {a-Spades} river awarded Zub with the best hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mikhail Zub ru
Mikhail Zub
1,200,000
804,000
804,000
Profile photo of Janosch Hain ch
Janosch Hain
700,000
-450,000
-450,000

Tags: Gab Yong KimJanosch HainMikhail Zub

Banic Doubles Through Wiecek

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

With {7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{4-Hearts} on the felt, Ivan Banic checked in the big blind and Piotr Wiecek bet 60,000 from under the gun. Lior Tal called in middle position and Banic shoved for 260,000. Wiecek clicked to 460,000 to fold out Tal.

Banic: {10-Clubs}{8-Spades}
Wiecek: {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}

Wiecek didn't have an out in the deck and shipped over a double.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lior Tal il
Lior Tal
2,540,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Ivan Banic hr
Ivan Banic
800,000
647,000
647,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Piotr Wiecek pl
Piotr Wiecek
640,000
-725,000
-725,000

Tags: Piotr WiecekIvan Banic

Two Pairs of Bullets; Two Players Shot Down

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Dmitry Yurasov
Dmitry Yurasov

Hand #1:

An all in and call were overheard from Table 4 as Tobias Heinsdorf had shoved his last 400,000 or so in from the cutoff and received action from Lior Tal in the small blind.

Tobias Heinsdorf: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Lior Tal: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Heinsdorf picked up a pair of kings on the flop {7-Hearts}{2-Spades}{k-Diamonds} but that was as close as he would come to cracking Tal's aces as the turn {6-Clubs} and river {j-Hearts} completed the runout with Tal sending Heinsdorf to the payout line just a few minutes after returning from break.

Hand #2:

Another all-in and call was then heard on an adjacent table, with Dmitry Yurasov all in on the button against Jan-Eric Schwippert, who was in the cutoff.

Dmitry Yurasov: {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Jan-Eric Schwippert: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Much like the hand prior, Yurasov also flopped top pair as the board came {q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} but would fail to improve any further on the turn {10-Spades} and river {9-Hearts} to result in his elimination just moments after Heinsdorf's.

Meanwhile, both Tal and Schwippert now find themselves with over 2 million in chips and are among the largest stacks in the room with 30 players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lior Tal il
Lior Tal
2,550,000
760,000
760,000
Profile photo of Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
2,325,000
1,530,000
1,530,000
Profile photo of Dmitry Yurasov ru
Dmitry Yurasov
Busted
Profile photo of Tobias Heinsdorf de
Tobias Heinsdorf
Busted