€25,000 Single-Day High Roller IV | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

03-13-2022 15:43 UTC+1

Grafton Takes Another Much Bigger Pot

Mike Patrick

Level 5 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

After Arthur Conan opened for 4,500 under the gun, Timothy Adams moved all-in for 39,500 in the cutoff. Lin Ruida called on the button, and then Sam Grafton moved all-in for 109,500 in the big blind.

Conan folded, and after using a time bank, Ruida folded, saying he had .

Timothy Adams:
Sam Grafton:

The board came , bringing no help to Adams, who has since re-entered and taken his same seat at Table 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lin Ruida	396,500 -39,500	-39,500
Sam Grafton	195,000 85,500	85,500

Timothy Adams	100,000 58,000	58,000
Arthur Conan	95,500 -4,500	-4,500

Tags: Arthur Conan Lin Ruida Sam Grafton Timothy Adams

03-13-2022 15:36 UTC+1

Grafton Enters and Takes a Pot

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Jeff McMillan

Level 5 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Grafton just recently jumped into the fray and raised three times the big blind to 6,000 from the cutoff. Timothy Adams called in the big blind.

The flop came down . Grafton bet 3,500 and Adams called.

The turn was the . Grafton made a larger bet of 16,500 which was enough to send Adams' cards into the muck.

Arthur Conan has also sat down at the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	109,500 109,500	109,500

Arthur Conan	100,000 100,000	100,000
Timothy Adams	42,000 -9,500	-9,500

Tags: Arthur Conan Timothy Adams

03-13-2022 15:32 UTC+1

Chidwick Has the Eight

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Jeff McMillan

Level 5 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on the river as the board was a straight and had three to a flush as it read . Stephen Chidwick bet 6,000 from the big blind. Juan Pardo was under the gun and called.

Chidwick tabled the for the higher straight which won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	264,000 11,000	11,000
Juan Pardo	98,000 -8,500	-8,500

Tags: Juan Pardo Stephen Chidwick

03-13-2022 15:16 UTC+1

Back From Break, New Entries

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Mike Patrick

Level 5 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ole Schemion and Marius Gierse have joined the field after the break, and Ben Heath has re-entered to bring the entry total to 16, with 12 players currently in the field

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	100,000 100,000	100,000
Marius Gierse	100,000 100,000	100,000
Ole Schemion	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Ben Heath Marius Gierse

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

03-13-2022 15:09 UTC+1

Chip Counts at Break

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Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Lin Ruida	436,000 151,000	151,000
Stephen Chidwick	253,000
Chris Brewer	126,000 26,000	26,000
Johan Guilbert	110,000 10,000	10,000

Juan Pardo	106,500 -11,000	-11,000
Nick Petrangelo	56,500 -34,500	-34,500
Timothy Adams	51,500 -41,000	-41,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	41,500

03-13-2022 15:07 UTC+1

Break Time

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Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

After a fast-paced first two hours, just eight chip stacks remain over the two tables of play as the remaining players have gone on their first 15-minute break of the day.

03-13-2022 14:57 UTC+1

Flush Over Flush Eliminates Heath

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Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

In a three-way pot to a flop of , Ben Heath called a bet of 3,000 in the small blind from Stephen Chidwick in the cutoff. Orpen Kisacikoglu folded the big blind.

The turn brought the and again Heath checked to Chidwick, who bet 14,000. Once more, Heath called.

On the river , Heath checked a final time with the flush draw coming in, and this time Chidwick tossed out 100,000, more than enough to put Heath all in. Heath called for his tournament life.

Ben Heath:
Stephen Chidwick:

Chidwick's superior flush eliminated Heath as the first break of the day approached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	253,000 53,000	53,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu	41,500 -58,500	-58,500
Ben Heath	Busted

Tags: Ben Heath Orpen Kisacikoglu Stephen Chidwick

03-13-2022 14:45 UTC+1

Chidwick Chops Down Pardo

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Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Stephen Chidwick opened to 3,500 in the cutoff and was three-bet on the button to 12,500 by Juan Pardo.

Chidwick called, then checked the flop to Pardo, who bet 7,000. Again, Chidwick called.

On the turn, Chidwick checked again and this time Pardo came with a bet of 26,000.

Chidwick used a time extension before min-raising to 52,000. Pardo quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	200,000 96,000	96,000
Juan Pardo	117,500 -60,500	-60,500

Tags: Juan Pardo Stephen Chidwick

03-13-2022 14:36 UTC+1

Bullet Number Three For Brewer

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Mike Patrick

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

After Nick Petrangelo opened to 3,500 in the hijack, Lin Ruida three-bet on the button to 12,500. Chris Brewer then moved all-in on the big blind, and Ruida called after Petrangelo folded.

Chris Brewer:
Lin Ruida: