€5,300 EPT Main Event | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

03-16-2022 13:25 UTC+1

Adrian Mateos on High Roller Players: "We're Not Robots, We're Just Really Good!"

Will Shillibier

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

PokerNews sat down with former EPT Main Event champion and four-time WSOP bracelet-winner Adrian Mateos to discuss the return of EPT High Rollers.

Mateos says he missed his "favourite tour" during the pandemic, and is enjoying being back in the live scene.

"We've seen some new characters over the last two years," he said. "We've played a lot of online so there are definitely new players who have been big winners online coming into the live scene.

Check out what else he had to say by clicking here!

03-16-2022 13:23 UTC+1

Glowny Takes Two Pots to Move Above 5 Million

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Matt Hansen

Level 31 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Symeon Alexandridis raised to 325,000 with from the button and Grzegorz Glowny called from the big blind with .

The flop was and Glowny checked. Alexandridis checked back and the turn was .

Glowny bet 650,000 on the turn and Alexandridis tossed his hand in the to give him the pot.

On the next hand, Glowny limped in from the small blind with . Gab Yong Kim raised to 560,000 with in the big blind and Glowny used a time extension before he raised to 560,000.

Glowny returned with a three-bet shove for nearly 5,000,000 and Kim got away from it.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gab Yong Kim	7,840,000 -720,000	-720,000

Grzegorz Glowny	5,670,000 1,130,000	1,130,000

Symeon Alexandridis	4,960,000 -390,000	-390,000

Tags: Gab Yong Kim Grzegorz Glowny Symeon Alexandridis

Level: 31

Blinds: 80,000/160,000

Ante: 160,000

03-16-2022 13:14 UTC+1

Alexandridis Four-Bets Successfully

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Demetrio Caminita opened to 250,000 from under the gun with the and Gab Yong Kim three-bet to 750,000 with the in the cutoff. Symeon Alexandridis found a premium in the big blin and four-bet to 2,120,000 with the . Caminita quickly got out of the way while Kim mulled over his decision for a while but also let go as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gab Yong Kim	8,560,000 -450,000	-450,000

Symeon Alexandridis	5,350,000 1,060,000	1,060,000
Demetrio Caminita	4,230,000 -310,000	-310,000

Tags: Demetrio Caminita Gab Yong Kim Symeon Alexandridis

03-16-2022 13:11 UTC+1

Kim Takes Back-to-Back Pots Without a Flop

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Matt Hansen

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Grzegorz Glowny raised to 250,000 from the button with and Gab Yong Kim three-bet to 800,000 from the small blind with . Glowny thought it over and tossed his suited ace in the muck.

On the next hand, Kim raised to 250,000 from the button with . The rest of the table got out of the way and Kim took another pot without a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gab Yong Kim	9,010,000 490,000	490,000

Grzegorz Glowny	4,540,000 -550,000	-550,000

Tags: Gab Yong Kim Grzegorz Glowny

03-16-2022 13:06 UTC+1

Rezaei's Kicker Plays Against Kim

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Armin Rezaei made it 250,000 to go with the and Gab Yong Kim came along in the big blind with . Following the flop, Kim checked and Rezaei bet 325,000 for Kim to call after short deliberation. The followed on the turn and Kim checked once more. Rezaei now bet 700,000 with 2,890,000 behind and Rezaei reluctantly called.

Both headed to the on the river and Rezaei earned the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gab Yong Kim	8,520,000 -1,160,000	-1,160,000

Armin Rezaei	5,420,000 1,350,000	1,350,000

Tags: Gab Yong Kim Armin Rezaei

03-16-2022 13:01 UTC+1

Small Pots for Cortellazzi, Glowny, and Caminita

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Matt Hansen

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Grzegorz Glowny raised to 250,000 from the cutoff with and Andrea Cortellazzi three-bet to 930,000 from the small blind with . The big blind folded and action was back on Glowny. After asking for a count and taking a few shuffles of his chips, Glowny tossed his hand into the muck.

On the next hand, Glowny raised to 250,000 with from early position. Action folded around to Symeon Alexandridis in the big blind for a fold and Glowny took the pot without a flop.

Next up was Alexandridis with a limp from the small blind with . Demetrio Caminita checked his option from the big blind and the flop was .

Both players checked and the turn was . Both players checked once again and the river was .

Alexandridis checked and Caminita bet 135,000. Alexandridis thought it over for a moment and used a time extension before folding to give Caminita the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Cortellazzi	8,180,000 -120,000	-120,000
Grzegorz Glowny	5,090,000 50,000	50,000

Demetrio Caminita	4,540,000 -280,000	-280,000
Symeon Alexandridis	4,290,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Andrea Cortellazzi Demetrio Caminita Grzegorz Glowny Symeon Alexandridis

03-16-2022 12:50 UTC+1

Small Pots Early On

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 30 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Grzegorz Glowny limped the small blind with the and Gab Yong Kim checked in the big blind with the . The flop was knuckled by both and the followed on the turn. Again both players checked and Glowny then bet the river, Kim sent his cards into the muck.

Armin Rezaei then raised to 250,000 with from under the gun but found no callers to claim the blinds and big blind ante.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gab Yong Kim	9,680,000 115,000	115,000

Grzegorz Glowny	5,040,000 360,000	360,000

Armin Rezaei	4,070,000 -425,000	-425,000

Tags: Armin Rezaei Gab Yong Kim Grzegorz Glowny

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

03-16-2022 10:55 UTC+1

The Final Table of the €5,300 Main Event Starts Soon at PokerStars EPT Prague

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Matt Hansen

Welcome to the Day 6 finale of the €5,300 Main Event at PokerStars EPT Prague. Only six players remain to battle for the top prize of €1,033,520 and the coveted European Poker Tour trophy. Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. Prague time from King's Casino at the Hilton Hotel in Prague. All of today's action will be broadcast live at 12:30 p.m. on PokerStars TV on a 30-minute security delay.

Gab Yong Kim is the chip leader after a late run on Day 5 to move from the bottom of the leaderboard to the top. The South Korean poker player will look to win his first EPT Main Event title after finishing ninth at the 2019 Prague event - a year in which he also won the €2,200 Deep Stack.

Kim's closest competitor is Italy’s Andrea Cortellazzi, who finished with nearly 8 million chips after a penultimate day that saw multiple changes at the top of the leaderboard. They’re joined at the final table by Armin Rezaei, Symeon Alexandridis, Demetrio Caminita, and Grzegorz Glowny.

PokerStars EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Counts	Big Blinds
1	Gab Yong Kim	South Korea	9,565,000	80
2	Andrea Cortellazzi	Italy	7,930,000	66
3	Armin Rezaei	Austria	3,765,000	31
4	Symeon Alexandridis	Greece	4,655,000	39
5	Demetrio Caminita	Italy	4,720,000	39
6	Grzegorz Glowny	Poland	5,040,000	42

Returning players are guaranteed at least €181,800 from a total prize pool of €5,771,500 that was generated by 1,190 entrants over two opening flights.

Remaining Final Table Payouts

Place	Winner	Country	Prize (in EUR)
1			€1,033,520
2			€608,890
3			€428,250
4			€320,900
5			€245,870
6			€181,800
7	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	€138,570
8	Valentino Konakchiev	Bulgaria	€98,750

Cards go in the air at 12 p.m. local time and action will continue in Level 30 with 35:57 remaining on the tournament clock. Blinds are 60,000/120,000 with an ante of 120,000, and levels will continue in 90-minute intervals until a winner is declared. PokerNews will report the action live on a 30-minute delay.

Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all day long for live updates from the floor of the €5,300 Main Event at PokerStars EPT Prague.

Tags: Andrea Cortellazzi Armin Rezaei Demetrio Caminita Gab Yong Kim Grzegorz Glowny Symeon Alexandridis Teun Mulder Valentino Konakchiev