€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 5 Started
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 5 Started
Only 16 players out of 1,190 entries remain for the penultimate day of the 2021 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event and will battle for the biggest slice of the €5,771,500 prize pool. Two former winners have the chance to become the third two-time champion of the live poker circuit in the King's Casino at the Hilton Hotel in Prague.
All eyes on Day 5 will be set on Teun Mulder, who holds a commanding lead over his final 15 opponents. The Dutchman has 8,195,000 in chips at his disposal, which is more than two times the stack of Symeon Alexandridis (4,065,000) in second place. There is another seizable gap to Andrea Cortellazzi in third place as the Italian leads a pack of closely bunched together hopefuls with 2,775,000 in chips.
Also in contention are two former EPT champions as well. The 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure winner Dimitar Danchev will return with 1,730,000 in chips while Hossein Ensan is the second-shortest stack with 565,000. Both have the chance to become the third two-time champion and Ensan would be the first one to repeat the victory at the very same venue after he earned his maiden title in Prague back in 2015. To make the track record of the German even more impressive, he has another two Main Event final table appearances to his name and won the 2019 WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas.
South Korea's Gab Yong Kim is also among the final 16 contenders and will aim to better his finish of the last EPT live poker festival in Prague. More than two years ago in December 2019, Kim bowed out in 9th place for €74,770. He will return for Day 5 with 1,295,000 in chips, which puts him in 12th place.
The action is set to resume at noon local time with 78:16 minutes left in level 26 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a big blind ante of 50,000. Day 5 is slated to play down to the final six players for tomorrow's final showdown.
The live stream on the feature table will be broadcasted on a delay of 30 minutes and all PokerNews updates will be published accordingly in order to not spoil any of the action.
Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Teun Mulder | Netherlands | 8,195,000 | 164 |
1 | 2 | Manuel Labous | France | 2,175,000 | 44 |
1 | 3 | Grzegorz Glowny | Poland | 2,260,000 | 45 |
1 | 4 | George Chiriac | Romania | 2,270,000 | 45 |
1 | 5 | Valentino Konakchiev | Bulgaria | 2,450,000 | 49 |
1 | 6 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 565,000 | 11 |
1 | 7 | Mario Navarro | Spain | 435,000 | 9 |
1 | 8 | Dimitar Danchev | Bulgaria | 1,730,000 | 35 |
2 | 1 | Alexandre Amiel | France | 1,425,000 | 29 |
2 | 2 | Leonardo Romeo | Italy | 945,000 | 19 |
2 | 3 | Justin Steinbrenner | Germany | 2,350,000 | 47 |
2 | 4 | Symeon Alexandridis | Greece | 4,065,000 | 81 |
2 | 5 | Armin Rezaei | Austria | 735,000 | 15 |
2 | 6 | Gab Yong Kim | South Korea | 1,295,000 | 26 |
2 | 7 | Demetrio Caminita | Italy | 2,125,000 | 43 |
2 | 8 | Andrea Cortellazzi | Italy | 2,775,000 | 56 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Cards are now in the air for Day 5 of the €5,300 EPT Main Event at PokerStars EPT Prague. Action will continue today until six players remain.
Demetrio Caminita raised to 100,000 and Symeon Alexandridis defended the big blind. On a flop of , Alexandridis checked and Caminita's bet worth 90,000 shut down his opponent.
One hand later, the action folded to Alexandridis in the small blind and he opened to 150,000. Armin Rezaei in the big blind came along and the flop brought . Alexandridis bet 50,000 for Rezaei to call and then bet the turn for 150,000, which forced a snap-fold from Rezaei.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Symeon Alexandridis |
4,250,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
Demetrio Caminita |
2,350,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
Armin Rezaei |
585,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Dimitar Danchev raised to 100,000 from the hijack with the and Teun Mulder found the in the cutoff. He made the call while the rest folded.
The flop came , Danchev check-folded to the 90,000 bet of Mulder.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Teun Mulder |
8,420,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
||
Dimitar Danchev |
1,630,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
Grzegorz Glowny raised to 100,000 from the button with the , George Chiriac called in the small blind with the and Valentino Konakchiev defended his big blind with the .
The flop came , they all checked to the on the turn. Chiriac bet 120,000 for everyone to make the call.
The river completed the board with the for both Konakchiev and Glowny to make the straight to leap ahead of Chririac's two pair. It was checked to Glowny who bet 225,000 for both opponents to make the call. Glowny and Konakchiev chopped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Valentino Konakchiev |
2,650,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Grzegorz Glowny |
2,480,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
George Chiriac |
1,630,000
-640,000
|
-640,000 |
The action folded to Andrea Cortellazzi on the outer table and he made it 140,000 to go on the button. Alexandre Amiel then three-bet to 400,000 in the small blind only for Cortellazzi to move all-in. Amiel called it off for more than 1.2 million and the cards were turned over.
Alexandre Amiel:
Andrea Cortellazzi:
"I am quite good at this, that's why I called," Amiel said in table chat with a smile on the face. He was still trailing on the flop and remained in his seat. Nothing changed on the turn either but the Frenchman remained hopeful. "I won't get up," he joked.
However, another blank followed on the river and that spelled the end for Amiel in 16th place for €45,540.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrea Cortellazzi |
4,100,000
1,325,000
|
1,325,000 |
Alexandre Amiel | Busted |
Teun Mulder raised to 125,000 on the feature table from under the gun and Hossein Ensan shoved for 440,000 from the button. The blinds folded and Mulder made the call.
Hossein Ensan:
Teun Mulder:
The board ran out for Ensan to hold with the nines to double up with.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Teun Mulder |
7,980,000
-440,000
|
-440,000 |
|
||
Hossein Ensan |
1,010,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
|
Armin Rezaei shoved for 610,000 from the small blind and Gab Yong Kim called from the big blind to put him at risk.
Armin Rezaei:
Gab Yong Kim:
The board ran out and the fives held to secure the double for Rezaei.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Armin Rezaei |
1,265,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
Gab Yong Kim |
585,000
-710,000
|
-710,000 |
|