2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€913,250
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€6,144,950
Entries
1,267
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
402
Players Left
124

Moll Gets a Shove Through

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a completed board of {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}, Silius Moll bet 17,000 out of the small blind. Eldos Davlet went deep into the tank for more than four minutes and Rachid El Yaacoubi eventually called the clock on him.

No thirty seconds were given as Davlet folded when the floor arrived to start the countdown.

El Yaacoubi apologised for calling the clock but added that he had a very short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Anton Kraus bg
Anton Kraus
130,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Silius Moll no
Silius Moll
62,000
Profile photo of Ion Tabacaru ro
Ion Tabacaru
45,000
Profile photo of Eldos Davlet kz
Eldos Davlet
33,000
Profile photo of Rachid El Yaacoubi fr
Rachid El Yaacoubi
14,000

Tags: Eldos DavletSilius MollRachid El Yaacoubi

Kidas Doubles Through Vaitiekunas

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Athanasios Kidas
Athanasios Kidas

The chip changes on table 22 not only concerned Kent Staahle and Dawid Smolka but former big stack Athanasios Kidas had also fallen from grace as well.

He was just all-in for a mere 13,600 and Paulius Vaitiekunas looked him up with the far bigger stack.

Athanasios Kidas: {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Paulius Vaitiekunas: {k-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The kicker played on the {k-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Hearts}{5-Spades} board as Kidas held onto the narrow lead to stay in contention.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
120,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Athanasios Kidas gr
Athanasios Kidas
29,000
-61,000
-61,000

Tags: Athanasios KidasDawid SmolkaKent StaahlePaulius Vaitiekunas

Vasileiou Flops Two Pair From Big Blind

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up on the river with about 13,000 in the pot with two players battling for it. The full board was {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}{a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}.

Nikolaos Vasileiou led from the big blind for 7,000. In the cutoff, Daan Mulders put in the call after some thought.

Vasileiou showed {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for two pair, and Mulders tossed his cards to the dealer face down.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nikolaos Vasileiou gr
Nikolaos Vasileiou
119,000
94,300
94,300
Profile photo of Daan Mulders nl
Daan Mulders
33,000
13,500
13,500

Tags: Daan MuldersNikolaus Vasileiou

Rajkovic Doubles Through Bise

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Emil Bise jammed into Igor Picone for far more than the size of the pot when the flop showed {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. The Swiss got away with it as Picone sent his cards into the muck.

Soon after, Bise made the same move on the {k-Spades}{10-Hearts}{2-Spades}{6-Hearts} turn with some 24,000 in the middle. This time, Adi Rajkovic opted to call all-in for 17,600 and the cards were revealed.

Adi Rajkovic: {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Emil Bise: {q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The {7-Hearts} river ensured the double for Rajkovic with the superior kicker as Bise suffered a setback.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Emil Bise ch
Emil Bise
70,000
-24,000
-24,000
Profile photo of Adi Rajkovic at
Adi Rajkovic
59,000
59,000
59,000
Profile photo of Igor Picone be
Igor Picone
55,000
55,000
55,000

Tags: Adi RajkovicEmil BiseIgor Picone

Hallague Doubles With Correct River Call

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up in a heads-up pot between Yves Hallague and Daan Mulders. The full board read {2-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}.

Yves Hallague checked it over to Daan Mulders in position who, with 15,000 in the pot moved all in, 14,000 effective in Hallague's stack. Hallague tanked for a couple minutes and then made the call for his tournament life.

Yves Hallague: {a-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Daan Mulders: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Hallague caught Mulders bluffing and earned the double.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Yves Hallague fr
Yves Hallague
43,000
Profile photo of Daan Mulders nl
Daan Mulders
19,500
-8,900
-8,900

Tags: Daan MuldersYves Hallague

Thanarattrakul Jams Into Mokri

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
Kannapong Thanarattrakul

Kannapong Thanarattrakul raised it up to 1,600 and Kayhan Mokri three-bet to 4,600. The initial raiser asked to see the stack size of Mokri and then came along. On the {q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop, Thanarattrakul check-called a bet worth 2,000 to then check again the {9-Hearts} on the turn.

Mokri bet 3,100 and then instantly folded when facing the check-shove by Thanarattrakul. The Norwegian had some 10,000 left after the hand and bowed out soon after.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kannapong Thanarattrakul th
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
55,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Kayhan Mokri no
Kayhan Mokri
Busted

Tags: Kannapong ThanarattrakulKayhan Mokri

Naves Doubles Through Kim

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

In a post flop all-in contest, Tauan Naves spiked a double through Jaeseong Kim when he had the best of it all the way. Both had a piece on the {j-Spades}{9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} flop and {4-Clubs} turn when the chips went in as Naves was at risk holding the {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}.

Kim was behind with the {k-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and the {3-Spades} river brought no upset.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tauan Naves br
Tauan Naves
45,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Jaeseong Kim kr
Jaeseong Kim
11,000
11,000
11,000

Tags: Jaeseong KimTauan Naves

Smolka Leads the Way; Staahle No More

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kent Staahle had been the chip leader not long ago but his entire stack vanished and he was among the latest casualties. A quick look at his former table revealed a new far biggest stack as Dawid Smolka was sitting behind a large tower of chips. He covers the second biggest stack at the table, Athanasios Kidas, with three times as many chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dawid Smolka pl
Dawid Smolka
280,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
180,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Namhyung Kim kr
Namhyung Kim
135,000
33,000
33,000
Profile photo of Andreas Berggren se
Andreas Berggren
110,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Zhi Yi Ning my
Zhi Yi Ning
110,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Athanasios Kidas gr
Athanasios Kidas
90,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
57,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
40,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Kannapong Thanarattrakul th
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
38,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Andreas Samuelsson se
Andreas Samuelsson
32,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Vlado Banicevic me
Vlado Banicevic
22,000
-28,000
-28,000
Profile photo of Kent Staahle no
Kent Staahle
Busted

Tags: Athanasios KidasDawid SmolkaKent Staahle

Abussamra Traps the Flop

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Elias Abussamra opened to 2,000 in the cutoff and picked up two callers, Marius Kudzmanas on the button and Artur Halstan in the big blind.

The flop showed up {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Clubs}. All three players checked, Abussamra not deciding to fire a continuation bet.

The turn brought the {2-Spades}. Action again checked to Abussamra, and he decided to bet 3,500. Kudzmanas folded the button, but Halstan called in the big.

The river came the {q-Hearts}. Halstan checked, and Abussamra fired big, 12,000 on the final street. Halstan was a non-believer, he put in the call after about 30 seconds of thought.

Abussamra showed {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} for the flopped set and the winner.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Elias Abussamra br
Elias Abussamra
85,000
-10,000
-10,000
Profile photo of Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
46,400
8,400
8,400
Profile photo of Artur Halstan ua
Artur Halstan
22,600
9,400
9,400

Tags: Artur HalstanElias AbussamraMarius Kudzmanas