2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty
Day: 1
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€243,186
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,000
Prize Pool
€1,331,616
Entries
776
Level Info
Level
40
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
676
Players Left
232

An Orbit with EPT London Champ Ian Hamilton

Level 9 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ian Hamilton
Ian Hamilton

Britain's Ian Hamilton is fresh off of taking down the EPT London £5,300 Main Event for a career-best £664,400, so PokerNews spent an orbit with the newly minted EPT champ.

Hand #1 (UTG): Hamilton was first to act and folded.

Hand #2 (Big Blind): Mats Ullereng completed in the small blind and Hamilton raised. Ullereng called. Ullereng checked on the flop of {7-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and Hamilton bet 2,500. Ullereng called. Ullereng checked again on the {q-Hearts} turn and Hamilton sized up to 7,000, which got a quick fold from his opponent.

Hand #3 (Small Blind): Action folded to Hamilton in the small blind and he open-jammed into Manuel Fernandez in the big blind who had just a few chips behind. Fernandez folded.

Hand #4 (Button): Action folded to Hamilton and he followed suit.

Hand #5 (Cutoff): Hamilton opened to 2,100 and Manuel Fernandez three-bet jammed a stack of 9,000 from the button. Hamilton called.

Manuel Fernandez: {a-Clubs}{8-Hearts}
Ian Hamilton: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

Hamilton stayed ahead as the board ran out {7-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{8-Spades} to improve him to a straight and eliminate the short-stacked opponent.

Hand #6 (Hijack): Simone Andrian opened to 2,100 from under the gun and Hamilton folded.

Hand #7 (Early Position): Hamilton folded.

Hand #8 (Early Position): Hamilton opened to 2,100 and Ghassan Bitar three-bet to 6,200 from the next seat. Hamilton called. Hamilton checked on the flop of {10-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Bitar bet 6,600. Hamilton check-raised to around 30,000 and Bitar called off with less.

Ghassan Bitar: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Ian Hamilton: {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

Hamilton was behind until the turn brought the {10-Spades} to improve him to trips and nothing changed on the {8-Hearts} river to mark Bitar's elimination.

"Come on. Unbelievable," Bitar muttered after getting his kings cracked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ian Hamilton gb
Ian Hamilton
120,000
78,000
78,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Simone Andrian it
Simone Andrian
85,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Mats Ullereng no
Mats Ullereng
45,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Manuel Fernandez at
Manuel Fernandez
Busted
Profile photo of Ghassan Bitar lb
Ghassan Bitar
Busted

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