€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 1 Started
€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day 1 Started
Day 1 of the €10,300 EPT Prague High Roller begins at 12:30 p.m. local time here at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague in the opulent Hilton Prague.
Thailand's Kannapong Thanarattrakul took down this event in Prague last year, claiming a first prize of €543,750 for the victory. He beat Marius Kudzmanas who won €339,830 for his second-place finish. The event drew a field of 274 entries, creating a prize pool of €2,454,100 and those numbers could be challenged this year.
Event | Player | Country | Prize |
---|---|---|---|
2023 EPT Cyprus | Ilia Pavlov | Russian Federation | $787,400 |
2023 EPT Barcelona | Ka Kwan Lau | United Kingdom | €910,400 |
2023 EPT Paris | Diogo Coelho | Portugal | €810,500 |
2022 EPT Prague | Kannapong Thanarattrakul | Thailand | €543,750 |
This multi-day tournament features 60-minute levels, however, players will only be allowed a single reentry. Play will start at 12:30 p.m. local time and players will have a starting stack of 50,000. Ten 60-minute levels will be played on Day 1 and late registration will remain open until the start of Day 2.
Players will receive four time bank cards at the time of taking their seat and each are worth 30 seconds. Players who are seated at the first hand of every odd level number (3, 5, 7, 9, etc), will receive one extra time bank card. Eliminated players who reenter can claim the number of time bank cards they had at elimination at the moment they take their seat and not later.
Blinds start at 100/200 with a 200 big blind ante. Breaks of 20 minutes are scheduled after every two hours of play, with a 75-minute dinner break after Level 6 at approximately 7:10 p.m. local time.
Stay tuned to PokerNews to follow coverage of all three days of action, along with the final day of the €3,000 Mystery Bounty and Day 4 of the €5,300 EPT Main Event.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
The tournament director has made the announcement. It's time to shuffle up and deal. The EPT High Roller is now underway.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Tamas Adamszki | 50,000 | |
Sven Andersson | 50,000 | |
Dimitrios Angelakos | 50,000 | |
Niklas Astedt | 50,000 | |
Wouter Beltz | 50,000 | |
Patrick Berger | 50,000 | |
Aliaksei Boika | 50,000 | |
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Pierre Calamusa | 50,000 | |
Natan Chauskin | 50,000 | |
Viktor Daniliuk | 50,000 | |
Samy Dubonnet | 50,000 | |
Juha Helppi | 50,000 | |
Viktor Jensen | 50,000 | |
Jonas Hagstrom | 50,000 | |
Peter Jorgne | 50,000 | |
Tomas Jozonis | 50,000 | |
Michel Karim | 50,000 | |
Jovan Kenjic | 50,000 | |
Daniel Koloszar | 50,000 | |
Anatoly Korochenskiy | 50,000 | |
Antoine Labat | 50,000 | |
Atanas Malinov | 50,000 | |
Fabrice Maltez | 50,000 | |
Simon Mattsson | 50,000 | |
Paul Newey | 50,000 |
Action began with an three-bet from Peter Jorgne and a call from Simon Wiciak.
Flop came 4♣7♠Q♠ and a c-bet from Jorgne got the fold from his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Peter Jorgne |
56,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
Simon Wiciak |
43,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
Action was picked up on the river. Schmidt from the small blind bet 300 on the river of 2♠K♦Q♠Q♣J♥.
Viktor Jensen in the big blind flicked in a chip to make a call and Schmidt tabled 10♥10♦ for two pair.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fabian Schmidt |
54,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Viktor Jensen |
46,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
Dimitrios Angelakos limped in and Saar Wilf raised to 1,000 from the button. Wouter Beltz called in the small blind and Angelakos called.
The flop came 8♠7♣2♦ and all three players checked. The turn was the 7♥. Beltz checked and Angelakos bet 2,200. Both other players folded and Angelakos took a small pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dimitrios Angelakos |
52,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Saar Wilf |
49,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Wouter Beltz |
49,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
Michel Karim opened to 1,300 and was three-bet by Markkos Ladev and Karim made the call.
The flop came 6♦10♥7♠ and this time Ladev check called Karim's bet of 3,600. The turn brought 4♣ and both players checked to the river of 3♠. Again both players checked and Ladev showed 10♣10♠ for a flopped set but didn't get as paid as much as he would have liked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Markkos Ladev | 56,700 | |
Michel Karim |
43,900
-6,100
|
-6,100 |
Wouter Beltz opened to 600 and got one caller Dimitrios Angelakos.
The two went to the flop of A♣6♦5♣ and both players checked to the turn of Q♣. Beltz then continued for 600 and Angelakos made the check call. The river was the J♦ and Beltz bet 2,100 and got the call from his opponent.
Beltz showed A♦J♣ for the winning hand and Angelakos mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Wouter Beltz |
53,200
4,200
|
4,200 |
Dimitrios Angelakos |
46,800
-5,200
|
-5,200 |