€2,200 Eureka High Roller Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-10-2023 20:48 UTC+2

Mouawad Roots to Bad Beat Olofsson

Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Attila Zab opened to 3,000 from the hijack, Joseph Mouawad three-bet to 13,500 from the cutoff and Stefan Olofsson moved all in for 45,000 from the button. Zab folded and Mouawad went into the tank.

"Aces again?" he asked before finally making the call.

Stefan Olofsson: A♣K♠
Joseph Mouawad: A♠K♥

What was overwhelmingly likely to be a chopped pot soon went astray as the first four cards came 5♥Q♠J♠6♠. With three spades on board, Mouawad now had an ace-high flush draw. "Just one more!" Mouawad politely asked. But the river landed the 9♣ and both players seemed happy enough to chop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Mouawad	99,000 29,000	29,000

Stefan Olofsson	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Attila Zab Joseph Mouawad Stefan Olofsson

12-10-2023 20:49 UTC+2

Sent on an Early Dinner Break

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Frank Visser

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mallory Frere	Busted
Robin Ylitalo	Busted

Vahe Ter-Khachatryan	Busted
Raoul Refos	Busted
Niall Farrell	Busted

Walter Treccarichi	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted
Henok Tekle Mariam	Busted
Andras Nemeth	Busted
Marcin Horecki	Busted
Paul Newey	Busted

12-10-2023 20:53 UTC+2

Players Heading for 75-Minute Dinner Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players in the Eureka High Roller are heading for a 75-minute dinner break. Late registration remains open until play resumes at the start of Level 11.

12-10-2023 21:16 UTC+2

PN Podcast: High-Stakes Cheating Scandal + Guest Wolfgang Poker Hits 1M Subscribers!

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

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Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

12-10-2023 22:09 UTC+2

Updated Counts and the Last Entries

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vinayagamoorthy	357,000 87,000	87,000
Martin Ilavsky	290,000 290,000	290,000
Ferdinando D'Alessio	270,000 270,000	270,000
Antoine Labat	209,000 104,500	104,500
Jon Ander Martinez	207,000 207,000	207,000
Sachin Joshi	177,500 177,500	177,500
Moonho Seo	160,000 160,000	160,000
Yaroslav Shkliar	157,000 157,000	157,000
Tomas Kolarik	156,000 31,000	31,000
Marco Meisser	150,000 95,000	95,000
Jason Wheeler	147,000 7,000	7,000
Jean Autran	125,000 84,000	84,000
Antoine Vranken	125,000 38,800	38,800
Lucas Sandstrom	120,000 120,000	120,000
Daisuke Ogita	116,000 -14,000	-14,000
Elias Abussamra	116,000 9,900	9,900
Aliaksandr Shylko	115,000 -61,000	-61,000
Pieter Theelen	114,500 84,500	84,500
Emad Zarghami	112,000 58,000	58,000
Timothy Friese	110,000 -25,000	-25,000
Sokratis Linaras	107,000 107,000	107,000
Jorge Rios	100,000 100,000	100,000
Bruno Volkmann	93,500 -8,300	-8,300
Jelle Moene	90,000 3,000	3,000
Alberto Stegeman	89,500 89,500	89,500

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12-10-2023 22:11 UTC+2

Late Registration Closed; 1,060 Entries Made

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Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Late registration is now closed for Day 1a of the Eureka High Roller. There have been a total of 1,060 entries made. The flight plays down to 15 percent, which means 159 players are expected to make it through to Day 2 and into the money.

12-10-2023 22:17 UTC+2

Giuliano Wins Coin Flip

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Silvio Giuliano raised to 3,000 from middle position before Stefan Burch made it 8,000 to go from the cutoff. Nicola Grieco smooth-called from the small blind and Giuliano shoved all in for 63,000 once the action was back on him.

Burch quickly got out of the way but Grieco made the call with the covering stack.

Silvio Giuliano: A♦9♦
Nicola Grieco: 4♠4♦

"A coin flip," stated Grieco while tabling their cards.

It was indeed a flip, and one he would lose when Giuliano made the superior hand on the 9♥10♥3♠8♥K♥ runout. Giuliano doubled up while Grieco still had more than 40 bigs to play with.

Player	Chips	Progress
Silvio Giuliano	137,000 104,500	104,500
Nicola Grieco	68,000 68,000	68,000
Stefan Burch	36,000

Tags: Nicola Grieco Silvio Giuliano Stefan Burch

12-10-2023 22:19 UTC+2

Boika Leaves Wasek with Fumes, Busts Shortly After

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Ollie Garland

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Aliaksei Boika opened to 3,000 from middle position, receiving a call from Artur Wasek, on the button.

Boika continued for 3,500 on the 9♦8♥K♥ flop. Wasek chose to see a turn.

The J♦ fell and Boika bet out again, this time for 7,000. Wasek was undettered.

The river landed the 10♥ and Boika bet 35,000; an effective all-in with just 500 behind. Wasek snap-called. Boika tabled A♥7♥ for the nut flush, while Wasek folded the Q♦ face up.

Wasek could be seen leaving the tournament floor shortly afterwards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aliaksei Boika	89,000 89,000	89,000

Artur Wasek	Busted

Tags: Aliaksei Boika Artur Wasek

12-10-2023 22:21 UTC+2

Tamasauskas Wins Flip to Double Stack

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Matt Warburton

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Vincas Tamasauskas was all in preflop against Patrik Zidek, who had him covered as players flipped their cards.

Vincas Tamasauskas: 9♦9♣
Patrik Zidek: A♦Q♦

The board ran out 5♣8♦5♦4♠6♦. Zidek picked up a flush draw on the flop along with his overcards. He blanked the turn and river though, leaving Tamasauskas to scoop the pot with two pair, his pocket nines and the fives on board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincas Tamasauskas	45,000
Patrik Zidek	28,500

Tags: Patrik Zidek Vincas Tamasauskas