€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-14-2023 15:12 UTC+1

Garcia Busts Benkovic to Extend Chip Lead

Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Lukas Benkovic opened to 12,000 from early position and was three-bet to 33,000 by Cesar Garcia from the cutoff. It was folded back around to Benkovic, who announced he was all in for approximately 120,000 total. Garcia quickly called to put Benkovic at risk.

Lukas Benkovic: A♠K♠
Cesar Garcia: J♠J♥

It was a coinflip, but the board ran out J♣K♥9♣Q♥Q♠ — leaving Garcia best with jacks-full and eliminating Benkovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesar Garcia	1,400,000 150,000	150,000
Lukas Benkovic	Busted

Tags: Cesar Garcia Lukas Benkovic

12-14-2023 15:07 UTC+1

Osti Busts to Guyon

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mercedes Osti was all in preflop with a short stack and Adrien Guyon called with a big stack. Players flipped their cards.

Mercedes Osti: 8♣7♦
Adrien Guyon: A♠2♠

The board ran out 3♣10♣6♥5♠2♣. Guyon paired his deuce and held to win the pot. Osti was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Guyon	850,000 199,000	199,000
Mercedes Osti	Busted

Tags: Adrien Guyon Mercedes Osti

12-14-2023 15:05 UTC+1

Garcia Keeps Climbing, Snaps Off Carrera

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Andrii Derzhypilskyi raised to 12,000 in the cutoff before Cesar Garcia three-bet to 32,000 on the button. Rolando Carrera then moved all in for 82,000 in the big blind, Derzhypilskyi folded, but Garcia snap-called.

Rolando Carrera: A♣7♦
Cesar Garcia: J♠J♣

Carrera hit a pair on the 7♣3♣8♦ flop but improved no further on the K♦ turn and J♥ river as Garcia made a set to send Carrera to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cesar Garcia	1,250,000 190,000	190,000
Andrii Derzhypilskyi	380,000 -32,000	-32,000
Rolando Carrera	Busted

Tags: Andrii Derzhypilskyi Cesar Garcia Rolando Carrera

12-14-2023 14:59 UTC+1

Garp Sends Out Zima

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Tobias Garp raised on the button, then called when Grigory Zima shoved for around 60,000 in the small blind.

Grigory Zima: 4♦4♥
Tobias Garp: K♣9♠

The 10♦A♥J♥ flop gave Garp a straight draw to go with his two overcards, and he hit one of his outs on the K♥ turn to take the lead.

The 3♦ river gave him the pot and sent Zima off to the payout desk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Garp	750,000 68,000	68,000
Grigory Zima	Busted

Tags: Grigory Zima Tobias Garp

12-14-2023 14:58 UTC+1

Marsh Takes From Rodriguez; Spragg up Big

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Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Enrique Rodriguez opened to 12,000 from the hijack and was called by Luke Marsh in the big blind.

Marsh checked to Rodriguez on the 9♣7♠3♣ flop and he continued for 22,000. Marsh then check-raised to 58,000 and Rodriguez called.

Both players checked on the 5♦ turn and then Marsh led out for 50,000 on the 4♣ river. Rodriguez let his hand go and Marsh added to his stack.

At another table, Marle Spragg was seen collecting the rest of Hussein Abud's chips. Abud held A♥K♥ and Spragg held J♥J♦ on a completed board of 2♣7♦8♣8♠3♥.

"So many big hands," Spragg said as she collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marle Spragg	700,000 327,000	327,000

Luke Marsh	410,000 48,000	48,000
Enrique Rodriguez	190,000 -28,000	-28,000
Hussein Abud	Busted

Tags: Enrique Rodriguez Hussein Abud Luke Marsh Marle Spragg

12-14-2023 14:52 UTC+1

Colillas Coolers Selinger to the Rail

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Julian Selinger was in middle position and got his entire stack of around 115,000 in the middle against Ramon Colillas in the hijack.

Julian Selinger: A♠K♣
Ramon Colillas: A♣A♥

Selinger had run right into Colillas' aces as the board ran out 7♦9♦7♣9♣4♠, giving the pot to the PokerStars Team Pro and sending Selinger off to the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Colillas	760,000 310,000	310,000

Julian Selinger	Busted

Tags: Julian Selinger Ramon Colillas

12-14-2023 14:47 UTC+1

Chechin Sends Storaakers to the Rail

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Down to 87,000 chips, Johan Storaakers moved all in from the button, and was called by Serge Chechin in the small blind.

Johan Storaakers: Q♣10♠
Serge Chechin: A♠K♠

Chechin kept the lead on a board of K♦5♣9♦7♥5♠, and sent Storaakers to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serge Chechin	220,000 40,000	40,000
Johan Storaakers	Busted

Tags: Johan Storaakers Mercedes Osti Serge Chechin

12-14-2023 14:47 UTC+1

Wood Shoves Into Kudzmanas' Kings

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David Salituro

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 5♦8♥8♦, Marius Kudzmanas bet 20,000 from the big blind, Christopher Wood moved all in for 120,000 in the hijack, and Kudzmanas snap-called.

Christopher Wood: 9♣9♥
Marius Kudzmanas: K♥K♠

The board ran out Q♦6♥ and Kudzmanas' kings sent Wood off to collect his payout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	620,000 474,000	474,000
Christopher Wood	Busted

Tags: Marius Kudzmanas Christopher Wood

12-14-2023 14:30 UTC+1

Recent Bust Outs

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Maxime Taldir

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Worthington-Leese	Busted
Ran Shahar	Busted
Dominykas Mikolaitis	Busted
Moritz Dietrich	Busted
Ori Miller	Busted
Kazuyuki Tanemura	Busted
Stefan Nitschke	Busted
Duco ten Haven	Busted
Abdelhakim Zoufri	Busted
Daniel Heredi	Busted
Andreas Scheelen	Busted
Pawel Krol	Busted
Francis Beauregard	Busted
Henok Tekle	Busted
Jon Ander Martinez	Busted
Maksym Sheingart	Busted
Dawid Szopinski	Busted

12-14-2023 14:22 UTC+1

Coelho Collects the Rest of Ievchenko's Chips

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Dan O'Hair

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Diogo Coelho had already opened from the hijack and just behind him, Oleksii Ievchenko shoved for his last 42,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back around to Coelho, who called to put Ievchenko at risk.

Oleksii Ievchenko: K♠Q♠
Diogo Coelho: A♥9♦

Ievchenko would need some help, and the 5♠10♥J♣ flop gave him an open-ended straight draw in addition to his pair outs. It wasn't meant to be, however, as the 3♣ turn and 7♣ river bricked out for Ievchenko — eliminating him from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diogo Coelho	350,000 182,000	182,000
Oleksii Ievchenko	Busted

Tags: Diogo Coelho Oleksii Ievchenko