Gianfranco Iaculli opened the action with a raise to 12,000 from under the gun, and Gianas Rege put out a three-bet to 35,000, leaving a blue 5,000-chip behind. When the action folded back to Iaculli, he moved a pile of blue chips in the middle to put his opponent all-in.
With just two players away from a pay jump, Rege was ready to use all four of his remaining timebank cards. When he used his third timebank card, a player was eliminated at another table, but there was no other elimination, and Rege called at the last second.
Gianas Rege: A♣K♦
Gianfranco Iaculli: 4♥4♦
Rege did not manage to get the pay jump or win the flip, as the full board ran out 5♦9♦6♣8♠2♣, and he exited the tournament.
Liam ODonoghue got his last 120,000 into the middle preflop with Adrian Mack being the player trying to bust him.
Liam O'Donoghue: Q♣Q♠
Adrian Mack: 7♥7♠
O'Donoghue looked poised to doubled through Mack if his queens could hold up.
The flop of 7♣3♥2♥ was disastrous for O'Donoghue as Mack improved to a set of sevens to take the lead. O'Donoghue stood up out of his chair and Mack replicated this to try and counter the stand-up run good. It seemed to work as the rest of the board ran out K♠2♣ to give Mack the winner with a boat, sending O'Donoghue to the rail.
Gal Bar opened the action to 10,000 and faced a three-bet to 30,000 from Sam Grafton on his immediate left. When the action returned to Bar, he counted his chips and announced all in. Grafton snap-called.
Gal Bar: A♠K♠
Sam Grafton: Q♥Q♦
The classic poker race was underway, and Grafton's chances diminished when the dealer revealed the K♣4♠3♦ flop. The 9♥ turn and J♦ river provided no help, leaving Grafton with just five big blinds and he was eliminated shortly after.
On a board of 10♥K♦Q♣2♥, there were around 80,000 chips in the middle when Kenny Burke got his stack of 125,000 in the middle, and was put at risk by Maksim Vaskresenski.
Kenny Burke: K♠Q♦
Maksim Vaskresenski: A♠A♦
Burke had flopped two pair to get his nose in front of the aces, but still needed to fade the river card in order to survive and double up. The British player actually improved to a full house on the K♣ river, which secured him the pot and a stack of around 330,000.
On the first hand of Day 3, there was already an all-in and a call at table #11, with Christian Rudolph’s tournament life on the line.
Christian Rudolph: A♣A♥
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka: A♠K♦
Rudolph found himself on the right side of the cooler, while Tsiareshchanka needed significant help from the board. The dealer spread a flop of 9♥K♠2♣, giving Tsiareshchanka a glimmer of hope, but the 6♦ turn and 2♥ river provided no further improvement. Tsiareshchanka was left with just two big blinds.
The 2024 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event heads into Day 3 today, with 191 players returning to the baize inside the stunning Hilton Prague at noon local time. This year’s Main Event has reached new heights, setting a record with an astounding 1,458 entries, creating a massive €7,071,300 prize pool. Each of the remaining competitors has already locked up a minimum cash of €8,550, but all eyes are on the top prize of €1,146,500 and the prestigious title of EPT Main Event Champion.
Day 3 kicks off with Sylwia Studniarz leading the charge, having bagged an impressive 842,000 chips at the end of Day 2. Despite having only two recorded live cashes on The Hendon Mob, Studniarz already boasts a notable victory from the EPT Ladies Event in Barcelona last year, where she took home €10,670. Sweden’s Anton Bergstrom occupies second place with 715,000 chips, who finished twenty-fourth in this event last year and will know what it takes to make a deep run here in Prague.
Day 2 Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Sylwia Studniarz
Poland
842,000
168
2
Anton Bergstrom
Sweden
715,000
143
3
Pierre Calamusa
France
700,000
140
4
Luke Porter
United Kingdom
696,000
139
5
Jacob Amsellem
France
695,000
139
6
Marian Virlanuta
Romania
586,000
117
7
Cesar Garcia
Spain
585,000
117
8
Konstantinos Nanos
Greece
555,000
111
9
Alexander Ivarsson
Sweden
539,000
108
10
Josef Schusteritsch
Austria
536,000
107
Enrico Camosci
Several other notable players returning today include Enrico Camosci (535,000), Jason Wheeler (515,000), Jerry Odeen (495,000), Max Neugebauer (363,000), Leo Margets (227,000), the 2012 EPT Berlin Main Event champion Davidi Kitai (194,000), and PokerStars Ambassador Sam Grafton (93,000).
Play gets underway at noon local time on Level 16, which features 2,000/5,000 blinds with a 5,000 big-blind ante. A 30-second shot clock will be implemented from now onwards, with each player receiving six time bank cards.
2024 EPT Prague Main Event Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
Place
Prize
1
€1,146,500
18-20
€39,950
2
€716,950
21-23
€34,700
3
€512,100
24-27
€30,200
4
€393,950
28-31
€26,250
5
€303,000
32-39
€22,850
6
€233,050
40-55
€19,800
7
€179,250
56-71
€17,200
8
€137,900
72-95
€15,000
9
€106,050
96-119
€13,000
10-11
€81,600
120-143
€11,300
12-13
€68,050
144-183
€9,850
14-15
€56,700
184-191
€8,550
16-17
€47,250
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