2010 EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€640,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,730,550
Entries
563
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Atanas for his Sins

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Atanas Gueorguiev
Atanas Gueorguiev

Atanas Gueorguiev, occupier of the number one spot in the Bulgarian all-time money list, has taken a bit of a hit. He bet out 4,000 on the river of a {10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{7-Clubs}{j-Spades} board and presumably wasn't expecting a call; still, he got one, and discovered that his {a-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} was no match for his opponent's {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} two pair. Gueorguiev dropped to 29,000, back below the starting stack, and immediately commenced texting someone - presumably telling Bulgaria the bad news.

Tags: Atanas Gueorguiev

Widdoes it Again

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Matt Widdoes has been on the rollercoaster today, his stack first rocketing upwards, then dropping abruptly in a series of steep falls, before coasting for a short while and finally shooting back up. The last rise came from a straight preflop all-in double through with {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades} vs. the {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} of Oskar Ojaveer. No help for the slick on the {6-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{10-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} board and Widdoes is back to 72,000, while Ojaveer drops to just over 40,000.

Tags: Matt WiddoesOskar Ojaveer

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Mizzi Busts, Continues Massage

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Sorel Mizzi - Busto
Sorel Mizzi - Busto

Sorel Mizzi's Main Event is over and done with, in rather unspectacular style. We joined the table as Mizzi was putting in his last 300 chips, not even enough to make up his 600 big blind! Marc Inizan called and when everyone else folded the players revelaed their hands.

Inizan :{q-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

Mizzi: {3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}

A jack of diamonds on the flop was more than enough to dispatch the Canadian pro, who vacated his seat and found another just outside the tournament area so that he could finish off his massage.

Tags: Marc InizanSorel Mizzi

Darc Horse

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Guillaume Darcourt is very definitely our chip leader right now. After those three monstrous pots that sent Jeff Sarwer to the rail, Darcourt called Marcin Horecki's 1,300 raise and then another 1,500 on the {5-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{a-Spades} flop. They checked down the {8-Diamonds} turn and {q-Hearts} river and Darcourt took the pot with {a-Clubs}{9-Clubs}. He's now on 145,000.

"I had a six," giggled Horecki, then added, "Your kicker beat me," suggesting that he'd had an ace with his six. He didn't show though. Our one and only Team PokerStars Pro is at 33,000.

Tags: Guillaume DarcourtMarcin Horecki

Kabrhel/Skampa Conference Call

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Martin Kabrhel: didn't call.
Martin Kabrhel: didn't call.

Decision time for Martin Kabrhel just now, as his preflop open (1,225) found a short stack on the button moving in for 13,725 and then Andreas Chalkiadakis following his lead with an all-in over the top for 32,200. Although comfortably covering them both, Kabrhel took a while to make what looked like a tough decision. Finally he folded and let both players show down {A-}{K-} - although facing the {K-Hearts} in his opponent's hand, Chalkiadakis had an uncomfortable flop and turn as three hearts threatened a beat.

The fourth stayed away, however, and the two all-in shovers chopped the pot while Kabrhel sort of giggled to himself, implied to Chalkiadakis that he'd let them both live by folding, then stood up and walked over to the table next door where Jan Skampa was sitting and talked at incredible speed at him for half a minute.

Tags: Jan SkampaAndreas ChalkiadakisMartin Kabrhel

Horecki Holds 'Court

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Marcin Horecki has taken a significant chunk out of Guillaume Darcourt - well, more significant for Horecki than for Darcourt, but a decent sized pot nonetheless. We only caught the tail end of it, but the board was jack-high, Darcourt held {k-}{j-} and Horecki held {a-}{j-}. The Team PokerStars Pro is up to around 60,000.

Tags: Marcin HoreckiGuillaume Darcourt

Fish and Chips!

Some chip counts from around the room, they're not all fishes but they all have chips

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
127,500
12,500
12,500
Oleksander Vaserfirer
Oleksander Vaserfirer
96,500
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
81,100
1,100
1,100
Tomer Berda us
Tomer Berda
67,400
17,400
17,400
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
60,250
-14,750
-14,750
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
54,000
11,800
11,800
Marc Inizan fr
Marc Inizan
52,400
12,400
12,400
Jan Skampa cz
Jan Skampa
52,000
-3,000
-3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
51,000
5,000
5,000
Atanas Gueorguiev bg
Atanas Gueorguiev
40,500
11,500
11,500
Marvin Rettemaier
Marvin Rettemaier
38,200
21,600
21,600
Luca Falaschi
Luca Falaschi
36,350
11,850
11,850
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
26,100
4,100
4,100
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
23,900
-35,100
-35,100
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
16,200
-4,800
-4,800

Sad Stack

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante

One table has a ghost player, and judging from the snippets of conversation picked up passing it, he's been playing pretty tight since dinner. Blinded down to just 2,700, in fact, and unlikely to arrive before he's hit the felt entirely.

Overheard:

"I feel bad for him. His first EPT, flew all the way... blinds off."

"Maybe he thought it was a rebuy or re-entry tournament?"

"No, he's fallen asleep."

Wigg and Let Die

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

Anton Wigg has been eliminated from the tournament. We're not sure what went down but there is certainly an empty chair where the Swede once sat and he's nowhere to be seen in the tournament area.

The 2010 ET Copenhagen champion will not be adding a second title to his resume here in Prague.

Tags: Anton Wigg