2010 EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Barbero Folds On Draw Heavy Board

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Nacho Barbero, now 5,000 chips lighter
Nacho Barbero, now 5,000 chips lighter

Team PokerStars pro, Nacho Barbero has just dropped around 5,000 chips, or a fifth of his stack, after giving up his hand on the river of a very draw heavy board.

The Argentinian raised 750 when the action folded to him in late position, he then called a re-raise to 2,000 from the player in the small blind, creating a decent sized pot from the off.

A flop of {10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{q-Hearts} saw the small blind lead out with a bet of 3,000, a bet that barbero simply called. The arrival of the {7-Clubs} in the turn saw both players check but the small blind quickly fired a bet of 6,000 when the {j-Clubs} appeared on the river.

Barbero sat muttering to himself for around a minute before rleasing his hand into the muck, leaving him with 19,300 chips.

Tags: Nacho Barbero

You Win Some, You Luske Some

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Team PokerStars Pro, Marcel Luske has just locked horns with EPT Barcelona winner, Kent Lundmark in a preflop raising war!

Lundmark ignited the touch paper with a raise to 800 from early position, prompting everyone to fold to Dutchman Luske on the button. He double checked his cards and tossed in a 5,000 chip, informing the dealer his raise was to 2,800.

After a quick check of his own holecards, Lundmark silently put out enough chips to raise to 6,000, sending Luske into the tank. With his shades upside down on his forehead, Luske looked as if he was going to at least call but alas he flicked his cards into the muck and said "nice hand." Maybe it was, maybe it wasn't. I guess we'll never know

Tags: Marcel LuskeKent Lundmark

More for Keiner

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Michael Keiner
Michael Keiner

The gentleman on the button raised and Team PokerStars Pro Michael Keiner shoved from the small blind for his last 6,250. After a while the button called, and though both players made a straight, Keiner's was higher and he stays in the game on a little over 13,000.

Keiner: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Button gentleman: {a-Hearts}{7-Spades}

Board: {9-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

Tags: Michael Keiner

Severed Artury

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

We're not sure of the exact details, but we arrived at the table to see two-time EPT finalist Artur Wasek busting out with {q-}{4-} against {q-}{7-} on a board that featured a third queen.

Tags: Artur Wasek

Wahlbeck and Calls

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante
Praz Bansi: still comfortable.
Praz Bansi: still comfortable.

A fair bit of fortune for Ville Wahlbeck as his final bowl of rice found the win and the triple-through-plus. A raise to 750 in early-middle position found a call from Praz Bansi and two others before Wahlbeck on the button moved all-in for 1,850 total. The initial raiser called, but Bansi asked the dealer, "Can I raise?"

Yes, he could. Up it went to 6,125 total which served its purpose to isolate the all-in short stack.

Bansi: {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}
Wahlbeck: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

It was all over but the singing on the {6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop, with the turn and river being a useless {10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. It didn't really hurt Bansi's stack, but it makes a pile of difference to Wahlbeck, who now can avoid the autocall and has a foot back in the door of the tournament.

Tags: Praz BansiVille Wahlbeck

Elky Unhappy With Himself

Level 4 : 150/300, 0 ante

Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier is down to just 6,000 chips after coming off worse from a battle with Matteo Taddia.

Nicolas Chouity raised to 700 from under the gun but neither Taddia, the button or Elky repsected the raise as they all called, meaning it was four handed to the {j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop. All four players checked but when the {4-Diamonds} made an appearance on the turn, Elky bet 1,450, Chouity mucked, Taddia called but the button folded.

The {3-Hearts} on the river saw Elky continue his aggression by betting 2,550 but Taddia obviously liked his hand and he raised to 7,150. Elky then frantically riffled a pile of black chips (nowhere near enough to make the call) for around a minute before counting out enough chips to make the call.

Taddia showed {j-Spades}{10-Hearts} for two pair and Elky angrily slammed his cards into the muck in a very uncharacteristic fashion

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierMatteo Taddia

Assorted Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Giuseppe Pantaleo de
Giuseppe Pantaleo
110,000
33,000
33,000
Mikael Norinder
Mikael Norinder
90,000
34,000
34,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
85,000
55,000
55,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
78,000
18,000
18,000
EPT 1X Winner
Mike Pesek
Mike Pesek
70,000
5,000
5,000
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
64,000
29,000
29,000
Florian Langmann de
Florian Langmann
63,000
1,000
1,000
Dmitry Stelmak ru
Dmitry Stelmak
63,000
19,500
19,500
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
60,000
19,000
19,000
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
60,000
12,000
12,000
Alain Roy fr
Alain Roy
55,000
25,000
25,000
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen
55,000
25,000
25,000
Yury Kerzhapkin
Yury Kerzhapkin
53,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
50,000
8,450
8,450
Jani Sointula fi
Jani Sointula
50,000
1,000
1,000
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
48,000
17,800
17,800
Daniel Drescher
Daniel Drescher
45,000
15,000
15,000
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
42,000
11,000
11,000
Chaz Chattha
Chaz Chattha
42,000
8,200
8,200
Nicolo Calia it
Nicolo Calia
41,000
11,000
11,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
41,000
8,500
8,500
Kristoffer Thorsson
Kristoffer Thorsson
41,000
7,000
7,000
Fatima Moreira De Melo nl
Fatima Moreira De Melo
40,000
8,800
8,800
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
40,000
13,400
13,400
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
40,000
17,600
17,600

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Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Mercedes Running Like a Dream

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

The same Italian Gent on Table 34 who suffered the one-card flush outdraw to take his stack into short territory just busted to Mercedes Osti. Patiently biding his time for most of the last level, he found {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs} and Osti with a preflop call.

The deadly flop: {2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Now all-in, his overpair was shown to have been supremely out-flopped - she held {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and although the {8-Spades} on the turn gave him a glimmer of hope for the flush draw, he missed the {7-Clubs} river and her stack grew to 33,000.

Tags: Mercedes Osti