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

Jorgensen Takes a Knock

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Theo Jorgensen
Theo Jorgensen

Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen has taken a hit - not massive in real terms, but in relation to his stack it was a bit of a knock.

We caught up with the action on the turn, perhaps 7 or 8,000 in the pot. Both players checked. The river was the {5-Clubs} and this time Jorgensen's opponent bet out 3,000. Jorgensen made the call, but he couldn't beat the other player's {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds} and mucked.

He's at 17,000 after that.

Tags: Theo Jorgensen

Too Much Stodge?

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Play seems to be a little slower than you would usually expect at this stage of the tournament, possibly because the players have stuffed themselves with the local delicacies in their dinner break.

Over on Roberto Romanello's table there was a four way limped pot involving Romanello in the big blind, Jonas Klaussen in the small blind, along with the player under the gun and the button.

All four checked down a board reading {2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} with the under the gun limper winning the pot with {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

At the opposite end of the room, I witnessed the action fold around to the small blind who instantly moved all in for 48,000 chips! The big blind folded and was shown {a-Clubs}. Well played my friend, well played.

Tags: Jonas KlaussenRoberto Romanello

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Palovic's PokerStars Logo Brings Him Luck

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Dag Palovic
Dag Palovic

The man who has recently had the PokerStars logo dyed into the back of his head, Dag Palovic, has just doubled up through an overly aggressive Gianni Giaroni. In the hand previous to the double up, John Eames raised to 1,300 from early position, the gentleman in the hijack flat calls him but Giaroni in the small blind makes a huge raise to 40,000, which only results in both of his opponents folding.

The very next hand, the action folds around to Palovic in the cutoff made it 1,500 to play and this time Giaroni min-raises to 3,000. When the blinds muck their hands, Palovic makes the call.

Flop: {4-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{9-Hearts} – Palovic checks but Giaroni makes it 15,000 to play, which is more than Palovic has left in his stack. After around two minutes, during which time I see Palovic's {Q-Spades} several times, he makes the call and we discover that he has the {10-Spades} to go with the card he has been purposely revealing to me stood behind him.

Giaroni turns over {a-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and Palovic looks nervous. However, his nerves are calmed when the turn and river come out the {3-Clubs} and {5-Clubs} respectively and he doubles up to 31,000, whilst Giaroni slips to around 28,500.

Tags: Dag PalovicGianni GiaroniJohn Eames

Tech Issues

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

The team is having some issues accessing the internet over there in snowy Prague. We're working on sorting the problem and will be back shortly.

Yes for Nines

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Some loud clapping alerted us to the fact that Marc Gork was doubling up with pocket {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} against another player's {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}. We're not sure when the chips went in but we would hazard a guess that it was before the flop or on it.

Board: {2-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs}

Gork is at 75,000.

Tags: Marc Gork

Sal Bon Shoves

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

There was a raise to 1,700 and a reraise to 5,000 before Salvatore Bonavena shoved for around 30,000 from the button. Both players folded, and the Italian Team PokerStars Pro is at almost 40,000.

Tags: Salvatore Bonavena

Anas T. Exit for Anas Tadini

Level 8 : 400/800, 75 ante
Roberto Romanello
Roberto Romanello

Out of position against fluffy-hatted Roberto Romanello, Anas Tadini gave him a big decision on the turn of a {3-Spades}{7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} board. Their heads up pot was already of a considerable size when Tadini moved all in for 26,200, drawing a crowd as Romanello’s ensuing ponder period stopped play for a short while. Finally he cut off about a third of his stack and threw it across the line.

Romanello: {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for the turned flush draw.

Tadini: {A-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for trips.

The river… {9-Diamonds}

Tadini leapt out of his seat and a torrent of what was probably French invective followed (at low volume). He stayed around long enough to make his displeasure at this river card known, grab his jacket from the back of his chair and say a few more choice words, then headed to the rail.
Romanello now up just over 100,000.

"You're lucky he didn't throw a chair at you," remarked tablemate Paul Berende, although he was giggling a little bit as if he would have liked to see that.

Tags: Anas TadiniRoberto Romanello

Mini Chip Update as the Tables Thin

Player Chips Progress
Timo Pfutzenreuter
Timo Pfutzenreuter
100,000
10,000
10,000
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
89,500
25,500
25,500
Mikael Norinder
Mikael Norinder
74,000
-16,000
-16,000
Rasmus Nielsen
Rasmus Nielsen
70,000
15,000
15,000
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
49,000
21,000
21,000
Rob Hollink nl
Rob Hollink
45,000
15,000
15,000
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner
Chaz Chattha
Chaz Chattha
40,000
5,000
5,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
32,000
7,500
7,500
Eric Qu fr
Eric Qu
23,700
-10,600
-10,600
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
20,000
3,000
3,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
17,500
-6,500
-6,500
Kati Jerney
Kati Jerney
Busted