High Roller Day 2 | 2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

12-14-2012 16:54 UTC+3

Cya Kitai

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Andrey Gulyy opened to 6,000 from the hijack seat, Sorel Mizzi three-bet to 13,800 from the cutoff, and Davidi Kitai moved all in on the button. Gulyy re-shoved, and Mizzi folded.

Gulyy:
Kitai:

The board ran out , and Kitai was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sorel Mizzi	384,000 18,000	18,000
Andrey Gulyy	335,000 115,000	115,000
Davidi Kitai	Busted

Tags: Davidi Kitai Sorel Mizzi Andrey Gulyy

12-14-2012 16:57 UTC+3

Croll Holds

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Nadar Kakhmazov was all in and at risk holding on Table 2. James Carroll had him crushed with and the flop fell .

What a sweat!

The turn was a black king, and 50 percent of black kings would have Carroll drawing dead, but the landed safely on the felt. The on the river gave Kakhmazov a meaningless pair, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Carroll	180,000 35,000	35,000
Nadar Kakhmazov	Busted

Tags: James Carroll Nadar Kakhmazov

12-14-2012 17:00 UTC+3

Quack's Kings

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Martin Quack opened to 6,500 from under the gun, Konstantin Puchkov three-bet to 14,000 on the button, and Quack four-bet to 32,000. Puchkov quickly called.

The flop fell , and Quack led out for 28,000. Puchkov called.

The turn was the , and after unknown action (James Carroll and Nadar Kakhmazov had just gone all in), Quack was all in and at risk for his last 97,000 chips with . Puchkov had , and bricked when the river delivered the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Quack	320,000 162,000	162,000
Konstantin Puchkov	14,000 -206,000	-206,000

Tags: Konstantin Puchkov Martin Quack

12-14-2012 17:09 UTC+3

Break

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Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

The remaining 28 players are on a 15-minute break.

12-14-2012 17:13 UTC+3

Huge Bust On Second-to-Last Hand Before Break

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Just before the break, Andrey Gulyy and Anatoly Gurtovoy took a flop of . Gulyy fired 32,200, Gurtovoy moved all in for 115,900, and Gulyy scrunched his face, tanked for a bit, then tossed out a few red T25,000 chips to make the call.

Gulyy:
Gurtovoy:

The turn and river came , respectively, giving Gurtovoy a straight, but Gulyy had a higher one. Gurtovoy hit the rail, while Gulyy rocketed up to 465,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Gulyy	465,000 130,000	130,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy	Busted

Tags: Anatoly Gurtovoy Andrey Gulyy

12-14-2012 17:20 UTC+3

Break Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Gulyy	460,000 -5,000	-5,000
Eugene Katchalov	445,000 140,000	140,000

Sorel Mizzi	380,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jason Mercier	340,000 5,000	5,000

Paul Volpe	335,000 111,000	111,000
Martin Quack	315,000 -5,000	-5,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	300,000 75,000	75,000
Niklas Astedt	280,000 85,000	85,000
Marcin Wydrowski	270,000 30,000	30,000
Anaras Alekberovas	250,000 -30,000	-30,000
Olivier Busquet	190,000 -24,000	-24,000
James Carroll	190,000 10,000	10,000
Gurgen Melkonyan	185,000 95,000	95,000
Juha Helppi	178,000 38,000	38,000
Philippe Ktorza	163,000 95,000	95,000
Andrew Chen	155,000
Paolo Compagno	151,000 -100,800	-100,800
Philipp Gruissem	150,000 85,000	85,000
Berthold Winz	125,000 21,300	21,300
Fabian Quoss	125,000 -5,000	-5,000
Elio Fox	110,000 -30,000	-30,000
Bertrand Grospellier	105,000 -37,000	-37,000

Morten Klein	81,000 30,500	30,500
Kristijonas Andrulis	80,000 -65,000	-65,000
Juha Lauttamus	60,000 12,800	12,800

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Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

12-14-2012 17:23 UTC+3

Personal Battles Among the Stacked High Roller Field

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Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The EPT Prague High Roller event is not only stacked with talent, it is also full of sub-plots, including the latest in ElkY and Eugene Katchalov's personal duel, Jason Mercier battling his travel agent, and Roger Hairabedian still sweating his €100,000. PokerStars Blog finds out more.

Tags: Roger Hairabedian Eugene Katchalov Jason Mercier Bertrand Grospellier ElkY