Over at the feature table, Mads Amot opened for 42,000 from early position and received a call from Sergio Aido Espina in the cutoff. Aleh Plauski then came in with a three-bet to 130,000, Amots folded, and Espina woke up with a four-bet. We're not sure of the amount, but we do know Plauski responded by quickly moving all in for 1.456 million and Espina called.
Showdown
Espina:
Plauski:
It was a big flip for a pot worth over 3 million. The flop not only kept Plauski in the lead, it also gave him a flush draw to take away two of Espina's out. The turn was of no consequence, and neither was the river. With that, Plauski doubled into the chip lead while Espina was left with just 300,000.
Ben Warrington has added even more chips to his giant stack after hitting a nice river and extracting value out of Diego Gomez Gonzalez.
The Brit opened from late position and was called by Dany Parlafes and Gonzalez in the blinds. Warrington continued for 55,000 on the flop and was only check-called by Gonzalez. Both players checked the turn before the Spaniard snap-check-called a 70,000 bet on the river.
Warrington opened for two-pair and raked in the pot as Gonzalez mucked saying he held ace-ten.
Roberto Romanello's bid for EPT history has come to an end on just the third hand of the day.
It happened when Mads Amot opened for 42,000 only to have Roberto Romanello, who won this very event two years ago in Season 7, shove from the big blind for 383,000. Amot made the call and Romanello discovered the bad new.
Showdown
Amot:
Romanello:
It was a bad spot for Romanello, and it only got worse on the flop. Amot hit a set and left Romanello drawing to running straight cards. Any hope of that disappeared when the dealer burned and turned the , leaving Romanello drawing dead. The was put out on the river for good measure, and Romanello exited in 21st place.
Here's the seat draw and chip counts at the start of Day 5. One player will be relocated from Table 1 to Table 2 at the start of the day to balance the tables:
Welcome back to the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Season 9 Prague Main Event. What began five days ago with a record 864 players is now down to the final 21. Everyone left in the field is guaranteed a €25,000 payday, but everyone is intent on tripling that by making the final table here today. If they do, they’ll earn at least €75,000 and be in contention for the €835,000 first-place prize.
The man best positioned to make the final table is chip leader Ben Warrington, who bagged up 2.618 million on Day 4, much of it courtesy of a fortunate double against Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden. Close behind is David Boyaciyan, who you might know as last year’s runner-up. Boyaciyan’s consecutive deep runs is already impressive, but making back-to-back final tables would certainly be a tremendous accomplishment.
Another keen storyline to keep an eye on is that of the UK’s Roberto Romanello, who won the EPT7 Prague two years ago for €640,000. Romanello is not only looking to become the first ever repeat EPT champion, but also to capture the same title for the second time in three years. With that said, Romanello has his work cutout for himself as he begins the day on the short stack with 341,000.
Other players in contention include the aforementioned Lodden, Mark Herm, Jeff Sarwer, Mads Amot and Ramzi Jelassi. Who will be the next to add their name to the prestigious list? We won’t find out the answer today, but we’ll narrow it down to the final eight as play will continue until the final table is set.
EPT Prague Champions
Season
Entrants
Prizepool (EUR)
Winner
Prize (EUR)
4
555
€2,530,240
Arnaud Mattern
€708,400
5
570
€2,764,500
Salvatore Bonavena
€774,000
6
586
€2,842,100
Jan Skampa
€682,000
7
563
€2,730,550
Roberto Romanello
€640,000
8
722
€3,501,700
Martin Finger
€720,000
9
864
€4,190,400
???
€835,000
The final 21 players will return for Day 5 at 12:00 CEST, which is less than an hour from now. Join us then as we bring you all the latest and greatest from the richest tournament in Czech Republic history.
flop not only kept Plauski in the lead, it also gave him a flush draw to take away two of Espina's out. The 
turn was of no consequence, and neither was the 
river. With that, Plauski doubled into the chip lead while Espina was left with just 300,000.
flop and was only check-called by Gonzalez. Both players checked the 
turn before the Spaniard snap-check-called a 70,000 bet on the 
river.
for two-pair and raked in the pot as Gonzalez mucked saying he held ace-ten.
flop. Amot hit a set and left Romanello drawing to running straight cards. Any hope of that disappeared when the dealer burned and turned the 
, leaving Romanello drawing dead. The 
was put out on the river for good measure, and Romanello exited in 21st place.
