€5,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

12-11-2015 18:03 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Frans Claesson (French Claesson)	105,000 105,000	105,000
Vanessa Selbst	80,000 50,000	50,000

Kitty Kuo	50,000 20,000	20,000

Jaime Staples	40,000 7,000	7,000

Niall Farrell	39,000 -1,000	-1,000

Mickey Petersen	34,000 4,000	4,000

Vitaly Lunkin	33,000 33,000	33,000
Martin Staszko	29,000 29,000	29,000
George Danzer	27,000 -3,000	-3,000

Chris Moneymaker	26,500 -3,500	-3,500

Russell Thomas	22,000 -9,500	-9,500
Jake Cody	22,000 -1,000	-1,000

Sergio Aido	21,000 -5,400	-5,400
Julian Track	20,000 -7,000	-7,000

Michael Tureniec	20,000 -10,100	-10,100

Marc Convey	15,000 -10,000	-10,000

Marcin Horecki	7,000 7,000	7,000

Imad Derwiche	Busted
Ping Lin	Busted
Nadim Tannouri	Busted
Alexander Komarov	Busted
Shaan Siddiqui	Busted
Tuukka Meklin	Busted
Jakub Slemr	Busted
Fahredin Mustafov	Busted

With 7,000 already in the pot and a board reading , Alexandre Amiel checked from the big blind and David Vamplew bet 4,000 from middle position. Amiel made the call and then both players checked the river. Amiel tabled the for missed spades but a pair of nines. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Vamplew held the in the hole.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Vamplew	22,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: David Vamplew Alexandre Amiel

12-11-2015 17:40 UTC+2

Trip Kings Good For Igor

Matthew Pitt

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Istvan Birizdo was under the gun and he raised to 600. Two players folded, and Tsymbal Igor called. Marco Caza called in the big blind and the dealer spread the flop. Caza checked, Birizdo bet 1,100, and Igor raised to 3,000. This raise folded out Caza, but Birizdo called.

Both players checked the turn and then the river, Igor showing and beating the of Birizdo.

Tags: Istvan Birizdo Tsymbal Igor Marco Caza

12-11-2015 17:37 UTC+2

"Thought I Had Pocket Fives"

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

With around 4,000 in the pot and a board reading , EPT12 Malta champ Niall Farrell bet 4,500 and received a call from his lone opponent.

Farrell confidently slapped over his cards... the .

"Thought I had pocket fives," he said with all sincerity. The rest of the table got a good laugh and commented they all thought he did too with how confidently he tabled his hand.

"I almsot mucked you were so confident," the winner of the hand admitted. Despite losing the hand, Farrell joined in the laughter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	40,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Niall Farrell

12-11-2015 17:31 UTC+2

Moneymaker Pays It Off

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

In the very last hand of Level 3, a player in early position raised to 525 and Team PokerStars Pro Chris Moneymaker three-bet from the small blind to what appeared to be 2,100. His opponent called, and then action went check-check on the flop.

The turn saw Moneymaker check-call a bet of 2,300, and then he checked for a third time on the river. The early-position player tossed out a big bet of 5,675, and Moneymaker thought for a solid minute before making the call. His opponent rolled over the for top pair, and it was good as Moneymaker sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moneymaker	30,000 -7,000	-7,000

Tags: Chris Moneymaker

12-11-2015 17:23 UTC+2

The Last of the Level 3 Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	Busted
Karen Karamanov	Busted
Luca Moschitta	Busted
Alexander Ivarsson	Busted
Manuel Garcia Gonzalez	Busted
Nikolai Mantsurov	Busted
Zvi Stern	Busted
Chang He	Busted
Keith Christie	Busted
Mateusz Moolhuizen	Busted
Yan Li	Busted
Michael Wang	Busted
Younas Yousaf	Busted
Szabolcs Mayer	Busted
Hani Bahna	Busted
Alexander Saladze	Busted

12-11-2015 17:11 UTC+2

PokerNews Podcast Episode #347: Michael Jordan Plays OFC feat. Daniel Weinman

donpeters

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Rich Ryan and Donnie Peters discuss Wednesday's RAWA hearing and the latest PokerStars press release, and Daniel Weinman joins the program to talk about his first big win, OFC with Michael Jordan and John Smoltz, and much more.

Don't forget, you can call the show and leave a voicemail at 774-77-PNPOD.

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Tags: Daniel Weinman Donnie Peters Michael Jordan PokerNews Podcast Rich Ryan

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

12-11-2015 17:02 UTC+2

Nekrasov Predicts His Own Demise

Matthew Pitt

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Carlos Chadha raised to 525 from middle position and it started a chain reaction of calls and bets that ultimately cost Evgeny Nekrasov his tournament life.

First, Martin Hanowski called to Chadha's immediate left, then Nekrasov called to Hanowski's left. Christopher Lockhart called, then Louis Salter raised to 2,800 from the small blind. Salter's raise was enough to fold out Chadha, but Hanowski called. Nekrasov then moved all-in for 6,850, folding out Lockhart, but Salter put in another raise, which Hanowski folded to!

Salter:
Nekrasov:

Nekrasov was a firm favorite to more than double his stack, and that remained the case on the board. However, for reasons only known to him, Nekrasov called for a king on the river, and the Poker Gods obliged by the way of the , sending Nekrasov to the rail.

Hanowski claimed to have folded in the chatter that followed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Louis Salter	43,000
Simon Deadman	22,500 -7,500	-7,500
Evgeny Nekrasov	Busted

Tags: Martin Hanowski Louis Salter Evgeny Nekrasov Simon Deadman Carlos Chadha

12-11-2015 16:57 UTC+2

Former Champ Puts Tournament Life on the Line

Chad Holloway

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Two years ago, Germany's Julian Track emerged victorious over a 1,007-player field to capture the title in this very event for €725,000.

Track is back looking for more EPT Prague success, and he just put his tournament life on the line. It happened when Canada's Benoit Jean opened for 600 under the gun and action folded to Track, who three-bet to 1,575 from the button. Both blinds folded, Jean four-bet to 4,600, and Track thought for a few moments before five-betting all in for right around 22,000 total. Jean quickly folded.