2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€699,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,781,200
Entries
1,192
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

€5,300 Main Event

Day 3 Completed

Peters Trying to Cap Stellar Year With EPT Win

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
David Peters
David Peters

The final PokerStars European Poker Tour Main Event is down to just 65 runners in Prague, and it's American star David Peters who lapped the field on Day 3 of the event to build a monstrous chip lead.

Peters is eyeing his first EPT Main Event crown, though he did win a €10,000 High Roller in Malta last year for €597,000. If he's able to win, it would be a fitting end to what's been a spectacular year for Peters. He has banked a staggering $6.85 million in cashes and also bagged his first bracelet by winning a $1,500 World Series of Poker event for $412,557.

The Ohio native finished the five levels of play with 2,036,000. Nobody is within shouting distance of that, with other big stacks including Stoyan Obreshkov (1,356,000), Andrew Hulme (1,050,000), Apostolos Bechrakis (985,000), and Kyosti Isberg (960,000).

Peters entered the day with 305,000 and had that doubled in the second level. He was seated at by far the deepest-stacked table in the room, which worked to his advantage when he was able to bust Oleg Vasylchenko. Peters had called an opening raise, and Vasylchenko three-bet from the cutoff. The two saw a {9-Spades}{7-Spades}{6-Spades} flop and got stacks in with Peters' set of sevens trailing his opponent's {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a flopped straight. No waiting for Peters, as he found a six on the turn to lock up the massive pot and move to almost 200 big blinds.

Another victim of the Peters show was Joseph Sabe, who provided the last boost to Peters' stack when he jammed 14 big blinds in late with deuces and had Peters wake up with tens in the blinds to bust him moments before bagging time.

Matas Cimbolas, PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos, Martin Kabrhel, Maxim Lykov, Salvatore Bonavena, Simon Charette, Fabrice Soulier and Benjamin Pollak all remain in contention.

Kabrhel battled for much of the day with Philipp Gruissem, who was seated on his left. The two spent some time at the featured table and butted heads in a number of pots. Eventually, Kabrhel got the better of the German high-rolling star, but he had a stroke of good fortune to thank. The two got stacks in from late position with Kabrhel's ace-ten dominated by ace-king, but a ten-high flop doomed Gruissem.

Gruissem did get paid for his efforts as everyone who busted on Day 3 was in the money. Others making their way to payouts included [Removed:17], Ludovic Lacay, Thomas Muehloecker, Juha Helppi, Jason Wheeler, Ari Engel, Anton Wigg, PokerStars Team Pro Vanessa Selbst, and start-of-day leader Nicolas Chouity.

Action continues Saturday with five more levels of 90 minutes apiece, so come on back to PokerNews for more coverage.

End-Of-Day Chip Counts and Seat Draw (full)

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
TableSeatNameCountryChip Count
11Janos KurtosiHungary1,026,000
12Tomas KubaliakSlovakia321,000
13Viacheslav BelyaevRussia325,000
14Roman PapacekCzech Republic128,000
16Pedro LamarcaSpain369,000
17Arne KernGermany633,000
18Karol RadomskiPoland480,000
     
21Aleksandr NemtcovRussia813,000
22Georges ChehadeLebanon389,000
24Demosthenes KiriopoulosCanada451,000
25Matas CimbolasLithuania448,000
26Josip VidovicCroatia301,000
27Sam CohenUSA666,000
28Christopher AndlerSweden183,000
     
31Friedrich MeyerGermany699,000
32Simon CharetteCanada337,000
33Anton AfanasyevRussia530,000
34Darren DelahuntyUK819,000
35Gang WangChina518,000
36Anton HrabchakUkraine775,000
37Mikolaj ZawadzkiPoland205,000
38David PetersUSA2,036,000
     
41Alexey RomanovRussia409,000
42Vojtech HorutCzech Republic306,000
43Konstantin UspenskiyRussia271,000
44Jukka PaloniemiFinland652,000
45Pablo GordilloSpain350,000
47Apostolos BechrakisGreece1,036,000
48Maxim LykovRussia449,000
     
52Salvatore BonavenaItaly343,000
53Kiryl RadzivonauBelarus830,000
54Marton CzuczorHungary897,000
55Stoyan ObreshkovBulgaria1,356,000
56Eduards KudrjavcevsLatvia355,000
57Kyosti IsbergFinland978,000
58Dejan PustoslemsekSlovenia305,000
     
61Tim CerkvenikSlovenia240,000
62Felipe RamosBrazil429,000
63Michiel BroskijNetherlands243,000
65Mihai ManoleRomania184,000
66Kees van BruggeNetherlands294,000
67Dick PostelNetherlands389,000
68Fabrice SoulierFrance529,000
     
71Viteszlav PestaCzech Republic1,025,000
72Hirokazu KobayashiJapan864,000
73Andrew HulmeUK902,000
74Benjamin PollakFrance371,000
75Josef PavelkaCzech Republic188,000
77Johan GuilbertFrance364,000
78Paul-Francois TedeschiFrance358,000
     
81Kayhan Mokri RoshanfekrNorway738,000
82Sergei PetrushevskiiRussia780,000
83Aleksey PonakovLatvia518,000
84Marta MunozSpain295,000
85Arnaud PeyrolesFrance183,000
86Yang ZhangChina159,000
87David Lopez LlacerSpain862,000
88Marius GierseGermany583,000
     
91Kent RoedNorway726,000
92Jonathan AbdellatifBelgium492,000
93Jasper Meijer Van PuttenNetherlands805,000
95Borge SandsgaardNorway504,000
96Stefan FabianRomania700,000
97Cristinel DumitruRomania504,000
98Martin KabrhelCzech Republic602,000
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
2,036,000
29,000
29,000
Profile photo of Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
1,356,000
401,000
401,000
Run It Once
Profile photo of Apostolos Bechrakis gr
Apostolos Bechrakis
1,036,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Janos Kurtosi hu
Janos Kurtosi
1,026,000
246,000
246,000
Profile photo of Viteszlav Pesta cz
Viteszlav Pesta
1,025,000
125,000
125,000
Profile photo of Kyosti Isberg fi
Kyosti Isberg
978,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
902,000
-148,000
-148,000
Profile photo of Marton Czuczor hu
Marton Czuczor
897,000
77,000
77,000
Profile photo of Hirokazu Kobayashi jp
Hirokazu Kobayashi
864,000
541,000
541,000
Profile photo of David Lopez Llacer es
David Lopez Llacer
862,000
162,000
162,000
Profile photo of Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
830,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Darren Delahunty gb
Darren Delahunty
819,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of Aleksandr Nemtcov ru
Aleksandr Nemtcov
813,000
113,000
113,000
Profile photo of Jasper Meijer van Putten nl
Jasper Meijer van Putten
805,000
230,000
230,000
Profile photo of Sergei Petrushevskii ru
Sergei Petrushevskii
780,000
170,000
170,000
Profile photo of Anton Hrabchak ua
Anton Hrabchak
775,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Kayhan Mokri Roshanfekr no
Kayhan Mokri Roshanfekr
738,000
488,000
488,000
Profile photo of Kent Roed no
Kent Roed
726,000
326,000
326,000
Profile photo of Stefan Fabian ro
Stefan Fabian
700,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Friedrich Meyer de
Friedrich Meyer
699,000
208,000
208,000
Profile photo of Sam Cohen us
Sam Cohen
666,000
-38,000
-38,000
Profile photo of Jukka Paloniemi fi
Jukka Paloniemi
652,000
-38,000
-38,000
Profile photo of Arne Kern de
Arne Kern
633,000
78,000
78,000
Profile photo of Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
602,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Marius Gierse at
Marius Gierse
583,000
83,000
83,000

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Gruissem Busts to Kabrhel

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Philipp Gruissem
Philipp Gruissem

The TV crew had been several times over to catch the action on the previous live stream table, mainly because Martin Kabrhel was running the show over there with plenty of table talk. He said in table chat "Philipp? I would bust him with pleasure," referring to table neighbor Philipp Gruissem.

He then raised to 22,000 from the button and Gruissem three-bet to 56,000 from the button with a stack of around 235,000. Kabrhel had that covered with 275,000 and moved all in, Gruissem called.

Philipp Gruissem: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Martin Kabrhel: {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

"You think you gonna hit your three outer?" Kabrhel said even though he was behind and needed to improve himself. The flop fell {10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Kabrhel quickly said "see?" Neither the {3-Spades} turn nor the {6-Diamonds} river improved Gruissem and he was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
530,000
Profile photo of Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
Busted

Tags: Martin KabrhelPhilipp Gruissem

Van Putten Takes from Radzivonau

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Kiryl Radzivonau raised from the button and Jasper Meijer van Putten defended the big blind to check a flop of {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Radzivonau checked behind and van Putten then bet the {5-Diamonds} turn for 32,000, Radzivonau called.

On the {8-Clubs} river, the Dutchman fired 96,000 and received the call to show {7-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} for a straight. Radzivonau mucked and said he had pocket jacks.

Andrew Hulme also took a decent pot on a table nearby when Maxim Lykov fired a queen-high river for 105,000 and then mucked to the call of Hulme. "Do I have to show?" Hulme asked and the dealer shook his head, the cards of the Brit also went to the muck and he claimed the pot without showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
1,050,000
415,000
415,000
Profile photo of Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
770,000
-200,000
-200,000
Profile photo of Jasper Meijer van Putten nl
Jasper Meijer van Putten
575,000
172,000
172,000

Tags: Andrew HulmeJasper Meijer Van PuttenKiryl RadzivonauMaxim Lykov

Yan and Rudziankov Eliminated

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Towards the end of the day, a few of the shorter stacks were eliminated still and among them were [Removed:17] and Artur Rudziankov.

Yan defended his big blind against the under-the-gun raise of Viteszlav Pesta and shoved the {J-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades} flop for a few big blinds remaining. Pesta called with {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Yan only had {9-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, the {Q-Spades} turn and {J-Diamonds} river bricked.

Eduards Kudrjavcevs raised from under the gun and Rudziankov shoved for only 60,000 with the {A-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}. Kudrjavcevs Looked him up with {A-Spades}{10-Hearts} and the board came {10-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Viteszlav Pesta cz
Viteszlav Pesta
900,000
234,000
234,000
Profile photo of Eduards Kudrjavcevs lv
Eduards Kudrjavcevs
600,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of [Removed:17] nz
[Removed:17]
Busted
Profile photo of Artur Rudziankov cz
Artur Rudziankov
Busted

Tags: Artur RudziankovEduards KudrjavcevsViteszlav Pesta

Radzivonau Runs Good to Eliminate Chouity

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Nicolas Chouity
Nicolas Chouity

Nicolas Chouity was one of four remaining former EPT champions in the field and has just been eliminated by Kiryl Radzivonau. The latter opened to 24,000 from the cutoff and Chouity shoved in the big blind for around 260,000, Radzivonau called.

Nicolas Chouity: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Kiryl Radzivonau: {A-Clubs}{J-Spades}

The board came {10-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts} to complete a runner runner straight for Radzivonau and eliminate Chouity in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kiryl Radzivonau by
Kiryl Radzivonau
970,000
310,000
310,000
Profile photo of Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
Busted
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Kiryl RadzivonauNicolas Chouity