Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€2,628,700
Entries
271
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left
1
Watson Takes Over Chip Lead
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
After taking a pot before break from Day 2 chip leader Andriy Lyubovetskiy to grab the lead himself, Canadian star Mike Watson has extended his lead, courtesy of Niall Farrell.
On a flop of 
, Farrell checked his big blind to Watson, who bet 30,000. Farrell responded with a check-raise to 100,000, which Watson called.
On the 
turn, Farrell led for another 100,000 which was met by a stack of four T-100,000 chips from Watson to potentially put Farrell all in.
The Scot quickly folded to preserve his last 200,000 in chips, while Watson is now pushing toward the two million chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,600,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
|
200,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
||
Caridade Wins Huge Flip to Take Chip Lead
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Marton Czuczor opened the action with a raise to 55,000. Ricardo Caridade three-bet on the button to 150,000. Czuczor then moved all in for 715,000 and Caridade called for a huge pot preflop.
Marton Czuczor: 
Ricardo Caridade: 
The board came 
giving Caridade a flopped set of nines to earn a huge pot and rocket toward the two million chip mark, while eliminating Czuczor in 17th place for €32,330.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
1,105,000
|
1,105,000 |
|
Busted |
Panagiotis Oikonomou Eliminated in 16th Place (€32,330)
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Panagiotis Oikonomou moved all in from the hijack. Mike Watson called on the button.
Panagiotis Oikonomou:
Mike Watson: 
The flop came 
to give Watson a royal flush draw and eliminate one of the nines as an out for Oikonomou. The turn was the and the river came the 
to spell the end for the Greek player and the final two tables were redrawn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000 | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Adrian Mateos on High Roller Players: "We're Not Robots, We're Just Really Good!"
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante
PokerNews sat down with former EPT Main Event champion and four-time WSOP bracelet-winner Adrian Mateos to discuss the return of EPT High Rollers.
Mateos says he missed his "favourite tour" during the pandemic, and is enjoying being back in the live scene.
"We've seen some new characters over the last two years," he said. "We've played a lot of online so there are definitely new players who have been big winners online coming into the live scene.
Two Table Redraw
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Kayhan Roshanfekr | Austria | 200,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Akin Tuna | Germany | 740,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Christopher Puetz | Germany | 1,115,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Andrea Ricci | Italy | 570,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Conor Beresford | Great Britain | 1,250,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Niall Farrell | Great Britain | 210,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Renan Bruschi | Brazil | 475,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Robert Cowen | Great Britain | 420,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Mike Watson | Canada | 1,575,000 |
| 2 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 3 | Andriy Lyubovetskiy | Ukraine | 1,620,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Laurynas Levinskas | Lithuania | 480,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Ricardo Caridade | Portugal | 1,925,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | 990,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Cedric Schwaederle | France | 525,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Simon Lofberg | Sweden | 850,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,925,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
1,620,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
1,575,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,250,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
1,115,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
990,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
|
850,000
-260,000
|
-260,000 |
|
740,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
570,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
525,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
480,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
475,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
420,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
|
210,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Akin Tuna Eliminated in 15th Place (€36,280)
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Action was picked up on the turn on a board that read 
. From the hijack, Christopher Puetz jammed all in. Akin Tuna had the decision for his whole stack in middle position and called quickly.
Puetz tabled the goods with the 
while Tuna had the 
.
The river came the 
and Tuna was canned in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,030,000
915,000
|
915,000 |
|
|
Busted |
€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 3 Photos
Farrell Doubles Through Cowen
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Niall Farrell raised from the cutoff, Robert Cowen three-bet all in from the small blind and Farrell called off.
Niall Farrell: 
Robert Cowen:
The flop brought Farrell from behind into the lead as it came 
. The turn was the and the river the 
to confirm the double for Farrell and leave Cowen very short.
Farrell stood up and gave an animated double fist pump gesture to the cameras following him as he remained alive in his quest for another EPT title.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
475,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
260,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
Who's Following Niall Farrell?
Level 23
: 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
If you keep catching Niall Farrell addressing a camera during breaks, it's not just any regular vlog - that's the BBC! They're following Farrell's poker journey not just at the EPT, but across other live events throughout the year.