€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1a | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

03-06-2022 22:00 UTC+2

Roth Calls Allooche

Matt Hansen

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With over 20,000 in the pot and on the board, Yossef Allooche bet 12,000 from middle position. Antal Roth went into the tank from the next seat over.

After considering all of his options, Roth tossed in the chips to call.

Allooche turned over the missed flush with , and Roth showed to take the pot with queens and jacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antal Roth	127,500 127,500	127,500
Yossef Allooche	101,000 56,300	56,300

Tags: Antal Roth Yossef Allooche

03-06-2022 22:00 UTC+2

Bessaev Continues to Build

Mike Patrick

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Action was joined in an already sizable pot with Oleg Bessaev betting 30,000 into his opponent on a turn board reading .

His opponent called to see the fall on the river. Both players checked, with Bessaev's opponent revealing for a flopped top pair. Bessaev however held for a winning overpair, which boosted his stack to nearly 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Bessaev	393,000 93,200	93,200

Tags: Oleg Bessaev

03-06-2022 21:49 UTC+2

Players Back From Break, Late Registration Closed

Mike Patrick

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Late registration has closed with 694 players having entered flight 1a.

294 players remain with the final 15% advancing to day 2 and making the money.

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

03-06-2022 20:44 UTC+2

Big Stacks and Notables at Dinner Break

Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Bessaev	299,800 40,800	40,800
Nelson Renolds Michelet	257,000 257,000	257,000
Youness Barakat	212,000 212,000	212,000
Antonios Vogiatzis	200,300 200,300	200,300
Ismael Bojang	199,500 -14,500	-14,500
Jurgis Ragauskas	196,000 196,000	196,000
Andrea Ricci	98,800 -1,200	-1,200
Kenny Hallaert	98,200 -1,800	-1,800
Martin Staszko	17,100 -27,900	-27,900

03-06-2022 20:28 UTC+2

Dinner Break

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Players are now on a 75-minute dinner break. Play is expected to continue at 8:45 p.m. local time.

03-06-2022 20:15 UTC+2

Kilic Spikes River to Oust Sasso

Matt Hansen

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The PokerNews team heard a loud celebration coming from Serok Kilic, who was standing up just a few tables over.

Upon arrival, the board read , and Kilic was showing . His opponent, Nicola Sasso, had .

Both players snapped a few photos of the runout to commemorate the moment before Sasso gathered his things and headed for the door.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serok Kilic	141,800
Nicola Sasso	Busted

Tags: Nicola Sasso Serok Kilic

03-06-2022 20:01 UTC+2

Bojang Among Chip Leaders

Mike Patrick

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ismael Bojang has been spotted in the field with a heap of chips in front of him.

In a recent hand, The German star faced a bet of 10,000 on a completed board of .

He opted to fold, flashing the in the process, preserving his more than 200,000 chip stack as the dinner break approaches.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	214,000 214,000	214,000

Tags: Ismael Bojang

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

03-06-2022 19:46 UTC+2

Bessaev Making Big Moves

Matt Hansen

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player in the cutoff raised to 2,500 and Oleg Bessaev called from the button. The player in the big blind came along and action was three-handed.

The flop was . Both players checked and Bessaev bet 6,000. The big blind folded and the cutoff called.

The turn was and the cutoff checked. Bessaev fired 10,000 and the cutoff check-called to see on the river.

The cutoff fired 10,000 on the river and Bessaev gave it a moment of thought before he called. The cutoff turned over for aces and threes, but Bessaev showed to take the pot with aces and jacks. Bessaev wins another one and he has vaulted to the top part of the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Bessaev	259,000 233,500	233,500

Tags: Oleg Bessaev