€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-11-2023 23:59 UTC+2

Lau Chipping Up

Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

2023 EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller champion Ka Kwan Lau and Andrew Hulme were heads up on the 10♥K♥2♣ flop, with a bet of 10,000 and a call being dragged into the middle.

Lau checked the K♦ turn, making the call after Hulme fired 17,000. Lau checked one more time on the 4♠ river, with Hulme checking back.

Lau turned over Q♣Q♦ for two pair, good enough to take down a nice pot as Hulme mucked. Table 23 was then broken as the hand was completed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ka Kwan Lau	183,500 73,500	73,500
Andrew Hulme	104,000 -37,000	-37,000

Tags: Andrew Hulme Ka Kwan Lau

12-11-2023 23:52 UTC+2

Berger Busts Dogan

Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Patrick Berger opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and was called by Lampros Vlachos on the button. Ulter Dogan then three-bet all in for 9,700.

Berger took some time before reshoving his stack of 23,500. Vlachos got out of the way and the cards were turned up.

Ulter Dogan: K♦9♠
Patrick Berger: J♥J♦

Dogan found no help on the 5♥4♥3♦6♠J♣ runout, hitting the rail early in Level 9 as Berger recovered some lost chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lampros Vlachos	58,000 58,000	58,000
Patrick Berger	36,500 -84,500	-84,500
Ulter Dogan	Busted

Tags: Lampros Vlachos Patrick Berger Ulter Dogan

12-11-2023 23:42 UTC+2

EPT Champ Farrell Hits the Rail With Cracked Aces

Peter Robinson

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was picked up on a flop of 10♣Q♥4♥. After a bet of 7,500, Niall Farrell faced an all in from Brandon Leetz who covered the Scottish poker legend.

Farrell reluctantly made the call and showed A♣A♦, only for his opponent Leetz to show 10♠10♦ for a flopped set.

The rest of the runout was clean for Leetz, who now had a stack worth bragging about.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Leetz	180,000 155,800	155,800
Niall Farrell	Busted

Tags: Brandon Leetz Niall Farrell

12-11-2023 23:38 UTC+2

Ferreira Four-Bets the Flop

Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The flop of 7♦3♣5♦ was checked by Joao Mestre Ferreira, David Kauffmann and Samuel Fournier to Thomas Clack on the button.

He fired a bet of 3,500, which Ferreira called and Kaufmann folded.

Fournier check-raised to 11,500 and Clack folded.

After some time in the tank, Ferreira elected to four-bet 24,500.

Fournier contemplated the call but decided to muck his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Mestre Ferreira	100,000 100,000	100,000
Samuel Fournier	55,000 12,000	12,000
David Kaufmann	50,000 -48,500	-48,500
Thomas Clack	35,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: David Kauffmann Joao Mestre Ferreira Samuel Fournier Thomas Clack

12-11-2023 23:32 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Janusz	206,800 65,300	65,300
Eugenio Bastos	200,000 55,000	55,000
Cheng Zhao	200,000 75,000	75,000
Yuto Suzuki	195,000 195,000	195,000
Enzo Vito	181,000 181,000	181,000
Suhan Guler	158,500 2,500	2,500
Konstantin Hammermueller	149,500 30,500	30,500
Andreas Berggren	148,000

Tamas Adamszki Wins €50,000 EPT Super High Roller (€394,670)

Milko van Winden

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tags: Tamas Adamszki

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-11-2023 23:05 UTC+2

Final Break

Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Main Event players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the night.

The 179 remaining players will look to survive two more levels before bagging for Day 2.

12-11-2023 23:00 UTC+2

Farrell Loses a Small Chunk of Chips

Peter Robinson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Niall Farrell opened the action to 2,200 and got one call from the big blind, Martin Ilavsky, who defended.

The flop came Q♦6♥9♥ and Ilavsky check-called the continuation bet of Farrell. The turn card brought the 6♣ and paired the board. Again Ilavsky check-called Farrell's bet of 6,000.

The river came the K♦ and Ilavsky put the rest of his chips in the middle and announced he was all in for around 15,900. Farrell suggested that he had a big hand and was not slow rolling his opponent and eventually made the call.

Ilavsky tabled 10♦6♠ for trip sixes and Farrell mucked.