2007 EPT - Prague

EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2007 EPT - Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€708,400
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,700
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
6,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

We Had a Big Chip Leader...

Andrej Nagy
Andrej Nagy
...but Andrej Nagy of Slovakia is in every pot, so any chip-count that's more than two minutes old probably isn't very accurate.

At one point, he had over 40,000, then on my way back to the media room he was on 27,000 and trying to get a Norwegian player to fold a set of aces. Not surprisingly, he didn't succeed and showed eight-high.

Tags: Andrej Nagy

Ooohhh Yeahhhh!

If you remember the film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," then you'll remember the song "Oh Yeah" by Swedish band Yello. This is the music played over the loudspeakers when the blinds go up at EPT Prague.

It was funny after the first two levels, but I'm sure we'll all be really sick of it by Day 1b if not sooner.

Meanwhile, PokerStars qualifier Eric Turner from the USA has eliminated Spaniard Ton De Lange with {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds} against {K-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} on a king-high flop.

Also, Czech player Jifi Kulhanek flopped a big blind special, making a straight with {6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} in an unraised pot taking out German Frank Stumpf in an 8,000-chip pot.

Ludovic Lacay Likes Bluffing

Ludovic Lacay
Ludovic Lacay
Having lost half of his stack in small pots, Ludovic Lacay moved all in from the small blind on a {3-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{5-Spades} board.

There was already 8,000 in the pot and Ludovic had 7,500 in front of him. The big blind was his opponent, and had him well-covered. He gave Ludovic a grilling, first asking if he wanted a call, then asking if he would show if he folded. In the end, Ludovic's opponent folded with the immortal words, "You have a monster or a bluff."

Ludovic showed the {K-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} which in our books is definitely a bluff!

Tags: Ludovic Lacay

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

George McKeever is Eliminated!

George McKeever
George McKeever
Irishman George McKeever had gotten low in chips and moved all in on the turn of a {Q-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} board, after betting half of his chips on the flop. He was called by a player with {6-Clubs}{8-Spades}, and the {4-Spades} fell on the river to make a straight which beat George's {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}.

Tags: George McKeever

220 Players Still Playing on Day 1a

The official starting number was 241 as we had a few late registrations.

Rob Taylor has just taken a big hit and is down to 11,000 again.

"I figured the guy had nothing so I kept calling him down. On the river he went all in and I couldn't put him on a hand, so I called. He did have nothing, but he made a backdoor flush."