2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague

€10,300 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
33
Prize
€487,180
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€3,028,200
Entries
309
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Little Takes Salter's Little Stack

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante
"Chop!"
"Chop!"

Jack Salter opened the button for 6,400 with about 56,000 behind and Jonathan Little in the small blind pushed at least 150,000 forward, enough to put both Benjamin Pollak in the big blind and Jack Salter all in.

Pollak folded and the decision was on Salter. The EPT Grand Final and WSOP APAC runner up informed himself how much Pollak was playing. The Frenchman told Salter he had about 90,000 - so Little effectively risked 30 big blinds making his move.

Salter thought for just a bit more before calling. He got the bad news soon enough as Little showed {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} while Salter had just {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs}.

After the {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades} on the flop Salter asked for a chop by yelling out that exact word. He did it again after the {3-Diamonds} hit the turn, but to no avail; the {10-Spades} on the river was a blank and Salter hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
330,000
70,000
70,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
91,000
10,800
10,800
Jack Salter gb
Jack Salter
Busted

Tags: Jonathan LittleBenjamin PollakJack Salter

Soika Down and Out

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Do you remember who won the record breaking €10,000 High Roller at this years EPT Barcelona? Do you know who beat a field of 393 entries to take down the €747,200 first place prize? No? Well it was Ihar Soika and he's out now. No details on the bust out of the man from Belarus.

Player Chips Progress
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
Busted

Tags: Ihar Soika

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Mighall Takes A Little From Lunkin

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The action folded around to Phillip Mighail on the button who raised it up to 6,500. Vitaly Lunkin made the call from the big blind before both players watched the flop come down {2-Hearts}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

Lunkin checked before Mighall threw out a continuation bet totalling 6,500. Lunkin then reached for his chips and splashed out a raise
to 15,500 which was called shortly after.

Both players then checked the {5-Clubs} on the turn as well as the {9-Clubs} on the river. Lunkin rolled over his {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} for ace-high before Mighall tabled his {j-Clubs}{4-Spades} for two pair and the winning hand.

Player Chips Progress
Phillip Mighall gb
Phillip Mighall
207,000
155,600
155,600
StakeKings
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
180,000
70,500
70,500

Tags: Vitaly LunkinPhillip Mighall

MacPhee Busts to Kabrhel in Massive Pot

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Kevin MacPhee
Kevin MacPhee

Kevin MacPhee's registration slip was found in the bust out section, so we headed over to his former table to find out what had happened. He had a huge stack just minutes ago after all. While we could straight away tell that it was Martin Kabrhel who had MacPhee's former chips, we inquired with Ankush Mandavia as to what happend because Kabrhel was in a hand.

Mandavia told us that Kabrhel had opened under the gun and two players called before Oleksii Khoroshenin squeezed to 20,000. Right next to EPT Vienna's champion was EPT Berlin's champion (and EPT London's runner up) Kevin MacPhee who four bet to "forty something" according to Mandavia. Kabrhel then five bet to 79,500 and action folded to MacPhee who pushed. Kabrhel made the call.

MacPhee had pocket queens while Kabrhel showed kings. The five community cards were of no help to MacPhee who tweeted the following not much later:

Kevin MacPheeBusto. QQ into KK of Kahbrel for 100 bbs. Maybe could find a fold vs other players, but his reputation got me.

Benjamin Pollak and Sebastian Pauli have also been eliminated, but no details on their bust outs.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
550,000
300,000
300,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
260,000
-70,000
-70,000
Oleksii Khoroshenin ua
Oleksii Khoroshenin
210,000
-10,000
-10,000
EPT 1X Winner
Sebastian Pauli de
Sebastian Pauli
Busted
EPT 1X Winner
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
Busted
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Ankush MandaviaKevin MacPheeMartin KabrhelOleksii Khoroshenin

McCorkell Chipping Up

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Ari Engel opened to 8,500 from under the gun and was called by Craig McCorkell in the hijack as well as Shannon Shorr in the cut off.

The flop came down {4-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Engel checked. McCorkell led out for 12,500 and was called by both opponents before the {10-Hearts} fell on the turn.

All three players checked before the dealer delivered the {7-Diamonds} on the river. Engel paused for a moment before betting out 27,000. McCorkell then did the same, before making the call as Shorr got out of the way.

Engel tabled his {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for top pair but it wouldn’t be enough after McCorkell rolled over his {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a set.

Player Chips Progress
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
360,000
100,000
100,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
207,000
-29,000
-29,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Ari EngelCraig McCorkellShannon Shorr

80 Players Left

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Making for an average stack of a little under 200,000 (50 big blinds). The following players have zero chips by the way, including start of day chip leader Igor Yaroshevskyy who couldn't get anything going today.

Player Chips Progress
Marko Neumann de
Marko Neumann
Busted
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
Busted
Alexandre Amiel fr
Alexandre Amiel
Busted
Cristiano Blanco it
Cristiano Blanco
Busted
Igor Yaroshevskyy ua
Igor Yaroshevskyy
Busted
Aleksandr Denisov ru
Aleksandr Denisov
Busted

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy

Mahmudov Doubles Through Sammartino

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Dario Sammartino raised from the hijack before Rufat Mahmudov moved all in for his remaining 68,500 from the small blind. With the decision back on Sammartino, he thought for a minute, before finally making the call.

Sammartino: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Mahmudov: {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}

Mahmudov was at risk but had the best hand. The flop ran out {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{q-Hearts} to see him improve to a full house as he took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
188,000
-6,400
-6,400
$25K Fantasy
Rufat Mahmudov az
Rufat Mahmudov
145,000
21,800
21,800

Tags: Dario SammartinoRufat Mahmudov

Watson Back in the Game

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Mike Watson
Mike Watson

Mike Watson lost a bunch of chips early on, but he's been grinding it back up ever since. Just now he eliminated Pavel Binar.

"He check called the flop and check shoved the turn" said Watson who had {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs} on a board of {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. Binar had {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} and needed an ace or five to stay alive, but wouldn't get it with the {8-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
320,000
224,000
224,000
EPT 2X Winner
Pavel Binar cz
Pavel Binar
Busted

Tags: Mike WatsonPavel Binar

"Bet, Bet, Bet? Easy huh?"

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

On a board of {Q-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Hearts} we saw Ankush Mandavia check call a bet of 18,000 from Oliver Price at the button. Mandavia check called another 48,000 on the {2-Clubs} river but was shown {A-Spades}{K-Spades} by Price and had to fold. "Bet, Bet, Bet? Easy huh?" said Martin Kabrhel with a dead serious face. price just started stacking.

Player Chips Progress
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
250,000
-10,000
-10,000
Oliver Price gb
Oliver Price
245,000
85,000
85,000

Tags: Ankush MandaviaMartin KabrhelOliver Price