Pablo Fernandez moved all in from under the gun to claim the blinds and antes. Shortly after, Juha Helppi raised to 20,000 and Brian Roberts called only for both to fold when the Spaniard moved all in again.
The action folded around to Mukul Pahuja on the button who raised it up to 22,000. Micah Raskin was on the big blind and bumped it up to 70,000. Pahuja then moved all in for 171,000 in chips and was called instantly.
Pahuja:
Raskin:
The board ran out to see Pahuja hold with his pair as he doubles to 355,000 in chips. Raskin drops down to 670,000 in chips following the hand.
Andrew Chen made it 25,000 from early position and short stacked Bryn Kenney moved all in for 99,000. It was back to Chen who looked like he didn’t love it but put in the calling chips.
Kenney turned over and Chen showed .
The dealer put a board of in the middle and that was good for a double up for Kenney.
The hand started with Jean-Noel Thorel raising to 30,000 from the hijack. Martin Kabrhel made the call from the cut off as did Leonid Markin on the big blind.
The flop came down and Markin checked. Thorel didn’t hesitate, moving all in for his remaining 201,000 in chips. Kabrhel went into the tank for several minutes before finally making the call as Markin got out of the way.
Thorel:
Kabrhel:
Kabrhel had many outs to trump Thorel but couldn’t catch any as the board ran out the and .
In the very hand of the previous level, Leonid Markin bet 50,000 on the turn of a board and then folded to a raise of Timothy Adams to 145,000.
Over on the other table, Steve O'Dwyer and Olivier Busquet were involved in another bigger pot. Busquet bet the flop for 55,000 and O'Dwyer check-called before check-folding the on the turn when Busquet moved all in with the slightly superior stack (230,000 chips).
The Czech Republic’s fidgety young star Martin Kabrhel lines up alongside Martin Jacobson, the newly-crowned World Champion, to drive the early action on Day 2 of EPT Prague High Roller. PokerStars Blog loiters for the opening exchanges.