€560 Main Event Day 1de | 2024 EAPT Bratislava

Jan 27, 2024

Lucky Split for Alina

Maxime Taldir

Level 15 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After he lost a 200,000 chip-pot with queens against kings a few hands earlier, Zsolt Szabo called from middle position after Michel Molenaar opened to 15,000 from under the gun.

Everybody folded to Mario Alina in the big blind, who squeezed to 62,000. Molenaar folded, but Szabo four-bet all-in with the biggest stack of the table. Alina snap-called with his 230,000 chips.

Mario Alina: K♣K♥
Zsolt Szabo: A♣K♦

Alina swore with an ace appeared on a flop of Q♠4♠A♦. However, he was lucky enough to find the 10♥ on the turn and the J♠ on the river to split the pot and stay in the tourmanent.

Tags: Mario Alina Michel Molenaar Zsolt Szabo

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

Jan 27, 2024

New Eliminations; Down to Three Tables

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Jan 27, 2024

Popa Eliminated for 500 Chips

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

On a board of 6♥Q♦5♥7♣8♠ with approximately 120,000 chips in the pot, Rares Popa in the middle position was struggling to make a decision after Michal Janczarski, to his left, shoved for 94,000.

"Do you have aces?" he asked to try to find a piece of information. After two minutes, the clock was called, and at the last second, he made the call.

Rares Popa: Q♥10♥
Michal Janczarski: 7♦7♠

Popa called with top pair, but Janczarski hit a set on the turn. Both stacks were really close, so the dealer needed to count them to determine if Popa was eliminated or not. It turned out that he had only 500 less than Janczarski, so Popa left the tournament.

Tags: Michal Janczarski Rares Popa

Jan 27, 2024

Wajntraub Makes Alina Fold on the Turn

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

David Wajntraub raised to 10,000 from early position, and he was only called by Mario Alina in the cutoff.

On a flop of K♣6♥9♦, Wajntraub continued for 10,000 and Alina called once again. Then on the turn 5♠, Alina fired a second barrel of 26,000.

Wajntraub went into the tank, but seemed clearly unhappy to fold.

Tags: David Wajntraub Mario Alina

Level: 14

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Jan 27, 2024

Gecevicius Takes from Kenez

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

Kestutis Gecevicius opened to 8,000 from early position, then Zsolt Kenez three-bet to 22,000 from the button. The blinds folded, and Gecevicius called.

Kenez continued for 27,000 on a flop of K♦8♣4♦, and Gecevicius called. But on the turn A♦, both players decided to check.

There was no more action on the river 4♠, and Gecevicius with K♥Q♥ for a pair was the one who scooped the pot.

Tags: Kestutis Gecevicius Zsolt Kenez

Jan 27, 2024

Runner-Runner Flush for Ale

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 6,000 ante

After Norbert Ale opened to 11,000 from middle position, Daniel Prior to his left shoved for less than 10 blinds. The other players folded, and Ale made the call.

Daniel Prior: Q♥J♥
Norbert Ale: 9♦8♦

Prior was on his way to double up after a 4♦A♠8♠ flop. But the runout of 3♦K♦ completed Ale's flush, leading to Prior's elimination.