Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,842,100
Entries
586
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Break Time Comes Around Again
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Double or Nothing for Mattsson
Showdown
Skampa:
Mattsson:
The board would run out friendly for the at-risk player, coming
. Mattsson's kicker plays, and he's notched himself a big double up. He's back over 3 million now, drawing ever closer to the other two.
Skampa Wins a Biggie
Flop:
Skampa bet out 110,000, and Avitan made the call. They saw a turn, too.
Turn:
This time Skampa bet out 275,000. Again, Avitan called, and the next card out is known in poker circles as the river.
River:
Skampa bet out 650,000 and Avitan called again, although it took him rather longer this time. And it was, as it turned out, the wrong decision - Skampa turned over
for trips, and Avitan just mucked.
Avitan V. Skampa Again
They saw a
flop which Skampa checked. Avitan bet 325,000, and took the pot right there.
Still Fear Stefan
He just now managed to pick up four pots in a row to bolster his stack a little. That went down like so:
Hand 1: Mattsson shoved from the small blind and big blind Jan Skampa folded.
Hand 2: Mattsson shoved from the button and both players passed.
Hand 3: Mattsson got a walk in the big blind.
Hand 4: Mattsson made it a rather more conservative 200,000 from the button and both players folded.
Back and Forth for Avitan, Skampa
The flop rolled out
. First to speak, Eyal Avitan stuck out a bet of 200,000. Mattsson didn't waste any time calling, and neither did Skampa as we continued three-handed.Fourth street came the
, and this time Avitan and Mattsson checked. Skampa deliberately counted out 435,000 and slid it forward. Avitan quickly matched the bet, and Mattsson finally had a hunch that he should get out of this pot.The last card off was the
, and Avitan passed again. Skampa, robot-like, pulled 950,000 chips down from his pyramid and moved them in with both hands. After a pause to think it over, Avitan called to put a pot of 3.625 million up for grabs!Skampa was first to show, and he couldn't show much; he knew he was beaten when he tabled
for the miss. Avitan turned up 
, his triple tens good enough to earn him the big pot and the chip lead once again.
Three-Betting Big
Are We Having Stefan Yet?
He raised to 190,000 from the button and Jan Skampa called in the small blind. A flop.
Flop:
Both players checked, and they saw a turn.
Turn:
Skampa bet out 315,000, and Mattsson quickly called. Interesting.
River:
Skampa now bet 850,000, and after a moment Mattsson called - but promptly mucked to a chorus of "wows" from the rail as Skampa turned over
for the daddy of all draws on the flop that had turned into the second-nut flush.Mattsson is now down to 2.1 million.
Avitan Sneaks the Lead
Skampa bet out 550,000 on the
flop but Avitan made the call. They saw a turn and this time Skampa checked. Avitan bet a chunky 895,000, and Skampa gave it up.