2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,842,100
Entries
586
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 586
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First in from the button, Martial Blangenwitsch opened with a raise to 525. Deeb came along from the big blind to see a flop of
. Both players checked, and the turn brought the 
. Deeb led out with a bet of 625, and Blangenwitsch raised to 1,675. The American three-bet it back up to 4,300, and Blangenwitsch promptly re-raised to 8,300 total. Sure enough, a five-bet shove came from his opponent, and Blangenwitsch couldn't have called any faster with 
.Deeb tabled
for the draw, but the top half of his open-ender was counterfeited by his opponent's ace. Looking for only a nine to stay alive, Deeb could not pull one as the river was a blank 
.That's it for the PokerStars Passport winner who says he's done with tournament poker following the PCA next month. You can read the story from the Nightly Turbo here.
It's not all business here at the EPT as you might be able to guess. Last night, the players and media assembled in the rooftop bar, Cloud 9, to get their drink (and their turkey) on before today's action. Glo was there with her trusty microphone; check out what the players had to say:
board; his opponent, who had checked from the big blind position, raised. Call.Come the
river, Mr. Big Blind checked. Rintala bet - and to Rintala's apparent relief, Mr. Big Blind passed, showing 
for bottom straight. Mr. Rintala is back above his starting stack, on 31,000.
Jan Skampa - 35,000
Stuart Rutter - 17,000
Pieter de Korver - 16,000
Michael Keiner - 18,500
Georgios Kapalas - 49,000
Cristiano Blanco - 41,000
Ville Haavisto - 26,000
Sandra Naujoks - 46,000
Ben Kang - 15,000
Atanas Gueorguiev - 29,000
Pierre Neuville - 26,000
Daniel Drescher - 35,000
JP Kelly - 32,000
Julian Thew - 26,000
Joep can den Bijgaart - 38,000
Anthony Roux - 64,000
Nicolas Levi - 16,300
Oleh Okhotskyi - 80,000
Arnaud Mattern - 59,000
Thomas Bichon - 15,000
Marcin Horecki - 56,000
Richard Grace - 19,000
, his opponent led out with a near-pot-sized bet of 6,300. After shuffling the calling chips for quite some time, Gork slid them into the middle.The river came the
, and the aggressor checked. Gork -- who's now donned a full fur ushanka since this photo was taken -- checked behind. "Ace high," said his opponent. Gork pulled out one of his earphones to get a better listen as the player repeated, "Ace high." Gork tabled 
, good enough to drag a nice pot. He's up to about 48,000 after that one.
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Heads up then, the flop came out
, and both players checked to the 
on the turn. Van den Bijgart led out with a small bet of 575, and Kelly quickly called. The river brought the 
and another bet from van den Bijgaart. He flicked out 1,500, and Kelly tanked for a long time before making the call. He couldn't beat his opponent's 
, and van den Bijgaart takes the pot in the most action we've seen in quite some time at the Table of Instantaneous Death.Bring back Shaun Deeb.
flop; all good. Van den Bijgaart checked the 
turn too - but this time when Kelly bet 1,400 he laid it down.UK 1, Netherlands 1.
