2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
€682,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,842,100
Total Entries
586
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Players Left 1 / 586
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Recount!

Apparently the aforementioned 'big board' hadn't been updated in quite some time. It just ticked down to 225 players, and that seems to make more sense considering the plethora of tables that have already been broken.

Relander Relegated

Rikard Relander is bust.

He got it in good with {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} against his opponent's {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}, but the board came out {9-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {8-Hearts} to send him home early.

"I would like to say I'm sorry," said his opponent, "But..."

A Stroke of Luc

There was 50,000 in the pot by the river of the {3-Spades} {2-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} board, which Luc "Brother Of Max" Greenwood checked. His opponent bet 21,300, and Greenwood spent some good time tanking up before passing.

No feeling sorry for him, though - at 140,000, he's still up there in big stack territory.

Tags: Luc Greenwood

Halfway Home

We've just ticked under 300 players remaining. In fact, with the big board showing 293 runners left, we've lost exactly half of the starting field.

Double Double Your Refreshment

Priyan Demel opened with an under-the-gun raise to 3,000, and he found action in three places.

The flop brought {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} and a leading bet from Demel. He fired 8,000 at the pot, and Alain Roy made the call two seats over. Juha Lauttamus then stuck in a raise to 17,400. That was enough to fold the fourth player in the hand, but Demel quickly called. The action was back on Roy, and he moved all in for 24,400 total. Both opponents called, and Roy was at risk going to the turn.

It paired the board with the {8-Spades}, and Demel moved all in with his covering stack. Lauttamus made the call for his own tournament life, and two players were now in jeopardy as the cards were turned up:

Demel: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Roy: {9-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Lauttamus: {9-Hearts} {10-Hearts}

Both Roy and Lauttamus had flopped the nuts, and Roy was almost freerolling to the straight flush. The two of them would need to dodge a king or an eight to stay alive, and the river was the {5-Spades} -- safe. Demel doubles up both opponents, and he's now shorter than both.

Tags: Alain RoyJuha LauttamusPriyan De Mel

Brit Comeback

Toby Lewis seemed to be having a rather poor start - after starting the day on around 50,000, he first sunk down to perhaps half that number, before suddenly veering back in the other direction while nobody was looking. He's right now up to a very comfortable 90,000.

Also having a lovely day is Priyan Demel. After starting with 75,000 or so, he's rocketed right up to 160,000, and is now expressing regret that he's going to have to wait until tomorrow to make the money. Feeling confident, then.

Bulgarian Watch: Part Two

By his complete absence from the card room, we are hazarding a guess that Atanas Gueorguiev is busto.

Alexander Milanov, on the other hand, seems to have enjoyed a reversal of fortune - he's up to 38,000 from the 16,500 we counted him with earlier.

I Want It All and I Want It Naujoks

Sandra Naujoks
Sandra Naujoks
A blind-on-blind raising war resulted in a gentleman we believe to be Laurent Alix moving all in from the small blind, and Sandra Naujoks in the big blind calling, to some 'ooohs' from the rail.

Alix: {5-Spades} {5-Hearts}
Naujoks: {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}

Board: {K-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {K-Spades}

Out went Mr. Alix, and Naujoks, looking terribly innocent as she raked in the pot, moved up to around 140,000.

Tags: Sandra Naujoks

Van den Berg Vanquished

With a button raise in front of him, Thierry van den Berg moved all in for 17,500 from the small blind. The big blind then moved all in himself, and the button called both men with a chance for the double knockout.

Showdown
Button: {A-Spades} {K-Spades}
van den Berg: {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Big Blind: {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}

The big blind's pocket aces would hold up in the end. The button flopped a king, and van den Burg turned a flush draw, but neither man could catch up. For the big blind, that spells a double-up-and-then-some. For van den Berg, it's the end of the road and the end of his tournament.

Tags: Thierry van den Berg

Silow Sent Off

Oskar Silow
Oskar Silow
Oskar Silow open-shoved in early position, sliding his last 10,500 chips into the pot. A few seats over, Marcin Horecki re-raised to 22,000, and he successfully isolated himself against the at-risk Silow.

Silow showed down {7-Diamonds} {7-Spades}, and he was racing for his survival against the Team PokerStars Pro's {A-Clubs} {K-Spades}. The dealer would show him no favor, though, as the board ran out {K-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {3-Clubs}. Unable to hold his pocket pair, Oskar Silow has been knocked out of Day 2.

Horecki is now quite, quite healthy. After a fine start to his day, the Polish pro is up to 177,000.

Tags: Marcin HoreckiOskar Silow