EPT Prague Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

12-04-2009 18:56 UTC+2

Hold Everything

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We've got another 75 minutes of poker behind us, and it's time for 15 minutes of smoking, drinking, eating, and telling of bad beat stories in the lobby. Back shortly.

12-04-2009 18:52 UTC+2

Jiri Goes on Holik-day

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Jiri Holik shoved to a raise from Konstantin Maslak. Maslak called with {J-Hearts}

; Holik turned over {10-Clubs}

and crossed himself.

Board: {J-Clubs}

"Damn," said Holik, with feeling.

12-04-2009 18:49 UTC+2

Priyan de Mel made it 20,000 under the gun and Eyal Avitan called behind. Jerome Zerbib in the small blind, though, reraised to 75,000. De Mel moved in, Avitan decided he was behind and folded.

Sebastien Boyard who had already folded knocked over a stack of chips; some of them made their way across the line. "You calling?" asked Marcin Horecki. "Yes, with air," said Boyard, displaying unusual wit for a poker player.

Zerbib called.

De Mel: {K-Spades}

Zerbib:

Board:

De Mel doubles up to 370,000. Zerbib dips to 740,000. Praz Bansi and Chaz Chattha at the rail are delighted.

Tags: Jerome Zerbib Priyan de Mel

12-04-2009 18:45 UTC+2

There Were Like a Million Chips in That Pot

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Konstantin Maslak opened a can of worms with a raise to 18,000 before the flop. Andreas Eiler then stuck in a three-bet to 63,000, and the small blind called all in for his last 49,000 total. When it came back to Maslak, he thought for a minute before moving his big stack of more than 600,000 all in. After just a quick moment, Eiler called all in with his final 424,000 to put a huge pot up for grabs.

Showdown
Maslak: {A-Hearts}

Eiler:

Small blind: {A-Spades}

"Queen, please," said Eiler quietly as the dealer burned a card. It must be nice to just call for a card and bink it; the dealer ran a flop of {3-Spades}

. The

on the turn gave the small blind a couple draws to try and hit, but the river {2-Clubs}

was a blank.

Somehow finding his third queen, Andreas Elier drags in a monsterous pot, the largest of the tournament so far. We're still waiting for him to finish stacking it up, but it looks like he'll be well over 900,000 after that score.

12-04-2009 18:31 UTC+2

Kerzhap'd

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Marcin Horecki opened to 19,000 from late position, and both blinds came along for a three-handed flop. The dealer spread it out {6-Clubs}

. Small blind Bastian Trachte has the oddest way of betting, and we'd see it again here. After a full minute of sitting like a statue, Trachte very deliberately announced, "Thirty-eight," in the most matter-of-fact manner possible. Right behind him, Yury Kerzhapkin moved all in for 59,000 total. That put the decision on Horecki, and he too moved all in, committing his final ~175,000 to the pot. Trachte didn't seem to want to, but he laid his hand down and let the other two do battle.

Showdown
Kerzhapkin: {2-Spades}

Horecki:

Horecki's overpair was well ahead, and he would hold up as the turn and river came {10-Hearts}

and

. Unable to get over the hump, Kerzhapkin has been eliminated after another fine performance this week.

Tags: Yury Kerzhapkin

12-04-2009 18:13 UTC+2

Levi Breaks

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Your blogger was copying down names from the payout desk, then looked up to see a dejected Nicolas Levi sitting at the table.

It seems he had a rather nasty of card-death, when he shoved with {J-?}

. He got called, he was beaten, and that was the end for the French trilby enthusiast.

Tags: Nicolas Levi

12-04-2009 18:08 UTC+2

The Haves and the Have Nots

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Have
Eyal Avitan - 885,000
Jerome Zerbib - 800,000
Yann Brosolo - 792,000
Pieter de Korver - 706,000
Manuel Bevand - 701,000

Have Not
Antonin Teisseire - 85,000
Peter Anne Hendriks - 90,000
Henrik Sorensen - 94,000
Priyan de Mel - 100,000
Yury Kerzhapkin - 120,000

Chip average is just about 325,000.

12-04-2009 18:03 UTC+2

Boyard Buoyed

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Sebastien Boyard raised under the gun and it folded around to Luca Pagano in the big blind, who reraised. Boyard moved all in for 230,000, though, and after some moments' thought, Pagano passed.

12-04-2009 17:59 UTC+2

Glo and Luca

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Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano holds the EPT record with 12 (now 13) cashes including 5 final tables. He's still looking for his first win though, and Glo caught up with the impeccably-dressed Italian during the break to find out how much it would mean to him. Check it out:

Tags: Luca Pagano