2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 3
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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Cataldo Doubles Through Schulz

Andre Paiva raised in the hijack and Jan Boubli called from the cutoff. But Alfi Cataldo shoved from the small blind and Michael Schulz reshoved from the big blind. Both Paiva and Boubli passed, and they were on their backs.

Cataldo: {A-Diamonds} {K-Spades}
Schulz: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}

Board: {A-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {6-Spades}

Cataldo doubles to 400,000.

Don't Have a Cao, Man

Rui Cao was down close to 100,000 when he got all in on a {K-?} {2-?} (X) flop. His fellow Frenchman Anthony Roux looked him up with {A-?} {K-?}, but Cao tabled pocket deuces for a set. The rest of the board locked up the pot for him, and he's doubled to about 220,000.

Roux was unusually upset with the result of that hand as he slapped his cards into the muck and sat there looking rather forlorn for several minutes; he's dropped to 420,000.

Thomsen Can't Hold

Steven Thomsen and Paolo Gomes got it all in before the flop, Thomsen's {6-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} racing with Gomes' {A-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}.

The flop found Gomes and the board ran out {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts}. A pair of tens is good, and when the stacks were counted down, Thomsen was covered by just a few thousand. That's the end of his day.

Tags: Paolo GomesSteven Thomsen

It Must Be Nice to Be Pieter de Korver

Georges Ghossan raised from the small blind, only for Pieter de Korver to reraise. Ghossan called and then shoved on the {5-Spades} {10-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} flop with {J-Hearts} {10-Clubs} for top pair - but de Korver insta-called with {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} and Ghossan made his exit in disgust after failing to improve on the {Q-Spades} turn or {3-Clubs} river.

De Korver made a curious alien noise, a little like he was speaking in tongues (our Dutch colleagues assure us that it was not just his own language), and is up to a whopping 900,000.

Tags: Pieter de Korver

Langmann Doubles Up

Alfi Cataldo and Florian Langmann saw a {10-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} {6-Spades} {6-Spades} {6-Spades} flop, which Cataldo checked. Langmann bet 22,000 - and then called the check-raise to 60,000 from Cataldo.

Come the {8-Clubs} turn Cataldo shoved, and Langmann insta-called.

Cataldo: {Q-Spades} {10-Spades} for two pair
Langmann: {J-Hearts} {9-Spades} for a straight

River: {J-Spades}

Langmann doubled up to a very respectable 350,000; Cataldo meanwhile was left with less than 40,000.

Tags: Florian Langmann

Double Bubble?

Teisseire waiting to learn his fate
Teisseire waiting to learn his fate
Tim Kahlmeyer made a cutoff open to 10,500, and Pieter de Korver just plunked in a heaping tower of yellow chips, about 200,000 worth and enough to cover Kahlmeyer. After some time in the tank, he called all in for about 140,000, and the cards were turned up.

Meanwhile...

Across the room, Mikko Turtiainen made a raise to 12,500 in early position, and Antonin Teissere moved all in for 66,000 total. Turtainen asked for a count before making the call to put the Frenchman at risk.

Two players were now in danger of bubbling, though Kahlmeyer would be guaranteed a payday if Teisseire were to lose his final hand. Teisseire would need Kahlmeyer to go broke and win his own hand in order to assure himself of a cash.

Table Kahlmeyer was the first to play the hand out since the all-in player had more chips than Teisseire. Kahlmeyer tabled {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs}, poised for a crucial double up against de Korver's {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}. The flop, though, was a disaster. It came out {5-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} to give de Korver top pair and a flush draw. The turn {Q-Clubs} opened the door a crack, but the {Q-Spades} on the river slammed it right back shut, eliminating him from the tournament and leaving him sweating the action across the room.

Back to Table Teisseire, and we see Turtiainen table {A-Spades} {J-Hearts}. Teisseire had no intentions of going broke as he proudly turned up {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts}. The board ran out {9-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}, and that does indeed spell a double up for the big guy.

Tim Kahlmeyer has unfortunately become the bubble boy here in Prague. We play on with 80 players who are now all guaranteed a payday this week.

Tags: Antonin TeisseireTim Kahlmeyer