EPT Prague Main Event Day 4 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

EPT Prague Main Event

Day 4 Completed

12-05-2009 21:03 UTC+2

Day 4 Consigned to the History Books

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That's it, ladies and gentlemen - we have our final table. Knocking out Priyan de Mel put Stefan Mattsson up to a very hefty stack indeed, but it is Mr. Jan Skampa who leads as we wave goodbye to Day 4 and say hello, final table.

And talking of history books, we have ourselves a couple of very notable achievements in this here final table line-up. Luca Pagano has now achieved his (lucky) 13th EPT cash, and this is his sixth EPT final table. He will no doubt be hoping to score his first ever win to obliterate any chance of anyone else topping the leader board this season. Meanwhile, Jan Skampa has become just the second player ever to make back-to-back EPT Main Event final tables after taking fourth place at Vilamoura last month.

But this looks like a pretty terrifying final table all round, and it is still anyone's game. Join us back here at noon C.E.T. tomorrow, when we will be playing right down to one glorious winner.

Seat 1: Anthony Roux (2,839,000)
Seat 2: Stefan Mattsson (3,553,000)
Seat 3: Laurence Ryan (1,338,000)
Seat 4: Gustav Ekerot (502,000)
Seat 5: Sven Eichelbaum (658,000)
Seat 6: Jan Skampa (3,985,000)
Seat 7: Eyal Avitan (2,627,000)
Seat 8: Luca Pagano (2,119,000)

12-05-2009 20:57 UTC+2

Priyan de Mel Eliminated in 9th Place (€42,600)

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Under the gun plus one, Stefan Mattsson open-raised to 88,000. Action passed all the way around the table to Priyan de Mel's big blind, and he took pause for a moment.

"You're the one who got lucky with ace-queen, right?" he asked. Mattsson nodded in affirmation with a hint of a smirk crossing his lips. With that, de Mel carefully stacked out a raise to 218,000 and slid it across the line. Mattsson didn't waste much time making the call to put a big pot up for grabs heading to the flop.

It came {4-Hearts}

, and de Mel passed. Mattsson figured 201,000 was a good bet, and that's just what he made it. After just a quick five or ten seconds, de Mel announced an all in, and Mattsson beat him into the pot with a call and the covering stack.

Showdown
Mattsson: {3-Diamonds}

De Mel:

Mattsson had flopped his set of threes, but de Mel was drawing live. His overcards were dead, but any old heart would do for now. "I think you're going to win this one," said Mattsson with a shake of his head.

After a long delay to build the suspense, it was time for the turn card. The dealer knocked the table and very slowly peeled a red card off the deck. It was the {7-Diamonds}

though, a blank that took one more out away from de Mel.

He stood to await the final board card, clearly not feeling too optimistic. The river card wasn't much of a sweat as the black paint of the {2-Clubs}

was visible immediately. De Mel shook hands with the table and wished them luck tomorrow as he won't be a part of the final table festivities. He's been knocked off in 9th place, taking home more than €40,000 and setting the stage for the final eight for tomorrow.

Tags: Priyan de Mel Stefan Mattsson

12-05-2009 20:49 UTC+2

Pagano Plundering

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Laurence Ryan made it 107,000 to play preflop, and he found action from Luca Pagano in the big blind.

The two went off to a flop of {3-Hearts}

, and the action check-checked. Fourth street came the {8-Clubs}

with the same non-betting action, and the {3-Diamonds}

dropped on the river. After watching Ryan check twice, Pagano went ahead and led out with 130,000 chips. His opponent tapped the felt in front of him, removed the chip atop his cards, and used it to slide his cards back to the dealer.

Tags: Laurence Ryan Luca Pagano

12-05-2009 20:47 UTC+2

Skampa Collects

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Under the gun, Jan Skampa opened the pot to 100,000, and Sven Eichelbaum put in the call from the big blind. The flop brought {Q-Hearts}

and a check from the blind. Skampa stacked together a small continuation bet of 80,000, and small though it was, it was big enough to win him the pot quickly.

12-05-2009 20:35 UTC+2

Eichelbaum Loses One, Wins One

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Sven Eichelbaum made it 132,000 in the cutoff, but Eyal Avitan made it 315,000 from the small blind. Faced with another (quick calculation) 183,000 to call, Eichelbaum tanked up - and eventually folded.

Possibly steaming, he open-shoved from the hijack next hand, but received no callers. He's back to around what he started nine-handed play with.

Tags: Sven Eichelbaum

12-05-2009 20:31 UTC+2

Skampa Draws First Blood, Second Blood

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First hand, Eyal Avitan raised under the gun and chip leader Jan Skampa in the big blind was the only caller.

They proceeded to check the {6-Spades}

flop, and when Skampa bet out 170,000 on the {3-Hearts}

turn, the pot was his.

Skampa took down the next pot too, with a simple raise from the small blind.

Tags: Jan Skampa

12-05-2009 20:13 UTC+2

"Final" Table

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Here's how the unofficial final table of nine is laid out. It's an important redraw as the eight who return tomorrow will be configured in the same way.

Seat 1: Priyan de Mel (1,181,000)
Seat 2: Anthony Roux (2,854,000)
Seat 3: Stefan Mattsson (2,429,000)
Seat 4: Laurence Ryan (1,383,000)
Seat 5: Gustav Ekerot (612,000)
Seat 6: Sven Eichelbaum (780,000)
Seat 7: Jan Skampa (3,571,000)
Seat 8: Eyal Avitan (2,550,000)
Seat 9: Luca Pagano (2,082,000)

The chip average is about 1.95 million as we begin nine-handed play.

12-05-2009 20:08 UTC+2

Nine-Handed Play

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The final nine players are now seated together at one table. We'll post the seat draw in a second, but for now, let's get the cards back in the air. We'll play on for one more elimination before bagging up for the night.

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000