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

12-05-2009 00:24 UTC+1

Day 4 Lineup Card

Table 1
Seat 1: Boris Yanpolskiy (138000)
Seat 2: Anthony Roux (903000)
Seat 3: Paulo Gomes (241000)
Seat 4: Sebastien Boyard (258000)
Seat 5: Sven Eichelbaum (368000)
Seat 6: Bastian Trachte (893000)
Seat 7: Jan Skampa (1288000)
Seat 8: Luca Pagano (648000)

Table 2
Seat 1: Kalle Matti Niemi (619000)
Seat 2: Priyan de Mel (691000)
Seat 3: Andre Paiva (252000)
Seat 4: Jolmer Meelis (654000)
Seat 5: Manuel Bevand (719000)
Seat 6: Laurence Ryan (740000)
Seat 7: Eyal Avitan (1938000)
Seat 8: Antony Lellouche (625000)

Table 3
Seat 1: George Secara (733000)
Seat 2: Yann Brosolo (689000)
Seat 3: Stefan Mattsson (1000000)
Seat 4: Jerome Zerbib (860000)
Seat 5: Juha Lauttamus (1311000)
Seat 6: Evgeniy Zaytsev (804000)
Seat 7: Andreas Eiler (403000)
Seat 8: Gustav Ekerot (928000)

12-05-2009 11:50 UTC+1

Day 4!

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All right, we're back! Good morning from Prague where the sun is shining and a crisp breeze is making sure everyone is wide awake as they enter the Hilton Hotel for Day 4 of the PokerStars.com EPT Prague.

We've found our final 24 players, and they've found themselves just a few levels away from a major final table. Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano is well in the mix after a last-minute double up to close out last night's play. Other poker luminaries such as Antony Lellouche and Jan Skampa are still going strong as well, and today figures to see some potent poker action today.

They're all looking up at Eyal Avitan, though, a relative unknown from Israel who stormed through the field yesterday to take a commanding lead into this penultimate day. All eyes are on him and his game, and we'll all be looking to see if he can hang on to those chips as he runs towards the final table.

We'll be playing poker in just a few minutes, so sit tight. The story resumes when the cards go flying.

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

12-05-2009 12:10 UTC+1

The Final Countdown

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24 players remain, only eight can make the final table.

Shuffle up and deal!

12-05-2009 12:12 UTC+1

Super-Extra-Long Level

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As we finished last night with 37 minutes left on the clock, we'll be playing 37 minutes of level 20 and then proceeding to level 21 without a break.

12-05-2009 12:23 UTC+1

Where the Streets Are Paived With Gold

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Very first hand, and Andre Paiva shoved for 251,000 to a raise from Manuel Bevand. Bevand called, and things were looking pretty grim for Paiva'a move gone wrong...

Bevand: {7-Spades}

Paiva:

But...

Board: {5-Diamonds}

Paiva stays in, on over 500,000.

12-05-2009 12:27 UTC+1

Crazy Preflop Action Results in Post-Flop Anticlimax

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Meanwhile, staying on the first hand but moving over to another table, Bastian Trachte raised to 29,000 and Jan Skampa made it 80,000. Back to Trachte, who re-popped for 227,000. Skampa called and they saw a {K-Spades}

flop. Trachte bet out 210,000 - and finally deciding that he was beaten, Skampa passed.

Tags: Jan Skampa

12-05-2009 12:34 UTC+1

Lauttamus Creeps Up

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Jerome Zerbib raised in the cutoff and picked up a flat call on the button from Juha Lauttamus. Both blinds folded, and they went heads up to a {K-Diamonds}

flop. Zerbib bet out and Lauttamus called.

They saw a {7-Hearts}

turn, and again Zerbib bet. Once more, Lauttamus made the call.

The river was the {3-Hearts}

and Zerbib checked. Lauttamus began to count out chips while, unseen by him, Zerbib made an unhappy face. Lauttamus bet 158,000. Zerbib counted out the chips, and experimented for a while with pushing them towards the line while studying Lauttamus' face for clues. Eventually he actually called - and then tossed away his {K-?}

when Lauttamus turned over {A-Spades}

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Zerbib - down to 700,000
Lauttamus - up to around 1.5 million

12-05-2009 12:51 UTC+1

Bevand Building

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Jolmer Meelis opened the pot to 29,000 from middle position, and Manuel Bevand reraised to 80,000 right behind him. Meelis asked for a guesstimate of his opponent's remaining stack before sliding in the call.

Heads up then, the flop came out {A-Diamonds}

. Both men check-checked, and the {4-Spades}

landed on the turn. Meelis took the opportunity to lead out with a bet of 46,000, but Bevand raised to 125,000. After some debate, Meelis called, and the river came the {5-Spades}

. When Meelis checked, Bevand fired one last bullet worth 210,000, and that was good enough to win the pot with no showdown.

Tags: Jolmer Meelis Manuel Bevand

12-05-2009 12:53 UTC+1

Lellouche Not Messing Around

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In the cutoff seat, Antony Lellouche bumped it up to 32,000. Two seats over, Priyan de Mel stuck in a reraise to 82,000 from the small blind, and Lellouche came right back over the top with a four-bet to 182,000. De Mel shook his head and realized he'd had enough, sliding his cards back to the dealer and waiting for a better spot. Like one where he's not out of position against the crafty Frenchman.

Tags: Antony Lellouche Priyan de Mel