Main Event
Day 1A Started
2010 EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 EPT Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,730,550
Entries
563
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Welcome to Prague!
Hello and welcome to a rather cold Czech Republic for the 2010 European Poker Tour Prague. It may be a goosebump inducing minus five degrees outside the luxurious Hilton, but you can rest assured that the action at the tables today will be red hot.
A total of 49 tables have been available for the players today and as I type this the dealers are having their briefing and they're obviously happy about the fact as there has been cheering and applause!
A whole host of Team PokerStars pros are due to play today including Arnaud Mattern, Marcin Horecki and Martin Hruby who will be looking to impress here on home soil. Other notable players include 2010 EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee, EPT Copenhagen champion Anton Wigg and Dominik Nitsche who made it deep at the recent EPT Barcelona.
Play is due to begin at 1200 noon local time so stay tuned for the very best in live poker tournament coverage.
Almost There
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The published noon start time has been and gone, but we're not quite at the shuffle-up-and-deal. However, dealers and players are appearing in the cardroom now, so we're hopeful that it'll be soon.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up & Go Go Go!
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The atmosphere may be rather subdued, but the stakes are very high. Ladies and gentlemen, this EPT is underway.
Brito Slips Up Then Wins Chips Back
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Current leader of the 2010 European Poker Tour Player of the Year, Portugal's Ferando Brito has just lost a few chips then immediately afterwards wins some of them straight back.
On a board reading 
Brito check-called a bet of 700 but both players checked the 
on the river. Brito shaped to turn his cards over but changed his mind as his opponent flipped over -5h4h] for a straight.
The very next hand Brito opened from under the gun and his opponent from the last hand, now sat in the hijack, made the call. The flop came down 
, Brito made a continuation bet of 550, which was enough to scoop the pot.
Mr Brito is now on exactly 30,000 chips, which incidentally is the starting stack of the players today
Early Birds
Among those who were here for the very start today (each table still has a few playerless stacks) are these gentlemen and lady:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 |
Kabrhel Gets Involved
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
The first level has been kinder to Martin Kabrhel than his expression might lead you to believe. A master of the perfectly-still dwell up, Kabrhel just won a tidy couple of thousand from an opponent who'd raised in early position. Kabrhel in the small blind was first seen leading out for 875 on a flop of 
. His opponent raised to 1,800, prompting a brief think and call. The turn brought the 
and another bet out from Kabrhel - this time 2,875. Even with starting stacks of 30,000, that's a sizeable Level 1 bet, and after looking somewhat puzzled at the way this hand played out, the flop raiser finally let his hand go.
Blain Can't Perform Magic This Time
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Dermot Blain, the winner at the 2009 APPT Macau Main Event is present in the cardroom but has just dropped to 28,000.
Joining the hand on a board reading 
, Blain bet 300 from the big blind and his opponent on the button quickly made the call. The river brought the 
and this time Blain checked. His opponent quickly bet a single red 1,000 chip, which prompted Blain to check his hole cards. Unfortunately for him, he couldn't magically turn them into two hearts and he mucked his hand.
May Day
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Maria 'May' Maceiras is no stranger to the EPT. In fact, she has cashed three times this year already, and finished 40th back in 2008 when the buy-in to EPT Barcelona was an even-steeper €8,000. Today she's up from her starting 30,000 by a couple of thousand, and looking focused beneath her jumbo silver headphones. Her most recent pot came courtesy of a 
board, which she bet from the button (1.050) after calling a flop bet from the preflop raiser. She had called 300 preflop from the button after a couple of other players had called, stayed around on the Jack-high flop (unlike the others) and then took the pot right there.