Main Event
Day 2 Started
2010 EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 2
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 Back to Day 2 of EPT Prague!
Welcome back gentle reader welcome back to the official Day 2 of the EPT Prague Main Event. Since Monday, 563 players have passed through the doors of the Hilton to take part in this €5,000 buy in tournament, of those just 254 have survived with their chip stacks intact.
The plan of action for today is to play at least six levels, which should in theory see the money bubble burst. In this event it is the top 80 players who will receive a cash reward, starting at €8,000 and gradually increasing until the potentially life-changing sum of €640,000 is awarded to the eventual winner.
Dirk Richter is our overall chipleader, coming from quite literally nowhere to end the day with a colossal 296,700 chips, more than 100,000 more than second placed Roberto Romanello. A whole host of familiar face will return to the felt today including Laurence “rivermanl” Houghton, Kristoffer Thorsson, Toby Lewis and Team PokerStars Pros Luca Pagano and Liv Boeree.
Play gets under way around 1200 CET so please join us then for live coverage of EPT Prague, brought to you by PokerNews.com
Day 2 Players - All of Them (full)
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
296,700 | |
|
199,600 | |
|
196,500 | |
|
|
191,200 | |
|
|
188,900 | |
|
188,800 | |
|
|
187,200 | |
|
|
181,000 | |
|
171,500 | |
|
|
169,000 | |
|
165,000 | |
|
163,900 | |
|
160,500 | |
|
|
160,000 | |
|
153,800 | |
|
145,200 | |
|
137,900 | |
|
136,200 | |
|
|
135,400 | |
|
134,900 | |
|
131,200 | |
|
128,700 | |
|
128,600 | |
|
|
128,600 | |
|
|
125,500 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 100
A Slow Start
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Usually we begin Day 2 with a flurry of eliminations but today seems different, with only a couple of all in confrontations of note so far.
Matias Can has just doubled up with 
against local player Martin Kabrhel's 
to put him up to 73,000 chips. Also, Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen has once doubled up, holding 
against Drasutis Tauras Narmontas's 
and then shortly after moved all in preflop again but this time only picked up the blinds and antes, which are worth 2,700 at present.
Richter Off the Scale
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
It's been a good start to the day for surprise overnight chip leader Dirk Richter - he's extended his monstrous lead to 340,000, and there's still no-one else over 200,000 or so.
We only caught it on the river, the board reading 
. Nikolay Losev had bet out 20,000, but Richter raised to 50,000, eventually eliciting an unwilling fold from Losev. Richter showed him 
for the full house just to prove that he wasn't messing about, and took the enormous pot.
By the by, everyone else at Richter's table has been overcome by an attack of the thousand-yard stares, except for Mike Pesek whose jaw is for some reason firmly set in a scowl.
Lewis Flushed Down The Drain
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Toby Lewis is down to around 24,000 chips after running into the flooped flush of Liviu Ignat.
Joining the hand on a board reading 
, Ignat bet 36,500 into the already substantial pot containing around 38,000 chips. Lewis sat for around three minutes before making the call, only to be shown 
for a flopped flush.
"Omg EPT's are so fun!" tweeted Lewis straight after.
Yes they are my friend, yes they are
Looking Bleiker
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Thorsten Schafer has evened out his stack with that of Felix Bleiker after this early confrontation:
Button Schafer opened preflop for 2,700, called by Bleiker in the small blind.
The flop arrived: 
and a check to the button brought a bet of 3,100. Call. The turn was the 
. Another check, and this time Schafer bet 7,300. Call. The river was another paint card: and now following the third check Schafer declined to bet it, instead revealing 
which took the pot (Bleiker flashed an ).
The Rich Get Richter
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Luca Falaschi has been eliminated by chip leader Dirk Richter, bringing his total stack over the 350,000 mark! Richter, the late-night chip accumulator yesterday, remains comfortably ahead, although a few players are hoping to catch him soon.
Among them is Dermot Blain, who admitted to having a "good start." It appears he was the beneficiary of an aces vs. A-K preflop all in, and is now sitting on 240,000.
Lewis Continues To Slide
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 100 ante
Toby Lewis hasn't got off to the best of starts and currently finds himself with a very short stack of 20,000 chips.
Both Lewis, under the gun, and Yonatan Basin checked the 
flop but the on the turn prompted Basin to check-call Lewis' bet of 3,500. The 
river saw Basin quickly bet 6,000, forcing a fold from Lewis.