The player under the gun opened to 625, but he'd end up folding preflop. Chris Lastiwka flatted in middle position, but he too would be forced out before the flop. That's because Petr Jaros reraised to 2,050, and Daniel Carter reraised right back up to 5,300. When it folded back to Jaros, he shoved, and Carter called off the small remainder of his stack.
Showdown
Jaros:
Carter:
With his suited Big Slick, Jaros was just a small favorite. And this was one of those times when it mattered. The board ran out , and the flush sends Carter packing.
Well, things are not going so well for our former EPT Prague champions here today. We've already lost Jan Skampa in very short order, and now Roberto Romanello is down to his last few chips after a tangle with Fabrizio Baldassari.
There was heavy preflop action between the two before Baldassari shoved all in for 29,075. Romanello snap-called with just a slightly larger stack, and his had Baldassari's crushed. The dealer had plans for the Italian, though, running out a flop to rob most of the defending champ's chips. He's left with just 1,925 of them now, and he's just taken a little frustrated lap around the table in between hands.
Jiri Horacek check-called 525 from Scott Baumstein on the flop before the landed on the turn. Horacek checked, Baumstein bet 1,200 and Horacek check-raised to 2,650. Baumstein reraised to 4,800 and Horacek called.
The river went check, check after the fell to complete the board.
Baumstein showed the and Horacek mucked his hand, unable to beat it.
Felipe Sansonetti checked the flop before 2011 World Series of Poker November Niner Eoghan O'Dea bet 1,800. Konstantin Puchkov raised to 3,900 and Sansonetti folded. O'Dea made the call.
The turn card was the and O'Dea checked. Puchkov bet 4,000 and O'Dea gave it up.
Every time we've walked past James Akenhead today, his count has been a bit higher than it was the last time we checked. A moment ago, we wandered by just in time to see him make a river bet on a . There was about 12,000 in the pot, and Akenhead's bet of 9,250 was eventually paid off by his heads-up opponent.
At showdown, the Brit's was the best hand, and the baby full house moves him up even further. It looks like he's at about 65,000 now -- the biggest stack on our board.
We saw Bryn Kenney's name on our Day 1a registration list, but we hadn't seen him in the building until just a moment ago. The American has shown up rather tardy for today's action, but there's a good excuse. Sometime in the very wee hours of the Prague morning, Kenney was shipping the $109 Rebuy on PokerStars, good for $59,570.
Kenney has caught a few hours of shut-eye, and now he's taken his seat at the EPT to try for a live PokerStars title. Incidentally, that moves the total number of players up to 234 for the day.
, and the flush sends Carter packing.
crushed. The dealer had plans for the Italian, though, running out a 
fell to complete the board.
flop before 2011 World Series of Poker November Niner Eoghan O'Dea bet 1,800. Konstantin Puchkov raised to 3,900 and Sansonetti folded. O'Dea made the call.
and O'Dea checked. Puchkov bet 4,000 and O'Dea gave it up.
. There was about 12,000 in the pot, and Akenhead's bet of 9,250 was eventually paid off by his heads-up opponent.
