2011 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€720,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,501,700
Entries
722
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Musical Chairs

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Over on Table 10, Team PokerStars Pro Toni Judet showed up to take his seat. He had the seat card for Table 10, Seat 1, but when he arrived Scott Baumstein was already in the seat. Baumstein had been there for several hands at the start of the day, but upon further review, was actually in the wrong seat. Baumstein was supposed to be at Table 11, Seat 10.

The floor came over and the decision was to move Baumstein to his correct seat. He was allowed to take the current stack he had. From there, Judet assumed his correct seat and play went on.

Tags: Scott BaumsteinToni Judet

Hither and Jan

A couple updates on people called Jan:

We strolled past Jan Bohata's table just in time to see him drop a little pot to an unknown player in Seat 2. The board showed {8-Clubs} {7-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {J-Spades}, and there was 4,350 in the pot. Unexcitingly, it went check-check on the only street of action we saw. At showdown, Bohata's {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs} was second-best to his opponent's {K-Hearts} {10-Hearts}, and he's slipped back under his starting stack.

Two tables over, we watched another Czech, Jan Skampa play a pot. Oleksii Khoroshenin opened to 250 from the cutoff, and Skampa three-bet him to 1,050 on the button. Khoroshenin called that amount, then check-called another 1,400 on the {2-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} flop. the turn came the {9-Spades}, and Skampa fired another 3,500 at the pot. That did the trick; Khoroshenin surrendered, and Skampa pips his way up to about 33,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jan Skampa cz
Jan Skampa
33,000
3,000
3,000
EPT 1X Winner
Jan Bohata
Jan Bohata
28,000
-2,000
-2,000

Tags: Jan SkampaJan Bohata

Watson Attacking Limpers

Level 1 : 50/100, 0 ante

Tristan Clemencon limped behind an early-position limper before action folded to Mike Watson on the button. Watson raised to 1,100 and only the first limper called. The flop produced the {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and both players checked. They also checked the {3-Diamonds} turn card before the {5-Diamonds} fell on the river. After the first player checked, Watson bet 1,100. His opponent folded and Watson picked up the pot.

Tags: MIke Watson

Shots!

With many thanks to EPT photographer Neil Stoddart (who even managed to catch Manuel Bevand in the short time he was here), a few early photos from the field:

Fatima Moreira de MeloRoberto RomanelloMartin StaszkoMartin StaszkoPat PezzinJan SkampaManuel BevandManuel Bevand

Mad Marvin

Mariusz Klosinski checked the {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop and Marvin Rettenmaier bet 425. Ilan Rouah raised to 1,700 and Klosinski folded. Rettenmaier reraised to 3,625 and Rouah called.

The turn was the {3-Spades} and Rettenmaier bet out 4,125. After a minute, Rouah called.

The river completed the board with the {5-Hearts}. Rettenmaier bet 5,425. Another minute passed and then Rouah called.

Rettenmaier tabled the {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for top two pair and Rouah mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
43,000

Tags: Mariusz KlosinskiMarvin RettenmaierIlan Rouah

Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

No Diamond Needed For Moorman

Under the gun, Chris Moorman opened to 400, and an unknown player in Seat 2 made the call. Two seats over, Grzegorz Cichocki squeezed in a reraise to 1,700, and both opponents called to see a three-handed flop.

It came suited {9-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds}, and it checked to the (re)raiser. Cichocki continued out with another 2,400, and now only Moorman came along with the check-call to proceed heads up. The turn came the {10-Clubs} and the river the {8-Clubs} with the two men content to check it down.

Cichocki showed up {7-Clubs} {9-Clubs}, and Moorman's {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} was easily good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
36,000
6,000
6,000

Tags: Chris MoormanGrzegorz Cichocki

New Seat, New Chips

Scott Baumstein had bet 1,650 on the board of {J-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} into his opponent Phillip Huxley. Huxley came back at Baumstein with a raise to 4,400. After some thought, Baumstein fired back with a reraise to 9,200. Huxley tanked for a bit and then called.

Baumstein tabled the {A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for the nut flush. Huxley mucked his hand and Baumstein won the pot. Despite his minor mishap earlier with the wrong seat, Baumstein has gathered himself and it up over 40,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
42,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Scott BaumsteinPhillip Huxley

Skampa Sinks

Jan Skampa - gone but not forgotten
Jan Skampa - gone but not forgotten

In early position, Michael Keiner raised to 375, and only Jan Skampa made the call, going heads up from the cutoff seat. Heads up, the dealer spread out {4-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {7-Spades}, and Keiner checked. Skampa took his cue to fire 550 at the pot, and the German check-called to see another card.

It was the {J-Clubs}, and Keiner checked again. Skampa bet another 1,400, but Keiner snuck in a check-raise to 3,200 total. Skampa made the call, and the river was the {2-Hearts}. Keiner kept the betting lead with a final wager of 5,500, but now Skampa responded with a shove for 14,575 total. Keiner demanded the count in his brash tone, then made the call to put the hometown hero at risk.

Skampa sheepishly tabled {5-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} as he stood up from his chair, resigned to defeat. Any pair was good, and Keiner's {A-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} was plenty good enough to do the trick.

Skampa won this thing in 2009, but there will be no repeat championship here in Prague this week. Skampa is out, and Keiner is one of the early doublers, up to about 60,000 now.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Keiner de
Michael Keiner
60,000
30,000
30,000
PokerStars
Jan Skampa cz
Jan Skampa
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Michael KeinerJan Skampa