2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
The players are on a ten-minute break.
Martin Finger took one trophy (see http://psta.rs/ZvfmOr), Ankush 'pistons87' Mandavia snuck another (see http://psta.rs/UwN53k ) and David Vamplew is currently heads-up in the six-max turbo.
Jude Ainsworth and John O'Shea were among a party of six Irish players who went out on the town in Prague. After a few beers and a game of open-faced Chinese poker, they were booking high stakes boxing matches between each other. PokerStars Blog hears a cautionary tale of ale, Chinese and potential pugilism.
Sotirios Koutoupas is within touching distance of the chip lead after winning another pot.
Koutoupas opened and Ramzi Jelassi defended with a call. Both players checked the ![]()
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flop, but Jelassi lead out with a 300,000 bet upon the arrival of the
turn. Koutoupas called and it was off to the
river. Both players checked again.
Jelassi showed ![]()
but he lost out to the ![]()
of his Greek opponent.
A huge non showdown pot played out on the first hand of heads up play.
Ramzi Jelassi three-bet a button open from Sotirios Koutoupas and was called en route to a ![]()
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flop.
Jelassi continued for 575,000 and called when Koutoupas raised to 1,400,000. The turn came
and Jelassi check-called a 2,250,000 bet before he checked on the
river to face a shove worth 3,850,000. The Swede thought for a minute and elected to fold.
Ramzi Jelassi declined to deal at this stage so the two players will be battling for the original prizes set out in the payouts.
A reminder:
1st place - €835,000
2nd place - €510,000
The two remaining players have gone outside for a quick cigarette. We'll let you know if they agree a deal out in the frosty night.
Below are the current standings.
The man who refused to deal when three-handed, turning down a guaranteed payout of €415,000 had just been eliminated in third place and will leave Prague with €310,000.
Sotirios Koutoupas opened to 240,000 on the button, David Boyaciyan three-bet to 560,000 and Ramzi Jelassi cold four-bet to 1,225,000. Koutoupas folded and Boyaciyan made the unconventional play of calling.
The dealer put out the ![]()
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flop and Boyaciyan shipped in his stack and Jelassi wasted little time in calling!
Boyaciyan: ![]()
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Jelassi: ![]()
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Boyaciyan was way in front with his two pair, but the
gave Jelassi outs to the flush to go with his over cards. The dealer burned a card before putting the flush completing
onto the river, busting Boyaciyan and sending the tournament into heads-up.