2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Ramzi Jelassi
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€835,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,190,400
Entries
864
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Easy Game For Weisner

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

It may have only be a small pot that Melanie Weisner won, but they all add up when all is said and done.

Weisner opened to 500 from late position and picked up two callers; both of whom were seated in the blinds. The first to call was Roberto Masullo in the small blind and Rohid Omari felt he was priced in to call from the big blind.

The trio shared a {2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{7-Spades} flop, but neither blind wanted to get involved and they checked to Weisner, who continued with a 500 chip bet. Both blinds quickly folded in turn and Weisner helped herself to an easy pot.

Tags: Melanie WeisnerRobert MasulloRohid Omari

Table Captain?

Oleg Perepletchikov seems to be causing all sorts of problems at his table and helping himself to opponents' chips.

He's sat next to Liv Boeree and she looked up at us and shook her head when her neighbour was busy getting Jacques Zaicik to fold in a hand. Maybe (probably) he took her chips.

Zaicik folded on the river of a {3-Hearts}{a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} board to drop to 28,000. The Frenchman is in hot from right now after winning $178,569 for his 4th place finish at the recent Asian Championship of Poker in Macau.

Player Chips Progress
Oleg Perepletchikov
Oleg Perepletchikov
88,000
18,000
18,000
Jacques Zaicik us
Jacques Zaicik
28,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
4,500
-25,500
-25,500

Tags: Liv BoereeJacques Zaicik

Set Over Set

Before the level changed, Laurent Polito opened to 450 from under the gun, Justas Vaiciulionis - who is currently grinding online via the PokerStars mobile app - called in middle position, and the player in the big blind three-bet to 18,500. Only Vaiciulionis called.

The flop came {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Spades}, and the player in the small blind led out four 1,700. Vaiciulionis called. The turn was the {4-Hearts}, the player in the small blind checked, and Vaiciulionis fired 6,000. His opponent tank-called.

The river was the {j-Spades}, and the player checked again. Vaiciulionis tossed out 10,100, and his opponent thought for more than 30 seconds, then called.

Vaiciulionis triumphantly tabled {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} for a flopped set of sevens, but his opponent showed {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} for a set of aces.

Player Chips Progress
Justas Vaiciulionis lt
Justas Vaiciulionis
10,000
-20,000
-20,000

Tags: Justas VaiciulionisLaurent Polito

The Odds Are Not In Kulhanek's Favor

Three players each put in 1,900 preflop and saw a flop of {10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. Konstantin Puchkov checked from early position, as did Jiri Kulhanek from middle position, and Oleg Perepletchikov bet 2,200 from the hijack.

Puchkov got out of the way, Kulhanek moved all in for right around 11,000, and Perepletchikov quickly called.

Showdown
Perepletchikov: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Kulhanek: {J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}

According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Perepletchikov was a 91.31% favorite to win the hand with queens and three, which notched Kulhanek's tens and threes. The latter had a 8.69% chance of getting lucky, but that dropped to 4.55% on the {2-Spades} turn.

When the {6-Diamonds} completed the board on the river, Kulhanek rapped the table and took his leave from the Main Event; meanwhile, Perepletchikov chipped up to 70,000.

Player Chips Progress
Oleg Perepletchikov
Oleg Perepletchikov
70,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
61,000
4,000
4,000
Jiri Kulhanek
Jiri Kulhanek
Busted

Tags: Konstantin PuchkovOleg PerepletchikovJiri Kulhanek

Ace-High Good For Roy

Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

Alain Roy has added some chips to his stack after making a call with ace-high against German pro Marko Neumann.

We missed the actual action, but saw Neumann fire a 3,000 bet on the river of a {k-}{9-}{7-}{9-}{7-} board, a bet that Roy called. Neumann flipped over pocket fives and was playing the board, but Roy turned over {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and his ace-kicker took down the pot.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Duhamel Bombs in Defeat

Former World Champion Jonathan Duhamel tried to shift Ismail Erkenov off a hand but the Russian was armoured and absorbed all the bullets the former had to fire.

The Russian was in the small blind and check-called bets on every street, the last two valued at 1,250 and 3,200. The final board read {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{q-Spades}{9-Clubs} and the Team PokerStars Pro opened {6-Spades}{7-Spades}. It was no good against Erkenov's {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for two-pair though.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
25,200
-4,800
-4,800

Tags: Ismail ErkenovJonathan Duhamel

Skampa Looking for Another Title

Jan Skampa of the Czech Republic won EPT6 Prague for €682,000.
Jan Skampa of the Czech Republic won EPT6 Prague for €682,000.

We recently spotted Jan Skampa in the field. You might recognize the name as he's the man who captured the EPT Prague title in Season 6; what's more, he became the first from the Czech Republic to do so on home soil. Skampa is looking to make it two titles in four years, but he's got a long way to go to make that happen. Rest assured we'll be keeping an eye on the former champion throughout the day.

Here's a look back at the EPT Prague Season 6 Final Table:

Buy-inEntrantsPrize PoolNumber of PayoutsDate
€5,000 + €250586€2,930,00080December 1-6, 2009
PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1stJan SkampaCzech Republic€682,000
2ndEyal AvitanIsrael€454,000
3rdStefan MattssonSweden€255,000
4thAnthony RouxFrance€171,000
5thLarry RyanRepublic of Ireland€135,000
6thLuca PaganoItaly€100,000
7thGustav EkerotSweden€71,000
8thSven EichelbaumGermany€55,500
Player Chips Progress
Jan Skampa cz
Jan Skampa
34,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jan Skampa