2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 1a
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Grzegorz Wyraz opened with a raise to 900 and received a call from Jonathan Roy on the button. The player in the small blind then three-bet to 3,600, Wyraz folded, and Roy made the call, bringing about a flop of 
. From there, the small blind bet 2,600, Roy called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
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This time the small blind checked, and then snap-folded when Roy moved all in for approximately 9,000. With that, the Quebecer has chipped up to 24,000.
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We already lost more than 75 players today. The latest to fall were:
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Board: 
Riccardo Piano checked, Eoghan O'Dea fired 900, and Erst Mykhaylo raised to 2,500. Piano folded, O'Dea re-raised to 6,000, and Mykhaylo bet the rest of his red T1,000 chips and his blue T5,000 chips, re-raising to around 13,000.
O'Dea slid out a tower of chips, making it around 60,000, and without actually committing his remaining 550 chips, Mykhaylo nodded and turned his cards over. O'Dea did the same.
O'Dea: 
Mykhaylo: 
The river was the 
, and the pot was pushed to O'Dea, but Mykhaylo didn't want to leave.
"You're out," Ioannis Vogiatzoglou said, somewhat stunned that Mykhaylo wouldn't pass over his final 550 chips.
"Maybe," Mykhaylo told him.
The floor was called over, and after John O`Shea explained what had happened, Tournament Director Luca Vivaldi ruled that Mykhaylo was eliminated because he accepted the action.
Mykhaylo forfeited his remaining 550 chips, and hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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85,000
26,000
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26,000 |
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We don't know the exact betting, but we do know that there was around 8,000 in the pot and a flop of 
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when Tobias Ekman got all in for around 13,000 and was at risk against Jeff Sarwer.
Showdown
Ekman: 
Sarwer: 
Sarwer had flopped top set, but he needed the board to pair if he hoped to crack Ekman's flopped flush. The 
turn didn't do it, bu the 
river did. Sarwer filled up to send a stunned Ekman to the rail shy of the dinner break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000
21,000
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Erik Van Den Berg opened the betting with a raise to 800 from early position. One by one the players folded, until it was the turn of Oleg Perepletchikov (cutoff) to act. A brief pause was followed by a three-bet to 2,200 from Perepletchikov and a call from Van Den Berg.
Van Den Berg then checked to his opponent upon the arrival of the 
flop and then called when Perepletchikov took a stab at the pot with a 3,100 bet. Van Den Berg tapped the table and checked again when the came into play, and Perepletchikov bet again, increasing the amount to 7,100.
This seemed to puzzled Van Den Berg who you could see was attempting to recap the hand in his head. Eventually, after around 45 seconds, Van Den Berg folded whilst sporting a puzzled look on his face.
Matthew Heap opened in position, Vitaly Lunkin called in late position, Bartlomiej Machon called on the button, and Gilbert Diaz moved all in for 2,800 from the blinds. Heap and Lunkin called, and the flop came 
. Heap led out for 2,400, and Lunkin folded.
Diaz: 
Heap: 
Diaz held a monster draw, but the on the turn was one of the worst cards in the deck for him. Not to worry, the 
spiked on the river, giving him a king-high straight and more than tripling him to 8,300 chips.
Heap slipped to 34,500.
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7,900
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8,300 |
Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki paused on the river while he thought about whether to bet or check behind. Even though his hand was strong the board was very wet so he took the safe option.
The hand started with a raise to 900 from Antony Lezzi and a call from the Pole on the button. The flop fanned 
and Lezzi continued for 1,100. Horecki treated the bet with a raise to 2,700. Call.
No more chips made the journey to the centre of the table as the board ran out 
. Horecki opened 
for two pair. His opponent tapped the table, offered congratulations and mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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24,000
5,000
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There was some action we didn't quite catch, but we can tell you that Jeff Sarwer had 4,750 out in front of him in the big blind when Richard Toth came in for a raise to 9,800 from the cutoff. Sarwer made the call and then checked the 
flop. Toth took the opportunity to bet 8,575, and it was good enough to get Sarwer off the hand.
It wasn't overly exciting, but it gave us the perfect excuse to update you on their chip counts.
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58,000
31,400
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20,000
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
With 22,000 already in the pot and a board reading 
, Artem Metalidi bet 12,175 and left himself just 9,000 behind. Russia's Maxim Panyak then tossed in a big stack of chips representing a raise, and Metalidi visibly shifted in his chair. The Ukrainian, who had commuted the vast majority of his chips, opted to fold and save his last 9,000. Panyak did not show his hand.
