2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Shorr Shooting Up The Counts

Shannon Shorr's climb up the chip counts continues; he now has 43,000 chips.

On a {j-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop, Shorr bet 1,200 into his two opponents. James Carroll folded in the hijack, but Bulgarian pro Simeon Naydenov called from the cutoff. The dealer burned a card before placing the {j-Spades} on the felt for the players to ponder over. Shorr made it 4,300 to play and Naydenov had seen enough and sent his cards back to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
43,000 2,000

Tags: Simeon NaydenovJames CarrollShannon Shorr

Hairabedian Runs into a Set

Roger Hairabedian and Ronny Schimpf were heads up on a board of {7-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. Schimpf checked to Hairabedian, who fired 7,000 into a pot of around 17,000. Schimpf check-raised all in for around 30,000, and Hairabedia threw his hands in the air.

He eventually committed enough chips to call, and turned over {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} for a pair of kings. Schimpf had him crushed however, revealing {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} for a set of queens.

The {6-Clubs} completed the board, and Schimpf doubled to around 75,000 chips. Hairabedian dropped to around 17,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ronny Schimpf
Ronny Schimpf
75,000
Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
14,000 -36,000

Tags: Roger HairabedianRonny Schimpf

Minimum Silver

A preflop raising war saw Max Silver get his stack of around 33,000 all in preflop, but he discovered he was in bad shape against Andras Nemeth.

Showdown
Nemeth: {A-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Silver: {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Silver only had a 23.69% chance of winning the hand, which meant Nemeth was a 71.72% favorite. Upon first glance, the {Q-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{J-Hearts} flop looked kind to Silver as it paired his queen, but he quickly noticed that Nemeth flopped Broadway and had increased his chanceto 84.55% of winning.

The {5-Spades} left Silver looking for a king on the river to chop, but there was just a 6.82% chance of that happening. The dealer burned one last time and put out the {J-Diamonds}, which was the last card Silver would see in the EPT9 Prague Main Event.

Tags: Max SilverAndras Nemeth

Vasilyev Runs Into The Nuts

Sergey Vasilyev has been eliminated from the Main Event after running into the nuts on the flop.

The chips went flying in on a {7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts} flop, Vasilyev holding {A-Diamonds}{9-Spades} for an open-ended straight, but he was in heaps of trouble as Lukas Roczniac was sat their with {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and had flopped the nuts.

The turn and river were the {k-Clubs} and {q-Spades} respectively, and with that Vasilyev said his goodbyes and headed for the exits.

Tags: Lukasz RoczniacSergey Vasilyev

Random Chips Counts

Player Chips Progress
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
90,000 -15,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
EPT 1X Winner
90,000 60,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
80,000 45,000
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
75,000 56,400
Pier Paolo Fabretti it
Pier Paolo Fabretti
75,000 45,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
70,000 49,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
EPT 1X Winner
60,000 35,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
57,000 37,500
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
EPT 1X Winner
44,000 22,000
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
43,000 -17,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
41,000 15,000
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
40,000 -1,000
Bodo Sbrzesny at
Bodo Sbrzesny
31,000 1,000
James Carroll us
James Carroll
15,050 -39,950
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
EPT 1X Winner
4,000 -7,000

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Peters' Little Sweat

David Peters opened to 1,100 in middle position, an opponent called on the button, and Ville Mattila moved all in for 11,700 from the big blind. Peters studied Mattila's stack, then re-shoved. The player on the button instantly folded.

Peters: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Mattila: {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Peters was well ahead, but right before the dealer spread the flop, the {6-Diamonds} peaked through the window. The following card was the {10-Spades} though, giving Peters the lead once again, and the third card on the flop was the {2-Hearts}. The turn was three-sided, but the {7-Diamonds} did not give Mattila three sixes, and the {j-Clubs} bricked on the river.

He was eliminated, while Peters increased his stack to 36,000.

"Nice doorcard, eh?" Fisnik Krasniqi asked Peters.

"Gotta have a little sweat," he answered, grinning.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
36,000 8,000

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Tags: David Peters

Palovic Prized Away From the Tournament

Dag Palovic
Dag Palovic

Slovakia's Team PokerStars Pro Dag Palovic is no more. Don't worry, he's not dead or anything, he just has no more chips to play with.

Prague has special memories for the former child TV presenter as he first made his mark on the poker world in this very room, coming 7th for €93,600 at the first ever EPT held here in Season 4.

Dmitry Bayramov opened from the hijack and called when Palovic shoved for around 6,000 from the next seat.

Bayramov: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Palovic: {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran {3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{8-Spades}{10-Clubs} to see the Russian's hand hold up.

Tags: Dag PalovicDmitry Bayramov