Sorel Mizzi opened to 250 from under the gun and two to his left Tomas Nasarre called. Chady El Ojeil called in the big blind and the trio saw the flop appear on the felt.
El Ojeil checked, Mizzi continued with a 525 bet and only El Ojeil called. The turn was greeted with another check from El Ojeil, a larger bet of 1,325 from Mizzi and a quick call by El Ojeil.
The completed the board and when El Ojeil checked, Mizzi checked behind.
El Ojeil turned over for a full house and Mizzi mucked.
We just told you about the tough Table 54, which currently house numerous notables with impressive résumés, and its no surprise to see the table produce some immediate action.
With 5,000 in the pot and a board reading , the UK's Chris Brammer fired out a bet of 4,000 and received a call from PokerStars Team Pro Dario Minieri. Brammer quietly rolled over for quads, and Minieri simply tossed his cards to the muck.
Jonatan Hellman, who recently finished 28th in the World Series of Poker Main Event ($236,921), is off to a good start here on Day 1b of the PokerStars.net EPT Prague Main Event.
He was recently heads up against Sasa Zorc on a board of . Hellman led out for 2,175 into a pot of 4,000, and Zorc tank-called. Hellman turned over for a set of nines, and Zorc mucked his hand.
The Swede added more to his stack, and now sits with around 44,500 chips.
Roberto Romanello was planning on playing Day 1a of this main event, but felt ill all day so decided against it and bought into Day 1b instead. That has not gone too well for him so far as he is down to 23,300 chips after 1.5 levels of play.
The latest player to take chips from the former EPT Prague champion was Dermot Blain who bet 4,500 into a pot of around 7,000 on a board reading . Romanello considered all of his options for a few moments before deciding that calling was best. Unfortunately,it was not because Blain was sat with pocket queens, a hand that Romanello could not beat.
Dan Kelly checked to Michel Abecassis on a board of . The Frenchman fired 2,500, and Kelly made the call. Abecassis flipped over for a flopped straight, and Kelly mucked his hand.
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Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano is a legend on the European Poker Tour. He has the record for most cashes, most final table appearances, and has accumulated more points (5,500) than any other player in the history of the tour:
EPT All-Time Leaderboard
Place
Player
Points
1
Luca Pagano
5,550
2
Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier
4,463
3
Martin Jacboson
4,035
4
Kevin MacPhee
3,967
5
Mike “Timex” McDonald
3,938
6
Pierre Neuville
3,744
7
Sebastian Ruthenberg
3,504
8
Johannes Strassmann
3,466
9
Ludovic Lacay
3,465
10
Roberto Romanello
3,309
Pagano is off to a nice start today, and currently sits with 43,875 chips.
Mike "Timex" McDonald opened for a raise to 375 from early position. Two players called, including Ludovit Perinan and Nicholas Galtos, and the flop fell . The trio checked.
The turn was the , Perina checked, and McDonald tossed forward a red T1,000 chip, announcing, "Six-fifty."
Only Galtos called.
The river was the , both players knuckled, and McDonald showed . His Galtos, and McDonald took down the pot.
Back in August, Mikalai Pobal took down the 2012 PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Barcelona Main Event by topping a field of 1,082 players to capture a €1,007,550 prize. The win, which included defeating online sensation Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies in heads-up play, vaulted Pobal to the top of the EPT9 Player of the Year Leaderboard.
Pobal was in action today looking to capture some more points, but that bid came up short here in Level 2. We're not sure how it happened, but the vast majority of Pobal's chips ended up in the stack of Karen Sarkisyan.
Pobal, who was left with 1,325, got it in shortly thereafter in the under-the-gun position and received calls from Roman Dohnal and Khiem Nguyen, who both checked the flop. The turn saw Nguyen call a bet of 1,600, and then he folded to Dohnal's bet of 2,900 on the river. Dohnal then tabled , which defeated Pobal's .