It's Over Between Us
2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 1b
Table 28 Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | |
|
23,200 | -5,300 |
|
22,000 | -8,000 |
|
21,200 | -8,800 |
Cochrane Eliminated; Zakharov Sitting On A Big Stack
You're more likely to find Gavin "gavz101" Cochrane on PokerStars' virtual felt than playing a live tournament, but the reverse was true today as Cochrane gave it a go in the EPT Prague Main Event. The high-stakes pro was doing quite well, having chipped up to 62,00, but that all came crashing down.
We're not sure how it happened, but Cochrane is among the latest casualties. Our best guess is that his chips were sent over to Russia's Alexey Zakharov, who was seated to Cochrane's left and now sits with a stack of 135,000.
Meanwhile, Ahmed Debabeche is also sitting on a nice stack of approximately 105,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000 | 135,000 |
|
|
105,000 |
Straight for Teng
Ashot Ordukhanyan, Andrew Teng, and Stephan Kjerstad saw a flop of 
. The action checked to Kjerstad, who fired 2,200, and only Teng called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
fell on the river. Teng led out for 2,500, and Kjerstad made the call. Teng turned over 
for a straight, and Kjerstad mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
67,000 | |
|
52,500 |
Romanello Four-Bet Wins Pot
Roberto Romanello has not been his usual vocal self today, but hopefully he will add some chips to his stack and that will soon change.
The Welshman just added a couple of thousand chips to his stack when he opened from UTG+1 to 700 and immediately faced a three-bet to 1,800 from Marian Murcek to his direct left. The action folded back around to Romanello and he wasted no time in four-betting to 5,700, which was enough to get the job done as Murcek released his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | -1,300 |
A Record Field Is Set At The EPT Prague Main Event
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
It's official, the EPT Prague Day 1b has drawn 528 runners for the Day 1b flight, when added to Day 1a's 336 players brings the total up to 864 players. That's 142 more than last year's 722 players and represents nearly 20% increase over last year.
Tournament officials are still determining the prize pool and payouts, and we'll bring you both when they become available.
EPT Prague Champions
| Season | Entrants | Prizepool (EUR) | Winner | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 555 | €2,530,240 | Arnaud Mattern | €708,400 |
| 5 | 570 | €2,764,500 | Salvatore Bonavena | €774,000 |
| 6 | 586 | €2,842,100 | Jan Skampa | €682,000 |
| 7 | 563 | €2,730,550 | Roberto Romanello | €640,000 |
| 8 | 722 | €3,501,700 | Martin Finger | €720,000 |
| 9 | 864 | ??? | ??? | ??? |
Tuna Makes It To The River
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Akin Tuna opened to 600 from UTG+1 and after two players folded Toby Lewis called. Raul Paez was on Lewis' immediate left and he called meaning it was three-handed to the draw heavy 
flop.
Unsurprisingly, each of the three players checked in turn. Then the dealer put the 
onto the turn, which certainly did not help matters and again all three players checked. The 
river saw another round of checks, Tuna winning the pot with his 
.
Battle of the Brits
Steve Watts just got the better of Chris Moorman in a three-way hand.
Moorman opened to 750 and was called by the button and Watts in the big blind. The flop brought 
to the show and Moorman continued for 1,350. Watts was the only caller before both players checked the 
turn and river down.
"Jack," said Watts in his cheeky Londoner voice and opened 
. It was good as Moorman mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | |
|
25,000 |
Mercier Is No Toole
Jason Mercier opened for 600 from the hijack and Jacob Toole defended from the big blind. The latter proceeded to check-call a bet of 525 on the 
flop, and then he turned right around and led out for 1,450. Mercier quickly flicked his cards to the muck and gave up on the hand.
It wasn't much of a pot, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their chips counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | |
|
35,000 | 6,000 |
Shalaj Times Two
After a series of bets and raises, Nesad Shalaj was all in and at risk for 21,925 on a board of 
. He was ahead with 
against his opponent's , and held as the 
completed the board.
Shalaj successfully doubled through, and now has around 54,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
54,000 |