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2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 1b
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Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Players are now on another 20-minute break. While you wait for the action to resume, feast your eyes on this interview with Team PokerStars Pro Christian De Leon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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76,000
28,500
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28,500 |
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42,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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40,600
9,400
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9,400 |
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40,000
9,500
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9,500 |
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31,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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29,700
1,200
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1,200 |
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29,000
3,500
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3,500 |
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23,300
2,700
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2,700 |
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22,500
2,500
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2,500 |
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17,000
12,200
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12,200 |
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Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Sergey Borisenko made the unconventional play of limping from under the gun and then Mathew Frankland, next to act, raised to 700. Andrei Nikonov, two seats from Frankland, called as did Alexander Stepin in the cutoff. Borisenko called to complete the preflop betting round.
The flop came down 
and this is where things got a little strange. Borisenko lead out with a 6,000 bet into the 2,800 pot and Frankland sighed before letting his hand go. Nikonov smiled and folded, but Stepin called.
The turn was the 
and Borisenko looked completely resigned from winning the hand, rocking back on his chair before tapping the table and checking, not wanting to risk his remaining 6,800 chips. Stepin fired out a bet of 7,000 and Borisenko went into the tank.
He emerged 90 seconds later with a fold, showing the table his pocket tens for middle set! Stepin showed him the 
in response, and the rest of the table could not believe what they had just witnessed.
Robert Genoud opened to 550 from early position, and David Boyaciyan, Yury Gulyy, and Natalia Nikitina all called on his direct left. Saar Wilf, who is sitting on Nikitina's direct left, three-bet to 2,275, and the action folded back to Genoud, who four-bet to 7,000.
Not to be outdone, Boyaciyan back-raised, five-betting to 15,800, and the action folded back to Genoud. The native of Switzerland tanked for quite some time. After nearly three minutes, Gulyy called the clock, but it took the floor person a considerable amount of time to reach the table because the tournament floor is a bit of a maze.
Ironically, the very second the gentleman reached the table, Genoud folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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61,000 | |
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45,000 |
Kayvan Payman, who took down Event #5 (€2k PLO) for €36,475, moved all in for 5,650 on a flop of 
. Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz and Tony Chang made the call, and the turn brought the 
. Both players checked.
The 
completed the board, Jaskiewicz, checked again, and Chang thought about firing into the dry side pot, but he eventually checked behind.
Jaskiewicz showed 
for a straight, Chang turned over 
for jacks and tens, and Payman had them both beat with 
for a full house.
Payman more than tripled to 21,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | |
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27,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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21,000
16,000
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16,000 |
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Rinat Bogdanov, the reigning WPT Venice Grand Prix champion, will not be adding a European Poker Tour title to his name this week, because he has just been eliminated at the hands of Denys Larin.
A preflop raising war broke out between the two that resulted in Bogdanov five-bet shoving with 
and Larin calling with 
. Bogdanov was drawing dead by the 
turn, and he had already left the table when the meaningless fell on the river.
Chris Moorman opened for 500 and Friedrich Paul Raz opted to defend his big blind. This wasn't the first time the two had butted heads as Moorman had made a good lay down earlier in the day when Raz had rivered trips
In this hand, both players checked a flop of 
and the 
appeared on the turn. Raz proceeded to check-call a bet of 700 and then came out firing on the 
river to the tune of 3,000. Moorman thought for nearly two minutes before dropping in a call, and he was glad he did as Raz showed 
for a missed open-ended straight draw. Moorman then tabled 
to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,000
14,600
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14,600 |
