A Few Shots From The Tournament's Start
2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 1b
Less Than a Level of Play For....
We caught the end of Dmitry Stelmak's demise. It seemed as if he got his remaining stack in pre flop with ace-king versus Paris Dedes' 
. The board ran 
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Nice, Simple Pot For Jones
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Rhys "floppinhel" Jones is one of the world's best online poker tournament players, one who is currently ranked sixth in the entire United Kingdom. Now he is trying to transfer some of his success in the live arena here in Prague.
Jones opened to 250 from under the gun and found one caller on the button. The duo shared the 
flop, Jones fired a continuation bet of 250 and the button instantly tossed his cards towards the muck. Easy game.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Linner, Linner, Chicken Dinner
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
We're not quite sure of the action, but we saw a big hand develop on a flop of 
. When we arrived, there was only a few hundred in the middle, but lots of action being had. Germany's Jens Kerper had 8,700 out in front of him, and he was being faced with an all-in raise to 22,800 by Walter Linner.
It appeared it may have been a four-bet or more, and after thinking about it for a solid minute, Kerper called.
Showdown
Kerper: 
Linner: 
It's no wonder there was so much action as both players had flopped two pair. Unfortunately for Kerper, he was well behind. The 
turn saw Linner lock up the pot, and Kerper was left with just 800 in chips after the 
was run out on the river.
More Notables
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
Slater Adds To Stack
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Roberto Romanello opened the betting by limping into the pot from late position. We think he was meant to min-raise to 200 but did not realize the blinds had increased to 75/150. Whatever his intentions, his limp sparked a series of calls.
First, the player in Seat 3 called — to Romanello's direct left — then Jack Slater completed his small blind. Dermot Blain checked in the big blind and the dealer got busy dealing the 
flop.
Slater checked, Blain bet 350 only to see Romanello raise to 800. Seat 3 snap-folded but Slater cold-called Romanello's raise. Blain folded.
The turn brought the into play and when Slater tapped the table and checked, Romanello checked behind. The fifth community card was the 
and now Slater lead out, setting the price to play at 1,025. This was too much for Romanello to pay and Slater won the hand without showdown.
Stick in There, Boys
Sam Macdonald and James Keys have both had bad starts but are still playing aggressive poker to try and improve their situation.
Macdonald bet an opponent off a hand to rise to 8,500. It seems like a short stack but it offers plenty of play still at this early stage.
Keys opened from the hijack and was three-bet to 1,200 by an opponent. His response was to four-bet to 2,800. It did the job as a fold was quick in coming.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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14,500
1,675
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1,675 |
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8,500 |
The Danger of a Late-Reg
If you turn up late you run the risk of being sat with a bunch of heroes.
Johnny Lodden, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Dario Minieri, Chris Brammer and John Andress know what we're talking about. They're all sat at table 54 together; ouch!
I feel most sorry for Ognjen Sekularac though. He was just moved to this table to balance the tables out. Run better, buddy!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
Guillaume Rivet wins the Eureka High Roller
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Rivet defeats Robert Haigh heads-up as the French Canadians continue to smash it up. Read more at the PokerStars Blog.