Main Event
Day 2 Started
2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 2
Day 2 on the Horizon
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Day 2 of the PokerStars.net EPT Prague Main Event is set to begin in 30 minutes or so, and leading the remaining 462 players is Iosif Beskrovnyy. Beskrovnyy will begin Day 2 as the only player with over 200,000 chips - he bagged 239,000 on Day 1a.
Following close behind are Vadim Belov, Jose Alastuey, Luis Rodriguez, and Mikhail Zabrovskiy. All four of those player will start with over 170,000 in chips.
There are two former EPT Prague champions still in the field. Martin Finger (55,600) and Roberto Romanello (52,100), who won in Seasons 8 and 7 respectively, survived their Day 1 flights, and will look to make another deep run here in the Czech Republic.
Leading the remaining Team PokerStars Pros is Pier Paolo Fabretti. Fabretti bagged 99,900 on his Day 1 flight, and will be joined on Day 2 by fellow pros Johnny Lodden, Alex Kravchenko, Richard Toth, Marcin Horecki, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Juan Manuel Pastor, Jason Mercier, and others.
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A Slight Delay
With 462 players trying to find their seats, then open their chip bags and re-stack their chips you can see why we are ever so slightly behind schedule today. Day 2 should commence shortly, please bear with us.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up And Deal
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The tournament director has instructed her dealers to shuffle up and deal, and that is exactly what they have done. Day 2 of the EPT Prague main event is under way.
We will play six 75-minute levels, meaning we will be all bagged and tagged for around 21:30 CET.
Quoss KO's Kochev on First Hand
On the first hand of play, Petar Kochev was faced with an all-in bet from Fabian Quoss. Kochev, who started the day with 30,300, had 4,000 sitting in front of him, which we presume was a three-bet.
Quoss, who was in the big blind, started today with 59,400, had Kochev covered.
Kochev eventually called, turning over 
, and Quoss had him crushed with 
. The board ran out 
, and Kochev was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000 | 32,600 |
Early Double For Waxman
Rasmus Agerskov opened for 1,600 from the hijack only to have a short-stacked Matt Waxman move all in for 14,700 from the button. Agerskov didn't seem pleased, but he made the call nonetheless.
Showdown
Agerskov: 
Waxman: 
Agerskov immediately looked full of regret, and rightfully so as he was a big underdog. The 
flop gave both a pair of aces, but Waxman's kicked had him out in front. The 
turn actually paired that kicker to leave Agerskov drawing dead, and after the 
was put out on the river, Waxman received a much-needed double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 15,000 |
Ari and His Aces
A great start for Ari Engel after he slow played two black aces against Stefan Macak.
We caught up the action on the flop but the evidence indicates that Macak raised from mid position and Engel called from the hijack.
Engel called a 1,600 c-bet to head to the turn where the board read 
. Macak checked to Engel who bet 2,700. Call. The river came 
and Engel's 4,700 bet was check-called by Macak who mucked upon seeing 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 16,900 |
Gleissner Helps Himself To An Early Pot
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
David Peters opened to 1,700 from UTG+1 and to his direct left was the United Kingdom's Simon Higgins and he three-bet to 3,600. The action then passed around to Bernd Gleissner on the button and he cold called the three-bet. Peters folded.
The first three cards out of the deck were 
; an extremely draw heavy flop we are sure you'll agree. Higgins checked to Gleissner, who then continued with a 3,600 bet. Higgins sat motionless for a few moments, then rubbed the bridge of his nose before sending his cards towards the muck.
A Wiese Man
There was a bit of a crowd around Table 29, which led us to examine what was going on. When we arrived, the board had already been dealt 
, and two jacks were sitting in front of Andreas Wiese.
Vitor Moreira, who was apparently all in and at risk, mucked 
face up. We believe that Ondrej Vinklarek was also eliminated as well, but we didn't catch his cards.
Wiese now has over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 |