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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
The players are now on a quick, 15-minute break.
2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
Main Event
Day: 2
Eliminations From the First Level of the Day
We'll have a winner today if this rate of eliminations keep up! Seventy-six players were felted that level.
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Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Western Russia Victorious
Konstantin Puchkov's day has come to an end after he was unlucky to bust versus Ville Wahlbeck.
We got to the table as the hand was coming to an end. We know all the chips went in pre flop though.
Puchkov: 
Wahlbeck: 
The board ran 
to pair the Finn's king.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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90,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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Five-Bet From Peters Does The Trick
Action folded to Germany's Marc Tschirch in the hijack and he opened for 2,100, which David Peters three-bet to 4,600 from the button. The blinds both got out of the way, Tschirch four-bet to 9,800, and action was back on Peters.
The young America thought for a moment, put together some chips, and then came out with a five-bet to 16,700. Tschirch didn't seem too thrilled and opted to concede the hand, dropping to 85,000 in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
6,000
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6,000 |
Bodo Looking For More Prague Success
Earlier this week, Bodo Sbrzesny had some luck in the city when he took third in the World Poker Tour Prague for €137,470. Today, the German is back in action and looking for a little EPT success to solidify a great week.
In a recent hand, Sbrzesny raised to 2,000 under the gun and picked up two callers, Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes in middle position and Bastian Fischer in the big blind. The latter player proceeded to check the 
flop, and Sbrzesny continuation-bet 2,600. Both Lopes and Fischer folded, and Sbrzesny took down the pot. It was a small hand, but gave us a good excuse to update you on his chip count.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,000
7,000
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7,000 |
Floppinhel Going Through Hell
Rhys "floppinhel" Jones has seen his stack decimated during the last few orbits and is down to 24,500 chips. He informed his followers on Twitter:
Man peeled 3b and called 3 streets vs me with KTo on AT822r. He won. Then man waits for AA off 7bbs and holds v my KQ. 24,500 at 1k bbDecember 11 2012Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Helder Heading to the Top
Pratyush Buddiga opened to 2,000 from the cutoff, Jason Helder three-bet to 4,200 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Buddiga. The former Scripps National Spelling Bee winner four-bet to 8,500, and Helder promptly grabbed a handful of blue T5,000 chips, five-betting all in for effectively 40,000 or so.
Buddiga instantly mucked, and Helder, who qualified for this event on PokerStars, chipped up to around 240,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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240,000
81,000
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81,000 |
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30,000
-4,600
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-4,600 |
Martin Shows Solyom Who's Boss
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ben Martin opened to 2,100 from UTG+1 and then saw the players fold around to Nandor Solyom in the cutoff. Solyom, a Romanian native, three-bet to 4,000. Roberto Romanello folded his button and when both blinds also folded, Martin had some thinking to do.
Martin ended his thinking time by four-betting to 10,200, bet that Solyom called.
The flop fell 
and Martin lead out for 8,500 which prompted a fold that came faster than expected, after the preflop action that is.
Bansi Back In Business
British pro Praz Bansi has just doubled up and is now armed with almost 60,000 chips.
Bansi opened from the small blind to 2,600 only to see Yngve Steen three-bet to 5,800. Bansi considered all of his options carefully before opting to move all-in for 26,900 in total. Steen snap-called.
Bansi: 
Steen: 
The dealer fanned out 
flop and it looked like Bansi could have been heading for the proverbial early bath. However, he earned a reprieve when the 
landed on the turn. The 
river completed the hand and Bansi saw his stack swell.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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56,500
28,600
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28,600 |