2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Ramzi Jelassi
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€835,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,190,400
Entries
864
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Romanello Gets Under Nuutinen's Skin

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Roberto Romanello opened to 13,000 from UTG+1 and it looked like he would only pick up the blinds and antes. That was until the action passed around to Jorma Nuutinen in the small blind.

Nuutinen paused for close to one minute before three-betting to 31,000. The big blind folded, but Romanello called.

The dealer fanned out {10-Clubs}{6-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop, a flop that Nuutinen — who was by this time donning his sunglasses — lead out for 25,000 only for Romanello to grab 61,000 worth of chips and raise.

Nuutinen folded soon after and his reward was to be shown the {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs} of Romanello. Nuutinen did not look too pleased with his fold after seeing Romanello's holding.

Tags: Roberto RomanelloJorma Nuutinen

Styevlik's Playing Style Gets Him Eliminated

It was a quick fall before Emeric Styevlik hit rock bottom.

From what Marc-Andre Ladouceur told us, Styevlik had loosened up and was making some questionable plays. After he doubled up Konstantin Russkih (see below) he got it all in again, holding {9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, and was behind the {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} of Serge Matta.

The board ran out {4-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Spades}{A-Spades}{8-Diamonds} and just like that Styevlik was out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Serge Matta lb
Serge Matta
541,000
Emeric Styevlik
Emeric Styevlik
Busted

Tags: Emeric StyevlikSerge Matta

Andreas > Andreas

Andreas Berggren opened to 12,000 in early position, Andreas Vlachos three-bet to 44,000 on his direct left - leaving one chip behind and standing up in the process - and the action folded back to Berggren. The Swede tossed out two yellow T25,000 chips, and Vlachos tossed in his last red T1,000 chip.

Berggren: {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Vlachos: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}

Vlachos was all smiles when he turned over big slick, but his smile quickly turned to a grimace when the dealer spread {8-Spades}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. Neither the turn ({5-Diamonds}) nor the river ({2-Clubs}) improved his hand, and he was eliminated.

Berggren now has close to 900,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Berggren se
Andreas Berggren
870,000
295,000
295,000
Andreas Vlachos gr
Andreas Vlachos
Busted

Tags: Andreas BerggrenAndreas Vlachos

Jacks Spell Doom For Sipila

Both Eddie Tasbas and Samuli Johannes Sipila each got around 180,000 all in preflop, with the latter putting his tournament life on the line.

Showdown
Sipila: {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades}
Tasbas: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}

It was a big flip as both players essentially had their tournament lives on the line. The at-risk Sipila was ahead and looking to dodge overs, but he couldn't do it as the {Q-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} flop gave Tasbas a pair of queens. Neither the {7-Diamonds} turn nor {6-Hearts} river helped Sipila and he made his exit just shy of Level 19.

Player Chips Progress
Eddie Tasbas se
Eddie Tasbas
370,000
115,000
115,000
Samuli Johannes Sipila
Samuli Johannes Sipila
Busted

Tags: Eddie TasbasSamuli Johannes Sipila

Official Chip Counts at the Break

Player Chips Progress
Mark Herm us
Mark Herm
960,000
671,000
671,000
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
900,000
210,000
210,000
Aleh Plauski
Aleh Plauski
900,000
310,000
310,000
Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
840,000
95,000
95,000
Iosif Beskrovnyy
Iosif Beskrovnyy
800,000
-28,000
-28,000
Martin Hanowski de
Martin Hanowski
800,000
200,000
200,000
Dany Parlafes ro
Dany Parlafes
730,000
180,000
180,000
Andreas Berggren se
Andreas Berggren
710,000
-160,000
-160,000
Mads Amot no
Mads Amot
705,000
125,000
125,000
Michael Gross us
Michael Gross
640,000
105,000
105,000
Enver Khvitia
Enver Khvitia
560,000
-128,000
-128,000
Marian Kulifaj
Marian Kulifaj
540,000
273,000
273,000
Sergio Aido Espina
Sergio Aido Espina
540,000
-49,000
-49,000
Jan Suchanek nz
Jan Suchanek
530,000
211,000
211,000
Serge Matta lb
Serge Matta
510,000
-31,000
-31,000
Ramzi Jelassi se
Ramzi Jelassi
500,000
11,000
11,000
EPT 1X Winner
Denis Pisarev ru
Denis Pisarev
497,000
205,000
205,000
Robert Kokoska cz
Robert Kokoska
495,000
-271,000
-271,000
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
480,000
-40,000
-40,000
Jason Helder us
Jason Helder
450,000
22,000
22,000
Dominik Paus de
Dominik Paus
450,000
9,000
9,000
Sotirios Koutoupas gr
Sotirios Koutoupas
400,000
-168,000
-168,000
EPT 1X Winner
Michele di Lauro it
Michele di Lauro
390,000
105,000
105,000
Eddie Tasbas se
Eddie Tasbas
380,000
10,000
10,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
351,000
98,000
98,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

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Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo
Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo

After a series of bets and raises, Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo was all in on a flop of {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{8-Spades} holding {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}. Iosif Beskrovnyy had him at risk with {5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, and both the turn and river were kings: {k-Spades}, {k-Clubs}.

Sordo doubled to 360,000 chips, while Beskrovnyy dropped down to around 750,000.

Player Chips Progress
Iosif Beskrovnyy
Iosif Beskrovnyy
750,000
-78,000
-78,000
Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo mx
Jose Manuel Nadal Sordo
360,000
102,000
102,000

Tags: Iosif BeskrovnyyJose Manuel Nadal Sordo