This guy is still managing to hang in there while others bust around him. Better than that, he just managed a double up.
Mathias Will moved his last 21,500 in from under the gun and was called by Niklas Astedt in big blind.
Will: 
Astedt: 
The board ran 
to see the five hold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
50,000
27,500
|
27,500 |
Oliver Wohlfart was all in preflop for 62,000 and racing against Marian Kulifaj. The former held 
} and was slightly behind the latter's 
. Wohlfart seemed hopeful, but any hope he had was crushed when the 
appeared on the flop and delivered Kulifaj a set of sixes.
The 
turn officially left Wohlfart drawing dead, and after the 
completed the board, he took his leave from the 2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
Busted |
There's more than one way to four-bet light. In one way, you can four-bet with a poor hand (deuce-seven off, jack-deuce etc.). In another, you can four-bet for less than a legal raise.
In a recent hand, Marco Leonzio did the latter.
Leonzio opened to 10,000 from early position, Sergey Baburin called two spots to his left, and Mark Herm three-bet to 34,500 in position. The action folded back to Leonzio, and the Italian pulled back his original bet. He then cut out 45,000 in blue T5,000 chips, and tossed them forward.
"He called?" Baburin asked the dealer.
It looked like the dealer shook his head "no," and a befuddled Baburin folded. Herm, who was confused as well, moved all in for effectively 80,000 or so, and Leonzio instantly called.
Herm: 
Leonzio: 
The flop fell 
, leading Herm to scrunch his face, and the turn brought the . Leonzio was one card away from elimination, but the 
spiked on the river to give him a winning pair of queens.
Leonzio jumped out of his chair, gave a whoop, and actually clapped our reporter on the back while celebrating. He more than doubled to around 165,000 chips, while Herm slipped to around 170,000.
Not to worry, according to Herm's Twitter account, he doubled a few hands later:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
165,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
947,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
690,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
596,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
|
546,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
|
521,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
516,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
|
504,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
495,000 | |
|
488,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
483,000
113,000
|
113,000 |
|
437,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
414,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
409,000
89,000
|
89,000 |
|
403,000
-102,000
|
-102,000 |
|
398,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
|
391,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
385,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
381,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
373,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
|
370,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
364,000
-66,000
|
-66,000 |
|
|
343,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
333,000
40,500
|
40,500 |
|
331,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
|
328,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
Level 16 is done and dusted, which means the players are now on a 15-minute break.
Ukranian Mauchev Ibraim limped into the money with just 7,000 chips. The PokerStars qualifier then folded the first four hands, in three he open-folded, and in one he folded to a raise.
In the fifth hand, he was the big blind. Marco Leonzio opened to 10,000 from under the gun, and the action folded to Ibraim, who called for less.
Leonzio: 
Ibraim:
The board ran out 
, and Ibraim was happily off to collect €8,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Mick Graydon's tournament has come to an end, with the Irishman getting his short-stack in with 
and running into Michael Aron's .
The board ran out 
, and with that Graydon headed to the sidelines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
There's traditionally a flurry of eliminations after the bubble bursts as the short stacks loosen up, and it didn't take long for our first.
It happened when Martin Hanowski opened for 9,000 and then called 500 more when Apostolos Chatzopoulos shoved for 9,500.
Showdown
Hanowski:
Chatzopoulos:
Chatzopoulos seemed hopeful that there would be a chop, and indeed there was a 43.62% of that happening. Unfortunately for Chatzopoulos, the 
flop paired Hanowski and gave him a big lead. Neither the 
turn nor 
river was the five that Chatzopoulos needed, and he exited the tournament to collect his €8,000 min-cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Check out the Day 2 seat draw for the big €2k side event. 35 remain, 32 get paid and it's €154,300 for first! Click through to read this earlier article at the PokerStars Blog.
