2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague

Main Event
Day: 4
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

"It's A Game Of Skill, Huh?"

Martin Hanowski
Martin Hanowski

We just witness a big flip that saw one person eliminated and the other vault over 1.1 million in chips.

It happened when Martin Hanowski opened for 25,000 under the gun and Eros Nastasi three-bet all in from the cutoff for 314,000 total. The button and both blinds folded, and action was back on Hanowski. He seemed a bit perplexed as to the size of the three-bet shove and thought for a long while.

"It's a game of skill, huh?" Hanowski laughed before finally making the call.

Showdown
Hanowski: {10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}
Nastasi: {A-Clubs}{K-Spades}

According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Nastasi had a 42.93% chance of winning the pot compared to Hanowski's 56.69%.

The {Q-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} was terrible for Nastasi as it kept his opponent, who held a diamond, in the lead; in fact, that flop improved Hanowski to an 85.76% favorite and dropped Nastasi to 14.24%. Much to the latter's dismay, the {6-Diamonds} peeled off on the turn to lock up the hand for Hanowski.

The meaningless {7-Clubs} was put out on the river and a disappointed Nastasi exited the tournament floor.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Hanowski de
Martin Hanowski
1,100,000 400,000
Eros Nastasi it
Eros Nastasi
Busted

Tags: Eros NastasiMartin Hanowski

Semisoshenko Slow Rolled?

Maksim Semisoshenko opened to 27,000 from under the gun, Sotirios Koutoupas three-bet to 62,000 from the cutoff, and Semisoshenko four-bet shoved for around 475,000.

Koutoupas asked for a count, thought for a second, then called.

Semisoshenko: {j-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}
Koutoupas: {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

"What took you so long?" a player at the table asked him.

The board ran out {8-Spades}{5-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{q-Spades}, and Semisoshenko was eliminated. Koutoupas, who started the day second in chips, now sits with over 1.5 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Sotirios Koutoupas gr
Sotirios Koutoupas
EPT 1X Winner
1,550,000 410,000
Maksim Semisoshenko ru
Maksim Semisoshenko
Busted

Tags: Maksim SemisoshenkoSotirios Koutoupas

Sanchez Eliminated By The Frenchman

Action folded around to Fabrice Soulier on the button and he raised to 26,000. Jesus Sanchez may have thought it was a steal attempt as he promptly moved all in for 146,000 from the small blind. The big got out of the way and Soulier wasted little time in dropping in a call.

Showdown
Soulier: {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts}
Sanchez: {Q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}

Upon discovering his opponent held a legitimate hand, Sanchez stood from the table and watched the flop fall {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{8-Clubs}. The {A-Diamonds} turn sealed the deal for Soulier, and after the {K-Clubs} was out out on the river for good measure, Sanchez made his way to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
480,000 85,000
Jesus Sanchez us
Jesus Sanchez
Busted

Tags: Jesus SanchezFabrice Soulier

Hanowski Flush With Chips

Martin Hanowski scored more than a double up after big action when four players saw a {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} flop.

Enrico Tau was the pre flop aggressor and he continued for 53,000 from the hijack. Hanowski was next to act and he raised to 120,000. That was enough to force out Johnny Lodden in the small blind but not Jorma Nuutinen in the big blind who moved all in. Tau moved out of the way to leave Hanowski to call all in for 277,000.

Hanowski: {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a pair and a flush draw.
Nuutinen: {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for top two pair.

The German got instant service as the board ran out {5-Clubs}{j-Spades} to make him his flush.

Player Chips Progress
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
980,000 -220,000
Martin Hanowski de
Martin Hanowski
700,000 -193,000

Tags: Johnny LoddenJorma NuutinenMartin Hanowski

Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ramzi Jelassi se
Ramzi Jelassi
EPT 1X Winner
1,500,000 -100,000
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
1,400,000 200,000
Johnny Lodden no
Johnny Lodden
1,300,000 25,000
Aleh Plauski
Aleh Plauski
1,245,000 438,000
Mads Amot no
Mads Amot
1,150,000 113,000
Sotirios Koutoupas gr
Sotirios Koutoupas
EPT 1X Winner
1,140,000 91,000
Diego Gomez Gonzalez
Diego Gomez Gonzalez
1,100,000 200,000
Mark Herm us
Mark Herm
900,000 50,000
Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
900,000 -63,000
Mikhail Petrov ru
Mikhail Petrov
883,000 183,000
Dany Parlafes ro
Dany Parlafes
880,000 155,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
EPT 1X Winner
795,000 175,000
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
765,000 265,000
Andreas Berggren se
Andreas Berggren
705,000 -140,000
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
699,000 69,000
Sergey Kuzminskiy
Sergey Kuzminskiy
650,000 149,000
Sergio Aido Espina
Sergio Aido Espina
640,000 410,000
Denis Pisarev ru
Denis Pisarev
640,000 640,000
Jonathon Driscoll
Jonathon Driscoll
550,000 331,000
Marian Kulifaj
Marian Kulifaj
540,000 262,000
Marco Leonzio it
Marco Leonzio
508,000 258,000
Maksim Semisoshenko ru
Maksim Semisoshenko
480,000 247,000
Ben Warrington gb
Ben Warrington
470,000 -180,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
450,000 70,000
Enrico Tau
Enrico Tau
450,000 70,000

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Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 2,000

Former Champion Back in Business

Roberto Romanello turned up for Day 4 slightly late due to him being stuck in traffic, but it has not caused him many problems; in fact quite the opposite is true.

"All in and a call on Table 2" informed the dealer.

We sped over to Table 2 to find Romanello all in with {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} against the {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} of Jonathan Khalifa. By the river the board ran out {q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and Romanello doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
EPT 1X Winner
620,000 342,000
Jonathan Khalifa fr
Jonathan Khalifa
90,000 -396,000

Tags: Jonathan KhalifaRoberto Romanello