€10,300 High Roller
Day 3 Started
€10,300 High Roller
Day 3 Started
Another record has been set for the European Poker Tour here in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic. A mixture of amateurs and professionals swelled the field of entrants to 137 unique entrants and 39 re-entries for a total number of 176 buy-ins to create a prize pool of €1,724,800. This means the winner will take home €382,050.
Dmitry Yurasov from Russia leads the way with 1,404,000, with Olivier Busquet from the USA in second place on 1,239,000 and Austria’s Thomas Muhlocker, who has 1,150,000, in third.
The short stacks are Ivan Soshnikov (313,000) and Mike McDonald (272,000), who both saw cruel river cards during the last level to knock them down the leader board. They are both playing just over 10 big blind stacks, so expect them to make a move early on. A finish in 10th place pays €32,800.
Vanessa Selbst is the only PokerStars Team Pro member to have made the final day with Eugen Katchalov bubbling late in the day, closely followed by Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. Slebst returns with a stack of 850,000.
The players are currently 5 handed on two tables. After the first elimination there will be a re-draw for the final table of nine.
Some are predicting another long day ahead with potentially another 12 levels before we have a winner, while others are expecting a fast and furious aggressive shoot out. Either way it’s sure to be a fascinating day of poker with dramatic swings in fortune and intriguing table dynamics.
The only was to find out how it all pans out is to follow the action right here from 12 p.m CET as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you the stories, big hands and bust outs as they happen.
Level: 21
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The cards are in the air here on the third and final day of the EPT10 Prague €10,000 High Roller! It should be an afternoon full of big pots. Can Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst finish 2013 the same way she began it — with a High Roller win? We'll find out.
Mike McDonald moved all in on the first hand as the short stack and received a call from Thomas Muhlocker. McDonald had and Muhlocker was slightly ahead with . The dealer dealt out the five cards . The river came to the rescue and McDonald doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Thomas Muhlocker |
878,000
-272,000
|
-272,000 |
Mike McDonald |
544,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
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Ivan Soshnikov moved all in on his second hand and was called by Max Heinzelmann. Soshnikov held but was up against the of Soshnikov. The board ran out and the second short stack of the final ten doubled up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Max Heinzelmann |
626,000
-313,000
|
-313,000 |
Ivan Soshnikov |
626,000
313,000
|
313,000 |
Ivan Soshnikov opened for 40,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Oleksii Khoroshenin and Olivier Busquet in the small and big blind respectively. When the flop came down , Khoroshenin led out for 60,000, Busquet folded, and Soshnikov called.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Khoroshenin bet 75,000 and Soshnikov thought for a bit before dropping in a call. The completed the board on the river and Khoroshenin bet once again, this time 90,000. Soshnikov woke up with a raise to 230,000 and Khoroshenin hit the tank for several minutes.
Eventually a clock was called and the floor began the countdown. After 30 seconds had passed, Khoroshenin announced that he was all in for 593,000 and Soshnikov snap-called off for 580,000 before tabling the for a flopped full house.
Khoroshenin tried to muck but since it was an all-in situation the dealer exposed his hand, which was the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ivan Soshnikov |
1,450,000
824,000
|
824,000 |
Oleksii Khoroshenin |
13,000
-755,000
|
-755,000 |
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Ivan Soshnikov opened for 42,000 under the gun and Jeff Rossiter called from the cutoff. Oleksii Khoroshenin then called off for 10,000 from the button and both blinds folded. When the flop fell , Soshnikov checked, Rossiter bet 65,000, and Soshnikov folded.
Rossiter:
Khoroshenin:
Rossiter was ahead with the big pocket pair, but Khoroshenin held a pair with a flush draw. The turn was no consequence, but the river was as Khoroshenin spiked trips to more than triple.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Oleksii Khoroshenin |
64,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
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Oleksii Khoroshenin moved all in from the cutoff for 62,000 and received a call from Olivier Busquet on the button. Max Heinzelmann then moved all in over the top from the small blind and Busquet got out of the way.
Khoroshenin:
Heinzelmann:
The board ran out and Khoroshenin hit a runner-runner flush to triple once again.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Max Heinzelmann |
450,000
-176,000
|
-176,000 |
Oleksii Khoroshenin |
200,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
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Oleksii Khoroshenin moved all in and was called by his nemesis today Ivan Soshnikov in the small blind. Khoroshenin held but Soshnikov had the pair . The board ran out and Khoroshenin was the final player out before the final table of nine.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ivan Soshnikov |
826,000
-624,000
|
-624,000 |
Oleksii Khoroshenin | Busted | |
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