2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€725,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,883,950
Entries
1,007
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

The Daily EPT10 Player of the Year Update

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players will be able to accumulate points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop will be eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.

The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.

Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard:

Thomas Muhlocker
Thomas Muhlocker

PlacePlayerPoints
1Thomas Muhlocker350.68 pts
2David Benefield321.18 pts
3Ole Schemion311.62 pts
4Jeff Rossiter258.92 pts
5Joao Barbosa257.14 pts
6Kenny Hallaert253.87 pts
7Nicolau Pacheco Villa-Lobos251.08 pts
8Jonathan Duhamel243.35 pts
9Timothy Adams222.31 pts
10Frederik Brink Jensen209.90 pts

We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.

Tags: EPT Player of the YearEPT POYGlobal Poker IndexGPI

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

Selbst Doubles (With Some Luck)

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

Just coming back from dinner break, a big hand found place at table 12. With the big blind not yet back from dinner, Walid Habib opened to 1,100 from the hijack position. Next door neighbor Vanessa Selbst shoved all in for 9,150 and the button and small blind quickly folded.

Action was thus back on Habib who gave it some good thoughts as he counted out the 9,150 for the call. Selbst tried to convince Habib not to call and said honestly she wasn't looking to go to showdown. At one point she even motioned to shove Habib's 9,150 back, making sure he wouldn't slip it over the line by accident. In the end her efforts were not rewarded though as Habib called anyway. Selbst turned her hand over with a painful look on her face. Habib had the best hand with his {3-Clubs}{3-Hearts}, Selbst was looking for some help with her {A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}.

After the {K-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}-flop it was Selbst who got up from the table. She didn't motion to sit down again after the {K-Diamonds} hit the turn but all of the sudden she had some new outs. The {8-Clubs} fell on the river and Selbst finally sat back in her seat andgot her stack doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
28,000
-11,000
-11,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
19,450
10,300
10,300

Tags: Vanessa SelbstWalid Habib

Russian Aggression

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Ramil Boyazitov from Russia seems to be in an aggressive mood just after his dinner break. On the turn card {5-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades} he splashed some chips into the pot, more than enough to cover his opponent’s stack of 15,000. Phuc Minh Nguyen was that opponent and he checked his cards a few times before deciding not to risk it all on that particular board and folding. Boyazitov seemed to want to show put in the end released his cards to the dealer.

The next hand was opened by Matt Frankland to 1,250 who found a caller in Boyazitov and then, from the small blind, a raise to 3,150 from Dmitriy Kim. The big blind and Frankland folded but Boyazitov made the call to see a flop of {2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Kim bet 6,500, about half his stack, and called when Boyazitov set him in. Kim’s {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} were in the lead and Boyazitov needed help with his {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. The turn {5-Clubs} and river {2-Spades} were enough to double up Kim and dent the aggressive Russian’s stack.

Player Chips Progress
Dmitriy Kim
Dmitriy Kim
27,000
27,000
27,000
Ramil Boyazitov
Ramil Boyazitov
26,000
-20,175
-20,175

Tags: Dmitriy KimMathew FranklandPhuc Minh NguyenRamil Boyazitov

Wet Board Dynamics

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Lebanese player Bassel Moussa opened for 1,150 from early position, was called by Apostolos Bechrakis in mid position and from the big blind by James Gilbert from the USA. {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}{k-Spades} was the flop and Gilbert checked it to the opener. Moussa continued for 1,750 and while Bechrakis called in position Gilbert opted to fold. The turn card was the {6-Spades} and when Moussa checked, a bet of 2,500 from Bechrakis saw him awarded the pot.

Tags: Bassel MoussaApostolos BechrakisJames Gilbert

Van Zadelhoff Nearly Triples

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Steven van Zadelhoff opened to 1,200 under-the-gun and received a call from the player on the button. The player in the big blind squeezed to 3,700 and Van Zadelhoff decided to flat. There was enough in the pot for the player on the button to make his move; he went all in for about 20,000. The big blind reshoved with his {A-}{K-} but unfortunately for both of them, Van Zadelhoff was waiting with aces and made the call for his tournament life.

Van Zadelhoff was up against the pocket tens from the button and ace king from the big blind. His hand held up and he was up to 96,000 after five blanks on the table.

Player Chips Progress
Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
96,000
78,500
78,500

Tags: Steven van Zadelhoff