€5,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

12-13-2013 18:22 UTC+1

The Recently Departed

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fedor Holz	Busted

Jan Bendik	Busted

Pascal Hartmann	Busted
Cristinel Sandu	Busted
Ivan Freitez	Busted
Vladimir Troyanovskiy	Busted
Ion Pavel	Busted
Mario Kazda	Busted
Hakan Demircioglu	Busted
Antonio Brando	Busted
Sebastian von Toperczer	Busted
Paraschos Stavridis	Busted
Marko Mikovic	Busted
Zoltan Gal	Busted
Konstantinos Nanos	Busted
Anirudh Seth	Busted
Markus Duernegger	Busted
Yilmaz Cengil	Busted

12-13-2013 18:31 UTC+1

Garcia Makes a Nice Call to Double Through Baumann

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Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

We happened upon the action on the river with around 10,000 in the pot and a board reading . Spain's Gustavo Lopez Garcia, who qualified for this event via a live satellite, had a bet of 5,075 out in front of him in the small blind and action was on Gaëlle Baumann.

The tenth-place finisher in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event decided to put out a raise to 20,000, which had Garcia covered. The Spaniard thought long and hard, shrugged, and then called off for 17,575 total.

Baumann just shook her head and flipped over her for a pair of fours. Garcia then tabled the for a bigger paid and extended his tournament life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	32,000

Tags: Gustavo Lopez Garcia Gaelle Baumann

12-13-2013 18:34 UTC+1

McDonald Felted

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Just fifteen minutes ago we wrote that McDonald's tournament hadn't started all that well, and it hasn't gotten any better. We saw some people gather around his table and rushed over to see what had happened. On the table was the entire board already and McDonald was getting up, shaking hands with Ilan Suloman.

With on the table we were just in time to see McDonald's getting thrown in the muck. That full house was no good as his neighbor had for a slightly better hand. Former table mate Todd Terry confirmed the stacks went all in on the river as McDonalds exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	Busted

Tags: Mike McDonald

12-13-2013 18:38 UTC+1

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduards Kudrjavcevs	98,000
Liv Boeree	85,000 76,500	76,500

Amir Lehavot	80,000 16,000	16,000
Davidi Kitai	60,000 16,000	16,000

Eugene Katchalov	57,000 17,000	17,000

Ville Wahlbeck	45,000
Salvatore Bonavena	45,000 1,000	1,000

David Peters	38,000
Ludovic Lacay	37,000 18,000	18,000

Mikalai Pobal	35,000 6,000	6,000

Martin Staszko	32,000 3,000	3,000
Todd Terry	30,000 5,150	5,150
Ana Marquez	30,000 3,000	3,000
Dominik Nitsche	22,000 1,000	1,000
Theo Jorgensen	17,500 5,100	5,100

Jack Salter	16,000
Konstantin Puchkov	15,000 15,000	15,000
Sam Cohen	15,000 15,000	15,000
Dario Minieri	14,000 6,000	6,000

12-13-2013 18:46 UTC+1

Klasovic Out Kicked, Kicked Out

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Andreja Klasovic moved all in on the flop of and was called by Peruvian Antonio Lafosse who had him well covered. Klasovic had for top pair but was out kicked by the of Lafosse. The turn and river bricked out and it was goodbye to the Serbian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreja Klasovic	Busted

Tags: Antonio Lafosse

12-13-2013 18:48 UTC+1

Katchalov Opening Up

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov has become a lot more active since the antes kicked in and is frequently opening pots now. Two we recently witnessed went down as follows

Katchalov opened for 700 from early position and was called on the button by Russian Viacheslav Goryachev. The blinds folded and the dealer put out a flop of . A bet of 800 from Katchalov saw the pot slid his way. The next hand Katchalov opened again for 700, Goryachev was again a caller and Samuel Panzica came along from the big blind. A flop of . Panzica checked, Katchalov checked and Viacheslav now bet 1,200. That did the job and it was his turn to add to his pile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Katchalov	58,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Eugene Katchalov Viacheslav Goryachev Samuel Panzica

12-13-2013 18:53 UTC+1

Bogdan Ana Wins One From ElkY

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Level 5 : 150/300, 25 ante

A curious multi-way pot just played out on table 26 it involved Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and it reached the river.

The Frenchman opened to 650 from under-the-gun and picked up four callers including both blinds. On the flop the small blind - Maroun Jazzar - bet 300 into a pot of 3,450, ElkY was having none of it, he raised it up to 1,300, two seats along Bogdan Ana called and when it got back to Jazzar he did likewise.

The three of them saw the land on the turn to keep the board monotone, it checked through and the completed the board. Jazzar checked to ElkY, he fired out 2,000, Ana bumped it to 6,000 and both Jazzar and ElkY folded.

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

12-13-2013 19:07 UTC+1

Hairabedian Busts

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

I didn't catch it first hand but Chris Moorman was kind enough to tell me how Roger Hairabedian busted. The Frenchman ran ace-king into the pocket aces of Dario Sammartino. As a result Sammartino is up to 56,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	56,000 56,000	56,000
Roger Hairabedian	Busted

12-13-2013 19:13 UTC+1

Pagano Pushes On

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Luca Pagano holds the record for the most cashes in EPT Main Events and he's going the right way about getting another cash here in Prague as he just won a chunky pot against Dario Sammartino.

It was an all Italian affair as Sammartino opened to 700 from middle position and Pagano called from the big blind. The flop was checked through and the hit the turn. Pagano checked, Sammartino bet 850, Pagano check-raised to 2,150 and Sammartino made the call.

The fell on fifth street, Pagano bet 4,000 and it didn't take Sammartino too long to call, Pagano showed for the flopped straight and Sammartino mucked. Pagano is up 66,000 whilst Sammartino drops to 49,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Pagano	66,000 16,000	16,000

Dario Sammartino	49,000 7,000	7,000