Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
In case you missed anything from the much anticipated Charity Poker Tournament yesterday check out this recap.
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,883,950
Entries
1,007
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 1,007
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
It’s the last level before the dinner break, about an hour to go. A few notable are on sub 10,000 stacks or even less. Dario Minieri, Liv Boeree and David Vamplew are a few of the notables who are in desperate need of a bit of luck and a double up but they are unlikely to throw away their tournament life on a reckless gamble and will wait for what they perceive as the right spot. It’s not just the big names who have this sense though. Oliver Frey from Germany opened for 1,000 out of a stack of just over 11,000. When countryman Michael Gross moved in from the big blind for 13,500 he seemed to want to make the call btu finally laid down what seemed must have been a reasonably big hand. Perhaps just not big enough for his life.
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Raigo Aasmaa raised it up preflop and fourbet allin after Sam Cohen had reraised him. Cohen quickly called for 13,200 total and a showdown was at hand. Aasmaa showed his 
and almost simultaneously Cohen tabled 
. A standard coinflip again this tournament and this time Cohen would triumph. The 
hit the flop, accompanied by the 
and 
. The 
on the turn and 
on the river were complete blanks and Cohen was back to starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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27,450
14,250
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Pocket tens have not been Liv Boeree's friend today, earlier she had a set of them cracked by a straight and in her exit hand she couldn't get them to hold against overcards.
She was all-in for around 5,500 and looking to hold against Bejjani Kamal's ace-king. However, an ace on the flop ended her tournament, whilst Kamal is up to 49,500.
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Russia's Sergey Baburin opened for 800 under the gun and received a call from Vasili Firsau in middle position. Former EPT champ David Vamplew then three-bet all in for 4,150 from the hijack, action folded back to Baburin, and he made the call. Firsau then counted out his chips and put in a four-bet to 14,800, leaving himself about a thousand behind. Baburin thought his opponent was all in and said, "Call."
The pots were sorted out and then Baburin moved all in on the 
flop. Firsau called off and all three players turned up their hands.
Baburin: 
Firsau: 
Vamplew:
Vamplew was up out of his seat preparing to make his exit, but he sat back down when the dealer burned and turned the 
. While Vamplew found new life, Firsau was still at risk in the sizable side pot. He would need an eight and an eight only to stay alive, but it wasn't meant to be as the 
blanked on the river.
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
After sitting quietly for several hours, barely entering a pot, David Vamplew’s recent triple up seems to have injected new life into his tournament. He got it all in pre-flop against Markus Grewe's shorter stack 
holding . No real sweat as the board ran out 
and Vamplew was suddenly up to a workable 20,000 plus stack. He called an open to 800 when he had the button, the blinds came along and four players saw a flop of 
. They all ckecked to him and a bet of 2,000 saw Vamplew add another small pile to his stack. We're fairly sure we saw the first sign for a good few hours of the return of that cheeky smile too.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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22,000
8,500
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Chad Holloway and Sarah Grant discuss some of the latest stories to emerge in the tournament world.
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The European Poker Tour still has no double winner, though some came close. We do have players who finished runner-up twice and Max Heinzelmann is one of them. Back in 2011 he finished second in the EPT San Remo Main Event for €600,000 and second in the EPT Berlin Main Event for another €500,000. He's not going to cash here in Prague, let alone finish runner-up a third time.
He just opened the button to 800 and the Italian player Gianluca Rullo three bet to 2,025 from the small blind. As soon as the big blind folded, Heinzelmann had his 8,625 stack in the middle. Rullo thought about it for a little while and eventually decided to call.
Heinzelmann wasn't in great shape with his 
but he was live against Rullo's 
. The German would fail to improve though and hit the rail after 
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Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Ibrahim Ghassan was standing up, belongings gathered and ready to walk. There hadn't even been a flop but a cursory glance at the table revealed why he was on his feet. He was all-in for 9,000 with 
but in deep trouble against Veselin Rangelov Karakitukov who had .
The 
board wasn't one that Ghassan could dodge and he was on his way.
