Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,883,950
Entries
1,007
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
550 Players Have Made it Through to Level 4
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
The clock now makes mention of a staggering 580 players who have entered Day 1B of the PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Prague Main Event. 550 of those players still remain, which gives us an average stack of 31.700.
Blain Well Above Average
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Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Full Tilt Poker Ambassador Dermot Blain is off to a flying start in Prague, thanks mainly to a big pot he won from Ryan Spittles. "I'm up to 55,000 because this guy (points at Spittles who's to his direct right) lost his mind," the Irishman said jokingly, he and Spittles are friends. "Somar Al-Darwich raised to 400, Ryan's called and I've made it 1,800 from the small blind with queens. It folds back to Ryan and he raises to 4,200 and I call because I don't know what to do there and just hoping to flop a queen! The flop was 
he bets 3,300 and I call. The turn is a ten and it goes check, check and the river is a queen. He checked, I bet 9,400 and he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
||
Assorted chip counts
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
44,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
40,100
10,100
|
10,100 |
|
|
||
|
37,700
2,700
|
2,700 |
|
|
||
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
27,900 | |
|
|
||
|
27,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
26,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
22,600
-8,400
|
-8,400 |
|
|
||
|
22,300
-7,700
|
-7,700 |
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
20,325
3,325
|
3,325 |
|
|
||
|
10,400 | |
|
|
||
Lots of Action For Horecki
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Marcin Horecki is another player who made a deep run in the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event, the Pole finished seventh, winning €30,500.
He's up to 31,000 in this tournament and told me, "There's been lots of action I got kings in against ace-king pre-flop and we split the pot with a straight. I was down to 24,000 but eliminated a short stack with a set of queens against a flush draw which missed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000 | |
|
|
||
A Team Pro, a Former Winner and 3 New Guys
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,500
-1,200
|
-1,200 |
|
|
||
|
30,000 | |
|
27,000 | |
|
20,000 | |
|
|
12,000
1,600
|
1,600 |
|
|
||
Queens versus Kings versus Aces
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
A player at the table made it 800 after which Dutchman Farid Chati two positions down made it 2,025. Maxim Lykov in the cutoff four bet to more than 5,000 and American Seth Berger cold five-bet allin for a little over 10,000. Action folded to Chati who announced to be allin as well and Lykov followed suit calling allin.
Chati showed 
, Lykov had 
and Berger tabled 
. The flop was a real rollercoaster as the 
was in the window and the table looked in awe. The 
followed though and now we could hear Chati breathe a sigh of relief. The last card on the flop was the 
though, giving Berger a gutshot for the win all of the sudden. Lykov had just one out for the victory and Berger lost one after the 
hit the turn as the 
no longer would give him the win. The 
fell on the river and Farid Chati eliminated two players at once.
"Two seats open" the dealer shouted well before Lykov and Berger had even exited the tournament area. Chati in the mean time was stacking about 77,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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|
Busted | |
The Best Laid Plans
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Vasili Firsau opened for 500 and Scotland’s David Vamplew almost certainly had his eye on all of Firasau’s chips when he three-bet to 1,000, as Firasau had just over 2,000 behind. The small blind folded and there was just one more player to get through. Nikov Dobromir Georgiev in the big blind had other ideas and cold four-bet to 3,500. Firsau folded and suddenly Vamplew’s plans had to change. Vamplew made the call in position and the two players saw a flop of 
. Georgiev checked and called when Vamplew bet 3,600. Turn 
went check / check as did the river 
. Georgiev turned over 
for a flush and Vamplew sighed and flicked his cards away in disbelief at how the hand had turned out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
-17,000
|
-17,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,000 | |
Dancing Through Europe With Glen Cymbaluk
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
If you need a country and western dance bar anywhere in Europe, the man to ask is Edmonton's Glen Cymbaluk, who has been combining poker with country dancing for several years. PokerStars Blog caught up with the Canadian Cowboy as he returns to Prague. Read it here.
Various Chips Counts from Around the Room
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
55,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
55,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
45,000
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
17,700
|
17,700 |
|
|
||
|
32,000
6,975
|
6,975 |
|
30,000 | |
|
24,000
500
|
500 |
|
17,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
16,500
-3,825
|
-3,825 |
|
|
||
|
8,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,250
-4,750
|
-4,750 |
|
|
||