Level: 14
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 300
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 2
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
Fourth Pair Will Do
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pro David Williams opened under the gun to 4,400 and received calls from a player in middle position, Dmitri Holdeew in the hijack and both blinds. "I'll check blind" the small blind and big blind both announced, but Williams wasn't about to follow their lead. "I'm not" he said with a smile. "Is that a forced bet? asked Eureka Poker Tour winner Holdeew jokingly.
The dealer put 
on the table and action was directly on Williams. The American Team Pro made a 10,500 continuation bet and the first three players were easy to get rid of. Austrian Christian Golob in the big blind called however and check called another 21,700 when the 
hit the turn. The river was the 
and Golob checked for a third time. Williams thought about it, but eventually checked behind.
Golob showed his 
and you could just feel the rest of the table being curious as to what Williams had. They weren't going to find out though as he double checked his cards and threw them in the muck. Williams still has 216,000 left, Golob plays well over 300,000. "You're a brave man!" said the small blind admiring Golob's play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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234,000 | -4,000 |
A Couple of ElkY Hands
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Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier is motoring along nicely so we thought we’d stop by to watch a couple of hands. Here’s how they panned out. Matthew Haugen raised from first position to 4,500, Andrei Demidov called, Grospellier called in the small blind and the big blind folded. Three players saw a flop of 
and Grospellier decided to test the waters with a bet of 8,000. The waters were just fine and the pot headed his way.
Next hand Grospellier was on the button when Tom Alner opened for 4,000 and called, as did big blind Matthew Haugen. The flop came 
and it was checked to Grospellier who bet 7,200. Alner called. They both checked a turn 
and saw the river fall the 
. Alner paused and tossed out a bet of 8,000 but Grospellier barely shrugged before calling. Alner desperately didn’t want to show and muttered “You were right.” His cards were eventually mucked and Grospellier then didn’t have to show either as the chips went his way. “You river an ace?” Alner wanted to know. “Yeah.” ElkY said, but we’ll never know for sure. This guy should write a book.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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195,000 | 5,000 |
There’s No Place Called Home – Ari Engel Making Hay From Life On The Road
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Looking for a way to cut your overheads? Try the Engel system, put into practice by former Prague finalist Ari Engel with great success, as reported by the PokerStars Blog.
Victor Podofedenko Doubles Through Timothy Ulmer
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Victor Podofedenko was down to just 23,400 and committed them pre-flop with 
, Timothy Ulmer gave him a spin with 
but couldn't connect with the 
board and Podofedenko doubled up to around 50,000.
Vamplew Can't Work His Magic
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
EPT7 London champion David Vamplew has just been eliminated, with Jesper Winzerling doing all the damage and Mateusz Zbikowski finishing him off.
Vamplew opened to 4,000 in early position, Morten Klein flat called, Bernard Lattouf did likewise and Winzerling then squeezed to 11,000 on the button. Back on Vamplew he asked Winzerling for a count of his stack (around 54,000) and he then moved all-in. Klein and Lattouf folded but Winzerling snap called.
Vamplew: 
Winzerling:
The flop was 
Lattouf shot out of his seat and indicated that he'd folded and Klein said he'd folded jacks. So a potential blood bath avoided then and the 
river meant ultimately that had the other two stuck around that they'd still have lost to Winzerling's aces as he rivered the nuts.
After that stacks were counted down it was established that Vamplew had just a solitary 500 chip left, 300 of which went in as the ante and 200 in the big blind. The next hand Zbikowski raised the button, the small blind folded and the two were heads-up, Vamplew had 
, Zbikowski 
and the latter's hand held on the 
board to eliminate Vamplew.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
13% Russian, 10% German
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
There were 1,007 entrants for the EPT Prague Main Event from 60 countries. Russia dominated the field with 127 players (13%).
| Country | Players | % |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | 127 | 13% |
| Germany | 104 | 10% |
| UK | 66 | 7% |
| USA | 51 | 5% |
| France | 48 | 5% |
| Italy | 47 | 5% |
| Sweden | 35 | 3% |
| Czech Republic | 34 | 3% |
| Romania | 34 | 3% |
| Canada | 32 | 3% |
| Lebanon | 28 | 3% |
| Greece | 25 | 2% |
| Denmark | 24 | 2% |
| Bulgaria | 23 | 2% |
| Finland | 23 | 2% |
| Poland | 23 | 2% |
| Spain | 22 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 19 | 2% |
| Israel | 18 | 2% |
| Hungary | 16 | 2% |
| Belgium | 15 | 1% |
| Ukraine | 15 | 1% |
| Ireland | 14 | 1% |
| Norway | 14 | 1% |
| Austria | 12 | 1% |
| Lithuania | 11 | 1% |
| Portugal | 11 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1% |
| Belarus | 10 | 1% |
| Brazil | 9 | 1% |
| Others | 86 | 4% |
They Continue to Fall
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
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€889,000 For the Winner
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
With €4.883.950 in the prize pool there's €889,000 reserved for the winner. Making the final table will guerantee you €66.050, min cashing in 151st place will net you €8.600.
| Position | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | €889.000 |
| 2 | €536.700 |
| 3 | €378.000 |
| 4 | €283.800 |
| 5 | €218.300 |
| 6 | €160.200 |
| 7 | €118.200 |
| 8 | €84.600 |
| 9 | €66.050 |
| 10 - 11 | €54.900 |
| 12 - 13 | €49.200 |
| 14 - 15 | €44.300 |
| 16 - 17 | €39.400 |
| 18 - 19 | €34.500 |
| 20 - 23 | €29.600 |
| 24 - 27 | €24.900 |
| 28 - 31 | €21.200 |
| 32 - 39 | €18.400 |
| 40 - 55 | €15.600 |
| 56 - 71 | €13.200 |
| 72 - 95 | €11.100 |
| 96 - 119 | €9.900 |
| 120 - 143 | €9.000 |
| 144 - 151 | €8.600 |
Russian Philosophy
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Ramil Boyazitov from Russia and Simon Harig a PokerStars player from Australia got it all in pre-flop. Boyazitov with the pair 
, Harig with the pretty . The board ran out 
and a crippled Boyazitov was fairly philosophical. Left with just 6,000 he shrugged, folded the next hand and awaited his fate.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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