2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
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

Chidwick Eliminates Elias

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Darren Elias
Darren Elias

On the feature table a big pot played out between Darren Elias and Stephen Chidwick. The former was all-in for 135,000 with {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades} and Chidwick held {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}. The {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} flop opened up the possibility of a chop, the {6-Spades} turn gave Chidwick 12 outs for the win and one of them - the {4-Spades} - landed on the river to eliminate Elias.

Player Chips Progress
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
Busted

Tags: Darren EliasStephen Chidwick

Okhotskyi Crowned by Kings

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

"All in and a call," we heard a dealer call from the corner of the room. We made our way over and discovered Murad Akhundov was all in for roughly 125,000 holding the {a-Spades}{q-Spades} and in trouble against the {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} of Oleh Okhotskyi, who barely had him covered.

The {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} flop was disaster for Akhundov as Okhotskyi spiked a set. That said, Akhundov did pick up a Broadway draw to a jack. The {6-Clubs} turn wasn't paint, and neither was the {A-Hearts} river. Akhundov rapped the table and then took his leave in 80th place.

Player Chips Progress
Oleh Okhotskyi ua
Oleh Okhotskyi
250,000 125,000
Murad Akhundov az
Murad Akhundov
Busted

Tags: Oleh OkhotskyiMurad Akhundov

Kolossow Loses The Minimum

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

"I lost the minimum," said Stefan Kolossow to Moshe Elazar after the two of them clashed in a pot. Elazar, who is apparently Eli Elezera's brother, made it 14,000 from the cut-off, Nikita Nikolaev flat called on the button and Kolossow then three-bet to 36,000 from the small blind and both Elazar and Nikolaev called.

On the {5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{A-Spades} flop Elazar bet 25,000, Nikolaev folded but Kolossow stuck around to see the {K-Diamonds} hit the turn, both players checked and the {4-Spades} completed the board. It checked to Elazar he bet 48,000 and Kolossow tank called. Elazar rolled over {3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} for the flopped set and Kolossow folded. After that hand Elazar is up to 420,000

Player Chips Progress
Moshe Elazar us
Moshe Elazar
420,000 167,000

Tags: Moshe ElazarStefan Kolossow

Two in a Row for Ka Kwan Lau

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Ka Kwan Lau
Ka Kwan Lau

Ka Kwan Lau was desperately short on chips and put his last 25,000 chips in the middle. Artem Romanov was sat in the big blind with a load of chips and decided to give him a spin with his {10-Spades}{2-Clubs}. Kwan Lau had the {k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and it just got better as the cards ran out {7-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} to double him up.
Happy with the outcome, on the next hand he got Kwan Lau dramatically shovelled all his chips in as a pile. It folded round to Ireland’s Ciaran Burke who asked for an exact count and gave it some serious thought. It was 47,000 more to call; more significant of course than the last time. Burke made the call with {9-Spades}{8-Spades} and Kwan Lau surprised everyone by revealing the {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}. A final board of {4-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Kwan Lau doubled again. He even did a fake pump shove on the next hand but passed.

Player Chips Progress
Ka Kwan Lau es
Ka Kwan Lau
104,000 -77,000

Tags: Ka Kwan LauCiaran Burke

Team Online Done and Dusted

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
Marc-Andre Ladouceur

With around 40,000 in the pot and a flop of {4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, Tapio Vihakas checked from the small blind and Team Online's Marc-Andre Ladouceur did the same from the big. Lars Anders Dahlin then bet 20,000, Vihakas called, and Ladouceur woke up with an all-in check-raise to 112,000. Dahlin then moved all in over the top for around 175,000 and Vihakas folded.

Ladouceur: {10-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Dahlin: {10-Spades}{a-Spades}

Ladouceur had flopped top pair, but his kicker had him in dire straits as Dahlin backed his top pair up with top kicker. The {2-Diamonds} turn left Ladouceur in need of a jack and a jack only on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the {3-Spades} blanked. A solemn Ladouceur collected his belongings and then made his way to the payout desk in 81st place.

Player Chips Progress
Tapio Vihakas fi
Tapio Vihakas
390,000 -40,000
Lars Dahlin se
Lars Dahlin
300,000 91,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
Busted

Tags: Tapio VihakasMarc-Andre LadouceurLars Anders Dahlin

Benelli Busts Kratochvil

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Czech player Karel Kratochvil is out after getting his last 150,000 in with ace-queen and finding a willing caller in the shape of Andrea Benelli's, who had pocket tens. There was no help on the board for Kratochvil and he headed to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Andrea Benelli it
Andrea Benelli
640,000 215,000
Karel Kratochvil cz
Karel Kratochvil
Busted

Tags: Andrea BenelliKarel Kratochvil

Chartier Tanks

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Samuel Chartier
Samuel Chartier

Ireland's Ciaran Burke opened the button to 13,000 and saw Canadian Sam Chartier three bet to 29,000 from the small blind. After the big blind folded, Burke made the call.

{8-Spades}{6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} on the flop and Chartier made it 31,000. That continuation bet was called pretty quickly by Burke who saw Chartier checking on the {J-Spades} turn. Burke bet out 79,000 and Chartier called. The river brought the {A-Clubs} on board and Chartier checked again. Burke bet out 129,000 which brought the action back to Chartier.

For minutes he looked both puzzled and agonized. Nobody dared to call the clock though and in the end Chartier folded. The dealer began to collect the chips to shove them to Burke. Chartier stared at Burke with a desperate face, dying to know what Burke had.

Burke checked his cards again and than revealed the {8-Clubs} to everyone before mucking.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
245,000 -95,000

Tags: Ciaran BurkeSamuel Chartier

Chip Counts at the End of Level 17 (full)

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
1,033,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
1,005,000 375,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
750,000
Dmytko Samoilenko ua
Dmytko Samoilenko
716,000
Martin Wiklund se
Martin Wiklund
700,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
680,000
Aleksey Ponakov lv
Aleksey Ponakov
650,000 30,000
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
637,000
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
623,000
Nicolai Kramer de
Nicolai Kramer
600,000
Artem Romanov ru
Artem Romanov
575,000
Nihat Karyagdi ro
Nihat Karyagdi
540,000 10,000
Nikita Nikolaev ru
Nikita Nikolaev
536,000 288,700
Tamer Kamel gb
Tamer Kamel
527,000 491,500
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
515,000 35,000
Lasell King de
Lasell King
510,000 313,400
Tiberu-Florian Georgescu ro
Tiberu-Florian Georgescu
493,000 148,000
Cezar Oprea ro
Cezar Oprea
485,000 110,000
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
475,000 94,400
Ciaran Burke ie
Ciaran Burke
465,000 45,000
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
465,000 -106,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
463,000 342,400
Szabolcs Mayer hu
Szabolcs Mayer
451,000 -29,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
450,000 -20,000
Julien Jean-Paul Brulet be
Julien Jean-Paul Brulet
435,000 283,500

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