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

Habib Takes a Hit

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

It's been a rough level for Walid Bou Habib, who began the day as the chip leader.

In a recent hand, a preflop raising war resulted in Artem Metalidi getting his stack of 105,000 all in preflop holding the {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}, which was well out in front of Habib's {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}. The board ran out an uneventful {j-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Metalidi doubled through Habib.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
315,000
-105,000
-105,000
Profile photo of Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
217,700
112,700
112,700

Tags: Walid Bou HabibArtem Metalidi

Katchalov Stacking

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Eugene Katchalov opened to 6,000 and was met by a three bet to 15,000 by Tapio Vihakas. A couple positions down someone with a wrong id-card shoved all in for 28,900. When action back on Katchalov he made it 58,000 to go which forced out Vihakas.

Katchalov had {K-Clubs}{K-Spades} and was up against {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}. There was some paint on the flop but neither would set up: {J-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. The {10-Diamonds} on the turn did nothing and the {9-Clubs} on the river didn't either. Katchalov picked up some much needed chips while his opponent had to depart.

"Good luck all" he said to the table while making a big sigh.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
180,000
75,100
75,100

Tags: Eugene Katchalov

Don’t Tell the Wife

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

We got to the table just as Bejjani Kamal bust out holding {q-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} on a Queen high board but was outkicked by Joe Laming from the UK. Kamal stormed away angrily from the table leading Ana Marquez, who had been chatting to him earlier, to comment “Oh my God, his wife is going to kill him for going out before the bubble.”

Player Chips Progress
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Bejjani Kamal
Busted

Tags: Ana Marquez

Palacios Coolered Near the Bubble

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 400 ante

Over on the feature table, Bolivar Palacios got his last 81,700 all in preflop and was up against Walid Bou Habib.

Palacios: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Habib: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

It was a cooler near the bubble, and Palacios would receive no reprieve as the board ran out a dry {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
392,000
77,000
77,000
Profile photo of Bolivar Palacios pa
Bolivar Palacios
Busted
Jaka Coaching

Tags: Walid Bou HabibBolivar Palacios

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Bubble Time

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We're on the bubble here in Prague as just 152 players remain, two players, on different tables, busted on the first hand back from the break.

Christian Golob was all in for 105,000 with {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Aleksey Ponakov had {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} the {j-Hearts}{8-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board meant Golob was gone in 154th.

A few seconds later there was another all in and call, this time it was EPT8 Campione champion Jannick Wrang who was at risk, he was all in for 68,000 with {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and up against Sergey Baburin's {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}. The {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Hearts} board gave Baburin the win though and sent Wrang to the rail on the 'soft' bubble.

Player Chips Progress
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Christian Golob
Busted
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Jannick Wrang
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Jannick WrangSergey Baburin

What's Going On?

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Play has stopped for now and the tournament staff is counting the amount of players still left in the tournament. This has been going on for some time now, it's unclear why it's taking so long. Some of the players are convinced the bubble has already bursted and that they're actually already in the money. We'll report back to you when we know for sure.