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

The Power Of The Four Bet

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

The average stack is currently a shade over 56 big blinds, plenty of room for four-betting then, as two different players proved.

From under-the-gun Karel Kratochvil opened to 12,000, two seats along Stefan Vagner three-bet to 26,000 and next to act, Andrea Benelli made it 44,000 from the hijack. It passed back to Kratochvil he folded but Vagner made the call. The flop fell {K-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, Vagner checked, Benelli fired out 55,000 and after a brief think Vagner folded and preserved his 158,000 stack.

A couple of tables over Jorma Nuutinen raised to 12,000 from the cut-off, Emmanuel Francois Murcia three-bet to 29,000 from the button and Lasell King then cold four-bet to 65,000 from the big blind. Nuutinen folded but Murcia stuck around to see a {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts} flop. A continuation bet of 60,000 from King was enough to win the pot.

Pietrzak Survies

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

Piotr Robert Pietrzak put it all on the line with his last 55,000 chips and was called in the big blind by Stefan Vagner who flipped over {a-Clubs}{3-Spades}. Pietrzak said he really didn’t want a call as he revealed his {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}. But in the end he was happy to get one as the board ran out {k-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts} to double him up as Vagner took another hit.

Player Chips Progress
Stefan Vagner sk
Stefan Vagner
165,000 -75,000
Piotr Robert Pietrzak pl
Piotr Robert Pietrzak
120,000 -18,200

Tags: Stefan Vagner

Marquez Bags a Big One on Saffari

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

Action exploded on a {7-Spades}{6-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop between Sebastian Saffari and Ana Marquez that resulted in the former getting his stack in the middle.

He held both straight and flush draws with the {10-Spades}{8-Spades}, and he'd need to hit one to overcome the {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} of Marquez. The {k-Hearts} turn was no help to Saffari, and neither was the {2-Hearts} river. He was clearly disappointed to miss his plethora of outs and quietly made his way to the payout desk.

"Do you always have the aces?" another players asked a smiling Marquez.

"I had ace-jack once," Jonathan Little, who was seated to the right of Marquez, chimed in.

Player Chips Progress
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
640,000 300,000
Sebastian Saffari gb
Sebastian Saffari
Busted

Tags: Ana MarquezSebastian Saffari

The River

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

Karel Kratochvil, playing on home soil, opened from the cut-off to 12,000. Stefan Vagner called in the small blind as did big blind Andrea Benelli. The three players saw a flop of {3-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. Checked to the raiser, Kratochvil bet 16,000. Vagner called and Benelli folded. Turn {10-Clubs} was checked by both players and we saw a river {k-Hearts}. Vagner checked and faced a bet of 33,000 from Kratochvil. Vagner called and mucked in frustration when he saw the {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Karel Kratochvil cz
Karel Kratochvil
260,000 182,500
Stefan Vagner sk
Stefan Vagner
240,000 120,000

Tags: Andrea BenelliKarel KratochvilStefan Vagner

Little Gets Three Streets of Value

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

Sebastian Saffari limped in from the small blind and called as Jonathan Little made it 16,000 from the big blind. The flop came {J-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Saffari checked to Little. The American player bet out 16,000 once more and Saffari called.

The turn brought the {2-Hearts} on the table and Saffari now check called a 36,000 bet from his neighbor. The river, to make the board complete, was the {8-Clubs} and Saffari checked again. Little made it 58,000 by sliding two new yellow 25,000 chips, a blue 5,000 and three red 1,000 chips forward. Saffari shook his head but called after some thinking.

Little immediately turned over {4-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Saffari mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
571,000 106,000
Sebastian Saffari gb
Sebastian Saffari
165,000 -263,000

Tags: Jonathan LittleSebastian Saffari

Chip Leaders At The Start of Level 18

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
1,033,000 790,200
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
1,005,000 -95,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
750,000 387,200
Dmytko Samoilenko ua
Dmytko Samoilenko
716,000 176,000
Martin Wiklund se
Martin Wiklund
700,000 -35,000
Georgios Sotiropoulos gr
Georgios Sotiropoulos
680,000 478,400
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
637,000 377,500
Jorma Nuutinen fi
Jorma Nuutinen
623,000 453,000
Nicolai Kramer de
Nicolai Kramer
600,000 220,000
Artem Romanov ru
Artem Romanov
575,000 -105,000

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000