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
Total Entries
1,007
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 1,007
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Shorty Shoves Suited Connectors

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

Pasquale Braco moved all in for his last 14,200 and was probably not too pleased to hear a re-raise all in behind him from Russian Denis Pisarev. The two players flipped their cards over and the {4-Clubs}{5-Clubs} of Branco was at least alive against the {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} of Pisarev. The flop was {5-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} which was greeted by a few snorts and raised eyebrows, but turn {a-Diamonds} river {6-Diamonds} sent Braco to the rail.

Tags: Pasquale BracoDenis Pisarev

Team Online Stays Alive

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

Simon Deadman opened for 8,000 and was met by an all-in three-bet by Team Online's newest member Marc-Andre Ladouceur from the button. The blinds both folded and Deadman dropped in the chips to make the call.

Ladouceur: {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Deadman: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop gave Deadman a pair of tens, but he'd need some more help if he hoped to eliminate a tough opponent. The {6-Clubs} turn didn't do it, and neither did the {2-Diamonds} river. Ladouceur is still on the shorter side, but he's got twice as much ammo to fire now.

Tags: Marc-Andre LadouceurSimon Deadman

Marinko Skoric Doubles Up

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

Live satellite winner Marinko Skoric was all-in for his last 50,500 with {A-Hearts}{7-Spades} and in bad shape against Lasell King's pocket tens.But the {J-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Hearts} board meant Skoric survived and doubled up to around 110,000.

Tags: Mariko Skoric

Chip Leaders

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

Small Misstep by Burke

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

Ireland’s Ciaran Burke has been fearless, creative and aggressive so far this tournament but he can’t have it all his own way. He bet the flop of {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{q-Spades} and was called by Rudi Johnsen from Norway on the button but got Dermot Blain to fold in the big blind. The two players then saw a turn card {5-Spades}. Burke check / called a bet of 25,000. The river was the {4-Diamonds} and Burke had a long think, eyeing up his opponents stack of 47,000. He decided to bet enough to put his opponent all in but was snapped off as Johnsen tabled {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} for the nut flush beating Burke’s {j-Spades}{9-Clubs} flush.

Tags: Ciaran BurkeRudi Johnsen

Benelli Building Fast; Eliminates Korenev

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

Russia's Roman Korenev got his stack of approximately 140,000 all in preflop holding the {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} and was in great shape to double against the {a-Hearts}{k-Spades} of Andrea Benelli.

The Italian held one over, and that was all he'd need as the {a-Clubs}{6-Spades}{9-Diamonds} flop paired it to give him the lead. Korenev's face said it all, and he watched helplessly as the {J-Clubs} blanked on the turn followed by the {10-Spades} on the river. With that, Korenev hit the rail.

Tags: Andrea BenelliRoman Korenev

Taylor Von Kriegenbergh Eliminated in 126th Place (€9,000)

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

Taylor Von kriegenbergh was short for some time and finally found a spot to get his chips in. Action had folded to him in the small blind and he shoved all in. Next door neighbor Jorma Nuutinen made the call without much thinking.

Von Kriegenbergh was live with his {K-Spades}{10-Spades} but he needed to improve against Nuutinen {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}. Neither one would hit anything: {Q-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}.

Von Kriegenbergh got a little card with the number 126 on it. Handing over that card to the registration pay out desk will net him €9,000.

Tags: Taylor von Kriegenbergh

Pedersen Ousted Courtesy of Lau; Simao Triples

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

A series of preflop raises resulted in a three-way all-in pot between Joao Simao, the short stack; Thomas Pedersen, the middle stack; and Ka Kwan Lau, the biggest stack.

Simao: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
Lau: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Pedersen: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

"Come on," Pedersen said as he got up out of his chair. He was clearly nervous, but that turned to pure disappointment when the flop came down {7-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} to give Lau a set. The {7-Clubs} turn was of no consequence, but the {J-Hearts} river was. An excited Simao hit his two outer to triple, while Lau took down a sizable side pot to eliminate Pedersen.

Tags: Joao SimaoKa Kwan LauThomas Pedersen

Loosli Loses to Wiklund (140th Place, €9,000)

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

As we approached the table, November Niner Sylvain Loosli stood up and made a beeline for the payout desk. We discovered Loosli held {a-}{k-} on a {4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} board, but it was no good as Martin Wiklund held the {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

A member of the French media told us that Loosli was 50 big blinds deep at the beginning of the hand. It was a pre flop all in situation where Loosli called the shove. Both hit, Loosli simply didn't hit enough to beat Wiklund's flopped set.

Meanwhile, Wiklund has been on a bit of a heater as of late and is up quite a bit since the last time we checked in with him.

Tags: Martin WiklundSylvain Loosli

Can Anyone Knock Him Out?

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

I've observed Dimitri Holdeew play 40 levels of poker this week and he's yet to have been busted from a tournament. He won the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event on Thursday and then started playing the Main Event on Friday. He's still in and currently has 150,000. Holdeew was deep in conversation with Dominik Nitsche about mix-max tournaments and reverse mix-max tournaments.

In a mix-max play starts nine handed, then at some point goes six (or four) handed and then the last eight or sixteen play heads-up and the reverse mix-max works the other way. Both players said their preference was for reverse mix-max, but for different reasons. Nitsche said, "I prefer reverse mix-max because then the final table plays out like a normal tournament and there's pay jumps and ICM considerations."

Tags: Dimitri HoldeewDominik Nitsche