The EPT10 Vienna is a part of a 40-event festival, and this past weekend some of those tournament played out. For instance, Event #9 €330 NLHE Turbo Deepstack attracted 286 players and created a prize pool of €83,226.
Here's a look at the results from that tournament:
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The screen now makes mention of 526 registered players of whom 508 remain at this time. Late registration is still open and players are still taking their seats. Amongst the late arrivals we just saw two time EPT runner-up Martin Jacobson and EPT Tallinn winner Kevin Stani.
Reinhard Fritschi checked the flop of and next to act was Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof in the cut-off who made it 1,250. The button and the small blind both folded but Fritschi made the call.
Heads up to the turn card which Fritschi again checked and then called a bet of 2,875 from Hof. The river card was and the action was repeated. Hof this time betting a chunky 6,875 and getting the call. She flipped over and a slightly disconsolate Fritschi mucked his cards.
Ukranian player Oleh Okhotskyi tossed in a purple 500 chip but forgot to announce he wanted to raise and thus it was declared a call. Joep van den Bijgaart over limped from the cutoff and Dominik Panka completed from the small blind. Ole Schemion in the big blind raised it up to 1,200 and just Okhotskyi called, both Van den Bijgaart and Panka opted to fold.
on the flop and both players checked. Schemion bet out 1,400 once the fell on the turn, Okhotskyi called. The completed the board and Schemion bet out 4,000. Okhotskyi quickly folded leaving the pot to Schemion.
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Johnny Lodden, a Team PokerStars Pro, made a three-bet to 1,350 while yawning. It’s what he does. Igin Viacheslav in the big blind made the call, but when it got back to Ludovic Riehl he decided to four-bet to 3,850. Both Lodden and Viacheslav made the call.
They saw a flop and all three players checked. Turn card and, when it was checked to Lodden, a bet of 6,550 from him saw the other players fold and the pot pushed his way.
We didn't catch the action, but we do know that Ismail Erkenov just double through fellow Russian Yury Gulyy. The board read , and from what we could piece together the chips went in on the flop.
Gulyy:
Erkenov:
Gulyy had flopped an open-ended straight draw, but he failed to get there. Erkenov's pair of queens kept him alive, though he only double to about 10,000.
and next to act was Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof in the cut-off who made it 1,250. The button and the small blind both folded but Fritschi made the call.
which Fritschi again checked and then called a bet of 2,875 from Hof. The river card was 
and the action was repeated. Hof this time betting a chunky 6,875 and getting the call. She flipped over 
and a slightly disconsolate Fritschi mucked his cards.
on the flop and both players checked. Schemion bet out 1,400 once the 
completed the board and Schemion bet out 4,000. Okhotskyi quickly folded leaving the pot to Schemion.
and, when it was checked to Lodden, a bet of 6,550 from him saw the other players fold and the pot pushed his way.
, and from what we could piece together the chips went in on the flop.
