2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

€25,500 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j10
Prize
€539,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,960,000
Entries
80
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

Kempe Doubles Through Mateos

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Rainer Kempe moved all in under the gun for 453,000 and the action folded to Adrian Mateos in the small blind, and he moved all in as well. The big blind, Ramin Hajiyev, folded and the showdown went as follows.

Kempe: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}
Mateos: {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and Kempe found himself a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
1,620,000 -480,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
925,000 345,000

Tags: Adrian MateosRainer KempeRamin Hajiyev

Thorel Makes (Another) Monster Bluff

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Kitson Kho opened the button for 85,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind was the sole caller. Thorel checked on {4-Spades}{7-Hearts}{A-Hearts}, and called the 130,000 continuation bet that followed.

The {5-Diamonds} fell on the turn and Thorel grabbed some chips at seemingly random, and slid them forward. It was 150,000 to Kho and he called.

The river was the {10-Clubs} and Thorel instantly shoved all in for 939,000. Kho sighed, leaned back in his chair, thought about it for some time and even counted out the 939,000, but eventually folded {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts} face up. Thorel, with a barely visible smile, showed {3-Hearts}{5-Clubs}.

The next hand action folded to Thorel. He was still stacking his chips but eventually folded, giving Gieles a walk in the big blind. Gieles, one of the shortest stacks, had pocket aces.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
1,729,000 779,000
Kitson Kho ph
Kitson Kho
1,292,000 -358,000
Luuk Gieles nl
Luuk Gieles
505,000 35,000

Tags: Jean-Noel ThorelKitson Kho

Piotr Franczak Eliminated in 9th Place (€55,850)

Level 18 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Piotr Franczak
Piotr Franczak

Piotr Franczak shoved all in for 553,000 from middle position. Action folded to Kitson Kho in the cutoff and he asked for a count. As soon as he had the count, he announced all in as well. The button and both blinds folded and it was time for a showdown.

Piotr Franczak: {A-Hearts}{J-Spades}
Kitson Kho: {A-Spades}{K-Spades}

The board came {A-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} and Franczak made his way to the exit, collecting €55,850. The remaining 8 players are guaranteed €73,500.

Player Chips Progress
Kitson Kho ph
Kitson Kho
1,580,000 630,000
Piotr Franczak pl
Piotr Franczak
Busted

Tags: Kitson KhoPiotr Franczak

Level: 18

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

Final Table

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante

The final table of nine is looking like this. The chip counts are rough estimates as no official chip counts have been done.

SeatPlayerEstimated Chip Count
1[Removed:17]480,000
2Kitson Kho1,000,000
3Tobias Reinkemeier975,000
4Jean-Noel Thorel860,000
5Luuk Gieles470,000
6Adrian Mateos2,100,000
7Ramin Hajiyev700,000
8Piotr Franczak600,000
9Rainer Kempe550,000

Vladimir Troyanovskiy Eliminated in 10th Place (€49,000)

Level 17 : 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Vladimir Troyanovskiy

The action folded to Vladimir Troyanovskiy in the small blind and he moved all in for about 251,000 on Kitson Kho's big blind. Kho called right away, and a massive cooler was upon the two players.

Kho: {K-Spades}{K-Clubs}
Troyanovskiy: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

Troyanovskiy shook his head in amazement over the situation he found himself in, and the board ran out {7-Spades}{10-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, sending the Russian player to the rail. Nine players are remaining right now, and there will be full redraw.

Player Chips Progress
Kitson Kho ph
Kitson Kho
1,100,000 375,000
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
Busted

Tags: Kitson KhoVladimir Troyanovskiy