€25,500 Single-Day High Roller | 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

12-11-2015 15:13 UTC+2

Astapau Short After Bluffing Akkari

Happy_Freaked

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Team PokerStar Pro Andre Akkari just raised under the gun to 2,500 and Anton Astapau three-bet from the button to 7,000. Both blinds folded and Akkari called the raise, after which the action was checked down on .

Astapau, in position, bt 9,000 on the river and Akkari made the call showing . Astapau's ended up in the muck and he's now down to just 22,500 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	115,000 15,000	15,000

Anton Astapau	22,500 -77,500	-77,500

Tags: Andre Akkari Anton Astapau

12-11-2015 15:17 UTC+2

Another One Down, Two New Players

Webjoker

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Thomas Muehloecker , who finished 5th in the €50,000 Super High Roller for €220,500 yesterday, has been eliminated from the tournament. Yingui Li and Tobias Reinkemeier have registered to get the total amount of players up to 57 at the moment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Reinkemeier	100,000 100,000	100,000
Yingui Li	100,000 100,000	100,000
Thomas Muehloecker	Busted

Tags: Thomas Muehloecker

Level: 4

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

12-11-2015 15:20 UTC+2

Ole Versus Oleh

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Level 2 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

On a flop of we saw Ole Schemion check call a bet of 3,100 from Oleh Okhotski. Schemion, seated in the big blind, checked again on the turn. Oleh Okhotski in the hijack checked behind. Schemion bet out 8,600 on the river and Okhotski called after some seconds of thinking. Schemion confidently showed for top pair, but was beaten by Okhotski's .

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleh Okhotski	135,000 25,000	25,000
Ole Schemion	83,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Ole Schemion Oleh Okhotski

12-11-2015 15:32 UTC+2

Two German Speakers Back In, Astapau Out

Webjoker

Level 3 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Current Main Event chip leader Anton Astapau has been eliminated from the tournament. Both Thomas Muehloecker (Austria) and Martin Finger (Germany) have bought back in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Finger	100,000 100,000	100,000

Thomas Muehloecker	100,000 100,000	100,000
Anton Astapau	Busted

Tags: Anton Astapau Martin Finger Thomas Muehloecker

12-11-2015 15:45 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Doubles Through Soika

Happy_Freaked

Level 3 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Ihar Soika raised to 3,600 and Tobias Reinkemeier three-bet to 11,000 after which the Belarusian player folded. On the very next hand Soika raised again to 3,600 and this time it was Steve O'Dwyer who three-bet to 10,300.

The action folded back to Soika, and he moved all in after a while to put O'Dwyer at risk. O'Dwyer called right away for 45,500 total, and the showdown went as following.

Soika:
O'Dwyer:

The flop brought , and O'Dwyer said, "Faster, faster" to the dealer, looking to speed up the showdown.

The turn brought the and the river the , and O'Dwyer doubled up.

O'Dwyer added that he would much rather see RFID cards and have the dealer press a button to see who would win the hand.

"It's just too stressful," the winner of last night's Super High Roller said with a smile.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	93,000 26,000	26,000

Ihar Soika	30,500 -69,500	-69,500

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Ihar Soika Tobias Reinkemeier

12-11-2015 15:50 UTC+2

Chris Hunichen's Hero Call Fails

Webjoker

Level 4 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

As we arrived Chris Hunichen was already deep into the tank on the river, contemplating whether to call off all of his chips or not on a board of . After the hand was finished we asked David Peters what had happened leading up to that point.

Hunichen opened for 3,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel right next to him called. David Peters in the big blind came along for the ride as well.

On the flop Peters checked. Hunichen made a continuation bet of 7,000 and both Thorel and Peters made the call. The hit the turn and Peters checked again. Hunichen fired anther 17,000 and this time just Thorel made the call, Peters folded.

The river came the and Hunichen checked with about 62,000 behind. Jean-Noel Thorel moved all in for 80,400 and Hunichen went deep into the tank. He mumbled something about hero calling and how it didn't work out the last time. He tanked some more and eventually called.

Thorel pouted like he was beat, and showed . Hunichen got up from the table, realized he had to show his cards because it was an all in, and smashed his on the table.