€5,300 Main Event Day 1b | 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

12-11-2015 21:30 UTC+1

The Last of the Level 6 Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Devkin	Busted
Simeon Naydenov	Busted
Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Mads Smith Hansen	Busted
Martins Adeniya	Busted
Diogo Cardoso	Busted
David Valone	Busted
Denis Sapozhnikov	Busted
Alen Bilic	Busted
Maximilian Hester	Busted
Dmitry Shchepkin	Busted
Manuel Nunez	Busted
Payam Ansarian	Busted
Dmitriy Rumyantsev	Busted
Konrad Reyhe	Busted
Kiryl Radzivonau	Busted
Igor Pihela	Busted
Bartosz Ziolkowski	Busted
Dany Kreidieh	Busted
Friedrich Meyer	Busted
Serdar Demiroglu	Busted
Mariano Martiradonna	Busted
Boutros Naim	Busted
Igor Kotan	Busted

12-11-2015 22:01 UTC+1

Akenhead Soaring

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Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

James Akenhead, former World Series of Poker Main Event and WSOP Europe Main Event finalist, is up past 100,000 chips and cruising along here in Prague.

Arne Kern opened to 1,100 from under the gun, two players folded, and BlazeJ Przygorzewski put in a raise of his own to 3,400. One player folded and James Akenhead four-bet to 7,900. The action passed to Kern and he folded. Przygorzewki asked the dealer to confirm Akenhead's bet size and once armed with the information, let his hand go.

Player	Chips	Progress
James Akenhead	103,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Arne Kern BlazeJ Przygorzewski James Akenhead

12-11-2015 22:02 UTC+1

Selbst Gives It Up on the Turn

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Action folded to [Removed:563] in the cutoff and he raised to 1,100, which Rui Ferreira called from the button. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst then three-bet to 3,800 from the small blind, Goh got out of the way, and Ferreira called to see the flop, which came down .

Selbst continued for 4,300, Ferreira called, and the dealer burned and turned the .

Selbst slowed down with a check, and Ferreira fired out 9,400. Selbst hit the tank for several minutes and ultimately released her hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	75,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst Rui Ferreira

12-11-2015 22:04 UTC+1

Say Goodbye to...

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhao Wei	Busted
Michael Magalashvili	Busted
Marian Copilu	Busted
Robin Hegele	Busted
[Removed:551]	Busted
Viktor Kavestam	Busted
Andrew Hulme	Busted
Nir Levy	Busted
Alexandru Lapusneanu	Busted
Kristo Klaaseen	Busted
Mikkel Lokkegaard Hansen	Busted
Ismael Bojang	Busted

Marco Caza	Busted
Andrei Grigoras	Busted
Shalev Halfa	Busted

12-11-2015 22:07 UTC+1

Novitckii Catches a Lucky Turn

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Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Vladimir Novitckii is up to 74,000 after catching an ace on the turn in a pot with Wael Sarkis.

A raising war broke out that resulted in Novitckii push all-in for around 30,000, a bet that sent Sarkis into the tank for more than two minutes. He eventually emerged with a call, turning over a he did so. Novitckii showed and looked in bad shape on the flop. However, the turn changed his fortunes, and when the landed on the turn, Novitckii's double was complete.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vladimir Novitckii	74,000

Tags: Vladimir Novitckii Wael Sarkis

12-11-2015 22:12 UTC+1

Popov Takes a Big Hit

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

After a player in early position raised to 1,100, Gaspare Nastasi three-bet all in for 12,550 from the cutoff. Thomas Popov then four-bet all in from the big blind for 21,000, and the original raiser folded.

Nastasi:
Popov:

The flop gave both players a set, but of course Nastasi's was best. Neither the turn nor river changed anything, and Nastasi shipped the double while Popov was left with just 9,000.

Tags: Thomas Popov Gaspare Nastasi

12-11-2015 22:14 UTC+1

Tedeschi Puzzled By Hansen's Preflop Call

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Matthew Pitt

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas made it 1,100 to go from early position, Soren Hansen made it 2,700 a couple of seats along, before Paul Tedeschi four-bet to 7,200. Tamasauskas folded, but Hansen called.

Despite the exciting preflop, the duo checked down the board, and Hansen won with when Tedeschi mucked.

Tedeschi seemed perplexed at Hansen's preflop call and turned around to chat to his fellow Frenchman, Adrien Allain, about the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Tedeschi	24,700

Tags: Adrien Allain

12-11-2015 22:32 UTC+1

When PokerStars Pros Go to the Christmas Market

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Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Sarah tags along while Theo Jorgensen and Chris Moneymaker explore the Prague Christmas market.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Theo Jorgensen

12-11-2015 22:39 UTC+1

Another Team PokerStars Pro Down

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Dermot Blain opened for 1,200 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to 2,800 from Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano on the button. Both blinds folded, Blain three-bet big, and Pagano opted to call off for roughly 17,000.

Pagano:
Blain:

It was a flip, but Pagano was the one that needed to improve to stay alive. That proved easier said than done though as the board ran out a clean .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dermot Blain	46,000 9,500	9,500
Luca Pagano	Busted

Tags: Luca Pagano Dermot Blain

12-11-2015 22:42 UTC+1

Aido on Life Support

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Chad Holloway

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Sergio Aido raised from the cutoff — how much we're not sure — and Cheng-Wei Yin defended the big blind to see an flop. Yin proceeded to check-call a bet of 500 and then check-called one of 2,500 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Yin checked for a third time and Aido slowed down by checking behind.

Yin tabled the , and it was good as Aido mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cheng-Wei Yin	95,000
Sergio Aido	5,700 15,300	15,300

Tags: Cheng-Wei Yin Sergio Aido