€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

12-12-2015 15:12 UTC+2

Panka Busts to Vieira

Happy_Freaked

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

One of Poland's finest, former PCA winner Dominik Panka, has just been knocked out by one of Portugal's best, Joao Vieira. The action started with Panka, who put in a raise to 2,500 from middle position after which the player in the cutoff called.

From the big blind, Vieira three-bet to 11,000 and Panka moved all in for 50,400. The player in the cutoff folded right away, and after Vieira had the amount confirmed, he made the call.

Vieira:
Panka:

The board ran out and Panka was knocked out early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	125,000	52,900
Dominik Panka	Busted

Tags: Dominik Panka Joao Vieira

12-12-2015 15:06 UTC+2

Baumann Eliminated, Barak Triples

Webjoker

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Gaelle Baumann open shoved her last 13,800 in from the hijack and found a caller on her immediate left. PCA champion Dimitar Danchev invested 13,800 as well and action folded to Eliyachu Barak in the big blind who pushed all in for 15,900. Danchev added the chips to put both players at risk.

Eliyachu Barak:
Gaelle Baumann:
Dimitar Danchev:

The board ran out and Baumann made here exit. Barak tripled up in the hand and fist pumped, only to apologize for it with a smile later.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitar Danchev	61,300	8,900
Eliyachu Barak	45,600	25,200
Gaelle Baumann	Busted

Tags: Gaelle Baumann Dimitar Danchev

12-12-2015 14:55 UTC+2

Pollak Crippled After Running Kings Into Aces

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

A preflop raising war saw Alexandru Waleed Gavrilut get his stack of 50,600 all in against Benjamin Pollak.

Pollak:
Gavrilut :

Pollak, who had called Gavrilut 's shove, seemed annoyed by the cooler, and he paid the price after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Pollak	11,500	-50,500

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Alexandru Waleed Gavrilut

12-12-2015 14:52 UTC+2

The Last of the Level 8 Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Russell Thomas	Busted
Gilles Huet	Busted
Christoph Juffinger	Busted
Jussi Nevanlinna	Busted
Manig Loeser	Busted
Charles Chattha	Busted
Claudio Di Giacomo	Busted
Ioannis Kontonatsios	Busted
Karol Jaczkowski	Busted
Jan Nakladal	Busted
Antonis Poulengeris	Busted
Anton Dmitriev	Busted
Vladas Tamasauskas	Busted
Ran Azor	Busted
Jonathan Roy	Busted
Tobias Reinkemeier	Busted
Maximiliano Gallardo	Busted
Lucian Draghici	Busted
Luis Tavares Machado	Busted
Bobby Zhang	Busted
Oliver Bosch	Busted
Jesper Feddersen	Busted
Maksim Semisoshenko	Busted
Lionel Rozenberg	Busted
Martin Czuczor	Busted

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12-12-2015 14:49 UTC+2

Staszko Bad Beated Out of the Tournament

Webjoker

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Dutchman Abdelhakim Zoufri opened before the flop and his country man David Boyaciyan made the call in position. Martin Staszko, who finished runner up in the Eureka Main Event for €172,600 earlier this week, squeezed from the small blind. Zoufri isolated and Boyaciyan, who made back to back final tables here a couple of years ago, opted to fold. Staszko pushed all in for a bit more and Zoufri made the call.

Abdelhakim Zoufri:
Martin Staszko:

The flop came a devastating for Staszko. The on the turn gave him some outs for a chop but the on the river wasn't one of the cards he was looking for. Staszko, runner up in the WSOP 2011 Main Event for $5,433,086, hit the rail early on Day 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Abdelhakim Zoufri	180,000	51,000
David Boyaciyan	95,000	33,100
Martin Staszko	Busted

Tags: David Boyaciyan Martin Staszko

12-12-2015 14:37 UTC+2

Selbst Drops One in Last Hand of Level 9

Chad Holloway

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

In the last hand of Level 9, Ariel Mantel raised to 2,000 from the hijack only to have Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst three-bet to 5,200 from the small blind. Mantel made the call and then both players checked it down as the board ran out .

Selbst tabled the for a pair of nines, but it was no good as Mantel had rivered a pair of queens.

Selbst is down a bit from where she started Day 2, while Mantel has already doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ariel Mantel	160,000	89,300
Vanessa Selbst	100,000	-10,400

Tags: Ariel Mantel Vanessa Selbst

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

12-12-2015 14:29 UTC+2

You Win Some, You Lose Some

Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Marc Convey has got himself some TV time after the cameras caught his big hand with Adrien Allain. Convey had doubled his 19,500 starting stack, but is now back to where he started thanks to his unable to hold against his French opponent's when the board ran .

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Allain	35,000	17,400
Marc Convey	19,500

Tags: Adrien Allain Marc Convey

12-12-2015 14:19 UTC+2

O'Kearney Approaching 100K

Matthew Pitt

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Columbia's Mayu Roca raised to 1,800 from early position, Jose Ponce Diaz called from the next seat along and Dara O'Kearney came along for the ride from the big blind.

All three players checked the flop, with O'Kearney checking the turn. Roca bet 3,800 and both of his opponents called. The river was the and now O'Kearney led for 4,500. Roca paused for 20 seconds or so before raising to 13,000, which folded out Diaz. O'Kearney put both hands on his head as if trying to do some sort of Jedi mind trick, before moving all-in, covering Diaz's 33,100 stack.

Diaz went into the tank for more than two minutes before folding and showing . O'Kearney showed the and added the sizeable pot to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dara O'Kearney	90,750	20,950
Mayu Roca	33,100	-26,000

Tags: Dara O'Kearney Mayu Roca

12-12-2015 14:08 UTC+2

Chartier Picks Up Right Where He Left Off

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Sam Chartier began the day as the chip leader after a hot performance on Day 1b, and he's picked up right where he left off — winning pots!

We picked up the action with 33,000 or so already in the middle and a board reading . Gerald Karlic checked from the small blind and then called when Chartier bet 21,000 from the big. When the river put four diamonds on the board, Karlic checked and Chartier gave it some thought before doing the same.

Karlic tabled the for a flush, but it was no good as Chartier held a bigger one with his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Chartier	250,000	38,500
Gerald Karlic	120,000	-38,000

Tags: Gerald Karlic Sam Chartier