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

Player	Chips	Progress
Karel Kratochvil	Busted
Donald Rae	Busted
John Leathart	Busted
Kyle Frey	Busted
Timo Pfutzenreuter	Busted
Ozgur Arda	Busted
Aleksander Spadijer	Busted
Raffaele Carnevale	Busted
Bjorn Wiesler	Busted
Artem Metalidi	Busted
Emile Yazbeck	Busted
Raffaele Sorrentino	Busted
Yasen Dichev	Busted
Charlie Carrel	Busted
Henri Parviainen	Busted
Liviu Ignat	Busted
Massimo Di Cicco	Busted
Adrien Tantaro	Busted
Ben Heath	Busted
Robert Schulz	Busted
Stephen Bantick	Busted
Andrei Chernokoz	Busted
Jochum Weenink	Busted
Jakub Michalak	Busted
Byron Kaverman	Busted

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Emile Yazbeck

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Player	Chips	Progress
Gleb Tremzin	610,500 70,500	70,500
Niall Farrell	547,000 207,000	207,000

Simon Persson	468,300 -1,700	-1,700
Colin Lovelock	458,200 17,200	17,200
Sam Chartier	444,000 34,000	34,000
Ivan Deyra	391,300 126,300	126,300
Mustafa Biz	388,100 237,900	237,900
Sam Greenwood	365,500 95,500	95,500
Ori Miller	365,000 10,000	10,000
Adrian Mateos	346,000 141,000	141,000

Kenneth Smaron	331,800 137,800	137,800
Jude Ainsworth	313,900 59,900	59,900
Diogo Veiga	294,200 244,400	244,400
Marc Macdonnell	258,000 129,400	129,400
Roman Korenev	253,900 103,900	103,900
Anton Wigg	253,000 163,000	163,000

Kuljinder Sidhu	224,000 64,000	64,000
Foeke Deinum	200,200 119,400	119,400
Juha Helppi	199,800 134,800	134,800
Matthias De Meulder	185,000 35,000	35,000

Kitty Kuo	180,000 10,000	10,000

Jeffrey Hakim	178,900 151,200	151,200
Jaroslaw Sikora	167,700 35,700	35,700
Ivan Demidov	151,800 18,800	18,800

Andrew Chen	149,300 76,300	76,300

Player

Chips

Progress

Gleb Tremzin

610,500

70,500

Niall Farrell

547,000

207,000

Simon Persson

468,300

-1,700

Colin Lovelock

458,200

17,200

Sam Chartier

444,000

34,000

Ivan Deyra

391,300

126,300

Mustafa Biz

388,100

237,900

Sam Greenwood

365,500

95,500

Ori Miller

365,000

10,000

Adrian Mateos

346,000

141,000

Kenneth Smaron

331,800

137,800

Jude Ainsworth

313,900

59,900

Diogo Veiga

294,200

244,400

Marc Macdonnell

258,000

129,400

Roman Korenev

253,900

103,900

Anton Wigg

253,000

163,000

Kuljinder Sidhu

224,000

64,000

Foeke Deinum

200,200

119,400

Juha Helppi

199,800

134,800

Matthias De Meulder

185,000

35,000

Kitty Kuo

180,000

10,000

Jeffrey Hakim

178,900

151,200

Jaroslaw Sikora

167,700

35,700

Ivan Demidov

151,800

18,800

Andrew Chen

149,300

76,300

The start of Day 2 at the European Poker Tour Season 12 Prague Main Event brought about the close of registration, and with nine players taking advantage of late registration, the total field was driven up to 1,044 players — down just a tad from last year's 1,107, but still the second-largest EPT Prague Main Event ever!

That created a prize pool of €5,063,400 that'll be distributed to the top 151 finishers with a min-cash being worth €8,910. Meanwhile, a hefty €921,540 is reserved for the winner. After six 75-minute levels of play on Day 2, the field was whittled down to 250 with Gleb Tremzin and his stack of 610,500 leading the way.

Others to bag big were EPT12 Malta champ Niall Farrell (547,000), Simon Persson (468,300), Colin Lovelock (458,200), and start-of-the-day chip leader Sam Chartier (444,000).

Of course not everyone was so fortunate. Among the hundreds to hit the rail on Day 2 were Faraz Jaka, Stephen Chidwick, Ivan Luca, Steve O'Dwyer, and Ole Schemion.

Likewise, Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov, Martin Hruby, Vanessa Selbst, Natalie Hof, Theo Jorgensen, George Danzer, Andre Akkari, and Jamie Staples all hit the rail, as did frequent PokerNews reporter Marc Convey.

Convey was taking a shot in his first-ever EPT Main Event, but unfortunately for the reigning European Poker Media Person of the Year, his time ran out in Level 10 (500/1,000/100) by Sebastian Pauli.

It happened when Convey, a former EPTLive commentator, opened for 2,200 from middle position and Pauli three-bet to 5,400 from the button. The blinds both folded, and Convey thought for a few moments before four-betting all in for what looked to be 21,000. Pauli snap-called and Convey seemed to know he was in trouble.

Convey:
Pauli:

Indeed, Convey was dominated, and he began to get up put of his chair. The flop didn't do him any favors, and while the turn delivered him a flush draw, the river failed to complete it.

Another player to fall was [Removed:30], a French-born Malian footballer who is currently a free agent (he most recently spent time playing for Crystal Palace). On a flop, Chartier bet and Kebe raised to 22,000. Chartier responded by moving all in. Kebe called off for what looked to be 60,000 and the cards were turned up.

Kebe:
Chartier:

Chartier held top pair, but Kebe was drawing to hearts. The turn have Kebe an added gutshot, but the river proved useless. With that, the winger was sent to the rail while Chartier chipped up to just over 500K.

While hundreds fell, plenty of notables made it through to Day 3 including Sam Greenwood (365,500), Adrian Mateos (346,000), Juha Helppi (199,800), Kitty Kou (180,000), Day 1a chip leader Anton Astapau (147,700), Fabrice Soulier (57,600), and Mike "Timex" McDonald (37,400). They will be joined by several members of Team PokerStars including Matthias De Meulder (185,000), Ivan Demidov (151,800), Johnny Lodden (148,500), Chris Moneymaker (93,700), and Mickey Petersen (76,700).

Moneymaker was primed to finished the night as one of the big stacks, but two huge hands back-to-back saw him chopped down. You can read about those by clicking here.

Day 3 will kick off at Noon local time on Sunday with the plan of playing five levels, which will be upped from 75 minute to 90. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be there every step of the way. Until then, here's some info on the nationality breakdown of the Main Event…

Amongst the 1,044 participants in the EPT12 Prague Main Event, Germany had the strongest representation with 82 players, nearly eight percent of the field. France and the UK were tied in second, both having 75 players (7%) and Russia ranked fourth with 74. The EPT12 Main Event attracted players from 75 different countries.