2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€754,510
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,063,400
Entries
1,044
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000

Lubenets Busts, Greenwood Recovers

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Valerii Lubenets' Prague adventure is over thanks to him pushing his {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} straight into the {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} of Ivan Deyra. The board hinted at coming to Lubenets' rescue, but ultimately didn't with the five community cards running {6-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{6-Spades}.

Close to Lubenets' old table is Sam Greenwood, who has recovered from being down to 80,000 chips to be closing in on 300,000 right now.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
280,000 200,000
Valerii Lubenets ua
Valerii Lubenets
Busted

Tags: Sam GreenwoodValerii LubenetsIvan Deyra

No Longer With Us

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Christophe Larquemin fr
Christophe Larquemin
Busted
Brian Benhamou fr
Brian Benhamou
Busted
Diogo Veiga pt
Diogo Veiga
Busted
Pietro Alerci it
Pietro Alerci
Busted
Yigit Aktulga tr
Yigit Aktulga
Busted
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
Busted
Zevola Marco ar
Zevola Marco
Busted
Anton Yakuba ru
Anton Yakuba
Busted
Belmehel Dja Daouadji fr
Belmehel Dja Daouadji
Busted
Ollie Price gb
Ollie Price
Busted
Georgios Kapalas gr
Georgios Kapalas
Busted
Stephen Woodhead gb
Stephen Woodhead
Busted
Oyvind Efraimsen no
Oyvind Efraimsen
Busted
Walid Bou Habib lb
Walid Bou Habib
Busted
[Removed:172] de
[Removed:172]
Busted
Eduards Kudrjavcevs lv
Eduards Kudrjavcevs
Busted

Another Huge Pot On Table One

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Ka Kwan Lau
Ka Kwan Lau

A million chip pot was just played over on table one when Simon Persson bluffed in to the two pair of Vlado Banicevic (link), and just now another huge pot went down on the table in the far left corner of the room.

PokerStars Team Pro Ivan Demidov opened under the gun and Vlado Banicevic and Ka Kwan Lau called before Samuel Vousden over called from the big blind.

Vousden lead out for about half the pot on {3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades} and just Lau made the call. Lau called the half pot bet on the {9-Spades} turn as well and the {10-Clubs} completed the board. Vousden shoved all in and Lau instantly called for the 188,000 he had remaining.

Samuel Vousden: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Ka Kwan Lau: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

Set over set, set Samuel Vousden back lots while Ka Kwan Lou doubled.

Player Chips Progress
Ka Kwan Lau es
Ka Kwan Lau
700,000 295,000
Samuel Vousden fi
Samuel Vousden
434,000 -316,000

Tags: Ka Kwan LauSamuel Vousden

Bielskis Crushed Then Stalls

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Andrius Bielskis is out of the EPT12 Prague Main Event, but a little bit of stalling has secured him €1,260 more than he could have won.

Bielskis lost all but 3,000 chips when his {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} failed to come from behind to beat the {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds} of Paul Michaelis, and noticed that there were 96 players remaining. Ninety-sixth place paid €10,280, but 95th place €11,540. Bielskis stalled on the next hand for close to one minute, and again on the next, before someone bust to allow him to commit his then solitary chip, which he lost in a mulitway pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andrius Bielskis lt
Andrius Bielskis
Busted

Tags: Andrius BielskisPaul Michaelis

Kober No More

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

We happened upon a hand already in progress. It appeared a short-stacked Philipp Kober was all in preflop, while Ilkin Amirov and Federico Castanola were contesting a side pot on a {4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} board.

Amirov checked, Castanola bet 29,000, and Amirov got out of the way.

"I have no outs," Kober admitted upon seeing Castanola's {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}. Indeed, Kober was drawing dead with the {q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, and was officially eliminated from the tournament when the {J-Clubs} was put out on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
390,000 -40,000
Federico Sztern uy
Federico Sztern
295,000 30,000
Philipp Kober at
Philipp Kober
Busted

Tags: Philipp KoberIlkin AmirovFederico Castanola

Amirov Triples Up

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Ilkin Amirov just moved all in for his last 115,000 chips from the hijack, and Oleg Vasylchenko called all in from his direct left for a little bit less. Eduards Kudrjavcevs, on the button, called the all ins as well, and he had both players covered by the slightest margin.

Amirov: {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}
Vasylchenko: {A-}{Q-Clubs}
Kudrjavcevs: {A-}{K-}

The board brought {9-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Amirov caught a jack on the turn to triple his stack. On the very next hand Amirov won another pot to put him up to 430,000 while Kudrjavcevs needs a fair bit of luck to get back into the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Ilkin Amirov az
Ilkin Amirov
430,000 30,000
Eduards Kudrjavcevs lv
Eduards Kudrjavcevs
5,000 -107,500
Oleg Vasylchenko ua
Oleg Vasylchenko
Busted

Tags: Eduards KudrjavcevsIlkin AmirovOleg Vasylchenko

The Ladies Don't Treat Stuer Very Well

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Walter Treccarichi moved all in for roughly 100,000 from middle position and Julian Stuer called off for just under from the button. Both blinds folded and it was off to the races.

Treccarichi: {a-Clubs}{k-Clubs}
Stuer: {q-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

Stuer was ahead, but that changed when the {k-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Spades} flop delivered Treccarichi a pair of kings. Neither the {5-Spades} turn nor {3-Clubs} river helped Stuer, and he made his way to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Walter Treccarichi it
Walter Treccarichi
200,000 100,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
Busted

Tags: Julian StuerWalter Treccarichi

Persson Eliminated After Another Big Bluff

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Vlado Banicevic
Vlado Banicevic

Ka Kwan Lau opened before the flop from early position and Simon Persson made the call on the button. Vlado Banicevic in the big blind over called and the three took a flop of {Q-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Spades}. Banicevic checked and initial raiser Lau followed suit. Persson bet 28,000 and Banicevic check raised to 62,000. Ka Kwan Lau folded, Persson called.

The {8-Diamonds} hit the turn and Banicevic bet 77,000. Persson made the call.

The {7-Clubs} completed the board and Banicevic checked his option. Persson, who was the one five betting pre with ace-five yesterday against Chris Moneymaker, thought for a bit before he shoved all in for 216,000.

Banicevic tanked for quite some time and Persson called the clock after a little wile. As soon as the floor came over to start the one minute countdown, Banicevic instantly called.

Persson showed his {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} with a disappointed face. Banicevic tabled {Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and cheered.

"Nice hand" Persson said, "Good luck everyone."

Player Chips Progress
Vlado Banicevic me
Vlado Banicevic
1,152,000 399,000
Simon Persson se
Simon Persson
Busted

Tags: Simon PerssonVlado Banicevic