On a flop reading and with more than 7,000 chips in the pot, Ole Schemion check-called a 4,500 bet from Mikita Badziakouski. Schemion check-called again, this time a 14,000 bet on the turn, leading the dealer to place the onto the river.
Schemion checked again. Badziakouski peeked at his hole cards before banging the table to indicate a check.
Schemion flipped over for top pair, and Badziakouski mucked.
Anton Astapau opened under the gun and defending champion Leonid Markin made the call from the small blind. Fedor Holz came along for the ride from the big blind and the three of 'em took a flop of .
Three checks later the on the turn was seen for free. Markin checked again before Holz bet 5,700. Astapau called, Markin folded.
The completed the board and Holz checked. Astapau carefully picked 13,200 and slid them forward. Holz called by tossing in 13,000 and added the 200 after mucking upon seeing Astapau's . Despite the loss, Holz is still up for the day with a stack of 265,000. Astapau is up to almost 300,000 after the first hands few hand of his tournament.
The EPT 12 Prague Poker Festival will feature a record 97 tourneys at the Hilton Prague from December 5-16.
Today's lineup obviously includes Day 1 of the €50k Super High Roller, but also taking place is Day 2 of the record-obliterating €1,100 Eureka Main Event.
In addition, today's schedule includes the €1,000 PL Omaha event at 1 p.m. followed by the first-ever EPT Quintuple Draw Event (featuring A-5 Triple, 2-7 Triple, Badugi, Badacey, Badeucey - 6 Handed) starting at 2 p.m. There is also a €2,000 NL Turbo at 4 p.m. and €500 NL Hyper Turbo at 6 p.m. On top of that, there are three Full Tilt Flipout tournaments running in the evening, while the day will wrap with a last minute €5,000 satellite for the Super High Roller, which allows reentries and late entry until the start of Day 2.
While the EPT12 Prague €50,000 Super High Roller is getting all our attention, there's actually another event playing out across the tournament room — the Eureka 5 Prague Main Event.
That tournament, which drew a record-breaking 1,893 entries (438 on Day 1a, 1,453 on Day 1b plus two no-shows), features a €1,836,210 prize pool that'll be divvied up between the top 279 players. Meanwhile, the eventual champ will take €311,000.
Among the massive field, 68 countries were represented. Germany had the strongest representation with 164 players (8.7%) followed by France (122), Russia (121), Israel (103) and Poland (101). The home country was in fifth with 94 participants. Have a look:
Luuk Gieles opened for 2,500 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy made the call. Jeff Rossiter squeezed to 9,200 and Juha Helppi cold four bet to 28,700. Gieles and Troyanovskiy both folded but Rossiter had bigger plans and moved in for 109,700. "I decided to raise to call, but I don't like it." Helppi said.
Rossiter showed the while Helppi had to do with . The board came an uneventful and Rossiter was back to starting stack while Helppi dwindled to just about half of that.
Ole Schemion raised to 3,000, and all of his opponents folded in turn. The next hand, Schemion made it 3,000 to go again, and this time Joni Jouhkimainen called in the small blind, and Mikita Badziakouski called from the big blind.
Both blinds tapped the table and checked the Schemion on the flop, and he set the price to see a turn card at 4,400, a bet only Badziakouski called.
Badziakouski checked on the turn, Schemion bet 9,200, only to see Badziakouski check-raise to 30,000. Schemion looked at Badziakouski for a few seconds before sending his cards into the muck.
Steve O'Dwyer raised to 2,700 under the gun and action folded to Daniel Dvoress, who flatted from the big blind. When the flop came down , Dvoress check-called a bet of 4,000 and then both players checked the turn.
The river saw Dvoress lead out for 12,500, and O'Dwyer paid it off only to muck when Dvoress rolled over the .
"Didn't expect that," said Christoph Vogelsang, who had been observing the action from the one seat.
and with more than 7,000 chips in the pot, Ole Schemion check-called a 4,500 bet from Mikita Badziakouski. Schemion check-called again, this time a 14,000 bet on the 
turn, leading the dealer to place the 
onto the river.
for top pair, and Badziakouski mucked.
and Adams check-folded to a bet of 7,100.
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on the turn was seen for free. Markin checked again before Holz bet 5,700. Astapau called, Markin folded.
completed the board and Holz checked. Astapau carefully picked 13,200 and slid them forward. Holz called by tossing in 13,000 and added the 200 after mucking upon seeing Astapau's 
. Despite the loss, Holz is still up for the day with a stack of 265,000. Astapau is up to almost 300,000 after the first hands few hand of his tournament.
. The board came an uneventful 
and Rossiter was back to starting stack while Helppi dwindled to just about half of that.
flop, and he set the price to see a turn card at 4,400, a bet only Badziakouski called.
, Dvoress check-called a bet of 4,000 and then both players checked the 
turn. 
river saw Dvoress lead out for 12,500, and O'Dwyer paid it off only to muck when Dvoress rolled over the 
.
