The following players have signed up:
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250,000 | |
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250,000 | |
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David Peters opened for 4,300 from the hijack and saw Jean-Noel Thorel (cutoff) and Oleh Okhotski (button) both make the call. Mike Watson in the small blind squeezed to 18,000 and Thorel was the only one calling.
The flop came 
and Watson calmly checked the table. Thorel bet 25,200 and Watson slid 185,000 forward to put Thorel all in. The Frenchman gave it some thoughts before announcing all in while moving all of his chips forward. It was an all in call in the end as the dealer counted out he "only" had 85,500.
Mike Watson: 
Jean-Noel Thorel: 
The 
on the turn sealed the deal for Thorel and the 
on the river was there just for good measures. Double up for Thorel!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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218,800
115,300
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115,300 |
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100,400
149,600
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149,600 |
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Byron Kaverman's been having a stellar year, and he's off to a good start here in Prague as well.
With a board showing 
we caught Kaverman betting 7,800 and Fedor Holz made the call after some deliberation. Kaverman showed 
for trips and he took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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320,000
70,000
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70,000 |
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290,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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Italy's Dario Sammartino raised from early position and then called when Chistoph Vogelsang reraised from the cutoff seat. Sammartino then check-called an 11,000 bet on the 
flop. That was the last of the betting as the heads-up duo checked the turn and the 
river
Sammartino: 
Vogelsang: 
Vogelsang's king-kicker played and the pot was his to take.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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255,000
25,000
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25,000 |
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202,000
48,000
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48,000 |
Mikhail Rudoy opened for 4,000 from the hijack and Ole Schemion called from the button. Both blinds folded and it was heads-up action to the 
flop, which both players checked. When the 
appeared on the turn, Rudoy bet 5,500, Schemion called, and the paired the board on the river.
Rudoy bet again, this time 8,500, and it did the trick as Schemion wasted little time in releasing his hand.
In the very next hand, Schemion raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and Jeff Rossiter called from the button. The small blind did the same, and then Timothy Adams three-bet to 22,000 from the big. The squeeze worked as one by one his opponents released their cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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350,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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290,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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270,000
20,000
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20,000 |
Andrei Streltsou raised to 3,600 from early position, a bet that was three-bet to 9,000 by Luuk Gieles on the button. Next to act, in the small blind, was Byron Kaverman who four-bet to 22,500. Streltsou ducked out of the way, but Gieles called, verbally announcing it before putting in his chips.
The paired flop was greeted by a 15,000 continuation bet from Kaverman and an almost instantaneous fold from Gieles.
Byron Kaverman checked from the big blind on a flop reading and Daniel Dvoress took up the role of aggressor by betting 10,000. Kaverman eventually called and then checked the 
turn, which Dvoress checked behind on. Both players taped the table and checked the river, with Dvoress mucking when shown the 
of Kaverman.
Austrian Thomas Muehloecker raised under the gun to 4,200 and Sam Greenwood made the call in position. Vladimir Troyanovskiy three-bet from the big blind to 15,500 and only Muehloecker made the call.
The flop came down 
and Troyanovskiy bet 15,500, which was called by Muehloecker.
On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river brought the 
, putting a straight out on the board, and again the action was checked.
Troyanovskiy showed , as Muehloecker tabled , and the pot was chopped up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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272,000
28,000
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28,000 |
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270,000
35,800
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35,800 |
Joni Jouhkimainen opened for 4,000 from the hijack and Anton Astapau over in the next seat three bet to 12,300 from the cutoff. Action folded around to Jouhkimainen and he called.
Both players checked the flop of 
and the 
hit the turn. Jouhkimainen check called a bet of 14,000 before checking again on the 
river. Astapau bet 27,500 and Jouhkimainen quickly check raised to 99,000. Astapau called, but mucked upon seeing Jouhkimainen's .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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342,000
82,000
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82,000 |
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154,000
142,000
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142,000 |
Juha Helppi's not off to the start he'd wanted, but he just got some chips back from Ivan Luca. It looked as though the pot between Helppi, in the small blind, and Luca in the big, was limped, and the flop showed 
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Helppi bet 2,000 on the flop and Luca raised it up to 6,000, after which the Finnish pro made the call.
On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river was the 
and Helppi lead out for 11,000, and Luca called.
Helppi showed 
and he took down this pot with trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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325,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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175,000
55,000
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55,000 |
