2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

€25,500 Single-Day High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€559,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,500
Prize Pool
€2,033,500
Entries
83
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Soika Busts to Rudoy

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Ihar Soika raised to 8,000 from the small blind and Mikhail Rudoy called in the big blind.

Soika bet all three streets going forward: 9,000 on the {10-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop, 18,000 on the {K-Hearts} turn and all in for 40,000 on the {3-Diamonds} river. Rudoy called each bet and Soika turned over {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} for a busted straight and flush draw. Rudoy had {10-Spades}{5-Spades} for flopped two pair and almost doubled up his stack after re-entering not long ago.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Rudoy ru
Mikhail Rudoy
180,000 80,000
Ihar Soika by
Ihar Soika
Busted

Tags: Ihar SoikaMikhail Rudoy

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Niklas Hambitzer Eliminated

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Niklas Hambitzer
Niklas Hambitzer

From under the gun plus one, Paul Newey opened for 6,500. His neighbor Vojtech Ruzicka in the hijack called. Niklas Hambitzer in the cutoff then shoved for 58,000 and action folded to Ivan Gabrieli in the big blind. The Italian announced all-in too and both Newey and Ruzicka folded.

Ivan Gabrieli: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Niklas Hambitzer: {A-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}{7-Hearts} and Hambitzer exited the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
Ivan Gabrieli it
Ivan Gabrieli
234,000 134,000
Niklas Hambitzer de
Niklas Hambitzer
Busted

Tags: Ivan GabrieliNiklas HambitzerPaul NeweyVojtech Ruzicka

Up to 79 Entries

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mustapha Kanit, Mikhail Rudoy, Jean-Noel Thorel and Igor Kurganov all opted to fire a second bullet and that brought the number of re-entries up to 11. The total field size has been bumped up to 79, which is just one short of last year's attendance. The late registration remains open till the start of level 9 in a little over an hour.

Player Chips Progress
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
Winamax
100,000
Mikhail Rudoy ru
Mikhail Rudoy
100,000 100,000
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
100,000 100,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
100,000 100,000

Tags: Igor KurganovJean-Noel ThorelMikhail RudoyMustapha Kanit

Sammartino Loses Flip to Troyanovskiy

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

From the hijack, Dario Sammartino announced all in and tossed forward his remaining few T-5,000 chips. The shove amounted to around 55,000 in total and Vladimir Troyanovskiy grabbed a full stack and announced a reraise to more than 120,000. The rest of the table folded and the cards were tabled.

Dario Sammartino: {8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Vladimir Troyanovskiy: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}

The board came {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Troyanovskiy paired up on the flop to eliminate Sammartino.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
280,000 180,000
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
Busted

Tags: Dario SammartinoVladimir Troyanovskiy

Thorel Eliminated For Now

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mikhail Rudoy, Paul Newey, Igor Kurganov and Jean-Noel Thorel have been eliminated. Thorel attempted a bluff with king-high just a few minutes ago to see David Peters call with queen-five and second pair on an ace-high board.

Soon after, Julian Stuer raised and then called the shove of Thorel for 55,000 from one seat over. Thorel had {A-}{8-} and Stuer the {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}. The board ran out {Q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and the kicker played. Thorel as well as all other players that busted on their first bullet can still enter again for the second time until the start of Level 9.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
280,000 40,000
Julian Stuer at
Julian Stuer
200,000 55,000
Mikhail Rudoy ru
Mikhail Rudoy
Busted
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
Busted
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
Busted
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
Busted

Tags: David PetersIgor KurganovJean-Noel ThorelJulian StuerMikhail RudoyPaul Newey

Ruzicka Loves the Rivers

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Oleg Titov raised from the button, Vojtech Ruzicka shoved for 79,000 from the small blind and Titov called.

Vojtech Ruzicka: {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Oleg Titov: {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Ruzicka rivered a straight. "Without the river I would be out in the first level. I hit the river three times in the 50k," Ruzicka joked after all was done and dusted.

Player Chips Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
165,000 30,000
Oleg Titov ru
Oleg Titov
32,000 -68,000

Tags: Vojtech RuzickaOleg Titov

Mateos Doubles Through Uspenskiy

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

As we arrived, the chips were already in the middle in a hand between Konstantin Uspenskiy (under the gun) and Adrian Mateos (cutoff).

Konstantin Uspenskiy: {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Adrian Mateos: {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

Again Mateos flopped top set, but again he wasn't in the clear just yet: {Q-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{10-Clubs}. The {9-Diamonds} on the turn and {4-Spades} on the river were blanks however, and Mateos doubled his 107,000-stack.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
222,000 107,000
Konstantin Uspenskiy ru
Konstantin Uspenskiy
122,000 -113,000

Tags: Adrian MateosKonstantin Uspenskiy