€50,000 Super High Roller Day 1 | 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

12-11-2016 19:36 UTC+2

Anthony Zinno Busts Nick Petrangelo

Christian Zetzsche

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

Nick Petrangelo raised to 7,000, Anthony Zinno three-bet to 21,000 out of the small blind and only Petrangelo called. On the flop, Zinno checked, Petrangelo bet 21,500 and received the call.

After the turn, Zinno checked for the second street in a row and Petrangelo shoved for what looked like 136,200. Zinno called and put his opponent at risk.

Nick Petrangelo:
Anthony Zinno:

The on the river was a blank and the kicker played a crucial role to eliminate Petrangelo.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Zinno	530,000 225,000	225,000
Nick Petrangelo	Busted

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12-11-2016 21:07 UTC+2

Steffen Sontheimer Eliminated

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

Steffen Sontheimer was first to act and raised to 10,000. Action folded around to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind and he three-bet to 33,000. Timothy Adams folded his big blind before Sontheimer pushed for 118,500. Dvoress spent some time in the tank before he added the needed chips to call.

Daniel Dvoress:
Steffen Sontheimer:

Julian Thomas, seated one table over but now standing behind Sontheimer because there was someone in the tank on his table (more on that later), started cheering on his friend Sontheimer.

The -flop and -turn were both harmless, but the on the river meant Sontheimer was eliminated.

"O M G!" said Thomas while Sontheimer just started texting while getting up from the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	450,000 130,000	130,000
Steffen Sontheimer	Busted

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12-11-2016 21:11 UTC+2

Max Silver Eliminated

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

With the entire board of already out on the table, Max Silver was facing a big decision. Silver had checked from the big blind and his neighbor Charlie Carrel had just pushed all in for effectively 86,500.

Silver took his time making up his mind. He started talking to Carrel, who at one point decided not to reply anymore. The clock was called on Silver and with still some time left, he eventually called.

Carrel tabled and Silver flashed before he got up and made his exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Carrel	778,000 178,000	178,000
Max Silver	Busted

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12-11-2016 23:00 UTC+2

Carrel Bags Super High Roller Lead, Seeking Third EPT High Roller Title

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Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Charlie Carrel finished with 1,129,000 in chips after eight one-hour levels on Day 1 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €50,000 Super High Roller. He'll be the chip leader heading to Day 2 of the event, but he still has plenty of work to do as more than half of the players survived the day and there's still entries allowed until Day 2 kicks off.

The tournament drew 46 entries on Day 1, putting it about on par with last year's 56 runners. Of those, 32 survived the day. Others joining Carrel near the top of the leaderboard were Julian Thomas (700,000), Patrick Leonard (617,000), Konstantin Uspenskiy (517,000), and Isaac Haxton (504,000).

Carrel busted about halfway through the day and then lost about half of his second 250,000-starting stack. He recovered in a big way, though, with the entry of Leon Tsoukernik contributing greatly to his cause. Carrel picked off a couple of Tsoukernik bluffs and then busted him to stack up past 500,000.

Then, Carrel picked up aces and put Max Silver all in on a completed board of queen-ten high board. Silver thought awhile on the river but couldn't get away from his eights.

Not much later, Tsoukernik reentered and drew the same seat, two to the right of his nemesis. Carrel and Tsoukernik shared drinks from a €600 bottle of whiskey, but when it came to chips, it was still Carrel doing the taking. He bet a completed board of with ace-jack and then called a check-raise from Tsoukernik, who couldn't beat the jacks.

Carrel's big day has put him in position to try to add a third EPT high roller to his collection. He won the €25,500 event at the EPT Grand Final last year for over €1.1 million and then won the €10,200 High Roller at EPT Dublin in February for another €164,500.

Defending champ Steve O'Dwyer also booked a ticket to Day 2. He won this event last year for €746,543, among his many other high roller successes and brings 259,000 to Day 2.

Some of the players who failed to make it through, busting at least once, included [Removed:17], Jason Wheeler, Nick Petrangelo, and Dario Sammartino. Anyone who wishes to (re)enter can still fire before Day 2 gets underway at 12:30 local time on Monday.

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