2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
€699,300
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,781,200
Entries
1,192
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
50,000

EPT Is Sometimes a Family Affair

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

While we don't have an exact list of entrants playing with family members, we do know that two brothers from France in Derek and Florian Decamps are both in the Day 1a field.

Florian has had a rough start and his stack is now down to half the starting size. In a recent hand with already 5,000 in the pot before the {2-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} appeared on the flop, Florian checked the action to his opponent before calling a bet for 2,700.

Both players opted to check when the {3-Clubs} appeared on the turn. Meanwhile, when the {10-Clubs} appeared on the river, Florian tossed into the pot one 5,000 chip and declared a bet of 4,500. His opponent thought things over before calling. The pot shipped to Florian's opponent after he showed {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and his opponent exposed {a-}{6-} for middle pair and Florian's stack dropped to around 13,000.

Derek is faring a bit better on another table with a stack of 35,000.

Player Chips Progress
Derek Decamps fr
Derek Decamps
35,000 35,000
Florian Decamps fr
Florian Decamps
13,000 13,000

Tags: Derek DecampsFlorian Decamps

Silver Misses

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Max Silver bet 5,000 from the hijack on a {10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{6-Spades} board and saw a player in the small blind make it 11,000 to go. Silver dropped in calling chips and then immediately folded to a shove for his last 12,000 on the {8-Diamonds} river.

"Open-ended and flush draw," he lamented.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
12,000 -18,000

Tags: Max Silver

Finger Doubles With Boat

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante
Martin Finger
Martin Finger

A player in the small blind bet 5,000 into a pot of about 12,000 with {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{9-Clubs} on the felt. Martin Finger called in early position, and the small blind put him all in for just under 13,000 on the {q-Clubs} river. The German snap-called with {9-Spades}{8-Spades} for a boat, and his opponent didn't even get a chance to show.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
EPT 1X Winner
50,000 20,000

Tags: Martin Finger

Kassouf Lets It Go

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

On average, pots are starting to get a little bigger around the room with the new blind level introduced which includes a nominal 25 ante.

In a recent three-way hand with already 5,000 in the pot on a {6-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{10-Diamonds} board, two players opted to check their hands including William Kassouf before the third player fired out a bet of 2,500. Kassouf called before the player after he raised it up to 11,200. The initial bettor tanked for a couple of minutes before folding and Kassouf quickly gave up on the pot when the action was to him as well.

Player Chips Progress
William Kassouf gb
William Kassouf
33,000 1,000

Record Approaching for EPT Prague Main Event?

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

So far 807 players registered for Day 1b. With 246 registered yesterday for Day 1a the field is now at 1,053 players. While this is already bigger than last year's field size for the EPT Prague Main Event of 1,044 players, it is still shy of the 1,107 entrants which set a record during 2014's event.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25