€5,300 Main Event Day 2 | 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

12-15-2016 19:38 UTC+2

Finger Doubles Rosen; Then Doubles Through Philipps

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Hand 1

After a raise to 5,000, Martin Finger moved all in from the hijack and Oren Rosen called all in from the small blind for his last 17,000. The initial raiser folded and Finger tabled , Rosen had the . "Good luck," Finger wished and saw the board run out .

Hand 2

That left the German with just 15,500 and he open-shoved one hand later and the action folded to EPT13 Malta Main Event bubble boy Benjamin Philipps in the small blind. He shoved to isolate and the big blind folded.

Martin Finger:
Benjamin Philipps:

"Good luck. If I win, I owe you a beer obviously," Finger said. The board ran out and Finger doubled. "But not in that bar again," Philipps joked back. Finger remains rather short and will be under pressure soon again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Philipps	140,000	53,100
Martin Finger	35,000	-25,000
Oren Rosen	35,000	3,700

Tags: Benjamin Philipps Martin Finger Oren Rosen

12-15-2016 19:28 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

mnuwwarah

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduards Kudrjavcevs	440,000	-20,000
Nandor Solyom	370,000	-5,000
David Peters	252,000	72,000
Romain Lewis	180,000	50,000
Robert Schulz	170,000	10,000
Martin Kabrhel	165,000	25,000
Michael Rocco	110,000	85,000
Tony Dunst	75,600	-4,400
Konstantin Puchkov	54,100	21,800
Steffen Sontheimer	49,100	9,100
Orpen Kisacikoglu	36,000	-199,000
Jason Wheeler	27,300	7,300

12-15-2016 19:26 UTC+2

Sekiya Wins a Pot on a Masked Table

Jaxon

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

After the break, half of one table began wearing surgical masks including Matas Cimbolas with nobody at the table wearing a mask before the break.

Cimbolas was the only player of the four that were wearing masks to remove his as he expressed his interest to breath better. During this time two unmasked players were involved in a preflop pot. Yosuke Sekiya three-bet shoved for over 62,000 chips against Valdo Banicevic who opened for 5,500. Banicevic, who earlier had a six-digit stack, folded to Sekiya to bring his chip count down to 40,000. Sekiya moved up to 75,000 without seeing a flop or needing to put on a mask.

After the hand, Cimbolas shared he might put his mask back on when involved in a pot.

Meanwhile, it appears more likely than not that the bubble will break on Day 2 as the tournament is about 50 players from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yosuke Sekiya	75,000	18,000
Vlado Banicevic	40,000	-113,300

Tags: Matas Cimbolas Vlado Banicevic Yosuke Sekiya

12-15-2016 19:16 UTC+2

Gieles vs Soulier

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Fabrice Soulier raised to 5,600 from the cutoff and Stoyan Obreshkov in the small blind as well as Pim Gieles in the big blind called. The flop came was checked by all three before Gieles bet the turn for 7,500. Only Soulier called and then faced another bet worth 16,000 on the river.

Gieles only had around 17,000 behind and Soulier carefully checked his stack, then called. Gieles turned over and Soulier mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stoyan Obreshkov	180,000	-4,000
Fabrice Soulier	118,000	-17,000
Pim Gieles	75,000	-19,700

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Stoyan Obreshkov Pim Gieles

12-15-2016 19:10 UTC+2

Further Updated Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Chouity	500,000	80,000
Pablo Gordillo	330,000	15,000
Vanessa Selbst	195,000	5,000
Friedrich Meyer	190,000	93,100
Daniel Wilson	175,000	45,000
Ryan McEathron	150,000	72,000
Juha Helppi	150,000	35,000
Martin Kabrhel	140,000	80,000
Johan Guilbert	140,000	127,200
Dong Zhao	130,000	-55,000
Ramin Hajiyev	95,000	-23,000
Steffen Sontheimer	40,000	-105,000

12-15-2016 19:08 UTC+2

Lamarca Flopping Well

mnuwwarah

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Pedro Lamarca shoved all in on the river for about 50,000 effective from early position on a board of . His opponent on the button tanked and then called it off. Lamarca showed for the flopped nuts, and his opponent frustratedly flicked into the middle for top set on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Lamarca	375,000	105,000

Tags: Pedro Lamarca

12-15-2016 19:00 UTC+2

Solyom Takes from Hoefer

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Paul Hoefer opened to 5,400 from the cutoff and Nandor Solyom three-bet to 13,700 in the small blind, Hoefer called. On the flop, both players checked. Solyom also checked the turn and Hoefer bet 18,500. Solyom asked him for the stack size, then called and checked the river.

Hoefer checked behind and was relieved to do so, when Solyom flashed for a set of kings. Solyom already came to the table with a big stack and added some more.