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

12-15-2016 16:14 UTC+2

Schulz Cracks Derwiche's Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Soon after coming back from the break, Imad Derwiche raised to 4,000 from early position with around 20,000 behind and Robert Schulz three-bet to 12,000. Jerry Odeen called in the big blind and Derwiche then shoved before Schulz reraised to 35,000. Odeen gave it some consideration, while Derwiche stood up from his seat and started jogging. Odeen then folded and the cards were tabled.

Imad Derwiche:
Robert Schulz:

The flop fell and Odeen sighed, said in table chat he had pocket queens. On the turn, nothing changed, but the on the river gave Schulz a full house and Derwiche was done for the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Schulz	170,000 -15,000	-15,000
Jerry Odeen	95,000 -47,000	-47,000
Imad Derwiche	Busted

Tags: Imad Derwiche Jerry Odeen Robert Schulz

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

12-15-2016 15:45 UTC+2

Counts from the First Break

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	370,000 258,000	258,000
Nicolas Chouity	325,000 -87,200	-87,200

Pierre Calamusa	315,000 5,000	5,000

Adrien Allain	210,000 74,100	74,100
Gang Wang	210,000 58,000	58,000
Nandor Solyom	200,000 84,400	84,400
Maxim Lykov	190,000 -15,000	-15,000

Andrea Rocci	175,000 120,300	120,300
Van Hiep Tran	160,000 4,500	4,500
Ludovic Lacay	150,000 10,000	10,000

Pablo Gordillo	145,000 95,000	95,000
Patrick Leonard	145,000 47,000	47,000
Steffen Sontheimer	145,000 90,300	90,300
Felipe Ramos	140,000 55,000	55,000

Miltiadis Kyriakides	135,000 48,100	48,100
Tomas Kubaliak	135,000 45,800	45,800
Isabel Baltazar	130,000 25,600	25,600
Ofer Zvi Stern	130,000 53,000	53,000
Ramin Hajiyev	118,000 75,100	75,100
Sam Cohen	115,000 57,100	57,100
Paul-Francois Tedeschi	110,000 13,600	13,600
Philipp Gruissem	90,000 -100	-100
Dietrich Fast	65,000 -65,000	-65,000
Ronny Kaiser	53,000 23,000	23,000
Tom Hall	50,000 20,000	20,000

12-15-2016 15:39 UTC+2

Break Time!

Jaxon

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The 432 remaining players are on their first 20-minute break of the day. When returning, there will be two more levels played before the second and final break of the day. The final two of six levels of Day 2 will be played after the second break.

12-15-2016 15:35 UTC+2

Souprayenmestry Doubles

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Jean Souprayenmestry was all in from early position for just under 60,000, and an opponent in the small blind who three-bet him decided to make the call with jacks. Souprayenmestry tabled and needed help. The flop didn't bring any but the turn paired Souprayenmestry for a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Souprayenmestry	125,000 63,200	63,200

Tags: Jean Souprayenmestry

12-15-2016 15:31 UTC+2

Selbst Stacking Piles

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	145,000 112,800	112,800

Johnny Lodden	117,500 -15,200	-15,200

Juha Helppi	115,000 66,100	66,100
Ofer Zvi Stern	77,000 -28,200	-28,200
Jerry Wong	75,000 32,000	32,000
Martin Finger	42,200 -18,300	-18,300

Sergio Aido	34,000 -21,500	-21,500
Fatima Moreira de Melo	29,100 -6,900	-6,900

Orpen Kisacikoglu	18,000 -56,900	-56,900

12-15-2016 15:25 UTC+2

Palma Wins Battle of North American Circuit Regs

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Nicholas Palma three-bet to 8,000 from middle position after Ari Engel opened to 3,000 under the gun and got one caller. Engel dropped in a four-bet and Palma wasted no time before jamming for 35,100.

"At least it's going to you if I bust," Palma said with a smile.

Engel called with but was behind Palma's . The board ran out , leaving Engel dead on the turn. He sent the chips to his familiar opponent — both players are regular faces in events around the U.S.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ari Engel	93,500 -54,500	-54,500
Nicholas Palma	80,000 48,100	48,100

Tags: Ari Engel Nicholas Palma

12-15-2016 15:25 UTC+2

Bryan Paris Eliminated

Jaxon

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Bryan "bparis" Paris might be best known for playing online poker tournaments with almost $10 million in cashes according to PocketFives.com where he is listed with the third most in internet poker history. Paris also has over $700,000 in live tournament cashes according to The Hendon Mob, however, he won't be adding to that total with the EPT Prague Main Event.

Paris had a rough go most of the day and saw his stack of 30,500 cut in half. He then was all in from the blinds with against an opponent who was holding . The flop came adding more outs to his opponent drawing to a nut-straight if a queen appeared on the turn or river.

The completed the straight for Paris' opponent and after the river was a blank, Paris packed up his things and left the tournament room to join his family. Paris shared on his way out the door that he planned to join in on the two-day €2,200 EPT side which kicks off at 4 p.m. local time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Paris	Busted

Tags: Bryan Paris

12-15-2016 15:24 UTC+2

Yaroshevskyy Doubles in a Flip

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Marius Enebakk opened to 3,000 from under the gun and Nimrod Mualem flat-called from middle position before Igor Yaroshevskyy moved all in for 16,000 on the button. Enebakk glanced over to Mualem's stack and called, while the latter folded face up.

Igor Yaroshevskyy:
Marinus Enebakk:

The flop fell and Yaroshevskyy was drawing to two outs only. Sure enough, the appeared right away on the turn and the blank river let the 11th place finisher of yesterday's €25,500 Single-Day High Roller double. "I am the best," Mualem said.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Enebakk	88,000 53,900	53,900
Nimrod Mualem	60,000 -39,100	-39,100
Igor Yaroshevskyy	37,000 200	200

Tags: Igor Yaroshevskyy Marius Enebakk Nimrod Mualem

12-15-2016 15:15 UTC+2

Chouity Loses a Pot

mnuwwarah

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Nicolas Chouity bet 11,500, the size of the pot, on a completed board of from the button. His opponent in the big blind made it 33,000 to go, and Chouity eventually called, only to be shown for a rivered boat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Chouity	412,200 -17,800	-17,800

Tags: Nicolas Chouity