€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-16-2018 18:24 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mazin Khoury	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dimitar Danchev	50,000 50,000	50,000

Rauno Tahvonen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Steven Tool	50,000 50,000	50,000
Joris Ruijs	50,000 50,000	50,000
Dario Sammartino	50,000 50,000	50,000

Hegele Gets It Wrong as Ruzicka Doubles Up

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

On a Robin Hegele checked to Vojtech Ruzicka who moved all in for 25,700 which was around the amount already in the pot.

Hegele used up a time extension before calling.

Ruzicka turned over and Hegele flashed on the way to the muck after a hero-call gone wrong.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	80,000 50,000	50,000
Robin Hegele	22,000

Tags: Robin Hegele Vojtech Ruzicka

12-16-2018 18:33 UTC+2

Vallo Eliminated by Boivin

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Martin Vallo got all his chips into the middle against Thomas Boivin and found himself in a good spot for a double up.

Martin Vallo:
Thomas Boivin:

Board:

Boivin picked up a straight draw on the flop to increase his outs. However, Vallo kept his lead on the turn, but when the river fell the ace of spades, he was heading to the rail as Boivin spiked top pair to steal the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Boivin	55,000 -10,000	-10,000

Martin Vallo	Busted

Tags: Martin Vallo Thomas Boivin

12-16-2018 18:39 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Danilo Velasevic	145,000 95,000	95,000
Alexandre Reard	95,000 45,000	45,000
Joao Vieira	65,000 15,000	15,000

Andrei Konopelko	62,000 34,000	34,000
Mark Buckley	50,000
Kalidou Sow	50,000
Kevin Killeen	48,000 -2,000	-2,000
Ognyan Dimov	40,000 -10,000	-10,000

Joris Ruijs	40,000 -10,000	-10,000
Guillaume Diaz	34,000 -16,000	-16,000

12-16-2018 18:51 UTC+2

Muehloecker vs. Kassouf

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

William Kassouf raised from the hijack and saw Thomas Muehloecker three-bet to 8,200. The rest of the players folded, and Kassouf called.

The flop fell , and Kassouf checked. Muehloecker went into thinking mode for almost 45 seconds, using a time extension in the process, before he bet 6,300.

Kassouf made the call, and the turn card was the . Kassouf checked again and Muehloecker thought for 20 seconds before he placed 30,000 into the middle.

Kassouf was sitting with a 22,000 stack and would have to put his tournament life on the line to call. He paused for close to 30 seconds and rechecked his hand before he folded.

"Show the bluff, it's good for the game," said Kassouf.

Muehloecker checked his holding and revealed just the one card, the .

"Nice bluff" responded Kassouf.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Muehloecker	63,000 13,000	13,000
William Kassouf	22,000 -16,000	-16,000

Tags: Thomas Muehloecker William Kassouf

12-16-2018 19:00 UTC+2

Greenwood Doubles Up

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

On a board, Sam Greenwood checked and Nikolaos Iliakis bet 16,000. Greenwood check-raised all in for 28,300 and Iliakis called.

Greenwood turned over for a flopped set and Iliakis reluctantly showed

To add insult to injury, the river did not help Iliakis as Greenwood improved to a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	65,000 15,000	15,000

Nikolaos Iliakis	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Nikolaos Iliakis Sam Greenwood

12-16-2018 19:02 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Huber	160,000 60,000	60,000
Davidi Kitai	118,000 8,000	8,000

Timothy Adams	110,000 60,000	60,000
Akin Tuna	97,000 -18,000	-18,000
Kalidou Sow	63,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Soyza	63,000 13,000	13,000
Laszlo Bujtas	50,000
Martin Czuczor	50,000
Lucas Reeves	44,000 -6,000	-6,000
Dario Sammartino	32,000 -18,000	-18,000

Sam Grafton	22,000 -23,000	-23,000

Sylvain Loosli	11,000 -39,000	-39,000

12-16-2018 19:04 UTC+2

More Counts

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bahram Chobineh	150,000 23,000	23,000
Tomas Paiva	110,000
Dan Djorno	101,000 51,000	51,000
Alexandre Reard	85,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	78,000 20,000	20,000
Pedro Marques	77,000 27,000	27,000
Alexander Norden	72,000 22,000	22,000
Niall Farrell	55,000 10,000	10,000

Bruno Lopes	53,000 2,000	2,000

12-16-2018 19:22 UTC+2

Schemion Eliminated

AaronMcBride

Level 5 : 200/500, 500 ante

The action folded to Ole Schemion in the cutoff, and he moved all in for just 400. Mark Buckley raised to 1,600, and Johnny Nedved called in the big blind.

Buckley and Nedved checked all the way on the board, and the three players went to a showdown.