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

12-16-2018 15:37 UTC+2

Kitai, Schemion & Ruzicka Join

AaronMcBride

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

Davidi Kitai, Ole Schemion and Vojtech Ruzicka have all joined the action with Charles La Boissonniere, Pavel Binar, and Luis Cruz also taking their seats.

Jiayu Ruan has departed and rejoined, while Bahram Chobineh has recently exited.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	50,000

Ole Schemion	50,000
Charles La Boissonniere	50,000
Pavel Binar	50,000
Luis Cruz	50,000
Jiayu Ruan	50,000
Bahram Chobineh	Busted

Tags: Charles La Boissonniere Bahram Chobineh Davidi Kitai Jiayu Ruan Ole Schemion Pavel Binar Vojtech Ruzicka

12-16-2018 15:38 UTC+2

Break

AaronMcBride

Level 2 : 100/200, 200 ante

The players are now on a 20-minute break.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

12-16-2018 16:09 UTC+2

Among the players who made their way to the registration desk during the first break was Ryan Riess, Steve O'Dwyer, Anton Kraus, Walid Bou Habib, Simon Burns, Maxim Lykov, Martin Czuczor, Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Gary Hasson, and Satish Sanan.

Hiroyuki Noda is also back in the action having busted on his first bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Riess	50,000
Steve O'Dwyer	50,000

Anton Kraus	50,000
Walid Bou Habib	50,000
Simon Burns	50,000
Maxim Lykov	50,000

Martin Czuczor	50,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	50,000
Gary Hasson	50,000
Satish Sanan	50,000
Hiroyuki Noda	50,000

Tags: Gary Hasson Hiroyuki Noda Marc Andre Ladouceur Martin Czuczor Maxim Lykov Ryan Riess Simon Burns Steve O'Dwyer Walid Bou Walid Bou Habib

12-16-2018 16:10 UTC+2

Szecsi Busts to El Asmar Full House

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

On a full board of and with around 8,000 in the pot already, Norbert Szecsi bet 6,400 and opponent Hady El Asmar raised all in for around 21,000, covering his Hungarian opponent.

Szecsi rolled his eyes and slumped back in his seat, staring off into the distance with a look of utter disdain.

Eventually, he called. El Asmar showed for a full house, and Szecsi showed for the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hady El Asmar	50,000
Norbert Szecsi	Busted

Tags: Norbert Szecsi Hady El Asmar

12-16-2018 16:25 UTC+2

Yankov Pressures Sitbon

AaronMcBride

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

The board was down , and Krasimir Yankov bet 6,600 from the hijack, which was called by Julien Sitbon.

The river card was the , and Yankov bet 30,000 which was enough to put Sitbon all-in.

Sitbon was visibly unsure over his decision and was quietly speaking out loud to himself while he stared at the board.

When ten seconds remained for Sitbon to act, he hovered his remaining stack in the air, seemingly about to call. But as the clock ran down, he folded, and Yankov picked up the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	48,000
Julien Sitbon	16,000 -17,000	-17,000

Tags: Julien Sitbon Krasimir Yankov

12-16-2018 16:28 UTC+2

Szecsi Reenters as Wigg, Reard and Killeen Join

AaronMcBride

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Norbert Szecsi has rejoined the action after his recent elimination, with Anton Wigg, Alexandre Reard and Kevin Killeen also now in the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Killeen	50,000 50,000	50,000
Norbert Szecsi	50,000 50,000	50,000
Anton Wigg	50,000 50,000	50,000

Alexandre Reard	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Alexandre Reard Anton Wigg Kevin Killeen Norbert Szecsi

12-16-2018 16:32 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Huber	100,000 50,000	50,000
Dietrich Fast	60,000 10,000	10,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	58,000 8,000	8,000
Adrien Delmas	50,000
Joao Vieira	50,000
Timothy Adams	50,000
Luc Greenwood	44,000 9,000	9,000
Hossein Ensan	39,000

12-16-2018 16:42 UTC+2

More Chip Counts

AaronMcBride

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	100,000 50,000	50,000
Davidi Kitai	75,000 25,000	25,000

Sam Grafton	50,000 50,000	50,000

Alexander Norden	50,000 50,000	50,000
Conor Beresford	50,000 50,000	50,000
Daniel Dvoress	50,000 50,000	50,000
Andras Nemeth	50,000 50,000	50,000
Usman Siddique	50,000 50,000	50,000
Pedro Marques	50,000 50,000	50,000
Scott Margereson	50,000

12-16-2018 16:54 UTC+2

Sitbon Doubles Through Nader Zadeh

AaronMcBride

Level 3 : 100/300, 300 ante

The flop was down and in the middle was 10,000. Jan Nader Zadeh moved all in for 65,000 from the big blind, and Julien Sitbon put his last 10,100 into the middle.