€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€368,600
Entries
38
Level
20
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
16,000
Tuna Again Finishes as Leader as Five Remain in €10,300 NLHE High Roller
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Akin Tuna again finished with the chip lead at the close of the day in €10,300 No-Limit Hold'em at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, but this time he's considerably closer to the prize as only five players still have a pulse out of the 38 total entries.
Tuna bagged 572,000 at the close of 10 levels of play, and he'll be joined by Davidi Kitai (490,000), Daniel Dvoress (396,000), Ognyan Dimov (272,000) and fellow Turkish grinder Orpen Kisacikoglu (150,000) on Day 3.
While Tuna started the day with the lead and ended right back there, it was anything but smooth sailing for him as he experienced plenty of peaks and valleys while a handful of other players ascended to the top of the counts at various times.
Most notably, Dvoress spent a significant portion of the day as the leader, both at some early stages and later ones. He amassed over 600,000 after busting both Jan Schwippert and Ivan Deyra in two of the final three unpaid places, including the latter in seventh on the stone bubble.
Both of those players fell to dominating hands held by the Canadian, but Tuna put Dvoress in the dominated spot right after that when he four-bet queens and called Dvoress' five-bet ship, fading a pocket pair of nines to double past his opponent.
A little after that, in a slow final level to end Day 2, Thomas Boivin finished as the only player busted but in the money when he squeeze shoved pocket queens but ran into the flatted pocket aces held by Dimov.
Some of those who busted out of the money included Steve O'Dwyer, Sam Greenwood, Sam Grafton, Juha Helppi and Ryan Riess.
The last five runners are scheduled to return at 12:30 p.m. local time on Sunday, at which point they'll play down to a winner who will claim €125,330. Find out who that player will be by coming right back to PokerNews to follow the live updates.
End of Day 2 Counts
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
572,000 | 141,000 |
|
490,000 | 90,000 |
|
396,000 | 21,000 |
|
272,000 | -86,000 |
|
150,000 | -75,000 |
Thomas Boivin Eliminated in 6th Place (€25,800)
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu opened for 16,000 under the gun and got a call from Ognyan Dimov on his left. Thomas Boivin then jammed for about 140,000, and action folded back to Dimov, who snap-called with 
. It was 
for Boivin and the 
brought him no salvation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
358,000 | 63,000 |
|
Busted |
Kitai Wins Without Showdown
Level 17
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Three players saw a 
flop and small blind Davidi Kitai led into the field. Only big blind Orpen Kisacikoglu stayed put for 20,000. Both checked the 
and Kitai bet 50,000 on the 
river. Kisacikoglu released.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
400,000 | -55,000 |
|
|
225,000 | 35,000 |
Photos: 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague €10,300 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2
Photos by Manuel Kovsca.
Level: 17
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Updated Chip Counts
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
455,000 | 85,000 |
|
|
295,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
190,000 | -70,000 |
|
|
128,000 | -72,000 |
Tuna Doubles Through Dvoress
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Akin Tuna opened for 15,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Dvoress made it 42,000 on the button. Tuna tossed in 117,000 and called when Dvoress set him in for his last 90,000 or so.
Tuna:
Dvoress: 
The board ran out 
, good for a Tuna double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
431,000 | 216,000 |
|
|
375,000 | -240,000 |
Dvoress Eliminates Deyra on Bubble
Level 16
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Ivan Deyra defended big blind from Daniel Dvoress and then shoved about 40,000 in on the 
flop. Dvoress quickly called with 
for two pair, and he was way ahead against 
. The 
turn improved Deyra to two pair but it wasn't enough and he busted on the bubble when the sewed it up on the river for Dvoress.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
615,000 | 69,000 |
|
Busted |