2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
€125,330
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€368,600
Entries
38
Level Info
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
Akin Tuna

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.

Tags: Akin Tuna

Thomas Boivin Eliminated in 6th Place (€25,800)

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Thomas Boivin
Thomas Boivin

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 {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}. It was {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for Boivin and the {8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{8-Clubs} brought him no salvation.

Player Chips Progress
Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
EPT 1X Winner
358,000 63,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
Busted

Tags: Ognyan DimovOrpen KisacikogluThomas Boivin

Dvoress Eliminates Deyra on Bubble

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress
Daniel Dvoress

Ivan Deyra defended big blind from Daniel Dvoress and then shoved about 40,000 in on the {8-Clubs}{4-Spades}{k-Spades} flop. Dvoress quickly called with {k-Clubs}{8-Spades} for two pair, and he was way ahead against {7-Clubs}{4-Clubs}. The {7-Spades} turn improved Deyra to two pair but it wasn't enough and he busted on the bubble when the {9-Clubs} sewed it up on the river for Dvoress.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
615,000 69,000
Ivan Deyra fr
Ivan Deyra
Busted

Tags: Daniel DvoressIvan Deyra

Dvoress Eliminates Schwippert

Level 15 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Daniel Dvoress
Daniel Dvoress

Jan Schwippert shoved all in for 150,000 or so from early position, which looked to be a four-bet jam over a three-bet by hijack Daniel Dvoress to 30,000. Dvoress called with {a-Spades}{k-Spades}, dominating Schwippert's {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}. The {10-Spades}{9-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop brought a straight draw for the trailing Schwippert but a flush draw for Dvoress. The {j-Clubs} turn and {6-Clubs} river bricked off and Dvoress solidified himself as the leader.

Players are on break for 20 minutes.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
445,000 95,000
Jan Schwippert de
Jan Schwippert
Busted

Tags: Daniel DvoressJan Schwippert

Boivin Doubles Through Castro

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Thomas Boivin
Thomas Boivin

Guenter Castro was standing up and tabling {j-Spades}{j-Clubs} for the nuts when we arrived, but he still had a big sweat against {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} held by Thomas Boivin on {2-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Boivin was all in for 75,500 and missed on the {9-Clubs} turn, making a meaningless pair. The {q-Diamonds} river gave him a straight though, and Castro sent over nearly all of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
185,000 80,000
Guenter Castro at
Guenter Castro
18,000 -82,000

Tags: Guenter CastroThomas Boivin

Prize Pool Set

Level 10 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
EPT Prague 2018 €10,300 Opening Event
EPT Prague 2018 €10,300 Opening Event

The 38 entries in this event — including nine reentries — created a prize pool of €368,600. The winner of the event will bank €125,330 and a min-cash in sixth will be worth €25,800. Click the "payouts" tab above for a full breakdown of the prize pool.

Kisacikoglu Hits Turn, Doubles through Tuna

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Orpen Kiscikoglu
Orpen Kiscikoglu

Oleh Okhotskyi opened in the cutoff for 2,800, Orpen Kisacikoglu called on the button and Akin Tuna three-bet to around 10,000 in the big blind. Everyone stuck around for the {k-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop. Tuna continued for 13,000 and Kisacikoglu called. On the {4-Hearts} turn, Tuna bet 28,000 and Kisacikoglu jammed for 53,000. Tuna quickly called.

Akin Tuna: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Orpen Kisacikoglu: {k-Spades}{4-Spades}

Kisacikoglu had gotten lucky on the turn and the {9-Hearts} river kept him best.

Player Chips Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
165,000 92,400
Akin Tuna tr
Akin Tuna
44,000 -98,000

Tags: Akin TunaOleh OkhotskyiOrpen Kisacikoglu

Welcome to Day 2 of 2018 EPT Prague €10,300 No-Limit Hold'em

Sam Greenwood
Sam Greenwood

After a Day 1 that was a mere appetizer, it's time for the main course of EPT Prague €10,300 Main Event as a lengthy Day 2 is set to begin at 12:30 p.m. local time at Hilton Prague.

A late start forced Day 1 to close up shop a level earlier than planned, so that level will be carried over to Day 2, meaning 11 levels are now on the docket instead of the originally scheduled 10. Things begin at Level 8 (500/1,000/1,000) and progress to Level 18 (5,000/10,000/10,000). The first level will last 45 minutes and all of those thereafter will be an hour apiece.

Players are permitted one reentry into this tournament, so those who busted on Day 1 — 31 entries were logged and 19 made it through — can still bust out and fire again during the first level of the day in accordance with the planned structure. That's provided, of course, that they didn't already run dry twice.

Some of the notables making it through with big stacks included Sam Greenwood, Thomas Boivin, Charlie Carrel and leader Akin Tuna. All will bear watching throughout Day 2, with Greenwood in particular certain to pose a tough obstacle for his opponents given his great success in these events in the past.

There's work to be done if this event is to match last year's tally of 49 entries, so keep an eye on this space to see how the prize pool shakes out early and who the favorites to take shares of it will be late.