€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-15-2018 16:58 UTC+1

Andras Nemeth Hits the Rail

Frank Op de Woerd

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Juan Pardo opened the hijack for 10,000 and small blind Andras Nemeth shoved for 60,000 even. The big blind folded, Pardo called.

Juan Pardo:
Andras Nemeth:

The flop was still good for Nemeth, but the on the turn reduced his chance of a double up considerably. The river was a blank and Nemeth was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	200,000 90,000	90,000
Andras Nemeth	Busted

Tags: Andras Nemeth Juan Pardo

12-15-2018 16:43 UTC+1

Toma Doubles Through Pollak

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Aaron McBride

Level 8 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Charlie Carrel opened the action with a raise from the cutoff and Benjamin Pollak three-bet to 25,000 from the button. Tsugunari Toma then moved all in from the big blind for 62,000 which got a quick fold from Carrel.

Pollak didn't seem happy on making the call but put the extra 35,000 into the middle.

Tsugunari Toma:
Benjamin Pollak:

Board:

Toma kept his lead on the flop with his pocket pair, and the turn didn't change the situation either. Pollak called for a king on the river, but the final card was the four of hearts to gift Toma a full house and a double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsugunari Toma	140,000 40,000	40,000
Benjamin Pollak	50,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Benjamin Pollak Charlie Carrel Tsugunari Toma

Level: 8

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

12-15-2018 16:35 UTC+1

Soyza Bets All Streets

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Christopher Soyza opened under the gun for 8,000 and big blind Jean-Noel Thorel called. Thorel check-called 7,000 on the flop, 20,000 on the turn, and 30,000 on the river. Soyza showed and Thorel mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	215,000 47,000	47,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	125,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Christopher Soyza Jean-Noel Thorel

12-15-2018 16:33 UTC+1

"It Was Fun!"

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Gergely Kulcsar got his chips in before the flop holding against Pavel Plesuv's . All went well till the river on the board of . "It was fun!" he said as he left the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	191,000 103,500	103,500
Gergely Kulcsar	Busted

Tags: Gergely Kulcsar Pavel Plesuv

12-15-2018 16:33 UTC+1

Greenwood Spikes an Ace to Double

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Aaron McBride

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Andras Nemeth raised to 9,000 from under the gun and saw Liang Xu three-bet to 27,000 from the button. When the action got around to Sam Greenwood in the big blind, he four-bet all in for 145,000.

Nemeth asked Xu how much he was playing and saw that Xu had him covered.

But Nemeth moved all in for 260,000, and Xu reluctantly folded after 20 seconds of thought.

Sam Greenwood:
Andras Nemeth:

The flop fell nicely for Nemeth with appearing. But the turn card was brutal for the Hungarian as Greenwood hit top pair and sealed his doubled up after the river fell the .

Greenwood moved up 300,000, and Nemeth was left with 120,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	300,000 194,000	194,000

Andras Nemeth	120,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Andras Nemeth Liang Xu Sam Greenwood

12-15-2018 16:23 UTC+1

Schemion Eliminated by Vieira

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Aaron McBride

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

A cry of 'all-in and call' was heard from across the tournament room and it was Ole Schemion who was at risk.

In front of the German was with the board down . But his opponent, Joao Vieira, held for a set.

The river card fell the , and Vieira improved to a full house to send Schemion to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Vieira	320,000 219,000	219,000
Ole Schemion	Busted

Tags: Joao Vieira Ole Schemion

12-15-2018 16:20 UTC+1

Thomas Boivin Eliminated

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Thomas Boivin, who won the first €25,000 Single-Day High Roller this festival, has just been eliminated. We were just too late to get the hand, but Joao Vieira filled us in on the details afterward.

According to Vieira, Boivin was down to 22,500 when he shoved from the small blind with . Big blind Pavel Plesuv wasn't exactly the owner of a massive stack himself, but with he couldn't pass on the call. The board ran out bad for Boivin who exited the tournament.