€2,200 EPT National High Roller Day 1 | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-11-2018 21:30 UTC+2

Sormunen in the Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Joao Barbosa raised to 2,800 from the hijack and was called by Per Sormunen in the big blind.

The flop came , Sormunen checked, Barbosa bet 3,700 and Sormunen put in a stack of 5,000-chips to put Barbosa at risk who called for the 40,000 he had behind.

Joao Barbosa:
Per Sormunen:

Barbosa held the overpair while Sormunen had hit a pair of sevens.

The rest of the board was completed with the on the turn and the on the river to give Sormunen trip sevens to eliminate Barbosa.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pasi Sormunen	237,000
Sonny Franco	55,000	3,000
Mihai Manole	20,000	-25,000
Joao Barbosa	Busted

Tags: Joao Barbosa Per Sormunen

12-11-2018 21:15 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	150,000	-5,000
Serdar Demircan	122,000
Peter Kamaras	115,000	15,000
Jonas Lauck	113,000	-7,000
Ryan Riess	100,000	17,000
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	90,000
Roger Hairabedian	83,000	53,000
Christopher Andler	77,000	44,000
Smain Mamouni	64,000	18,000
Antoine Labat	60,000	30,500
Fatima Moreira De Melo	59,000	-4,800
Erwann Pecheux	55,000	40,000
Zhong Chen	43,000	-8,000
Beiyan Yu	39,000	8,000
Sam Grafton	37,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	31,000	-5,000
Niall Farrell	27,000	-13,000
Martin Staszko	25,000	-6,000
Natalie Teh	17,000
Chris Da-Silva	Busted
Sam Greenwood	Busted
Markus Durnegger	Busted

143 Players

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Play has resumed after the dinner break and the floor has confirmed that with 954 entries in total today, the field needs to reduce to 143 left before play will stop for today.

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-11-2018 19:50 UTC+2

Dinner Break

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The 510 remaining players have just all gone for their 75-minute dinner break and will return around 19:57 for Level 10 which features a small blind of 600, big blind of 1,200, and a big blind ante of 1,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wes Farrell	177,000
Maxime Canevet	165,000	55,000
Julien Sitbon	155,000	107,000
Jonas Lauck	120,000	83,000
Giovanni Salvatore	110,000	55,000
Peter Kamaras	100,000	42,000
Bart Lybaert	90,000	50,000
Joris Ruijs	68,000
Phachara Wongwichit	67,000	37,000
Raul Martinez Requena	64,000	33,000
Amar Begovic	58,000	28,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	55,000	32,000
Martin Finger	50,000	7,000
Max Silver	49,000	24,000
Pascal Hartmann	45,000	-26,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	36,000
Matas Cimbolas	32,000	32,000
Krasimir Yankov	30,000	-25,000
Robert Heidorn	26,000	2,000
Marcel Goldenbelt	18,000	-35,000
Michal Mrakes	16,000
Jessica Teusl	14,000	-1,000
Danny Tang	7,200	-27,800
Yunsheng Sun	Busted
Ismael Bojang	Busted

12-11-2018 19:25 UTC+2

Hallaert Claims a Knock-Out

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The player in mid-position raised to 2,200 and was called by the player in the cutoff. Kenny Hallaert three-bet to 8,000 in the big blind and the initial raiser shoved for around 18,000. The cutoff folded and Hallaert snap-called.

Initial Raiser:
Kenny Hallaert:

The board ran out for Hallaert to hold with the pocket pair to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	83,000	83,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

12-11-2018 19:12 UTC+2

Chip Movements

Shirley Ang

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eduard Norel	125,000	125,000
Dinesh Alt	106,000	62,000
Paul Jux-Holderness	75,000	50,000
Joao Barbosa	74,000	74,000
Chris Da-Silva	69,000	22,000
Ben Dobson	61,000
Sonny Franco	52,000	17,000
Mihai Manole	45,000	45,000
Arthur Conan	34,000	34,000
Steve O'Dwyer	30,000	30,000
Preben Stokkan	30,000	30,000
Markus Durnegger	28,000	7,000
Salvatore Camarda	19,000	-27,000
Sylvain Loosli	14,000	-5,000
Guillaume Diaz	Busted
Jans Arends	Busted
Yunsheng Sun	Busted
Josef Snejberg	Busted
Jack Sinclair	Busted
Patrick Clarke	Busted
Alexandre Reard	Busted

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

12-11-2018 18:55 UTC+2

One for Sinclair

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Jack Sinclair had raised from mid-position and the player in the hijack three-bet to 5,200. Action folded back to Sinclair who tanked for a bit and then made the call.

The flop came , Sinclair check-called the 4,000 continuation-bet of his opponent.

The turn was the and they both checked through to see the come on the river. They both checked again and Sinclair took the pot with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Sinclair	41,500

12-11-2018 18:44 UTC+2

Some More Chip Counts

Shirley Ang

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

As this is the last level of registration, some players have been seen rushing to the cashier to get back in before the end of the current level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Lakhov	157,000	121,000
Frank Scholten	70,000	70,000
Francois Evard	55,000	18,000
Gaelle Baumann	55,000	55,000
Rens Feenstra	51,000	51,000
Evangelos Bechrakis	34,000	4,000
David Boyaciyan	30,000	30,000
Kees van Brugge	26,000	-4,000
Usman Siddique	Busted
Andrei Konopelko	Busted
Matas Cimbolas	Busted
Michiel Brosky	Busted
Victor Choupeaux	Busted