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

12-11-2018 14:43 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Diaz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Thomas Muehloecker	30,000 30,000	30,000
Martin Staszko	30,000 30,000	30,000
Javier Fernandez	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ana Marquez	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ognyan Dimov	30,000 30,000	30,000

Maxim Lykov	30,000 30,000	30,000

Zoltan Szabo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alexandre Reard	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kfir Ivgi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ludovic Geilich	30,000 30,000	30,000
Benjamin Pollak	30,000 30,000	30,000
Peter Jaksland	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sylvain Naets	30,000 30,000	30,000

Nikiel Gets the Folds

Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Rafal Nikiel raised to 1,000 from under the gun and was called by Asi Moshe in mid-position and Jeff Hakim in the small blind.

The flop came , Hakim check-folded to the 2,000 continuation-bet of Nikiel which Moshe called.

The turn was the , Nikiel bet 4,000 and Moshe called.

The river completed the board with the , Nikiel didn't hesitate and bet 11,000 immediately. Moshe tanked for a while and then opted to fold.

"Too big..." Moshe said while shaking his head.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rafal Nikiel	47,000 47,000	47,000
Jeff Hakim	21,000 21,000	21,000
Asi Moshe	21,000 21,000	21,000

Tags: Asi Moshe Jeff Hakim Rafal Nikiel

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

12-11-2018 14:20 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Ivarsson	65,000
Thomas Boivin	30,000
Zhong Chen	30,000
Andrei Konopelko	30,000
Walid Abdi	30,000
Amar Begovic	30,000
Roger Hairabedian	30,000
Jonas Lauck	30,000
Bart Lybaert	30,000
Evangelos Bechrakis	30,000
Anton Siden	30,000
Salvatore Camarda	30,000
Patrick Clarke	30,000
Yiannis Liperis	30,000
Dinesh Alt	30,000
Daniel Barriocanal	30,000

Sitbon Loses Some

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Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Julien Sitbon raised to 400 from the hijack and was called by Elias Moukawem in the small blind.

The flop came , Moukawem check-called the 700 continuation-bet of Sitbon.

The turn was the , Moukawem now check-called the 2,200 continuation-bet of Sitbon.

The river completed the board with the and they both checked. Moukawem tabled for the turned pair of aces to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Moukawem	31,000 31,000	31,000
Julien Sitbon	16,500 13,500	13,500

Tags: Elias Moukawem Julien Sitbon

12-11-2018 13:50 UTC+2

Even More New Players

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Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianluca Speranza	30,000 30,000	30,000
Robert Heidorn	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gavin O'Rourke	30,000 30,000	30,000
Dong Guo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ryan Riess	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ad Schaap	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andrei Grimberg	30,000 30,000	30,000
Usman Siddique	30,000 30,000	30,000
Matas Cimbolas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Yunsheng Sun	30,000
Viliyan Petleshkov	30,000 30,000	30,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

12-11-2018 13:35 UTC+2

Moreira De Melo Off to a Good Start

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Shirley Ang

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

The board read with 12,600 in the middle already. PokerStars Team Pro's Fatima Moreira De Melo was seated in the small blind and had a big bet in front of her, keeping her 100-value chips behind. Peter Majoros was sitting in the hijack and in the tank as the bet had him covered. After a while, Majoros opted to fold, first showing the and then the for trip jacks. Moreira De Melo didn't show anything, not even really a response on her face as she raked the pot in and stacked her newly earned chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fatima Moreira De Melo	51,000 21,000	21,000

Peter Majoros	16,600

Tags: Fatima Moreira De Melo Peter Majoros

12-11-2018 13:29 UTC+2

More Familiar Faces

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Shirley Ang

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Dobson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antoine Vranken	30,000 30,000	30,000
Joao Vieira	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alexander Lakhov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michal Lubas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mykhailo Gutyi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Kane	30,000 30,000	30,000
Leo Margets	30,000 30,000	30,000
Xixiang Luo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Uri Reichenstein	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fahredin Mustafov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Sitbon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Krasimir Yankov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	30,000
Pascal Hartmann	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tuomo Niskanen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Rakesh Lalwani	30,000 30,000	30,000
Niall Farrell	30,000 30,000	30,000

Chris Da-Silva	30,000 30,000	30,000
Erwann Pecheux	30,000 30,000	30,000

12-11-2018 13:12 UTC+2

First Faces in the Field

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Shirley Ang

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

With 334 entries showing on the clock already, the main poker room is starting to fill up. PokerStars Team Pros Maria Konnikova and Fatima Moreira De Melo have taken their seats in the first level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Labat	30,000
Ahadpur Khangah	30,000
Timur Margolin	30,000
Beiyan Yu	30,000
Andy Hills	30,000
Maria Konnikova	30,000

[Removed:510]	30,000
Daniel Rezaei	30,000
Anders Bisgaard	30,000
Fatima Moreira De Melo	30,000

Harry Lodge	30,000
Yuliyan Kolev	30,000
Marcin Chmielewski	30,000
Ali Reza Fatehi	30,000
Markus Durnegger	30,000