€1,100 EPT National Day 1a | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-08-2018 15:45 UTC+2

Big Names Continue to Join

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

2018 EPT Barcelona champion Piotr Nurzynski is now in the field after the first break in the day. The field is almost at 600 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Carrel	65,000	35,000
Sander van Wesemael	30,000
Matas Cimbolas	28,000
Grzegorz Wyraz	22,000
Piotr Nurzynski	20,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

12-08-2018 15:24 UTC+2

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Players are going on their first 20-minute break of the day with 535 of 537 players remaining.

12-08-2018 14:59 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Fahredin Mustafov	41,000	10,000
Bart Lybaert	41,000
Dong Guo	37,000	7,000
Charlie Carrel	30,000
Sonny Franco	30,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Treccarichi	42,000	5,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	36,000	6,000
Sofia Lovgren	32,000
Alexander Lakhov	31,000	1,000
Maria Konnikova	31,000	1,000
Sylvain Naets	30,000
Colin Lovelock	22,000	-8,000
Ari Engel	18,000	-12,000

First Casualty of the Day

Will Shillibier

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Victor Ilyukhin Sr. at an earlier PokerStars event

Earlier Victor Ilyukhin Sr. was down to his last 5,000 chips, which at this early stage was still plenty. However, judging by his empty seat and the tournament clock showing an elimination, it's safe to say that Ilyukhin is no longer with us.

This event is re-entry, with players allowed up to three bullets - one in each starting flight. We will have to wait and see whether he is back at midday tomorrow for Day 1b.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Ilyukhin Sr.	Busted

Tags: Victor Ilyukhin Sr.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

12-08-2018 14:09 UTC+2

New Players and Updated Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Treccarichi	37,000	7,000
Antoine Labat	32,000	2,000
Ivo Donev	32,000	2,000
Fernando Pons	30,000
Dong Guo	30,000
Ronald van de Linde	30,000

12-08-2018 14:06 UTC+2

Whole Lotta Raising Going On

Will Shillibier

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Laurent [Removed:250] checked a flop to Rafael Bairamov who bet 2,000. [Removed:250] check-raised to 5,500 and Bairamov called.

The turn was the . [Removed:250] continued for 7,500 and Bairamov raised to 15,000. [Removed:250] took a moment before re-raising all in for 34,500. Bairamov tanked but eventually folded.