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

12-08-2018 16:15 UTC+2

Pons and Carrel Lead; Kassouf and Konopelko Join

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Charlie Carrel	90,000 25,000	25,000
Fernando Pons	80,000 50,000	50,000
Fahredin Mustafov	70,000 29,000	29,000
Sofia Lovgren	65,000 33,000	33,000
Sylvain Naets	43,000 13,000	13,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	41,000 5,000	5,000
Laurent Azoulay	38,000 -22,000	-22,000
Jessica Teusl	33,000 -1,000	-1,000
Sonny Franco	32,000 2,000	2,000
William Kassouf	30,000
Andrei Konopelko	30,000
Camilla Reventlow	23,000
Smain Mamouni	23,000 -7,000	-7,000
Martin Staszko	19,000 -11,000	-11,000
Dong Guo	18,000 -19,000	-19,000

12-08-2018 16:36 UTC+2

Konnikova and Lybaert in Small Pots

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

PokerStars Ambassador Maria Konnikova checked her big blind after the small blind limped. She called 700 from her opponent on the flop and the pair checked the turn.

The river was the and her opponent overbet the pot, betting 3,300. Konnikova folded.

Meanwhile, Bart Lybaert check-called 3,300 from a player and the turn was the . Lybaert bet 9,000 and his opponent folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	43,000 2,000	2,000
Maria Konnikova	25,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Bart Lybaert Maria Konnikova

12-08-2018 16:37 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matas Cimbolas	45,000 17,000	17,000
Colin Lovelock	33,000 11,000	11,000
Ronald van de Linde	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Ivo Donev	22,000 -10,000	-10,000
Sander van Wesemael	19,000 -11,000	-11,000
Piotr Nurzynski	17,000 -3,000	-3,000

Grzegorz Wyraz	8,000 -14,000	-14,000

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

12-08-2018 16:48 UTC+2

Sarailis Gets There on the River

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Jeremy Gobard was all in and ahead with against the of opponent John Sarailis.

The flop and turn looked good for Gobard, but the river was the giving Sarailis a set and sending Gobard to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Sarailis	32,000
Jeremy Gobard	Busted

Tags: John Sarailis Jeremy Gobard

12-08-2018 17:18 UTC+2

Around 500 Players Remain Approaching the Second Break

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

New faces continue to join the field here in the EPT Prague National, including Michal Mrakes, Ismael Bojang and the last EPT Prague Main Event winner Jasper Meijer Van Putten.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yosef Dvash	110,000 110,000	110,000
Danilo Velasevic	105,000 105,000	105,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	81,000 40,000	40,000
Fernando Pons	75,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jerry Odeen	43,000 43,000	43,000
Walter Treccarichi	40,000 -2,000	-2,000
Jasper Meijer Van Putten	30,000 30,000	30,000

Ismael Bojang	30,000 30,000	30,000
Camilla Reventlow	22,000 -1,000	-1,000
Michal Mrakes	12,000 12,000	12,000
Sander van Wesemael	Busted

12-08-2018 17:20 UTC+2

Break

Will Shillibier

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Players are going on their second break of the day.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

12-08-2018 17:56 UTC+2

New Players in the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	30,000
Gaelle Baumann	30,000
Adrien Delmas	30,000
Sam Grafton	19,000

12-08-2018 17:59 UTC+2

Bojang Enjoying Himself Despite Losing Small Three-bet Pot

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player opened to 1,500 and Ismael Bojang raised to 5,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and the initial raiser called.

The flop came and Bojang check-called 3,500. The turn was the and Bojang checked again. This time his opponent bet 6,500 and Bojang flung his cards into the muck.

Despite his apparent frustration, Bojang tweeted that he was excited to be playing cards here at the EPT.

It has been a while since the last time I have been this excited to play cards. Pretty sure I will be unstoppable this week
— Ismael Bojang (@IsmaelBojang)

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	19,000 -11,000	-11,000

Tags: Ismael Bojang