2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info

2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
€840,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,693,900
Entries
1,174
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000

Pateychuk Doubles Through Ignat

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Liviu Ignat raised to 80,000 from under the gun and action folded to Andrey Pateychuk in the small blind who shoved for 410,000 which Ignat called.

Andrey Pateychuk: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Liviu Ignat: {k-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{j-Spades}{3-Hearts}{10-Clubs} for the former EPT champion to double up as his pocket sevens held.

Player Chips Progress
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
2,600,000
-525,000
-525,000
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
900,000
435,000
435,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrey PateychukLiviu Ignat

Michaelis Takes Chip Lead

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Paul Michaelis raised from under the gun and Artem Kobylynskyi called in the cutoff.

The flop came {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, Michaelis continued with a bet of 120,000 and Kobylynskyi called.

The turn brought them the {4-Diamonds}, Michaelis now barreled a bet of 280,000 over the line which Kobylynskyi called again.

The river completed the board with the {j-Spades}, Michaelis took some time and then decided to shove, having Kobylynskyi covered. Kobylynskyi contemplated his options and then decided to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
4,735,000
850,000
850,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Artem Kobylynskyi ua
Artem Kobylynskyi
800,000
-860,000
-860,000

Tags: Artem KobylynskyiPaul Michaelis

Bagirov Doubles Through Pateychuk

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action folded to Andrey Pateychuk and the former EPT champ jammed in the small blind to set Sergei Bagirov in. He quickly called and showed {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, dominating Pateychuk's {a-}{5-}. The {8-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Hearts} flop had Pateychuk begin counting out a dub — it turned out to be 495,000 — and the {k-Hearts} turn confirmed he'd be sending it over.

Player Chips Progress
Sergei Bagirov ru
Sergei Bagirov
1,030,000
380,000
380,000
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
465,000
-585,000
-585,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Andrey PateychukSergei Bagirov

Mertengren Finally Falls

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Dimitrios Michailidis (L) and Andriy Mertengren
Dimitrios Michailidis (L) and Andriy Mertengren

Liviu Ignat opened for 80,000 under the gun and Andriy Mertengren jammed for about 450,000. Ignat called and tabled {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, dominating the {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} shown by Mertengren.

The board ran out {4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{j-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}, leaving Mertengren dead on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
3,125,000
675,000
675,000
Andriy Mertengren ua
Andriy Mertengren
Busted

Tags: Andriy MertengrenLiviu Ignat

Peters Eliminated by Kobylynskyi

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Tobias Peters
Tobias Peters

Ivan Zhechev raised to 85,000 from under the gun and action folded to Artem Kobylynskyi in the small blind. Kobylynskyi looked at his cards and decided to shove, Tobias Peters was sitting in the big blind and wanted to see how much Kobylynskyi had. Peters then shoved too for around 600,000. Zhechev quickly scrambled and got out of the hand.

Artem Kobylynskyi: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Tobias Peters: {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Hearts}{9-Spades}{3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for Kobylynskyi's pocket tens to hold and eliminate Peters in 19th place.

Player Chips Progress
Artem Kobylynskyi ua
Artem Kobylynskyi
1,660,000
675,000
675,000
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
Busted

Tags: Artem KobylynskyiIvan ZhechevTobias Peters

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

End of Level 24 Counts (full)

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ugo Faggioli fr
Ugo Faggioli
4,170,000
-145,000
-145,000
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
3,885,000
285,000
285,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
3,185,000
145,000
145,000
PokerStars
Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
2,700,000
300,000
300,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
Diego Zeiter ch
Diego Zeiter
2,510,000
-140,000
-140,000
Liviu Ignat ro
Liviu Ignat
2,450,000
385,000
385,000
Fionn MacNamara gb
Fionn MacNamara
2,150,000
65,000
65,000
Evangelos Bechrakis gr
Evangelos Bechrakis
1,755,000
10,000
10,000
Carlos Branco pt
Carlos Branco
1,725,000
265,000
265,000
Laurynas Levinskas lt
Laurynas Levinskas
1,645,000
-285,000
-285,000
Ivan Zhechev bg
Ivan Zhechev
1,635,000
275,000
275,000
Dimitrios Michailidis gr
Dimitrios Michailidis
1,350,000
-25,000
-25,000
Alexandr Merzhvinskii ru
Alexandr Merzhvinskii
1,060,000
60,000
60,000
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
1,050,000
135,000
135,000
EPT 1X Winner
Artem Kobylynskyi ua
Artem Kobylynskyi
985,000
-320,000
-320,000
Serhii Holodiuk ua
Serhii Holodiuk
975,000
-125,000
-125,000
Andriy Mertengren ua
Andriy Mertengren
915,000
400,000
400,000
Sergei Bagirov ru
Sergei Bagirov
650,000
-150,000
-150,000
Tobias Peters nl
Tobias Peters
600,000
-380,000
-380,000

Faggioli Eliminates Halak and Doubles Through Bechrakis

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Ugo Faggioli (L) and Guenter Halak
Ugo Faggioli (L) and Guenter Halak

Ugo Faggioli raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Guenter Halak shoved from the hijack. Action folded to Evangelos Bechrakis in the big blind who asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Halak had 410,000 in total and Bechrakis called. Faggioli shoved too for almost 2,000,000 and Bechrakis snap-called.

Guenter Halak: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Ugo Faggioli: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Evangelos Bechrakis: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {8-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for Faggioli's pocket aces to eliminate Halak in 20th place and double up through Bechrakis. The dealer counted out Faggioli's stack and confirmed Bechrakis needed to pay up a total of 1,930,000 which makes Faggioli the new chip leader.

The 19 remaining players have just gone for a 20-minute break.

Player Chips Progress
Ugo Faggioli fr
Ugo Faggioli
4,315,000
2,380,000
2,380,000
Evangelos Bechrakis gr
Evangelos Bechrakis
1,745,000
-1,975,000
-1,975,000
Guenter Halak at
Guenter Halak
Busted

Tags: Evangelos BechrakisGuenter HalakUgo Faggioli