2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
€523,120
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€2,473,500
Entries
255
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Arsenii Karmatckii Eliminated in 15th Place (€36,610)

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Arsenii Karmatckii
Arsenii Karmatckii

Arsenii Karmatckii saw action folded to him in the cutoff and limped in. Simon Lofberg was on the button and pumped it up to 75,000 and Karmatckii reraised all in once action got back to him. Lofberg went into the tank and eventually settled on a call, slamming a chip down on the felt to signify the action.

Arsenii Karmatckii: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}
Simon Lofberg: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

Karmatckii looked poised for a double until the flop came {q-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}, putting his top pair, top kicker firmly behind Lofberg's top two pair. He would need to find an ace or a ten to stay alive and would not do so as the turn {9-Spades} and river {4-Spades} completed the runout, resulting in his departure from the tournament in 15th place.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
2,650,000 630,000
Arsenii Karmatckii ru
Arsenii Karmatckii
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Arsenii KarmatckiiSimon Lofberg

Eibinger and Aslan Win Pots

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Matthias Eibinger opened to 40,000 in middle position and Yunye Lu defended from the big blind. The flop came {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and Lu check-called a bet of 25,000 from Eibinger. The turn was the {4-Clubs} and both players checked to the {5-Clubs} on the river.

Lu checked again and Eibinger slung out a bet of 60,000. Lu looked him up and Eibinger showed {a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for a flush to scoop the pot.

In the next hand, Kemal Aslan raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Simon Pedersen announced all in from the big blind. Aslan called off his stack of 300,000 and the cards were tabled.

Pedersen showed {a-Spades}{2-Clubs} which was slightly ahead of Aslan's {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}. The board ran out {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Aslan flopped a pair of kings to score the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
1,350,000 -175,000
Yunye Lu cn
Yunye Lu
1,150,000 -215,000
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
725,000 105,000
Kemal Aslan tr
Kemal Aslan
630,000 210,000

Tags: Yunye LuSimon PedersenMatthias EibingerKemal Aslan

Khatri Takes from Pedersen

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Simon Pedersen had opened from the cutoff and was called by Bhavin Khatri on the button to take action heads up to a flop of {2-Spades}{a-Hearts}{4-Spades}. Pedersen checked and Khatri bet 40,000. Pedersen called.

The turn came {a-Spades} and Pedersen checked again. Khatri put out another bet of 115,000 and Pedersen called again, bringing the river {6-Spades}. Pedersen checked a third time and Khatri took a chip into his hand and tapped it directly onto the dealer button to check.

Pedersen showed {k-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Khatri tabled {9-Spades}{9-Clubs} to win the pot with two pair, aces and nines.

Player Chips Progress
Bhavin Khatri gb
Bhavin Khatri
1,250,000 150,000
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
1,235,000 -115,000

Tags: Bhavin KhatriSimon Pedersen

Toma Gets a Double

Level 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Toma Tsugunari
Toma Tsugunari

Rainer Kempe opened the action with a raise to 40,000 in middle position and was three-bet to 115,000 by Simon Lofberg in the cutoff. Action made its way around to Tsugunari Toma in the big blind and he thought for a few moments before cold four-betting all in for 445,000. Kempe quickly folded to put action back on Lofberg who vocalized the amount to confirm it.

"Four-four-five," replied Toma. "No more gambling," he added. Lofberg continued to think about his decision before ultimately making the call.

Tsugunari Toma: {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Simon Lofberg: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Toma was way out in front and faded the two remaining tens in the deck as the board ran out {4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades} to score the double. He stood up and let out an audible celebratory yell, resulting in a few players nearby cracking a smile and a laugh before he got back to his seat and got back to business.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
2,090,000 -560,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
960,000 510,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
335,000 -265,000

Tags: Rainer KempeSimon LofbergTsugunari Toma

Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Kempe Delays the Double

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The action folded to Daniel Dvoress in the small blind who ripped all in. Rainer Kempe was in the big blind with the smaller of the two stacks, having exactly 300,000 in front of him. Kempe started to tank, eyeing up the other table with a pay jump on the line.

"I'm not folding. I'm in pretty good shape," Kempe said as he tossed in a time extension.

"How good of shape?" Dvoress questioned. "King-jack or something?"

"I have kings," Kempe laughed.

Eventually, Kempe made the call and turned over {a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} against the {10-Spades}{6-Spades} of Dvoress. The board ran out {8-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades}{7-Spades} and Kempe's ace-high was good enough for the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
625,000 25,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
155,000 -220,000

Tags: Daniel DvoressRainer Kempe

Updated Chip Counts

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
1,970,000 250,000
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
1,950,000 -140,000
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
1,310,000 75,000
Bhavin Khatri gb
Bhavin Khatri
1,280,000 30,000
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
860,000 135,000
Yunye Lu cn
Yunye Lu
820,000 -330,000
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
775,000 320,000
George Wolff us
George Wolff
710,000 85,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
710,000 -250,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
625,000 -175,000
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
550,000 -75,000
Kemal Aslan tr
Kemal Aslan
365,000 -265,000
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
350,000 60,000
Daniel Dvoress ca
Daniel Dvoress
165,000 10,000

Kemal Aslan Eliminated in 14th Place (€36,610)

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Kemal Aslan
Kemal Aslan

On a {a-Hearts}{6-Spades}{j-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} board Simon Pedersen bet 85,000 from under the gun and Kemal Aslan called on the button.

The river was the {7-Clubs} and Pedersen announced all in. Aslan used a time extension before calling with {k-Spades}{q-Spades} for a pair of kings.

Pedersen turned over {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for the nut straight and Aslan was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
1,750,000 440,000
Kemal Aslan tr
Kemal Aslan
Busted

Tags: Simon PedersenKemal Aslan

Big Stacks Battle

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Simon Lofberg saw action folded to him in the cutoff and opened to 50,000. Masato Yokosawa was next to act on the button and three-bet to 160,000. Lofberg called.

The flop came {6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Lofberg checked. Yokosawa put out a continuation-bet of 255,000 and Lofberg thought for a few moments before making the call.

Both players then checked the turn {10-Diamonds} and the river fell {8-Hearts}. Lofberg thought for long enough to use a time extension and then bet 425,000. Yokosawa then also used a time extension to consider his decision before sending his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
2,525,000 575,000
Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
1,545,000 -425,000

Tags: Masato YokosawaSimon Lofberg

Fahredin Mustafov Eliminated in 13th Place (€40,320)

Level 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Fahredin Mustafov
Fahredin Mustafov

George Wolff raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Fahredin Mustafov called from the big blind. The flop came {q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} and both players checked to the {3-Diamonds} on the turn.

Mustafov led out with a bet of 55,000 and Wolff called to see the {7-Clubs} on the river. Mustafov jammed all in for 220,000 and Wolff pondered for a moment before making the call. Mustafov showed {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for a missed straight and flush draw while Wolff held {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts} for the only pair.

Player Chips Progress
George Wolff us
George Wolff
1,100,000 390,000
Fahredin Mustafov bg
Fahredin Mustafov
Busted

Tags: George WolffFahredin Mustafov