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

Lu and Eibinger Trade Pots

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Yunye Lu saw action folded to him in the small blind and completed. Matthias Eibinger checked his option in the big blind and the two saw a flop of {7-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}. Lu bet 60,000 and Eibinger called.

The turn was {5-Hearts} and Lu fired out another 150,000. Eibinger let his hand go.

A few hands then went by with no action until Lu was in the big blind and Eibinger opened the hijack to 120,000. Lu defended to take action heads up to the flop {a-Spades}{2-Spades}{7-Clubs}. Lu checked and Eibinger made a continuation-bet of 150,000. Lu called.

The turn came {5-Diamonds} and Lu checked again. Eibinger fired a second barrel for 375,000 and Lu sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
3,950,000
-150,000
-150,000
Yunye Lu cn
Yunye Lu
1,520,000
-130,000
-130,000

Tags: Matthias EibingerYunye Lu

Extended Break for Dinner

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

The five remaining players have agreed to take a 45-minute dinner break. Play will resume at approximately 8:10 p.m. local time. End-of-level chip counts have been provided.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
3,590,000
-360,000
-360,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
3,480,000
255,000
255,000
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
2,165,000
-35,000
-35,000
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
1,865,000
165,000
165,000
Yunye Lu cn
Yunye Lu
1,650,000
130,000
130,000

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Toma First Out of the Gate After Dinner

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

No pots of significant action have taken place over the first couple of orbits since play has resumed. However, Tsugunari Toma has taken the liberty to go all in preflop a few times, putting others to decisions for their stacks, with nobody wishing to commit. As a result, he now finds himself with about 4.2 million and has taken over the chip lead for the time being.

Player Chips Progress
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
4,200,000
720,000
720,000

Tags: Tsugunari Toma

Pedersen Tops Eibinger Twice

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Matthias Eibinger opened to 160,000 in the cutoff and Simon Pedersen pushed out a stack of 900,000 in the small blind. Eibinger thought for a moment but elected to lay his hand down.

In the next hand, Eibinger made it 160,000 again and Pedersen called on the button. The two players saw a flop of {7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds} and Eibinger led out for 150,000. Pedersen called and the {7-Spades} paired the board on the turn.

Eibinger checked this time and Pedersen dropped in a bet of 200,000. Eibinger burned through a time extension and threw his cards away again.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
2,950,000
-640,000
-640,000
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
2,340,000
475,000
475,000

Tags: Matthias EibingerSimon Pedersen

Eibinger "Back To Average Stack"

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Simon Pedersen was in the cutoff and opened the action with a raise to 180,000. Action folded around to Matthias Eibinger in the big blind, who defended, and the flop came {q-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}. Eibinger checked over to Pedersen, who made a continuation-bet of 100,000, and Eibinger called.

Action then checked through the turn {2-Spades} and river {3-Diamonds} to take the hand to showdown.

Eibinger tabled {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs} and Pedersen showed {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}, out-pipping Eibinger to earn him the pot.

A few people showed up onto the rail afterward asking if he had all the chips, but he had news in the opposite direction: "Back to average stack," said Eibinger before getting ready for the next hand.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
2,710,000
370,000
370,000
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
2,520,000
-430,000
-430,000

Tags: Matthias EibingerSimon Pedersen

Toma Setting the Pace

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

The action folded to Tsugunari Toma in the small blind who raised it up to 200,000. Simon Pedersen called from the big blind and the dealer spread the flop of {7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Toma led out for 300,000 and Pedersen made the call.

The turn brought the {8-Hearts} and Toma fired out another bet of 725,000. Pedersen used a time extension before he called to see the {q-Spades} on the river. Toma checked this time and Pedersen quickly checked it back. Toma turned over {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and Pedersen mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
5,980,000
1,780,000
1,780,000
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
1,510,000
-1,200,000
-1,200,000

Tags: Simon PedersenTsugunari Toma

Yunye Lu Eliminated in 5th Place (€159,290)

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Yunye Lu
Yunye Lu

Action folded around to Simon Lofberg in the small blind and he went all in. Yunye Lu looked at his cards in the big blind and announced a call.

Yunye Lu: {k-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Simon Lofberg: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}

Lu would need to hit one of his two live cards to stay alive and would not do so as the board ran out {3-Clubs}{3-Spades}{j-Spades}{8-Spades}{5-Spades}, giving Lu the second-nut flush that proved to be the second-best hand to Lofberg's nut flush.

Stacks were counted with Lofberg having 1.525 million, covering Lu by about 200,000 to result in Lu becoming the fifth-place finisher in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
2,900,000
1,300,000
1,300,000
Yunye Lu cn
Yunye Lu
Busted

Tags: Simon LofbergYunye Lu

Level: 28

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Pedersen Stays Alive

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The action was on Tsugunari Toma in the small blind who announced all in with a short stack behind him. Simon Pedersen was that short stack with just 640,000. Pedersen looked down at his cards and quickly made the call.

Simon Pedersen: {k-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Tsugunari Toma: {8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}

The flop came {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Pedersen's king-high was still in the lead. The {4-Spades} on the turn and the {q-Diamonds} on the river changed nothing as Pedersen doubled up but still remains as the short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
5,840,000
-140,000
-140,000
Simon Pedersen dk
Simon Pedersen
1,380,000
-130,000
-130,000

Tags: Tsugunari TomaSimon Pedersen