2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 1
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

Arends Shoves on Baumann

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was 15,500 in the middle from preflop action in a heads-up pot between Jans Arends in the hijack and Gaelle Baumann, who was on the button. The board read {3-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts} and Arends checked to Baumann. She made a bet of 5,500 and Arends called, bringing the turn {8-Spades}.

Arends checked again and Baumann put out another bet of 12,000. Arends made the call and the river came {9-Clubs}.

"All in," said Arends as he committed the remaining 23,800 in his stack. Baumann took less than 10 seconds to think before sending her cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Jans Arends nl
Jans Arends
74,300 14,300
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
58,000 -26,000

Tags: Gaelle BaumannJans Arends

Updated Chip Counts

Level 8 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
139,000 89,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
120,000 66,800
Pavel Plesuv md
Pavel Plesuv
108,500 58,500
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
105,000 -13,500
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
70,000 20,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
EPT 1X Winner
62,000 12,000
Ramin Hajiyev az
Ramin Hajiyev
60,000 4,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
59,000 6,500
Ramon Colillas es
Ramon Colillas
42,000 -8,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
41,000 -9,000
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
40,000 -10,000
Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
36,700 -13,300
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
29,000 14,100
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
21,700 -21,700

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Liu Coolered by Lopes

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Yin Liu opened to 2,200 in middle position and action folded around to Bruno Lopes, who was on the button and three-bet to 6,000. Action got back to Liu and he thought for a couple of seconds before looking down at his remaining chips of around 25,000 and putting them into the middle. Lopes immediately called.

Yin Liu: {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}
Bruno Lopes: {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}

Liu got all of his chips into the middle with the second-best possible starting hand only to run into the one hand that could be ahead of him before the flop. The board ran out {3-Spades}{6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{10-Spades}{q-Clubs}, leaving his kings no good against Lopes' aces to result in his elimination.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
142,000
Yin Liu cn
Yin Liu
Busted

Tags: Bruno LopesYin Liu

Soyza Downs van Zadelhoff

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Michael Soyza
Michael Soyza

There was a little over 40,000 in the middle already in what was said to be a four-bet pot. On a flop of {q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}, Steven van Zadelhoff checked from the big blind and Michael Soyza bet 13,000 on his left. Van Zadelhoff called and the {8-Spades} landed on the turn.

The action checked to Soyza again who fired out another 22,000 and van Zadelhoff still called. The river was the {5-Hearts} and van Zadelhoff checked for the third time. Soyza moved all but 1,000 chips into the middle but it was still enough to cover van Zadelhoff's stack of just under 50,000.

It didn't take long but van Zadelhoff made the call and the cards were tabled. Soyza flipped over {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} and van Zadelhoff had one pair lower with {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Soyza my
Michael Soyza
208,000 103,000
Steven van Zadelhoff nl
Steven van Zadelhoff
Busted

Tags: Michael SoyzaSteven van Zadelhoff

Ruijs Busts To Stokkan

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

All of the chips got in the middle before the flop with Joris Ruijs the one at risk from the small blind, having received action from Preben Stokkan in the big blind.

Joris Ruijs: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Preben Stokkan: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Ruijs found himself with just three outs prior to the runout, but it would leave him still in need as the board came {9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Clubs} to leave his ace-queen no good against Stokkan's ace-king.

Player Chips Progress
Preben Stokkan no
Preben Stokkan
74,000 24,000
Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
Busted

Tags: Joris RuijsPreben Stokkan

Molnar Rivers the Best

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

In a three-bet pot, Robert Heidorn and Laszlo Molnar were heads-up on a flop reading {k-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}. Heidorn led out for a pot-sized bet of 16,000 from the big blind and Molnar called on the button.

The {7-Diamonds} paired the board on the turn and both players checked to the {9-Diamonds} on the river. Heidorn checked again and Molnar announced a bet of 22,000. Heidorn used a time extension before making the call. Molnar turned over {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} for a full house and Heidorn mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Laszlo Molnar hu
Laszlo Molnar
128,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
98,200 48,200

Tags: Laszlo MolnarRobert Heidorn

More New Entries and Bust Outs

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Kristen Bicknell ca
Kristen Bicknell
50,000 19,400
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
50,000 -15,300
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
50,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
EPT 1X Winner
50,000
Anton Yakuba ru
Anton Yakuba
Busted
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
Busted
Rifat Palevic se
Rifat Palevic
Busted
Ashkan Fattahi ir
Ashkan Fattahi
Busted
Andre Mayer fr
Andre Mayer
Busted
Chun Ip hk
Chun Ip
Busted
Nariman Yaghmai ir
Nariman Yaghmai
Busted
Charles La Boissonniere ca
Charles La Boissonniere
Busted
Lijo Lander es
Lijo Lander
Busted
Mario Navarro es
Mario Navarro
Busted
Onur Unsal tr
Onur Unsal
Busted
Maroun Jazzar lb
Maroun Jazzar
Busted
Fredrik Andersson se
Fredrik Andersson
Busted
Hirokazu Kobayashi jp
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Busted
Joshua Zimmerman us
Joshua Zimmerman
Busted
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
Busted
Andrey Andreev ru
Andrey Andreev
Busted

Gumz Takes it on the Turn

Level 7 : 400/800, 800 ante

Fabian Gumz opened to 1,800 in middle position and was called by the button. Masato Yokosawa three-bet to 8,000 in the small blind and only Gumz called.

The flop came {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Yokosawa led out with a small bet of 3,000. Gumz called and the {5-Spades} landed on the turn. Yokosawa checked this time and Gumz sized up a bet of 13,500 which got Yokosawa to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Fabian Gumz de
Fabian Gumz
63,500 13,500
Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
42,500

Tags: Masato YokosawaFabian Gumz