€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-16-2019 16:11 UTC+2

Grafton Showers Czuczor To Take Chip Lead

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

An all in and call were overheard and Marton Czuczor had gotten his stack in for what looked to be about 100,000 from early position against Sam Grafton, who was in the cutoff.

Marton Czuczor:
Sam Grafton:

Czuczor was unable to find help on the runout as the board came , leaving his pocket tens second best to the jacks of Grafton. Meanwhile, Grafton now finds himself with just shy of 450,000, which is the largest stack in the room among the nine tables of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	442,000	172,000
Marton Czuczor	Busted

Tags: Marton Czuczor Sam Grafton

12-16-2019 16:10 UTC+2

Lu Flops a Pair to Eliminate Baumann

Adam Lamers

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Gaelle Baumann returned from the break with a stack of less than 10 big blinds and she shoved all in for 24,000 in the hijack. Yunye Lu called on the button and the blinds folded.

Yunye Lu:
Gaelle Baumann:

The flop came and Lu took the lead with a pair of nines. The on the turn left Baumann with just two outs and the on the river was not one of them.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunye Lu	145,000	62,500
Gaelle Baumann	Busted

Tags: Gaelle Baumann Yunye Lu

12-16-2019 16:02 UTC+2

A Round of Chip Counts

HillKerby

Level 13 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	417,000	113,000
Ludovic Geilich	277,000	128,000
Ole Schemion	262,000	132,000
Tsugunari Toma	215,000	40,000
Bertrand Grospellier	208,000	38,000
Ben Heath	175,000	-47,500
Yake Wu	125,000	70,000
Simon Mattsson	105,000	30,000
Ankit Ahuja	87,000	-75,000
Sergio Aido	86,000	-34,000
Ryan Riess	85,500	35,500
Conor Beresford	70,000	-34,500
Bhavin Khatri	68,000	-32,000
Dario Sammartino	35,000	-48,000

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 3,000

12-16-2019 15:35 UTC+2

First Break of the Day

Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The remaining 80 players are heading on their first 20-minute break of the day.

12-16-2019 15:32 UTC+2

Eibinger Takes from Soyza

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Michael Soyza opened to 5,500 in middle position and Matthias Eibinger called in the hijack. All remaining players folded and action went heads up to a flop of . Soyza checked to Eibinger, who bet 5,000 and was called.

The turn came and Soyza checked again. Eibinger thought for 25 seconds and then sized up, putting out a bet of 21,500. Soyza called once more.

The river fell and Soyza checked a third time. Eibinger took 25 seconds once more and then slid out all of his chips except for a T1,000 chip. Soyza quickly sent his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Soyza	378,000	-32,000
Matthias Eibinger	155,500	45,500

Tags: Matthias Eibinger Michael Soyza

12-16-2019 15:31 UTC+2

Speiser Shoves on Geilich

Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ludovic Geilich opened to 5,500 in early position and Hannes Speiser re-raised to 16,500. The action came back to Geilich who called to see a flop of .

Geilich checked to Speiser who continued for 12,500 and Geilich check-raised to 34,000. Speiser thought for a moment before shoving all in for around 120,000. Geilich quickly ditched his cards and Speiser collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hannes Speiser	193,000	52,000
Ludovic Geilich	149,000	-71,000

Tags: Ludovic Geilich Hannes Speiser

12-16-2019 15:29 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

"Well I'm not going to win this one," said Parker Talbot heading to the exit. He is joined on the rail by recent eliminations such as Kristen Bicknell and last year's third-place finisher Alexandre Reard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlada Stojanovic	Busted
Kristen Bicknell	Busted
Parker Talbot	Busted
Alexandre Reard	Busted
Clement Richez	Busted
Daniil Kiselev	Busted
Jon Gurrutxaga	Busted
Ottomar Ladva	Busted
Oleh Okhotskyi	Busted
Gary Hasson	Busted

12-16-2019 15:26 UTC+2

Boivin Gets Counterfeited

Adam Lamers

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Thomas Boivin raised it up from the hijack and was called by Krasimir Yankov in the cutoff. The flop came and Boivin tossed in a bet of 5,000. Yankov raised to 10,000 and Boivin responded by shoving all in for around 55,000. Yankov called and the cards were tabled.

Krasimir Yankov:
Thomas Boivin:

Yankov flopped top pair but Boivin flopped two pair in hopes of a double up. The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river gave Yankov trips to eliminate Boivin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Krasimir Yankov	196,000	116,000
Thomas Boivin	Busted

Tags: Krasimir Yankov Thomas Boivin

12-16-2019 15:19 UTC+2

Martirosian Leads the Turn

HillKerby

Level 12 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jun Obara opened to 5,500 under the gun and action made its way around to Artur Martirosian, who defended his big blind. The flop dropped and Martirosian checked. Obara made a continuation-bet of 6,000 and Martirosian called.

The turn came and Martirosian led out with a bet of 10,000. Obara thought for a couple of seconds and sent his cards to the muck, resulting in the pot being sent Martirosian's way.

Martirosian started the day with 50,000 and now finds himself having nearly tripled that; meanwhile, Obara has lost around one-third of his stack in the first one-and-two-thirds levels of the day, though his 185,000 still remains firmly above the average stack of 150,000 in the room with 84 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jun Obara	185,000	-97,000
Artur Martirosian	136,000	44,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Jun Obara