2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
42
Prize
€177,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€591,700
Entries
61
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
30,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
54
Players Left
27

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Tuna Done Defending

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Jorryt van Hoof limped in from under the gun and action folded to Akin Tuna in the big blind who opted to check.

The flop came {10-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}, Tuna check-called the 3,000 bet of Van Hoof.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds}, Tuna checked again and now Van Hoof continued with a bet of 7,500. Tuna shoved and Van Hoof quickly called with {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}. Tuna held {j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}.

They both flopped a pair of jacks but Van Hoof was ahead with the higher kicker. The river completed the board with the {10-Clubs} for Tuna's second bullet to not hit a target either as the defending champion was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
108,000 17,600
Akin Tuna tr
Akin Tuna
Defending Champion
Busted

Tags: Jorryt van HoofAkin Tuna

Thorel's Turn to Double

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

The flop read {2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Hearts} when Istvan Birizdo shoved from the big blind and Jean-Noel Thorel called on the button for 33,800.

Jean-Noel Thorel: {a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Istvan Birizdo: {10-Spades}{7-Clubs}

They had both flopped a pair of sevens but Thorel was ahead with the ace-kicker.

The rest of the board was completed with the {k-Spades} on the turn and the {9-Hearts} on the river for Thorel to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel fr
Jean-Noel Thorel
76,000 56,000
Istvan Birizdo hu
Istvan Birizdo
62,000 -23,000

Tags: Istvan BirizdoJean-Noel Thorel

Kitai Doubles Through Kotelnikov

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Davidi Kitai
Davidi Kitai

Davidi Kitai shoved from the hijack for his last 17,000 and was called by Andrey Kotelnikov in the big blind.

Davidi Kitai: {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}
Andrey Kotelnikov: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} for Kitai to hold and double up.

Player Chips Progress
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
Day 1 Chip Leader
213,000 19,000
Derek Ip hk
Derek Ip
55,000 -8,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
36,200 -13,800
Andrey Kotelnikov ru
Andrey Kotelnikov
15,100 -55,900

Tags: Andrey KotelnikovDavidi Kitai

Higgs Triples Up

Level 9 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
Sam Higgs
Sam Higgs

Yake Wu raised to 4,000 from the middle position and Sam Higgs shoved his last 12,100 in from the hijack. Matthias Eibinger called in the small blind but Wu responded with a shove of his own. Eibinger quickly got out of the way.

Sam Higgs: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Yake Wu: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{a-Clubs} for Higgs to hit a set and Wu to find top pair.

The turn was the {10-Spades} which didn't change things and Higgs secured his triple-up as the {6-Diamonds} completed the board.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
160,000 99,000
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
67,000 17,000
Sam Higgs au
Sam Higgs
39,500 -10,500

Tags: Matthias EibingerSam HiggsYake Wu

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600