€10,300 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-07-2019 00:45 UTC+2

Kitai Doubles Through Kotelnikov

Shirley Ang

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

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

Davidi Kitai:
Andrey Kotelnikov:

The board ran out for Kitai to hold and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsugunari Toma	213,000 19,000	19,000

Derek Ip	55,000 -8,000	-8,000
Davidi Kitai	36,200 -13,800	-13,800

Andrey Kotelnikov	15,100 -55,900	-55,900

Tags: Andrey Kotelnikov Davidi Kitai

12-07-2019 00:52 UTC+2

Thorel's Turn to Double

Shirley Ang

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

The flop read when Istvan Birizdo shoved from the big blind and Jean-Noel Thorel called on the button for 33,800.

Jean-Noel Thorel:
Istvan Birizdo:

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 on the turn and the on the river for Thorel to double up.

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

Tags: Istvan Birizdo Jean-Noel Thorel

12-07-2019 00:57 UTC+2

Tuna Done Defending

Shirley Ang

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 , Tuna check-called the 3,000 bet of Van Hoof.

The turn was the , Tuna checked again and now Van Hoof continued with a bet of 7,500. Tuna shoved and Van Hoof quickly called with . Tuna held .

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jorryt van Hoof	108,000 17,600	17,600
Akin Tuna	Busted

Tags: Jorryt van Hoof Akin Tuna

12-07-2019 01:00 UTC+2

Four More Out

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	Busted

Yake Wu	Busted
Conor Beresford	Busted
Artur Martirosian	Busted

12-07-2019 01:03 UTC+2

One In, One Out

Shirley Ang

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	50,000 50,000	50,000

Ben Heath	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

12-07-2019 01:14 UTC+2

Another One Out and In

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Martirosian	50,000 50,000	50,000

Ognjen Sekularac	Busted

12-07-2019 01:22 UTC+2

Thorel Shoves

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The board read with around 50,000 in the middle already.

Jean-Noel Thorel checked in the big blind and so did Tsugunari Toma from under the gun. Derek Ip bet 28,000 from the button and Thorel responded with a shove for more. Toma quickly folded but Ip needed a bit more time before folding in the end.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tsugunari Toma	200,000 -13,000	-13,000

Jean-Noel Thorel	140,000 64,000	64,000
Derek Ip	46,000 -9,000	-9,000

Tags: Derek Ip Jean-Noel Thorel Tsugunari Toma

12-07-2019 01:31 UTC+2

Ip Ousted by Zhou

Shirley Ang

Level 10 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Derek Ip raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Quan Zhou three-bet to 16,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Ip shoved for 46,000 which Zhou called.

Derek Ip:
Quan Zhou: