2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II
Day: 1
Event Info
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Winner
Prize
€463,500
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€1,584,660
Total Entries
66
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 66
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Late Registration is Closed

Level 11 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Jorryt van Hoof and Chin Wei Lim were the last two players to register during the dinner break. Late registration is now closed with a total of 66 entries and 27 players still remaining.

Level: 11

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

O'Dwyer Eliminates Pedersen in Massive Pot

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Simon Pedersen
Simon Pedersen

A completed board of {q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} was spread across the table with Steve O'Dwyer and Simon Pedersen heads-up in a pot. Pedersen led out for 60,000 into a pot of just under 100,000 and O'Dwyer used up a time extension before shoving all in.

Pedersen was put to the test for his stack of around 265,000 and he eventually made the call. O'Dwyer turned over {j-Hearts}{7-Hearts} for a rivered flush while Pedersen was forced to show his {j-Spades}{10-Spades}.

Tags: Steve O'DwyerSimon Pedersen

Chip Counts Before Dinner

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ben Heath reflects on a $5M 2019, 12 months after he almost left the game for good

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Ben Heath
Ben Heath

If January is a time for resolutions, then December is a time for reflection.

There’s a lot for British pro Ben Heath to reflect on from 2019. He won his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet (in a $50K High Roller, no less) for $1.48 million, and followed up that victory a month or so later with a third-place finish in a £100K buy-in Triton event for £1.35 million.

Read more over on the PokerStars Blog

Tags: Ben Heath

Mateos Gets There Against Jukovic

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mustafa Jukovic opened in the cutoff to 11,000 and received a call from Adrian Mateos, who defended his big blind. The flop came {8-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{8-Spades} and Mateos led out with a bet of 6,000. Jukovic called.

The turn came {10-Hearts} and Mateos blasted his last 43,000 into the middle. Jukovic thought for a while and then decided to make the call.

Adrian Mateos: {q-Spades}{9-Spades}
Mustafa Jukovic: {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}

Jukovic's call with ace-high was out in front against Mateos' double gutter and two live cards, but he would need to fade 14 cards in the deck to score the knockout and was unable to do so as the river {j-Hearts} rolled onto the felt to complete the runout, giving Mateos a straight and leaving Jukovic audibly upset about the situation thereafter.

Tags: Adrian MateosMustafa Jukovic

Thorel Eliminated for the Final Time?

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Jean-Noel Thorel
Jean-Noel Thorel

Jean-Noel Thorel was on his fourth bullet of the tournament and was sitting on a stack of 65,000. Timothy Adams raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Thorel moved all in on the button. Adams asked for a count and then made the call.

Timothy Adams: {q-Hearts}{j-Hearts}
Jean-Noel Thorel: {3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}

The flop of {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{2-Clubs} gave Adams a few more outs and the {10-Diamonds} on the turn made him a straight. Thorel was left drawing dead to the {9-Clubs} on the river and he said bye to his fellow tablemates before exiting the tournament area.

Tags: Timothy AdamsJean-Noel Thorel

Hajiyev Doubles Through Toma

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tsugunari Toma opened to 12,000 in the cutoff and was three-bet all in for 95,000 by Ramin Hajiyev, who was on the button. Action made its way back to Toma and he proceeded to think about his decision for a few moments.

Hajiyev told him that he knew he was really considering what to do and then proceeded to provide some words of encouragement, trying to talk Toma into a call. Eventually, he said that Toma wasn't going to get him twice.

Toma was unsure of what he heard, so Hajiyev gave him a reminder of when Toma had knocked him out previously today.

"Ah, yes. Okay!" said Toma, throwing out four T25,000 chips to call.

Ramin Hajiyev: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Tsugunari Toma: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

The table erupted upon seeing Toma's hand: the excitement was palpable as to how Hajiyev had actually convinced Toma into calling with the best hand.

"I can't lose to you twice," insisted Hajiyev.

The flop came {j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{3-Spades} to give Hajiyev four more outs to Broadway, one of which would come on the turn {10-Hearts} to lock in his double before the river {j-Diamonds} completed the runout. Hajiyev was paid the double, talking about how he tried to bait a call because of the likelihood that Toma had a worse ace as he stacked his newly-earned chips.

Tags: Ramin HajiyevTsugunari Toma

Thorel and Levinskas on a Third Bullet

Level 10 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
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