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
Entries
66
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Greenwood Gets a Dub

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Sam Greenwood shoved all in for 142,000 from the hijack and received a call from Jans Arends, who was on the button. The remaining players folded and hands were turned up for the runout.

Sam Greenwood: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Jans Arends: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The board ran out clean for Greenwood, coming {7-Hearts}{3-Spades}{5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{10-Spades} to score him the double.

"That's what I had versus you," said Greenwood to Steve O'Dwyer, talking about a hand the two had just played.

"Ace-jack?" asked O'Dwyer. Greenwood confirmed, though it didn't sound like it at first.

"Are you saying you had queens that hand?" asked Danny Tang from across the table.

Greenwood straightened up the story: "No I had ace-jack,"

Nonetheless, Greenwood now finds himself with a workable stack with the eight remaining players' eyes set on the top prize of €463,500.

Player Chips Progress
Jans Arends nl
Jans Arends
845,000
-135,000
-135,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
334,000
202,000
202,000

Tags: Danny TangJans ArendsSam GreenwoodSteve O'Dwyer

Another Double for Eibinger

Level 16 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Matthias Eibinger opened to 40,000 in early position and Sam Grafton three-bet to 130,000 in the hijack. The action folded back to Eibinger who shipped all in for 250,000 and Grafton snapped him off.

Matthias Eibinger: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Sam Grafton: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}

The flop came {j-Spades}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs} providing Grafton with only a couple of backdoor outs. The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and Grafton was drawing dead to the {2-Spades} on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
1,520,000
-260,000
-260,000
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
550,000
290,000
290,000
StakeKings

Tags: Sam GraftonMatthias Eibinger

Level: 17

Blinds: 10,000/25,000

Ante: 25,000

Tang Doubles Through Jukovic To Leave Him Short

Level 17 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Danny Tang
Danny Tang

Danny Tang raised it up to 50,000 under the gun and action made its way around to Mustafa Jukovic, who defended his big blind. The two saw the flop come {4-Clubs}{a-Spades}{a-Clubs} and Jukovic led out with a bet of 55,000, which Tang called.

The turn came {k-Hearts} and Jukovic checked. Tang fired out about 83,000 and Jukovic immediately announced a check-raise all in. Tang beat him into the pot with his calling chips, much to Jukovic's chagrin.

"You have the ace, don't you?" asked Jukovic. Tang tabled his hand to confirm but Jukovic already knew he was in trouble.

Danny Tang: {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}
Mustafa Jukovic: {k-Clubs}{10-Spades}

Tang found himself getting all of his chips into the middle on the turn already having Jukovic drawing dead to secure the double as the river {2-Diamonds} completed the runout, bringing Tang near an average stack and leaving Jukovic with just over five big blinds left with which to play for the time being.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
796,000
396,000
396,000
$25K Fantasy
Mustafa Jukovic se
Mustafa Jukovic
132,000
-398,000
-398,000

Tags: Danny TangMustafa Jukovic

Jukovic Straightens Out to Double Up

Level 17 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mustafa Jukovic pushed all in for 122,000 from under the gun and Steve O'Dwyer asked for a count before making the call. The rest of the table folded and the two hands were tabled with Jukovic in rough shape.

Mustafa Jukovic: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Steve O'Dwyer: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}

The flop of {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} to give Jukovic a straight draw and some hope. The {10-Hearts} paired the board on the turn and the {q-Clubs} on the river gave Jukovic a straight. A loud roar came from that end of the table along with some clapping and whistling as well. "We're all human. We have emotion," Jukovic exclaimed.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
1,890,000
-405,000
-405,000
EPT 1X Winner
Mustafa Jukovic se
Mustafa Jukovic
255,000
123,000
123,000

Tags: Mustafa JukovicSteve O'Dwyer

Jukovic Takes It on the River

Level 17 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mustafa Jukovic saw action folded to him in the small blind and opened to 55,000. Danny Tang was in the big blind and defended to see the flop come {j-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{9-Hearts}. Both players checked.

The turn came {a-Spades} and Jukovic bet 31,000. Tang thought for a couple of seconds and then called. The river fell {7-Diamonds} and Jukovic bet another 60,000.

Tang looked to Jukovic and asked him to move his arms to see his stack. Jukovic leaned back, exposing his chips for Tang to see, and Tang took a quick look before looking up to study Jukovic. He then thought about his decision until there was under 10 seconds left on his clock before tossing his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
960,000
-75,000
-75,000
$25K Fantasy
Mustafa Jukovic se
Mustafa Jukovic
365,000
110,000
110,000

Tags: Danny TangMustafa Jukovic

Level: 18

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

Wolff's Turn To Double

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

George Wolff went all in for 183,000 under the gun and action folded around to Steve O'Dwyer, who was in the big blind. O'Dwyer confirmed the amount, thought for a handful of seconds, and then made the call.

George Wolff: {k-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Steve O'Dwyer: {a-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

O'Dwyer called correctly and was out in front to leave Wolff needing some help to stay alive. The flop {6-Spades}{10-Spades}{k-Diamonds} gave him that help and the turn {9-Spades} and river {4-Clubs} came clean to score him the double.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
1,917,000
27,000
27,000
EPT 1X Winner
George Wolff us
George Wolff
401,000
156,000
156,000

Tags: George WolffSteve O'Dwyer

Eibinger Cracks Tang's Kings

Level 18 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Danny Tang opened to 60,000 in early position and Matthias Eibinger three-bet shoved all in for 415,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Tang instantly called with the best hand.

Danny Tang: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}
Matthias Eibinger: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}

The flop fell {a-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and Eibinger spiked an ace to take the lead. The {6-Diamonds} on the turn and the {4-Hearts} on the river secured the double up for Eibinger with eight players still remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Matthias Eibinger at
Matthias Eibinger
905,000
355,000
355,000
StakeKings
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
600,000
-360,000
-360,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Matthias EibingerDanny Tang