€25,000 Single-Day High Roller II | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-14-2019 16:57 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Jukovic	230,000 20,000	20,000
Juha Helppi	219,000 65,000	65,000
Joris Ruijs	168,000 63,000	63,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	150,000 -4,000	-4,000
Robbie Toan	108,000 13,000	13,000
Artur Martirosian	105,000 19,000	19,000

Peter Turmezey	76,000 -9,000	-9,000
Ben Heath	36,500 -14,000	-14,000

Thorel Flushes Out Levinskas

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jean-Noel Thorel raised it up to 10,000 from the hijack and Laurynas Levinskas shipped all in for just under 60,000 in the big blind. Thorel instantly called and the two players were flipping.

Jean-Noel Thorel:
Laurynas Levinskas:

The flop of put Levinskas out front with a pair of queens but Thorel had a flush draw. The on the turn changed nothing but it was the on the river that gave Thorel a flush and eliminated Levinskas.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	219,000 69,000	69,000
Danny Tang	Busted

Laurynas Levinskas	Busted

Tags: Laurynas Levinskas Jean-Noel Thorel

12-14-2019 17:02 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramin Hajiyev	100,000 100,000	100,000
Danny Tang	100,000 100,000	100,000

Pavel Plesuv	100,000 100,000	100,000

Pedersen Makes "Nice Call" To Double

HillKerby

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

There was a pile of chips in the middle totaling at least 100,000 with a board of with action heads up between Simon Pedersen, who was under the gun, and Jun Obara in the hijack. Pedersen had checked and Obara had put Pedersen all in for effectively what was around a pot-sized bet.

Pedersen went into the tank, using two time extensions. The second extension ran out and a third may have been enacted as Pedersen decided to announce a call.

"Nice call," said Obara, tabling . Pedersen showed .

Pedersen found himself having correctly called with top pair and needed to fade only the three remaining aces in the deck to stay alive. He would do just that on the river , locking up the double as a result. His stack was totaled to be 108,500 and Obara sent the proper amount his way, tapping the felt and looking Pedersen's way in a congratulatory fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Pedersen	332,000 232,000	232,000
Jun Obara	38,000 -222,000	-222,000

Tags: Jun Obara Simon Pedersen

12-14-2019 17:14 UTC+2

Hartmann Cracks Aces to Double Up

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With around 100,000 in the middle, the board read . Pascal Hartmann checked from the hijack and Ole Schemion bet 23,500 in the cutoff. Hartmann check-raised all in for 104,500 and Schemion dipped into the tank.

After using three of his time extensions, Schemion finally made the call. Hartmann turned over for two pair which was leading Schemion's . The river was the which didn't help Schemion and Hartmann doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Hartmann	300,000 145,000	145,000
Ole Schemion	48,000 -154,000	-154,000

Tags: Pascal Hartmann Ole Schemion

12-14-2019 17:18 UTC+2

Queen-High Vaults Grafton Over 300k

Adam Lamers

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Artur Martirosian opened to 9,000 on the button and Sam Grafton called from the big blind. The flop came and Grafton check-called a bet of 8,000 from Martirosian.

The turn was the and Grafton checked again. Martirosian fired another 28,000 and Grafton stuck around to see the on the river. Both players tapped the table and Grafton showed which was good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	310,000 173,000	173,000

Artur Martirosian	70,000 -35,000	-35,000

Tags: Artur Martirosian Sam Grafton

12-14-2019 17:19 UTC+2

Pedersen and Greenwood Each Win One

HillKerby

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Hand #1:

Sam Greenwood opened to 8,000 under the gun and received a call from Joris Ruijs in the hijack. Simon Pedersen was on the button and announced he was all in, effectively putting everybody with cards in front of themselves to a decision for their respective stacks. The blinds got out of the way and Greenwood thought for a couple seconds before folding as well. Ruijs folded behind and Pedersen took down the pot preflop.

Hand #2:

On the following hand, Pedersen opened to 9,000 in the cutoff and Greenwood defended his big blind. Action went heads up to a flop of and Greenwood check-called a continuation-bet of 13,000 from Pedersen.