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

12-14-2019 14:04 UTC+2

Thorel Fires Away

HillKerby

Level 1 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

There was 9,000 in the middle on a flop reading and Anton Siden had checked under the gun over to Jean-Norel Thorel, who was on the button. Thorel bet 6,000 and Siden check-raised to 18,000. Thorel called.

The turn came and Siden pumped the brakes, checking over to Thorel. Thorel took back the initiative and fired out 25,000. Siden thought called and the river fell . Siden checked again and Thorel immediately reached for more chips, betting another 25,000. Siden used his entire time bank and a few seconds more before sending his cards to the muck, earning the pot for Thorel.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Noel Thorel	160,000 60,000	60,000
Anton Siden	100,000 -47,000	-47,000

Tags: Anton Siden Jean-Noel Thorel

Level: 2

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

12-14-2019 14:15 UTC+2

Four-Bet Pot Goes to Gieles

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

In a four-bet pot, Luuk Gieles and Tsugunari Toma were heads-up in the hand after having each put 37,000 in the middle preflop. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.

Gieles checked again and Toma used a time extension before checking it back. The river was the and Gieles tossed in a small bet of 14,000. Toma quickly called and Gieles flipped over for the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luuk Gieles	137,000 60,000	60,000
Tsugunari Toma	50,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Tsugunari Toma Luuk Gieles

12-14-2019 14:18 UTC+2

Dvoress Gets Snapped Off

HillKerby

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress opened to 2,500 under the gun and action folded around to Matthias Eibinger, who defended his big blind. Both players checked the flop .

The turn came and Ebinger bet 2,500. Dvoress thought for a bit and then raised to 9,000. Ebinger called. The river fell and Ebinger checked. Dvoress bet 2,500 and Ebinger immediately put down a chip onto the felt to call.

Dvoress tabled , prompting Ebinger to send his cards to the muck. Dvoress confirmed the amount at 25,000 due to Ebinger only calling with one chip and Ebinger sent the requisite amount his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Dvoress	110,000 23,000	23,000
Matthias Eibinger	62,000 -38,000	-38,000

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Matthias Eibinger

12-14-2019 14:20 UTC+2

Obara Doubles Through Gieles

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jun Obara and Luuk Gieles got all of the chips in the middle preflop with Obara being at risk for 43,500. Gieles was in good shape to score the first knockout of the day when the cards were tabled.

Jun Obara:
Luuk Gieles:

However, the flop of put Obara in the lead with two pair. The on the turn and the on the river changed nothing and Obara doubled through Gieles.

Also, Pascal Hartmann, George Wolff, Juha Helppi, and Laurynas Levinskas have joined the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Wolff	100,000
Pascal Hartmann	100,000
Juha Helppi	100,000
Laurynas Levinskas	100,000
Luuk Gieles	95,000 -42,000	-42,000
Jun Obara	90,000 41,500	41,500

Tags: Jun Obara Luuk Gieles

12-14-2019 14:26 UTC+2

Eibinger Busts to Turmezey

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Picking up the action on the turn with the board reading , Matthias Eibinger and Peter Turmezey were heads-up in the pot. With around 60,000 in the middle already, Eibinger checked to Turmezey who shoved all in. Eibinger called off his stack of around 50,000 and was in big trouble.

Turmezey flipped over while Eibinger had smalled two pair with . The river was the and Eibinger was the first player sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Turmezey	244,000 86,000	86,000
Matthias Eibinger	Busted

Tags: Matthias Eibinger Peter Turmezey

12-14-2019 14:31 UTC+2

Helppi Commits It All

HillKerby

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jun Obara opened to 2,500 in the hijack and was called by Juha Helppi in the small blind as well as Anton Siden in the big blind. The flop came and action checked over to Obara, who made a continuation-bet of 4,500. Both Helppi and Siden called.

The turn came and action checked to Obara once more. He continued, betting another 19,000, and Helppi thought for a few moments before announcing he was all in. Siden sent his cards to the muck right away and Obara followed suit immediately thereafter, earning Helppi the pot with his turn check-raise.

Meanwhile, Matthias Eibinger wasted no time reentering and now has a fresh stack of 100,000 in front of him on Table 2.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	126,000 26,000	26,000
Matthias Eibinger	100,000 100,000	100,000
Anton Siden	90,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jun Obara	70,000 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Anton Siden Juha Helppi Jun Obara Matthias Eibinger

12-14-2019 14:32 UTC+2

New Faces in the Crowd

Adam Lamers

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihar Soika	100,000 100,000	100,000
Matan Barkat	100,000 100,000	100,000
Joris Ruijs	100,000

12-14-2019 14:34 UTC+2

Heath Check-Shoves the River

HillKerby

Level 2 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress saw action folded to him on the button and raised to 2,500. He received a call from Ben Heath, who defended his big blind, and the two went to the flop where Heath check-called a continuation-bet of 2,000 from Dvoress.

The turn came and Heath checked again. Dvoress bet another5,000 and Heath made the call. The river fell and Heath checked one last time. Dvoress fired his third shell for 20,000, sending Heath into the tank. He opted to use a time extension and then proceeded to check-raise all in.

"How much is that?" asked Dvoress. The number was totaled to be 67,500. Dvoress thought until the very last second of his time bank and proceeded to fold as time ran out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Heath	107,000 7,000	7,000
Daniel Dvoress	105,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Ben Heath Daniel Dvoress

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500