2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€50,000 EPT Super High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
€725,710
Event Info
Buy-in
€50,000
Prize Pool
€2,134,440
Entries
44
Level Info
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000

Lim Doubles Up, Toma Eliminated

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Chin Wei Lim
Chin Wei Lim

Chin Wei Lim raised it up from the cutoff and Tsugunari Toma stuck in a three-bet on the button. The blinds folded and Lim just called. The flop came {q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and Lim led out for 26,000 which Toma called.

The turn was the {8-Clubs} and Lim checked this time. Toma counted out a bet of 61,000 which forced Lim to use a time extension. Lim eventually shoved all in for 161,500 and Toma made the call.

Lim flipped over {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} which was ahead of Toma's {a-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}. The river was not able to improve Toma who sent over a double up, leaving himself with just 20,000 chips. He was eliminated on the next hand and forced to head to the registration desk.

Player Chips Progress
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
440,000 195,000
Tsugunari Toma jp
Tsugunari Toma
Busted

Tags: Chin Wei LimTsugunari Toma

Kisacikoglu Eliminated by Burns; Re-Enters

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Orpen Kisacikoglu

Kahle Burns opened to 6,500 and Orpen Kisacikoglu three-bet to 31,000 from the big blind. Burns called.

The flop came {5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{q-Hearts} and Kisacikoglu bet 20,000. Burns called. The turn was the {7-Hearts}. Kisacikoglu bet 76,000 and Burns called again.

The river was the {3-Clubs} and Kisacikoglu thought, before moving all in for 150,000. Burns snap-called.

Kisacikoglu showed {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} but Burns had turned trip sevens with {7-Spades}{8-Spades} and sent his opponent to the rail. The Turk immediately re-entered.

Player Chips Progress
Kahle Burns au
Kahle Burns
Day 1 Chip Leader
750,000 350,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
250,000 -44,000

Tags: Orpen KisacikogluKahle Burns

Two Bets Does the Job for Lim

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Yuan Li opened to 6,000 from under the gun and Chin Wei Lim three-bet to 18,000 a couple of seats over. The action folded back to Li who made the call.

The flop came {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} and Li check-called a bet of 7,000 from Lim. The turn was the {k-Hearts} and Li tapped the table again. Lim fired out another bet of 16,500 and Li finally let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Yuan Li cn
Yuan Li
470,000 40,000
Chin Wei Lim my
Chin Wei Lim
245,000 15,000

Tags: Yuan LiChin Wei Lim

Chidwick Shoves on Kisacikoglu

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

In a three-bet pot with around 45,000 in the middle, the dealer fanned a flop of {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Stephen Chidwick checked from the cutoff and Orpen Kisacikoglu bet 15,500 on the button. Chidwick check-raised to 37,000 and Kisacikoglu called.

The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and Chidwick used up a time extension before shoving all in for around 80,000 which prompted a quick fold from Kisacikoglu.

Since the last break, Juan Pardo, Bertrand Grospellier, and Sam Grafton are the latest players to take their seats.

Player Chips Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
294,000 -66,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
EPT 1X Winner
250,000 250,000
Juan Pardo es
Juan Pardo
250,000 250,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
250,000 250,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
197,000 17,000

Tags: Orpen KisacikogluStephen Chidwick

Greenwood Gives Up the Charade

Level 5 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Juha Helppi raised it up to 6,000 in the hijack and Sam Greenwood defended from the big blind. The flop came {10-Clubs}{6-Spades}{4-Spades} and both players checked to the {a-Hearts} on the turn.

Greenwood checked again and Helppi tossed in a bet of 9,000. Greenwood check-raised to 35,000 and Helppi called to see the {3-Diamonds} on the river. Greenwood used a time extension but decided to shut down with a check. Helppi checked it back and Greenwood showed {7-Spades}{6-Hearts} which was no good against the {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts} of Helppi.

Player Chips Progress
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
345,000 76,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
305,000 -3,000

Tags: Juha HelppiSam Greenwood

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

Break

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Players are going on their second 15-minute break of the day.

When they return there will be two more levels before players bag ahead of Day 2.

Grafton Eliminated, Martirosian Shoves on Troyanovskiy

Level 4 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Grafton was seen getting up from his seat and leaving the tournament area and it appeared as though Vladimir Troyanovskiy was the beneficiary of his chips. Just a couple of hands later, Artur Martirosian and Troyanovskiy went heads-up to a flop of {k-Spades}{q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}.

Martirosian checked from the cutoff and Troyanovskiy bet 5,000 on the button. Martirosian called and the {9-Hearts} landed on the turn. Martirosian checked again and Troyanovskiy bet another 11,000. Martirosian check-raised to 37,000 and Troyanovskiy made the call.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and Martirosian shoved all in for just under 80,000. Troyanovskiy eyed up his stack for a moment but then released his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Vladimir Troyanovskiy ru
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
455,000 80,000
Artur Martirosian ru
Artur Martirosian
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
175,000 45,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
Busted

Tags: Vladimir TroyanovskiySam GraftonArtur Martirosian