€2,200 EPT National High Roller Day 1 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-10-2019 21:00 UTC+1

Eliminations

Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Some of these players could still be in the tournament if they busted out right before the dinner break. Their stack will be updated as soon as they're spotted in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milad Oghabian	Busted
Helge Pedersen	Busted
Piotr Nurzynski	Busted

Gaelle Baumann	Busted
Gergely Bartos	Busted
Alexander Ivarsson	Busted
Markku Koplimaa	Busted
Karim Lehoussine	Busted
Dimitar Danchev	Busted

Giuliano Bendinelli	Busted

Chris Dowling	Busted
Fedor Kruse	Busted
Fatima Moreira de Melo	Busted
Paul van Oort	Busted
Masato Yokosawa	Busted

12-10-2019 20:54 UTC+1

Third Time's a Charm for Calingasan

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Hill Kerby

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Audible noise was overheard coming from Table 29 as PokerStars Ambassador Fatima Moreira De Melo and tablemate Bhavin Khatri were excitable about an all-in preflop situation between Carlo Calingasan in early position and Dominik Locher, who was in the big blind.

According to the table, Calingasan had found a massive pocket pair for the third time in one orbit. He had already seen both aces and kings get cracked within the last few hands, and was now at risk for his tournament life with the former of the aforementioned hands against the latter.

Carlo Calingasan:
Dominik Locher:

Khatri was still excited for Calingasan, hoping that the runout would not make three of three situations in which his overpair was cracked. Excitement remained as the board ran out , and much of the table rejoiced in Calingasan's favor.

"How can you be so lucky?!" said Khatri.

"What, that he lost with aces and kings before he doubled up?" asked Moreira De Melo in sarcastic fashion.

More laughter ensued, with Locher joining in despite having lost the hand in unavoidable fashion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlo Calingasan	44,000 44,000	44,000
Dominik Locher	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Bhavin Khatri Carlo Calingasan Dominik Locher Fatima Moreira De Melo

12-10-2019 20:42 UTC+1

Bicknell Hits One of "A Lot of Outs" To Double

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Hill Kerby

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Simon Persson saw action folded to him on the button and opened to 2,500, putting action onto Kristen Bicknell in the small blind. Bicknell sat still for about 35 seconds and then announced she was all in. Persson saw action back upon him shortly thereafter and went thought about his decision for about 20 seconds before announcing a call.

Kristen Bicknell:
Simon Persson:

Bicknell was in a coin flip situation for her tournament life before the runout as the flop came , giving her a gutshot straight draw and flush draw to go along with her two overcards. The turn cut her opportunities at a double in half, but the river gave her a straight, filling her up to the best hand and earning her the double.

"A lot of outs!" said Bicknell as she raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Persson	59,000 59,000	59,000
Kristen Bicknell	55,000 41,500	41,500

Tags: Kristen Bicknell Simon Persson

12-10-2019 20:38 UTC+1

Van Elsacker Eliminated

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Milko van Winden

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Michiel Van Elsacker raised from the button and then got his chips in the middle against the big blind with pocket sixes. He was up against pocket nines and he wasn't able to catch up.

Van Elsacker his tournament was short-lived as he registered in the last level before the dinner break and busted in the first level after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michiel Van Elsacker	Busted

Tags: Michiel Van Elsacker

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-10-2019 20:28 UTC+1

More Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	144,400

Paul Michaelis	108,000 23,000	23,000
Ramon Colillas	72,000 22,000	22,000
Leo Margets	61,500 31,500	31,500
Viktor Blom	59,500 18,500	18,500
Ahmed Ibrahimi	58,000 32,900	32,900
Pascal Vos	54,500 36,400	36,400
Julien Martini	50,000 11,500	11,500
Anatoly Korochenskiy	38,000 9,400	9,400
Josh Reichard	29,000
Gaelle Baumann	22,500
Bhavin Khatri	20,000 20,000	20,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	19,500 16,500	16,500
Alisa Sibgatova	14,600 19,400	19,400
Kristen Bicknell	13,500

12-10-2019 20:19 UTC+1

Schottes Puts Al Shanti To the Test

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Abdullah Al Shanti was in early position and opened to 2,500, receiving a call from [Removed:240] in the hijack. Action went heads up to a flop of and Al Shanti put out a continuation-bet of 2,000.

"All in," said Schottes, putting out three T5,000 chips, effectively putting Al Shanti to the test for his last 11,000.

Al Shanti thought about his decision for around a half-minute and then let his cards go, deciding to wait for a new spot at a new table as the floor came to break the table upon the completion of the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:240]	68,000 68,000	68,000
Abdullah Al Shanti	11,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Abdullah Al Shanti

12-10-2019 20:14 UTC+1

Chip Counts

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Milko van Winden

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ruurd Nauta	80,000 10,000	10,000
Mustafa Biz	80,000 5,000	5,000
Henri Buhler	73,000 39,000	39,000
Davidi Kitai	71,000 37,000	37,000

Alexandre Reard	60,000
Johann Zeitoun	57,000 12,000	12,000
Alan Lau	55,000
Romain Lewis	43,000 26,500	26,500
Bryan Paris	40,000
Gary Hasson	31,000
Raoul Refos	30,000
Michal Mrakes	29,000

12-10-2019 20:11 UTC+1

"There You Go"

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Jakub Michalak saw action folded to him in the cutoff and raised to 2,100, prompting a call from Dinesh Alt who was on the button. Kannapong Thanarattrakul then threw out a three-bet to 10,000 from the small blind.

Michalak went into the tank once it became his turn to act again. After over two minutes, he went all in. Alt quickly folded to put action onto Thanarattrakul, who did not act immediately.

Michalak and Alt both reacted to the situation and how Michalak must be happy about not getting called immediately. Thanarattrakul asked for a count and Michalak told him it was around 27,000. He pushed forward his stack a bit more and the dealer counted it to total 26,600. Eventually, Thanarattrakul settled on a fold. Michalak looked back at his cards, lifting them off the felt so that they stood up vertically on their sides.

"There you go," said Michalak, showing . "Pretty much bottom (of my range)," he added, exchanging his cards for the remainder of the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	94,000 94,000	94,000
Dinesh Alt	47,000 47,000	47,000
Jakub Michalak	40,700

12-10-2019 20:03 UTC+1

Pre-Dinner Eliminations

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Hill Kerby

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bhavin Khatri	Busted
Qianyi Hu	Busted
Cyril Monbrun-Massot	Busted
Serdar Demircan	Busted
Borge Sandsgaard	Busted
Marc Klausen	Busted
Gyorgy Laszlo	Busted
Thomas Boivin	Busted
Sorin Flutur	Busted
Elias Moukawem	Busted
Viet Vo	Busted
Jessica Teusl	Busted
Urmo Velvelt	Busted
Sergii Tamrazov	Busted
[Removed:533]	Busted
Jan Ramik	Busted
[Removed:431]	Busted
Jes Bondo	Busted
Charbel Salloum	Busted
Romain Lewis	Busted
Sofian Benaissa	Busted
Jakub Oliva	Busted
Richard Toth	Busted
Osman Aksu	Busted
Paul Theobald	Busted

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