€1,100 EPT National Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-07-2019 17:42 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Paris	Busted
Phachara Wongwichit	Busted
Carle Theo	Busted
Aleksandr Savchenko	Busted
Marcin Horecki	Busted
Carmen Zainescu	Busted
Milad Oghabian	Busted
Bela Toth	Busted
Henri Kasper	Busted
Matti Konttinen	Busted
Sasa Perok	Busted
Erdal Gulseven	Busted
Javier Gomez Zapatero	Busted
Sam Higgs	Busted
Thi Xoa Nguyen	Busted
Walid Abdi Ali	Busted
Jesper Hansen	Busted
Vojtech Ruzicka	Busted
Jan Susicky	Busted
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	Busted

Calamusa Shows a King

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

A big pot emerged between French prodigy Pierre Calamusa and 2019 World Series of Poker Europe bracelet winner Tomas Fara, and they had some 18,000 in the middle to the river of a board .

Calamusa bet 15,000 for around half of the stack of Fara, who went into the think tank and eventually folded. Calamusa offered to show one card and Fara revealed the .

"That's a nice one," the Czech joked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	48,000 9,000	9,000

Tomas Fara	27,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Pierre Calamusa Tomas Fara

12-07-2019 17:31 UTC+1

Jurga Knocks Out Manole

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Hill Kerby

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Mihai Manole went all in from early position for the last few chips remaining in his stack and action folded around to Ladislav Jurga, who called out of the big blind.

Mihai Manole:
Ladislav Jurga:

The board ran out to give Jurga two pair, tens and eights and improve him beyond Manole's ace-king to go along with the board's pair of tens. A few players at the table offered their condolences to Manole, to which he gracefully said that today was not his day before getting up and exiting the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ladislav Jurga	68,500
Mihai Manole	Busted

Tags: Ladislav Jurga Mihai Manole

12-07-2019 17:26 UTC+1

Im Eliminated by Jozonis

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

With some 9,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Yungshin Im checked and Tomas Jozonis bet 6,500. Im moved all in for more than double of that and Jozonis eventually tossed in a single chip for the call.

Youngshin Im:
Tomas Jozonis:

The on the river was a brick and Im was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Jozonis	75,000 39,000	39,000
Youngshin Im	Busted

Tags: Tomas Jozonis Youngshin Im

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

12-07-2019 17:20 UTC+1

Dang Dusts Kuzmanovic

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

An all-in and a call were overheard as Boris Kuzmanovic committed the last of his chips from early position into a pot of 6,700 on a flop of . Hai Dang was the caller from the cutoff and both hands were tabled thereafter.

Boris Kuzmanovic:
Hai Dang:

Kuzmanovic found his nut flush draw up against Dang's better ace, giving himself nine diamonds and three sevens to improve in addition to running straight cards. The turn gave him three more outs at the gutshot, but he was unable to hit as the river completed the runout with his ace being second best to that of Dang's to result in his elimination from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hai Dang	46,500
Boris Kuzmanovic	Busted

Tags: Boris Kuzmanovic Hai Dang

12-07-2019 17:14 UTC+1

Kavoukis Raises Out Staszko on River

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Efstathios Kavoukis was in early position and opened to 1,600. He saw action fold around to Martin Staszko, who defended his big blind, and the two saw the flop come . Staszko checked and Kavoukis made a continuation-bet of 1,000. Staszko called.

Both players checked the turn to bring the river , and Staszko fired out a bet of 1,600. Kavoukis thought for about 30 seconds and then put out a raise to 6,700.

Staszko wasted no time sending his cards to the muck, releasing them at the same time the dealer announced a raise to earn Kavoukis the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Efstathios Kavoukis	35,500 35,500	35,500
Martin Staszko	26,300 4,500	4,500

Tags: Efstathios Kavoukis Martin Staszko

12-07-2019 17:10 UTC+1

Assorted Casualties on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Kristoffersson	Busted
Aristeidis Moschonas	Busted
Anatoly Korochenskiy	Busted
Andrei Nodea	Busted
Jason Wheeler	Busted
Dror Ramaty	Busted
Raffaello Locatelli	Busted
Jakob Miegel	Busted
Jessica Teusl	Busted
Kacper Pyzara	Busted
Daniel Barriocanal	Busted
Nesrin Can	Busted
Jan Erlei	Busted
Istvan Birizdo	Busted
Aladin Reskallah	Busted
Henri Buhler	Busted
Ionel Anton	Busted

12-07-2019 17:00 UTC+1

Nines Good for Sasek

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Hill Kerby

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

A player in early position opened to 1,200 and action folded around to Milan Sasek, who called out of the cutoff. The player on the button and the big blind both called as well and the four players saw a flop of . The big blind checked to the original opener, who fired out a continuation-bet of 3,500. Only Sasek called. Both players then checked both the turn and river to take the hand to showdown.

The early-position player showed for a pair of eights and Sasek turned over , good to earn him the pot with his pair of nines.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milan Sasek	60,400

Tags: Milan Sasek

12-07-2019 16:58 UTC+1

Ye Eliminated by Erlei

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Yi Ye moved all in for the last 3,200 in the hijack and was called by Shakhabiddin Muradov in the cutoff. Udo Erlei on the button reraised to 12,000 and Muradov counted his stack before sending the cards into the muck.

Yi Ye:
Udo Erlei: