Among others, 2017 EPT National champion Georgios Vrakas has entered Day 1a after the first break and will aim for a repeat victory in the days to come.
Among others, 2017 EPT National champion Georgios Vrakas has entered Day 1a after the first break and will aim for a repeat victory in the days to come.
A player in middle position pumped it up to 800 and received a call from Yake Wu in the hijack. Erez Walerstein was on the button and called all in for his last 400 and the small blind called as well, taking postflop action three ways to a side pot for any further action.
All three players checked to the river on a runout of ![]()
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, where Wu put out a bet of 1,000 once action checked to him. Both players with chips and cards in front of them folded and the dealer announced a showdown.
Erez Walerstein: ![]()
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Wu tabled his hand first upon his river bet receiving no action, and Walerstein turned his over in a frustrated manner, showing that the left him with the second-best hand and no further chips with which to play.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
The players are in the midst of their first 20-minute of the break and the screens currently show 464 entries of which around 440 players remain.
The hijack opened to 700 and was called by Christos Stamatakis, who was on the button. The small blind also came along and the three saw a flop of ![]()
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. The small blind checked to the hijack, who made a continuation-bet of 1,200. Stamatakis called and the small blind folded, bringing action heads up to the turn
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The hijack checked to Stamatakis, who bet 2,000. The hijack then asked to confirm and exhaled audibly after receiving an affirmative answer.
"Too much for me," said the hijack. "Too much." He then called.
The river came
and the hijack checked again. Stamatakis put out another bet of 2,000.
"No!" said the hijack, folding ![]()
face up to earn the pot for Stamatakis without a showdown.
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turn, Liem Huynh ended up all-in with the ![]()
for a pair and open-ender while Prague resident and MTT aficionado Jason Wheeler quickly looked him up with the ![]()
for trips sevens. The river brought the
and Huynh doubled.
A player raised to 600 from under the gun and received a call from a player in the middle position. Timo Laasonen also called from the cutoff, as did the players on the button and in the big blind to take action five ways to the streets.
The dealer fanned a flop of ![]()
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and the big blind checked. The under-the-gun opener made a continuation-bet for another 600 and everybody but the player on the button called.
All four players then checked the turn
to bring the river
. Action checked to Laasonen and he tossed out a bet of 2,200. The big blind thought for a few moments and proceeded to call, prompting two quick folds from the remaining players left to act.
The dealer announced a showdown and looked to Laasonen to table his hand. Laasonen, in turn, looked to the big blind in the hopes that he would show first. The big blind looked back at Laasonen, indicating he would not comply, and Laasonen tabled ![]()
for two pair, nines and threes. It proved to be good for the pot as the big blind sent his cards to the muck and the pot was sent Laasonen's way.
Facing four opponents on a flop of ![]()
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, Jean-René Fontaine moved all in for the last 9,500 and one after the other they sent their cards into the muck. The same table also features Marc Goeschel, Carmen Zainescu and Uri Reichenstein.