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

12-08-2019 00:26 UTC+2

Pisarev Loses Flip to Rusu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Antal Mezei raised the button and Catalin Rusu three-bet to 18,000 in the small blind. Denis Pisarev four-bet jammed for 118,000 and Mezei folded, while Rusu called.

Pisarev was at risk with ace-queen against the of Rusu and spiked an ace on the flop. After a blank turn, Rusu was down to two outs and the river let Rusu jump up in celebration.

Player	Chips	Progress
Catalin Rusu	300,000 300,000	300,000
Antal Mezei	165,000 5,000	5,000
Denis Pisarev	Busted

Tags: Antal Mezei Catalin Rusu Denis Pisarev

12-08-2019 00:32 UTC+2

"Why Did You Fold?!"

HillKerby

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

A player in early position pumped it up to 6,500 and action folded around to Narcis Nedelcu, who was on the button and three-bet to 23,000. Action made its way back to the original raiser and he put in a four-bet to 48,500 after about 40 seconds of thought.

Nedelcu then went into the tank for about a minute, putting his face down into the massage pad that was between his chest and the back of the chair as his massage therapist continued her work.

"Ninety-two," Nedelcu then said, sliding forward the matching amount and pulling back his previous bet. His opponent confirmed the amount and sent his cards to the muck shortly thereafter, earning Nedelcu the pot without seeing a flop.

"Why did you fold?!" said Nedelcu, stacking his chips with a smile on his face as he geared up for the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Narcis Nedelcu	330,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Narcis Nedelcu

Level: 15

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

12-08-2019 00:40 UTC+2

Lampinen Among Last Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The field has been cut down to 133 players and the latest hopeful to fall was Jyrki Lampinen. He got it in with against the of Vladas Burneikis and spiked the on the flop, yet a fourth spade on the turn spelled the end for the Finn.

Further assorted notables and big stacks from nearby tables can be found below,

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	390,000 160,000	160,000
Danilo Velasevic	310,000 278,000	278,000
Andrew Hulme	300,000 115,000	115,000

Vladas Burneikis	295,000
Ondrej Jakubcik	250,000 20,000	20,000
Antonin Teisseire	240,000 40,000	40,000
Jose Quintas	150,000 40,000	40,000
Jyrki Lampinen	Busted

Tags: Jyrki Lampinen Vladas Burneikis

12-08-2019 00:41 UTC+2

Cancelliere Felts Gadzhiev

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Chris Cancelliere was in the hijack and opened to 8,000 upon action folding to him. The next three players folded to put action onto Roman Gadzhiev, who was in the big blind and three-bet all in. Cancelliere asked for a count, which was totaled to be 28,500, and quickly made the call.

Roman Gadzhiev:
Chris Cancelliere:

The board ran out , leaving Gadzhiev drawing dead by the turn to result in his elimination at the expense of Cancelliere.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Cancelliere	135,000
Roman Gadzhiev	Busted

Tags: Roman Gadzhiev Chris Cancelliere

12-08-2019 00:51 UTC+2

Pinter Doubles in Fortunate Fashion

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Gergo Pinter got all in for his last 56,000 from the big blind preflop with action from the player on the button.

Gergo Pinter:
Opponent:

Pinter found himself with three live outs going to the flop , which left him with two chances to stay alive. The turn came , giving him two more outs at running nines to give him trips. The river gave him just that, putting his three nines above his opponent's two pair upon the completion of the runout to earn him a double and give him some life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gergo Pinter	118,000

Tags: Gergo Pinter

12-08-2019 00:57 UTC+2

Perelygin Doubles Through Rusu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The cards of Catalin Rusu were already in the muck and he paid off the 80,000 of Sergey Perelygin who had flopped an open-ender and rivered a pair with on a board of .

Despite losing this pot, Rusu remains on well above the average as the Day 1a bubble is slowly but surely looming with fewer than 130 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Catalin Rusu	300,000
Sergey Perelygin	185,000 185,000	185,000

Tags: Catalin Rusu Sergey Perelygin

12-08-2019 01:00 UTC+2

Bednar Doubles Through Snejberg

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Michal Klepczarek opened to 9,000 and Josef Snejberg three-bet to 27,000, which prompted a jam by Jan Bednar for 146,000. Klepczarek asked for a count on the shove and the rough stack size of Snejberg before folding, Snejberg instantly called.

Jan Bednar:
Josef Snejberg:

Snejberg had the best of it on the flop but the turn and river run out gave Bednar a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jan Bednar	320,000 258,000	258,000
Michal Klepczarek	245,000 15,000	15,000
Aleksei Ivanov	240,000 135,000	135,000
Andrija Cvetkovic	235,000 187,000	187,000
Jan Mach	130,000 130,000	130,000
Alexandre Viard	70,000 70,000	70,000
Josef Snejberg	70,000 -80,000	-80,000

Tags: Jan Bednar Josef Snejberg Michal Klepczarek

12-08-2019 01:02 UTC+2

Hari Uses "Stop and Go" To Double

HillKerby

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Action folded around to the player on the button and he opened to 10,500. Adam Hari defended his big blind and then went all in for 21,500 upon the dealer fanning a flop of . His opponent thought for a couple of seconds and then dropped in chips to call.

Adam Hari:
Opponent:

Hari had hit a piece of the board before shoving, flopping middle pair and getting called by what amounted to be two live cards and a gutshot straight draw. In total, he had 10 outs to fade to stay alive and was able to fade them on both the turn and river to score the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Hari	69,000

Tags: Adam Hari

12-08-2019 01:10 UTC+2

Lim Busts to Gurrutxaga

Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Robert Lim was all in for a mere 9,500 and Jon Gurrutxaga in the small blind three-bet to 20,000, which forced a fold from Davidi Kitai in the big blind.

Lim tabled the and Gurrutxaga was well ahead with the . The board came and that spelled the end for Lim.