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

12-08-2019 00:14 UTC+1

Mohamud Nears Six Figures

Hill Kerby

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

After being as low as 3,000 in chips, Mohamed Barre Mohamud found action upon him in the big blind facing a middle-position open to 8,500. He three-bet all in and the opener asked for a count, which was totaled to 45,000. A call was then made and hands were tabled.

Mohamed Barre Mohamud:
Opponent:

Mohamud had his opponent dominated and was primed for a double, which he was able to do as the runout came , leaving him with a wheel and the best hand to bring him just shy of 100,000 in chips nearing what should be the final break of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barre Mohamed	96,000 59,000	59,000

Tags: Mohamed Barre Mohamud

12-08-2019 00:16 UTC+1

Out Before the Break

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Christian Zetzsche

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

The hero in a hand just a few minutes ago, Jon Gurrutxaga has been eliminated and several other notables made their way out of the tournament area as of recently as the end of Day 1a is fewer than 20 eliminations away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Gurrutxaga	Busted
Michel Leibgorin	Busted
Deividas Kvaselis	Busted
Einar Stikholmen	Busted
Nils Pudel	Busted
[Removed:533]	Busted
Erkan Sonmez	Busted
Gleb Kovtunov	Busted
Kevin Killeen	Busted

Tags: Jon Gurrutxaga

12-08-2019 00:16 UTC+1

Break

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Hill Kerby

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

The tournament clock reads 115 players remain as another 20-minute break is now underway. Just 21 more eliminations are needed before play ends for the day.

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

12-08-2019 00:38 UTC+1

Big Stacks from Break

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Hill Kerby

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Quintas	435,000 285,000	285,000
Narcis Nedelcu	416,000 86,000	86,000
Rifat Palevic	414,000 24,000	24,000
Emil Von Buchwold	400,000
Andrej Desset	378,000
Andrew Hulme	373,000 73,000	73,000

Danilo Velasevic	350,000 40,000	40,000
Maciej Ogorek	331,000 151,000	151,000
Jan Bednar	325,000 5,000	5,000
Valentin Cristea	307,000 57,000	57,000
Antonin Teisseire	295,000 55,000	55,000
Guy Tzidon	290,000
Adriatik Agalliu	285,000
Michal Klepczarek	281,000 36,000	36,000

12-08-2019 00:44 UTC+1

Burneikis Back From the Brink

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Vladas Burneikis appears to have lost a massive pot before the break as Jose Quintas suddenly emerged near the top of the leaderboard.

Burneikis got the last few big blinds in with the and Ondrej Jakubcik called with the . The board came and the Lithuanian doubled.

Shortly after, Emil Von Buchwold opened to 11,000 and Burneikis jammed for 48,000, which Von Buchwold reluctantly called.

Vladas Burneikis:
Emil Von Buchwold:

On a board of , ace-eight was good enough for another double.

In the meanwhile, Martin Richter and Josef Snejberg both busted on different tables and there are just 108 hopefuls in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Von Buchwold	350,000 50,000	50,000
Ondrej Jakubcik	170,000 80,000	80,000
Vladas Burneikis	105,000 190,000	190,000
Josef Snejberg	Busted
Martin Richter	Busted

Tags: Emil Von Buchwold Jose Quintas Josef Snejberg Ondrej Jakubcik Vladas Burneikis

12-08-2019 00:48 UTC+1

Pecheux Eliminates Jozonis

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Hill Kerby

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

There was around 75,000 in the middle on the river with the board reading and Tomas Jozonis had a bet of 20,000 in front of him from the hijack. Action was on Erwann Pecheux, who was on the button and didn't take long before announcing he was all in, effectively putting Jozonis to a decision for the last 65,000 or so behind him. After close to a minute, he dropped in chips to call.

Tomas Jozonis:
Erwann Pecheux:

Jozonis had called off the last of his chips with a full house, fours full of sixes, and found it to be no good versus Pecheux's fours full of eights, resulting in his elimination from the tournament as 108 players now remain and only 14 more eliminations are needed for play to finish for the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erwann Pecheux	310,000 90,000	90,000
Tomas Jozonis	Busted

Tags: Erwann Pecheux Tomas Jozonis

12-08-2019 00:52 UTC+1

Counts and Bustouts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rifat Palevic	420,000 6,000	6,000
Egor Procop	405,000 130,000	130,000
Yiannis Liperis	315,000 180,000	180,000
Jan Bednar	310,000 15,000	15,000
Herve Mary	280,000 30,000	30,000
Danilo Velasevic	260,000 90,000	90,000
Antal Mezei	260,000 95,000	95,000
Artur Rudenkov	220,000 135,000	135,000
Jakob Madsen	210,000 210,000	210,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	200,000 10,000	10,000
Jason Gray	170,000 143,000	143,000
Jae Wook Shin	85,000 90,000	90,000
Andrea Iocco	Busted
Oren Rosen	Busted
Raphael Amiguet	Busted
Thomas Quaade	Busted
Anastasios Kortselidis	Busted

12-08-2019 00:59 UTC+1

Jaruing Doubles After Flopping Top Pair

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Hill Kerby

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

A player in middle position opened to 12,000 and action made its way around to Tomas Jauring, who defended his big blind. The flop came and Jauring went all in.

His opponent asked for a count and his stack was cut out to total 44,000. Thirty seconds later, he received a call and the hands were tabled.

Tomas Jauring:
Middle Position:

Jauring's top pair was out in front of his opponent's second pair and gutshot straight draw and he needed two clean cards to stay alive. The turn and river did just that, giving him queens up and scoring him the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Jauring	117,000

Tags: Tomas Jauring

12-08-2019 01:04 UTC+1

Desset Takes a Small Hit

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Andrej Desset was one of many players to enter late and has put on a mighty rush to get close to the top spot late on Day 1a. There was just a minor speed bump right now. Michael Kramer doubled through him for around 10 big blinds as the Dutchman hit the second nuts with on a board, Desset's cards were mucked already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrej Desset	340,000 38,000	38,000
Michael Kramer	122,000 9,800	9,800

Tags: Andrej Desset Michael Kramer