2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€1,100 EPT National
Day: 1a
Event Info
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€375,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€2,353,920
Total Entries
2,452
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
624
Players Left
94
Players Left 1 / 2,452
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Guillaume Doubles With Bubble Looming Near

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

Gimat Guillaume was in the big blind and saw action fold around to the small blind, who put him all in for his last 39,000. He thought for a few moments and then called off his chips.

Gimat Guillaume: {q-Spades}{j-Clubs}
Small Blind: {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}

Guillaume saw that he was in bad shape once the cards were tabled, but his fortunes turned when the flop came {10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} to give him a straight. However, the flop also gave his opponent a flush draw in addition to having three outs at a higher straight should a jack fall. Luckily for him, the turn {a-Hearts} and river {2-Hearts} were both safe despite being the same color as the cards he needed to fade and he scored the double.

On the following hand, Guillaume went all in from the small blind and took the big blind's blind and ante to add another 10,000 to his stack as the tournament clock reads 100 remaining players, just six eliminations away from the end of the night.

Tags: Gimat Guillaume

Kuznetcov Doubles

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

Nikita Kuznetcov was all in for 93,000 and Maciej Ogorek had reshoved to isolate.

It was a flip with the {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs} for Kuznetcov and the {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for Ogorek. The former stood up from his chair after the {9-Clubs}{8-Spades}{4-Diamonds} flop and was immediately rewarded on the {a-Spades} turn but only sat back down after the {2-Hearts} river.

Tags: Nikita KuznetcovOndrej Ogorek

Desset Takes a Small Hit

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 {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} on a {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} board, Desset's cards were mucked already.

Tags: Andrej DessetMichael Kramer

Jaruing Doubles After Flopping Top Pair

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 {9-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{j-Clubs} 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: {q-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Middle Position: {k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

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 {2-Diamonds} and river {2-Hearts} did just that, giving him queens up and scoring him the double.

Tags: Tomas Jauring

Counts and Bustouts

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

Pecheux Eliminates Jozonis

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

There was around 75,000 in the middle on the river with the board reading {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{4-Clubs} 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: {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}
Erwann Pecheux: {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

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.

Tags: Erwann PecheuxTomas Jozonis

Burneikis Back From the Brink

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 {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} and Ondrej Jakubcik called with the {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}. The board came {6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{7-Hearts} 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: {a-Spades}{8-Spades}
Emil Von Buchwold: {j-Spades}{9-Spades}

On a board of {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{4-Spades}, 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.

Tags: Emil Von BuchwoldJose QuintasJosef SnejbergOndrej JakubcikVladas Burneikis

Big Stacks from Break

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

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Break

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.