2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€1,100 EPT National
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Semen Kravets
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
€375,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€2,353,920
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

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.

Player Chips Progress
Gimat Guillaume
Gimat Guillaume
93,000

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.

Player Chips Progress
Maciej Ogorek pl
Maciej Ogorek
205,000 -126,000
Nikita Kuznetcov ru
Nikita Kuznetcov
190,000 190,000

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.

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

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.

Player Chips Progress
Tomas Jauring se
Tomas Jauring
117,000

Tags: Tomas Jauring

Counts and Bustouts

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Rifat Palevic se
Rifat Palevic
420,000 6,000
Egor Procop md
Egor Procop
405,000 130,000
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
315,000 180,000
Jan Bednar cz
Jan Bednar
310,000 -15,000
Herve Mary fr
Herve Mary
280,000 -30,000
Danilo Velasevic rs
Danilo Velasevic
260,000 -90,000
Antal Mezei hu
Antal Mezei
260,000 95,000
Artur Rudenkov cz
Artur Rudenkov
220,000 135,000
Jakob Madsen dk
Jakob Madsen
210,000 210,000
Claudio Di Giacomo it
Claudio Di Giacomo
200,000 10,000
Jason Gray gb
Jason Gray
170,000 143,000
Jae Wook Shin kr
Jae Wook Shin
85,000 -90,000
Andrea Iocco it
Andrea Iocco
Busted
Oren Rosen il
Oren Rosen
Busted
Raphael Amiguet
Raphael Amiguet
Busted
Thomas Quaade dk
Thomas Quaade
Busted
Anastasios Kortselidis
Anastasios Kortselidis
Busted

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.

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

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.

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

Tags: Emil Von BuchwoldJose QuintasJosef SnejbergOndrej JakubcikVladas Burneikis

Big Stacks from Break

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jose Quintas pt
Jose Quintas
435,000 285,000
Narcis Nedelcu ro
Narcis Nedelcu
416,000 86,000
Rifat Palevic se
Rifat Palevic
414,000 24,000
Emil Von Buchwold dk
Emil Von Buchwold
400,000
Andrej Desset sk
Andrej Desset
378,000
Andrew Hulme gb
Andrew Hulme
Day 1A Chip Leader
373,000 73,000
Danilo Velasevic rs
Danilo Velasevic
350,000 40,000
Maciej Ogorek pl
Maciej Ogorek
331,000 151,000
Jan Bednar cz
Jan Bednar
325,000 5,000
Valentin Cristea ro
Valentin Cristea
307,000 57,000
Antonin Teisseire fr
Antonin Teisseire
295,000 55,000
Guy Tzidon il
Guy Tzidon
290,000
Adriatik Agalliu de
Adriatik Agalliu
285,000
Michal Klepczarek pl
Michal Klepczarek
281,000 36,000

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.