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

12-08-2019 13:16 UTC+1

Colillas Takes His Seat

Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

PSPC 2019 champion and PokerStars Ambassador Ramon Colillas has taken his seat in the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kees van Brugge	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aladin Reskallah	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ramon Colillas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jimmy Guerrero	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pascal Vos	30,000 30,000	30,000
Danut Chisu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Anatoly Korochenskiy	30,000
Vasyl Zabrodskyy	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Ramon Colillas

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

12-08-2019 13:27 UTC+1

Macdonald Fires The River

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

A bigger pot of 8,500 was already brewing as the completed board showed and Kevin Macdonald in the small blind made it 6,500 to go. Paul Kristoffersson on the button was his sole remaining opponent and eventually folded.

Are you from Sweden? Macdonald asked and his opponent nodded, then asked back "and you are from Canada?" Macdonald, who was sporting a cap with a big Canada logo on it smirked and said "we are both very observant."

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Kristoffersson	34,000 34,000	34,000
Kevin Macdonald	31,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Kevin Macdonald Paul Kristoffersson

12-08-2019 13:28 UTC+1

New Entries Included

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

There are now up to 925 players registered for Day 1b with around one dozen casualties and below are assorted counts and some new entries.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-René Fontaine	47,000
Giuseppe Carbone	43,000
Ana Marquez	30,000
Rasmus Agerskov	30,000
Christos Xanthopoulos	30,000
Nicholas Lee	30,000
Gudmundur Sigurjonsson	25,000
Ionut Voinea	22,000
Alexander Orlov	21,000

12-08-2019 13:38 UTC+1

Pavlicevic Keeps On Betting

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Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Quan Zhou raised to 400 from under the gun and action folded to Nenad Pavlicevic in the cutoff who three-bet to 1,200. The rest of the table folded for action to be back on Zhou who made the call.

The flop came , Zhou check-called the 1,500 continuation-bet of Pavlicevic.

The turn was the and now Zhou check-called the 2,000 bet of Pavlicevic.

The river completed the board with the , Zhou checked for the last time and Pavlicevic fired a bet of 6,000 over the line. Zhou tanked, looked at Pavlicevic and the board several times while the latter looked away. After a while, Zhou opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frederic Delval	42,000 8,000	8,000
Nenad Pavlicevic	30,000
Quan Zhou	30,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Quan Zhou Nenad Pavlicevic

12-08-2019 13:43 UTC+1

Stancescu Doubles Through Reichenstein

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Sebastian Malec and Uri Reichenstein, who had the epic heads-up duel for the EPT Barcelona Main Event title, have been seated next to each other and Reichenstein just lost a big pot to Marian Stancescu.

Reichenstein three-bet to 2,400 and then bet throughout the board. First, it was for 2,000, followed by 6,500 and he then moved all-in on the river. Stancescu called all-in for 18,200 and Reichenstein tabled the for a full house, but Stancescu had the best of it with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Stancescu	65,000 65,000	65,000
Sebastian Malec	38,000 38,000	38,000

Uri Reichenstein	6,500 23,500	23,500

Tags: Marian Stancescu Sebastian Malec Uri Reichenstein

12-08-2019 13:45 UTC+1

Nearing 1,000 Entries

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Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The tournament is getting closer to the 1,000-players mark with 978 entries showing on the tournament clock right now. Here are some of the players who have registered and some of the early eliminations:

Player	Chips	Progress
Muhamet Perati	30,000 30,000	30,000
William Kassouf	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kacper Pyzara	30,000 30,000	30,000
Serdar Demircan	Busted
Andrey Andreev	Busted
Carmen Zainescu	Busted
Jason Wheeler	Busted
Ahmad Achegsei	Busted

12-08-2019 13:50 UTC+1

Losev Wins Incredible Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

The cards were on their backs and several players could all but smile, also took out their smartphones to take a picture of what had just happened. One of them said "it was four-bet preflop and all-in after the flop" as Ricardo Da Rocha seemed poised to score a double knockout.

A shorter stacked Urmo Velvelt was involved but Alexey Losev was the one to make the headlines eventually.

The flop showed and the following cards were turned over.

Alexey Losev:
Urmo Velvelt:
Ricardo Da Rocha:

Losev spiked the turn and river run out to hit a straight flush and Velvelt hit the rail as he was covered by Losev, while Da Rocha was left with a chip and a chair.

"Very good dealer," Losev admitted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Losev	53,000 53,000	53,000
Ricardo Da Rocha	2,300 2,300	2,300
Urmo Velvelt	Busted

Tags: Alexey Losev Ricardo Da Rocha Urmo Velvelt

12-08-2019 13:56 UTC+1

Small Pot for Sanchez

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Shirley Ang

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Juan Sanchez raised to 600 from the cutoff and was called by Stylianos Kollatos on the button and Julien Martini in the big blind.

They all checked through the flop and the on the turn to the on the river. They all checked for the last time. Martini tabled but Sanchez held for the pair of eights which was enough to pick up the small pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Martini	52,000 1,000	1,000
Juan Sanchez Diaz-Casanova	32,000

Tags: Juan Sanchez Julien Martini Stylianos Kollatos

12-08-2019 13:58 UTC+1

Wendlandt Busts Strycharczyk

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Henning Wendlandt had already chipped up a lot and then called the shove of Michal Strycharczyk on the turn with the , his opponent was caught on a bluff as he only had the . The river was the blank and Strycharczyk headed to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Henning Wendlandt	60,000
Michal Strycharczyk	Busted

Tags: Henning Wendlandt Michal Strycharczyk