2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Mikalai Pobal
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
€1,005,600
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,596,900
Entries
1,154
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
390
Players Left
127

Calamusa Jams Up His Stack

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante
Pierre Calamusa in the €1,100 National
Pierre Calamusa in the €1,100 National

On the tail end of a big pot, only Luke Marsh and Pierre Calamusa remained and the former checked to Calmusa, who moved all in with the board showing {10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}.

Marsh had a big stack at his disposal and eventually opted to fold, Calamusa raked in the pot with a big smile on the face.

"You did a bluff, eh? But be careful, he doesn't like to fold," another player at the table pointed out.

According to Calamusa, he had faced a raise to 800 and a call by Marsh in the small blind. Calamusa three-bet to 3,500 and picked up two callers. A first barrel of 5,000 by Calamusa on the flop was called two ways and just Marsh check-called 13,000 on the turn before check-folding the river.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
Day 1A Chip Leader
110,000 25,000
Luke Marsh gb
Luke Marsh
53,000 -18,000
Firat Baltaci nl
Firat Baltaci
28,000 -12,500

Tags: Luke MarshPierre Calamusa

Ruijs Takes From Lodge

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

On a three-way turn of {10-Hearts}{8-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, Harry Lodge checked in the small blind and the big blind made it 1,600 to go. Joris Ruijs called from under the gun and Lodge raised it up to 6,300. That got rid of the third player in the hand but Ruijs had other plans and moved all in to force a fold from Lodge.

Player Chips Progress
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
41,000 4,000
Joris Ruijs nl
Joris Ruijs
22,500 -200

Tags: Harry LodgeJoris Ruijs

Nguyen Doubles Through Labat

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

In a four-bet pot, it was Antoine Labat who pushed in the last raise to 5,300 from the blinds and Thi Nguyen who called on the button. The flop brought {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Labat checked. Nguyen shipped it in for 15,800 total and Labat quickly called.

Thi Nguyen: {j-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Antoine Labat: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}

"Flip," Labat remarked. The {7-Clubs} on the turn locked the hand up for Nguyen on the spot, making the {3-Diamonds} river a mere formality.

Player Chips Progress
Thi Nguyen ca
Thi Nguyen
45,000
Antoine Labat fr
Antoine Labat
21,500 -8,500

Tags: Antoine LabatThi Nguyen

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

New Entries Included

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Joshua Zimmerman us
Joshua Zimmerman
55,000 23,000
Wen Lin Wang cn
Wen Lin Wang
55,000 -10,000
Vladimir Peck us
Vladimir Peck
45,000 14,800
Pascal Hartmann de
Pascal Hartmann
38,000 8,000
Sonny Franco fr
Sonny Franco
36,000
Thomas Boivin be
Thomas Boivin
34,000
Scott Margereson gb
Scott Margereson
31,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
30,000
Yehuda Cohen il
Yehuda Cohen
30,000
Gary Hasson be
Gary Hasson
25,000
Bhavin Khatri gb
Bhavin Khatri
25,000 -9,000
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
19,000 -4,000
Robert Heidorn de
Robert Heidorn
14,000 -16,000
Saar Wilf il
Saar Wilf
9,000 -18,000

Blom Takes From Kesaplyan

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante
Viktor Blom
Viktor Blom

Levon Kesaplyan and Thomas Quaade limped in and Viktor Blom in the cutoff made it 1,400 to go. Only Kesaplyan called to see the {a-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop and he opted to check. Blom announced a bet of 1,800 and Kesaplyan double-checked his cards, shook his head and sent them to the muck.

Despite losing this small pot, Kesaplyan has enjoyed a superior start as he is well up in chips while Blom is below the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Levon Kesaplyan am
Levon Kesaplyan
42,000 42,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
25,500 -4,500

Tags: Levon KesaplyanThomas QuaadeViktor Blom

Delfoco Eliminated by Pedersen

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Down to very few chips, Francesco Delfoco got it in with the {2-Hearts}{2-Spades} out of the small blind and Helge Pedersen made the call from the big blind with the {q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}.

The {q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} board left Delfoco drawing dead on the turn and he headed to the rail.

"It's not a good seat," Konstantin Farber from one seat over said as apparently another player had busted in that one before also.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Farber de
Konstantin Farber
34,000
Helge Pedersen dk
Helge Pedersen
28,600
Francesco Delfoco it
Francesco Delfoco
Busted

Tags: Francesco DelfocoHelge PedersenKonstantin Farber

Baltaci Wins Small Pot

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Yaniv Peretz opened the action with a raise to 500 from under the gun and was called by Firat Baltaci on the button and Javier Gomez Zapatero in the small blind, the latter of which is already on his second bullet of the day.

The {a-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Spades} flop was checked to Baltaci and his bet of 800 was called two ways. On the {j-Spades} turn, action checked around to Baltaci once more and his bet of 3,000 forced two folds.

Player Chips Progress
Yaniv Peretz lv
Yaniv Peretz
42,000 42,000
Firat Baltaci nl
Firat Baltaci
40,500 -500
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
29,000 29,000

Tags: Firat BaltaciJavier Gomez ZapateroYaniv Peretz