€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-11-2019 15:17 UTC+1

Delfoco Eliminated by Pedersen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Down to very few chips, Francesco Delfoco got it in with the out of the small blind and Helge Pedersen made the call from the big blind with the .

The 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	34,000
Helge Pedersen	28,600
Francesco Delfoco	Busted

Tags: Francesco Delfoco Helge Pedersen Konstantin Farber

12-11-2019 15:20 UTC+1

Blom Takes From Kesaplyan

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

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 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	42,000 42,000	42,000
Viktor Blom	25,500 4,500	4,500

Tags: Levon Kesaplyan Thomas Quaade Viktor Blom

12-11-2019 15:24 UTC+1

New Entries Included

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Zimmerman	55,000 23,000	23,000
Wen Lin Wang	55,000 10,000	10,000
Vladimir Peck	45,000 14,800	14,800
Pascal Hartmann	38,000 8,000	8,000
Sonny Franco	36,000
Thomas Boivin	34,000
Scott Margereson	31,000
Morten Mortensen	30,000
Yehuda Cohen	30,000
Gary Hasson	25,000
Bhavin Khatri	25,000 9,000	9,000
Georgios Vrakas	19,000 4,000	4,000
Robert Heidorn	14,000 16,000	16,000
Saar Wilf	9,000 18,000	18,000

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

12-11-2019 15:33 UTC+1

Nguyen Doubles Through Labat

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Yori Epskamp

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 and Labat checked. Nguyen shipped it in for 15,800 total and Labat quickly called.

Thi Nguyen:
Antoine Labat:

"Flip," Labat remarked. The on the turn locked the hand up for Nguyen on the spot, making the river a mere formality.

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

Tags: Antoine Labat Thi Nguyen

12-11-2019 15:35 UTC+1

Assorted Counts

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Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Pierre Calamusa	85,000 37,000	37,000

Luke Marsh	71,000
Juan Pardo	46,000 9,000	9,000
Leo Margets	40,000 10,000	10,000
Milad Oghabian	32,000
Sylvain Loosli	26,000 2,000	2,000

Guillaume Diaz	16,300 13,700	13,700
Henri Buhler	13,300 16,700	16,700

12-11-2019 15:38 UTC+1

Ruijs Takes From Lodge

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

On a three-way turn of , 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	41,000 4,000	4,000
Joris Ruijs	22,500 200	200

Tags: Harry Lodge Joris Ruijs

12-11-2019 15:39 UTC+1

Day 1a Photos

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Yori Epskamp

Photos by Neil Stoddart / PokerStars.

12-11-2019 15:43 UTC+1

Calamusa Jams Up His Stack

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

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 .

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	110,000 25,000	25,000

Luke Marsh	53,000 18,000	18,000
Firat Baltaci	28,000 12,500	12,500

Tags: Luke Marsh Pierre Calamusa

12-11-2019 15:49 UTC+1

Thin Value for Merzhvinskiy

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

A bet of 1,500 by Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy on the river was called by Frederic Delval, who flashed ace-five and ended up second-best to the of Merzhvinskiy.

"Sneaky, sneaky," Delval added and then asked Merzhvinskiy if he remembered the final table of a small event they played together a month ago.

Both Delval and Merzhvinskiy, who finished third in this very event one year ago, are up in chips. Further assorted counts from nearby tables can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	55,000 9,000	9,000
Paul Hong	48,000 10,000	10,000
Anton Siden	43,000 3,000	3,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	42,000 12,000	12,000
Frederic Delval	37,000 37,000	37,000
Pim Kuipers	25,000 4,500	4,500
Vitaliy Li	6,500 20,000	20,000
Daniel Smiljkovic	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy Frederic Delval