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

12-11-2019 15:58 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitaliy Li	Busted
Andreas Goeller	Busted
Elvis Petcu	Busted
Antoine Labat	Busted
Min Zhang	Busted
Farook Hossen	Busted
Vladimir Alekseev	Busted
Shahar Levi	Busted
Cezar Oprea	Busted
Sergio Fernandez Bernal	Busted
Ibrahim Ghassan	Busted
Remi Castaignon	Busted

Brandon Sheils	Busted
Michael Kane	Busted
Gaby Livshitz	Busted

Agostino Ascone	Busted
Rifat Palevic	Busted
Lukasz Grossmann	Busted
Bahadir Hatipoglu	Busted
Ettore Ricci	Busted
Andrei Konopelko	Busted
Xiaohang Ni	Busted
Nikolaos Iliakis	Busted

One for Kitai

Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Davidi Kitai raised to 700 and [Removed:551] three-bet to 2,300 one seat over. Kitai bought a flop and checked the flop to his neighbor. [Removed:552] bet 1,800 and Kitai check-called. Both players tapped the felt on the turn.

Kitai bet 4,200 on the river and [Removed:552] gave it up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jacques Der Megreditchian	75,000
[Removed:551]	55,000
Davidi Kitai	46,000

Daniel Rezaei	42,000 21,000	21,000
Jorryt van Hoof	32,000
Teun Mulder	30,000
Viktor Blom	17,500 8,000	8,000

Tags: Davidi Kitai

12-11-2019 16:10 UTC+1

Mustafov Takes It on the River

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Tom Kunze checked the turn and called a bet worth 4,400 by Fahredin Mustafov from one seat over. The qualifier from Germany then checked the on the river and Mustafov had barely placed his bet to earn the fold already.

The same table also features Gleb Kovtunov, who had busted Daniel Smiljkovic earlier on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Glib Kovtunov	58,000
Fahredin Mustafov	49,000 21,000	21,000
Tom Kunze	21,300

Tags: Daniel Smiljkovic Fahredin Mustafov Gleb Kovtunov Tom Kunze

12-11-2019 16:13 UTC+1

Ye Doubles Through Baltaci

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Firat Baltaci had started well into Day 1a but most of his chips have vanished into thin air, the latest big portion after a clash with EPT Open Sochi champion Yi Ye. The cards of Baltaci were already in the muck as he paid off Ye's on the river and Luke Marsh confirmed that Baltaci had made a move with the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi Ye	49,000 17,000	17,000

Firat Baltaci	6,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Firat Baltaci Luke Marsh Yi Ye

12-11-2019 16:18 UTC+1

Viard Eliminated by Didisheim

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Alexandre Viard in the €1,100 EPT National

Heads-up to the turn, Alexandre Viard moved all-in for the last 10,500 and he picked up a reluctant call by Serge Didisheim.

Viard turned over for a flush draw and needed a club or queen for a chop as Didisheim tabled for a set. The river was the and that sent Viard to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serge Didisheim	48,000 48,000	48,000
Alexandre Viard	Busted

Tags: Alexandre Viard Serge Didisheim

12-11-2019 16:21 UTC+1

Assorted Counts

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua Zimmerman	61,000 6,000	6,000
John Mooney	60,000 30,000	30,000
Wen Lin Wang	56,000 1,000	1,000
Bhavin Khatri	55,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Kramer	42,000 5,000	5,000
Gary Hasson	40,000 15,000	15,000
Philipp Zukernik	34,000 4,000	4,000
Hossein Ensan	30,000

Jakob Madsen	26,000
Georgios Vrakas	25,000 6,000	6,000
Alisa Sibgatova	17,500 10,500	10,500
Vojtech Ruzicka	13,000 4,000	4,000

12-11-2019 16:26 UTC+1

Value for Ruijs

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Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

Joris Ruijs was involved with an unknown opponent on an board. His opponent checked to Ruijs, who bet 1,600. The call followed to see the fall on the river. Ruijs now bet 5,200 and received a swift call.

The Dutch high roller showed for two pair to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yehuda Cohen	47,000 17,000	17,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	35,000
Harry Lodge	34,000 7,000	7,000
Viktor Blom	25,000 7,500	7,500
Joris Ruijs	21,000 1,500	1,500

12-11-2019 16:27 UTC+1

Break

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Yori Epskamp

Level 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

The field is on their second 20-minute break of the day.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 400

12-11-2019 16:52 UTC+1

Small Pot for Teh

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 200/400, 400 ante

A small pot emerged between Natalie Teh and Paul Hoefer, and the board showed . Teh faced a bet of 1,400 by Hoefer and her raise to 5,400 forced an instant fold.

Defending champion Paul Michaelis can also be afound at the table along with WSOP bracelet winner Artur Rudenkov, and the former has climbed back above the starting stack.