2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
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 1b
Entries
745
Players Left
268

€5,300 EPT Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Lybaert Leads the Way After Exciting Day 1b of the 2019 EPT Prague Main Event

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Bart Lybaert bagged a big stack on Day 1b
Bart Lybaert bagged a big stack on Day 1b

An exciting Day 1b of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,300 Main Event saw 268 players advance from a field of 745 after ten levels of 60 minutes each. Together with the 391 players that registered for Day 1a, the field is currently up to 1,136 entries with 395 of them still in contention after both starting days. Late registration will be open right up until the start of Day 2, after which the total prize pool and payouts will be announced.

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Well-known pro Bart Lybaert from Belgium bagged the biggest batch of them all, spinning his 30,000 starting stack all the way up to 333,400. Lybaert has already racked up over $3M in lifetime winnings — including a €1,100 EUREKA win for €115,000 (the predecessor of the EPT National) right here in Prague — and will be looking to add yet another big score to his already impressive poker resumé. Lybaert will come back second in chips overall, sitting behind Pierre Calamusa who bagged the overall lead with 457,000 on Day 1a.

Following Lybaert to round out the top 5 of the day were Niklas Lehnert-Rappel (267,000), Alex Kulev (266,800), Jonathan Therme (256,400) and Jakub Krawinski (236,600). Notables such as Dario Sammartino (168,000), Jussi Nevanlinna (155,800), Sebastian Malec (154,600), Alexandre Reard (88,100) and Ole Schemion (31,300) also soundly navigated their way through a stacked field.

Team PokerStars ambassador Fatima Moreira de Melo wasn't as fortunate as the aforementioned players as she'd be among those to run out of chips on Day 1b. Moreira de Melo wasn't the only notable to hit the rail: fellow PokerStars ambassador Ramon Colillas, Conor Beresford, Henri Buhler, Walter Treccarichi, Jason Wheeler, Morten Mortensen, Jasper Meijer van Putten, Parker Talbot, Kahle Burns, Julien Martini, and defending champion Paul Michaelis all joined the former Olympian on the sidelines after losing their stacks along the way as well.

Fatima Moreira De Melo
PokerStars ambassador Fatima Moreira de Melo bowed out on Day 1b

Bizarre Bad Beat: Backdoor Quads Defeats Flopped Full House

There was plenty to be excited about on Day 1b of the Main Event, with swingy stacks across the board as well as players getting accused of stealing chips. However, the craziest hand of the day no doubt occurred at Table 24, where three players got their stacks in the middle on a {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{5-Spades} board. Action was innocuous until the river and for good reason, as all players tried to trap one another by slowplaying their big hands.

Holding pocket sevens, Florian Ribouchon was the first to come out of the woodworks and bet the river with his flopped top full house. Antoine Vranken, with the six-four of hearts for sixes full, then raised it up one seat over. Lukasz Grossmann, however, held pocket fives for the miracle runner-runner quads and shoved all in over the top. Both Ribouchon and Vranken got their stacks in the middle as well, after which the entire table frantically whipped out their phones to film the improbable showdown that just unfolded before their eyes.

With both starting days wrapped up, the 268 surviving players from Day 1b will join the 127 that made it through on Day 1a and come back for Day 2 at noon local time on Friday, December 13. Make sure to check back to PokerNews as we get one step closer to crowning a new EPT champion!

Lukasz Grossmann
Lukasz Grossmann cracked two full houses with backdoor quads.

Tags: Alex KulevAlexandre ReardAntoine VrankenBart LybaertConor BeresfordDario SammartinoFatima Moreira De MeloFlorian RibouchonHenri BuhlerJakub KrawinskiJason WheelerJasper Meijer van PuttenJonathan ThermeJulien MartiniJussi NevanlinnaKahle BurnsLukasz GrossmannMorten MortensenOle SchemionParker TalbotPaul MichaelisPierre CalamusaRamon ColillasSebastian MalecWalter Treccarichi

Day 2 Seat Draw

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
TableSeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Nikita KuznetcovRussia138,30086
12Paul TedeschiFrance40,10025
13Vladimir PeckUSA80,30050
14Anatolii ZyrinRussia51,10032
15Ferenc DeakHungary129,60081
17Leanid BachkouBelarus10,9007
18Johan StorakersSweden59,50037
      
21Keith BrennanIreland109,80069
22Simeon NaydenovBulgaria40,60025
23Sergei BagirovRussia86,60054
24Dan Serban BorlanRomania161,600101
25Charles La BoissonniereCanada61,00038
26Viktor BlomSweden51,00032
27Juan PardoSpain50,00031
28Nick MarchingtonUK64,70040
      
31Petr KubenkaCzech Republic20,40013
32Asi MosheIsrael86,00054
33Rainer KempeGermany23,20015
34Bertrand GrospellierFrance78,00049
36Mustafa JukovicSweden189,900119
37Liran TwitoIsrael80,90051
38Mateusz WozniakPoland76,60048
      
41Andrey KotelnikovRussia53,10033
42Jacek PustulaPoland78,00049
43Daniil KiselevRussia68,00043
44Sami ShokrySwitzerland118,00074
45Hidetoshi SuzukiJapan46,70029
47Artur MartirosianRussia114,70072
48Paul TheobaldGermany95,10059
      
51Viet VoUSA49,10031
52Adrian MateosSpain104,10065
54Ognyan DimovBulgaria30,00019
55Eugenio PeraltaItaly103,10064
56Vladislav DonchevBulgaria28,70018
57Kent RoedNorway158,20099
58Marius ConanFrance15,70010
      
61Felix KurmayrAustria57,60036
62Danut ChisuRomania59,40037
63Michal JanczarskiPoland54,30034
64Raphael WimmerAustria199,200125
65Micha HoedemakerNetherlands29,00018
66Touko BerndtsonFinland93,10058
67Natalie TehMalaysia119,40075
68Maxim LykovRussia97,70061
      
71Jean DesmottesFrance31,10019
72Markku KoplimaaEstonia88,90056
73Byungwook AhnSouth Korea55,80035
74Sergei PetrushevskiiRussia43,60027
75Nicholas GaltosAustralia104,80066
77Preben StokkanNorway31,30020
78Phachara WongwichitAustralia118,20074
      
81Sergei KoliakovRussia75,60047
83Michael SoyzaMalaysia97,90061
84Danyel BoyaciyanNetherlands42,20026
85Yehia SaidEgypt195,000122
86Omar EljachSweden34,70022
87Vladislav SolovevRussia171,500107
88Andrew HulmeUK51,50032
      
91Patrik AntoniusFinland155,10097
92Gary HassonBelgium137,00086
93Giorgiy SkhulukhiyaRussia97,30061
95Gleb TremzinRussia77,80049
96Milad OghabianNetherlands41,20026
97Sergio AidoSpain88,00055
98Nariman YaghmaiIran94,80059
      
101Paul HongNew Zealand111,10069
102Henri JuutilainenFinland79,10049
103Asif WarrisUK32,30020
104Erwan LouerFrance88,50055
105Ivan SkoblovRussia113,50071
106Serhii HolodiukUkraine31,00019
108Gilles HuetFrance50,40032
      
111Youngshin ImSouth Korea93,90059
112Kalidou SowFrance79,00049
113Bart LybaertBelgium333,400208
114Gaelle BaumannFrance46,00029
115Mario Navarro ArrochaSpain11,8007
116Vitaliy LiRussia129,90081
118Tomas SaltonasLithuania49,40031
      
121Zinan XuChina157,00098
122Lin RuidaChina196,800123
123Ran AzorIsrael113,40071
125Sebastian MalecPoland154,60097
126Shyngis SatubayevKazakhstan73,80046
127Atanas KodinovBulgaria99,60062
128Hady El AsmarLebanon123,40077
      
131Mounir TajiouSweden17,70011
132Marius GicovanuRomania90,40057
133Raymond HibertLuxembourg34,70022
134Istvan BirizdoHungary29,40018
135Juha HelppiFinland79,70050
136Per LindeSweden44,10028
137Douglas Araujo Lopes FerreiraBrazil73,20046
138Mikolaj ZawadzkiPoland46,00029
      
141Paul NeweyUK94,00059
142Ivan KuzivUkraine28,80018
143Niklas Lehnert-RappelAustria267,300167
145Nicola GriecoItaly99,10062
146Vlastimil PustinaCzech Republic54,30034
147Alessio Di CesareItaly111,10069
148Alex KulevBulgaria266,800167
      
151Ole SchemionGermany31,30020
152Jinho HongSouth Korea70,30044
153Przemyslaw GlanerPoland194,700122
154Markus DurneggerAustria80,50050
155Ricardo Da RochaBrazil110,70069
156Giuseppe CarboneItaly72,00045
157Lubomir VlachCzech Republic40,60025
158Thi Xoa NguyenFrance150,00094
      
161Jack O'NeillUK101,70064
162Jans ArendsNetherlands123,60077
163Thomas BoivinBelgium143,80090
164Simon BurnsUK22,20014
165Bhavin KhatriUK199,600125
166Mateusz SzymanskiPoland31,60020
167Ivan ZhechevBulgaria50,50032
      
171Aleksandar TrajkovskiMacedonia78,40049
172Aleksandr SheshukovRussia71,60045
173Giuseppe RuoccoItaly90,60057
174Dominykas MikolaitisLithuania108,00068
175Dinesh AltSwitzerland145,40091
176Jonathan FhimaFrance39,90025
177Dario SammartinoItaly168,000105
178Audrius StakelisLithuania62,00039
     -
181Lukas ZaskodnyCzech Republic49,90031
182Nikita LebedevRussia18,30011
184Luigi ShehadehItaly203,300127
185Philipp ZukernikCanada84,30053
186Daniel HabibItaly18,00011
187Pieter AertsBelgium94,40059
188Xavier MouyssetFrance72,30045
      
191Diego ZeiterSwitzerland80,80051
192Paul HoeferGermany111,00069
193Ouri CohenFrance24,00015
194Ivan GabrieliItaly51,10032
195Jonathan BussieresCanada35,40022
196Espen Uhlen JorstadNorway104,50065
197Sorin FluturRomania50,20031
198Peter TurmezeyHungary64,00040
      
201Rifat PalevicSweden102,00064
202George WolffUSA45,40028
203Ting Yi TsaiTaiwan24,40015
205Nazim ShalaSweden45,00028
206Andrea DatoItaly121,80076
207Aleksandr MerzhvinskiyRussia118,90074
208Krasimir YankovBulgaria226,000141
      
212Panagiotis OikonomouGreece61,60039
213Francesco CandelariItaly127,10079
214Tobias AnttilaFinland69,70044
215Ronnie ShushanIsrael76,50048
216Gregory ArmandFrance62,00039
217Ihar SoikaBelarus93,50058
218Isabel BaltazarFrance66,00041
      
221Chris Da-SilvaUK54,00034
222Colin RobinsonUSA22,70014
224Laszlo BujtasHungary103,50065
225Ionut VoineaRomania98,90062
226Azad JabrayilovAzerbaijan98,00061
227Ad SchaapNetherlands27,00017
228Laurent MichotFrance145,50091
      
231Andreas VlachosGreece48,30030
232Gary BlustonUK14,2009
233Ronan SweeneyUK123,40077
234Evgenii ShibaldinRussia29,50018
236Alexander IvanovRussia16,20010
237Steven van ZadelhoffNetherlands30,00019
238Matias KnaapinenFinland14,9009
      
241Venelin PashevBulgaria69,80044
242Adrien DelmasFrance15,0009
243Mikalai PobalBelarus192,600120
244Antonin TeisseireFrance102,20064
245Christian AlessiItaly122,30076
246Kemal AslanTurkey120,10075
247Rabah Ait-AbdelmalekFrance100,00063
248Daniel TangUK78,30049
      
251Carlo BelliItaly45,30028
252Aliaksei BoikaBelarus156,00098
253Yang WangChina82,60052
254Anton VasilyevRussia82,90052
255John MooneyUK55,00034
256Dario MarinelliItaly30,80019
257Jukka PaloniemiFinland127,80080
258Mario LlapiItaly46,00029
      
261Gaby LivshitzIsrael117,00073
262Xia LinChina43,70027
263Viktor KatzenbergerHungary158,20099
264Jakub KrawinskiPoland236,600148
265Jakub DorocinskiPoland25,40016
266Vahe MartirosyanArmenia21,50013
267Akin TunaGermany124,20078
268Marco RegonaschiItaly12,1008
      
272Tomas JauringSweden136,30085
273Fahredin MustafovBulgaria138,00086
274Bruno LopesFrance84,40053
275Henrique Camara FerreiraBrazil47,70030
276Marcin LesniewskiPoland35,60022
277Giuliano BendinelliItaly64,60040
278Deniz DoganGermany87,00054
      
281Simon MattssonSweden99,10062
283Maria LampropulosArgentina16,10010
284David Gonzalez DelgadoSpain101,00063
285Maxime ChilaudFrance39,10024
286Alisa SibgatovaRussia132,60083
287Tomas KubaliakSlovakia32,30020
288Markus KuhnenGermany38,00024
      
291Norbert SzecsiHungary165,000103
292Simon LofbergSweden44,90028
294Serge DidisheimSwitzerland29,00018
295Bence ParisHungary64,90041
296Sebastien GarrasiSwitzerland72,30045
297Claudio Di GiacomoItaly47,80030
298Liu YuchengChina17,50011
      
301Tomas MacnamaraUK17,00011
302Lyudmil IvanovBulgaria43,10027
303Andras NemethHungary38,90024
304Hossein EnsanGermany94,80059
305Mikhail ZubRussia28,00018
306Vedat LeviTurkey43,80027
307Fedor KruseGermany97,90061
308Mihai ManoleRomania20,10013
      
311Michiel BroskyNetherlands83,00052
312Robert HeidornGermany31,00019
313Valerii LubenetsUkraine53,10033
314Nazar BuhaiovUkraine25,50016
315Dietrich FastGermany105,20066
316Alain ZeidanLebanon18,30011
317Stefan PeukertGermany25,10016
318Hugo PingrayFrance59,50037
      
321Fabian GumzGermany145,80091
322Jan BednarCzech Republic68,80043
323Hiroki NawaJapan74,70047
324Seref Dursun AnarTurkey29,10018
325Jeremy SaderneFrance116,00073
326Wen Lin WangChina33,50021
327Valery YantsevichBelarus35,80022
328Ibrahim SenoussiFrance96,00060
      
331Renato HysenbelliItaly115,00072
332Harry RossUK90,40057
333Jimmy GuerreroFrance108,00068
334Michael SklenickaCzech Republic104,60065
335Bjorn KozenkaiHungary115,50072
336Hariton TonchevBulgaria59,10037
337Ranno SootlaEstonia175,000109
338Dermot BlainIreland28,70018
      
342Denys ShafikovUkraine78,70049
343Jaroslav PeterCzech Republic163,700102
344Jan BendikSlovakia84,90053
345Sebastian Von ToperczerGermany24,60015
346Giuseppe ZarboItaly180,000113
347Glib KovtunovUkraine134,30084
348Joao Mestre FerreiraPortugal188,700118
      
351Arsenii KarmatckiiRussia119,50075
352Benjamin WinsorUK86,00054
353Jean-Philippe PiquetteCanada105,60066
355Mohamed MokraniFrance153,00096
356Helge PedersenDenmark48,00030
357Murat KilicsaymazGermany85,70054
358Cristinel SanduRomania50,80032
      
361Stefan EgermannGermany285,600179
362Sylvain LoosliFrance166,000104
363Mustafa BizTurkey90,20056
364Kai HeroldGermany40,00025
365Jonathan ThermeFrance256,400160
366Luke HawardUK41,00026
367Lukasz CyganPoland160,100100
368Morten HvamDenmark146,10091
      
371William KassoufUK34,50022
372Petr HlavacekCzech Republic148,20093
373Boris KuzmanovicCroatia78,60049
374Shakhabiddin MuradovLatvia110,00069
375Tomas PaivaPortugal71,40045
377Andrei StoenescuRomania39,50025
378Gianluca SperanzaAustria135,70085
      
381Antonio SmeragliaItaly53,50033
382Bryn KenneyUSA180,700113
383Kimmo KurkoFinland126,70079
384Leo MargetsSpain44,90028
385Jacques MisonneBelgium30,80019
386Shalev HalfaIsrael30,20019
387Fulvio SansanelliGermany89,70056
388Etienne FortinFrance91,70057
      
391Vitaly KarayvanRussia79,80050
392Davidi KitaiBelgium116,40073
393Johannes DandlGermany34,60022
394Pasquale BracoItaly32,20020
395Stephen ChidwickUK78,10049
396Wei TsoHong Kong186,500117
398Pim GielesNetherlands20,40013
      
401Pierre CalamusaFrance457,000286
402Simon BrandstromSweden110,50069
403Aidan HynesIreland13,6009
404Silvio Domingues CostaPortugal36,00023
405Aleksei IstominRussia101,10063
406Alessandro ToninelloItaly70,90044
407Andreas BoellingGermany170,600107
408Michael O'GradyAustralia184,400115
      
411Anton SuarezSweden145,50091
412Victor BogdanovRussia98,20061
413Aliaksei DubrouskiBelarus66,20041
414Antal RothHungary161,000101
415Jussi NevanlinnaFinland155,00097
416Serhii LeonovUkraine100,80063
417Yilong WangChina99,90062
418Carl ShawUK161,400101
      
421Waldemar PeterGermany34,70022
422Tomasz CybulskiPoland93,40058
423Jerry OdeenSweden109,10068
424Hassan SeyFinland44,40028
425Lambros VrakasGreece66,80042
426Lukasz GolczykPoland15,80010
427Ori CaballoSpain122,00076
428Stanislav KolenoSlovakia65,40041
      
431Cristinel DumitruRomania24,90016
432Luke MarshUK107,70067
433Michal SchuhCzech Republic24,80016
434Yehuda CohenIsrael213,700134
435Jakob MadsenDenmark84,80053
436Dominik PankaPoland140,00088
437Wing Sang LeeHong Kong120,00075
438Joe MouawadLebanon124,70078
      
441Robert LimUK27,20017
442Carlos BrancoPortugal17,60011
443Oshri LahmaniIsrael67,00042
444Roman HeroldGermany180,600113
445Bryan ParisUSA43,50027
446Jakub MichalakPoland121,70076
447Pierrick BurbanFrance54,40034
448Erdal GulsevenTurkey63,50040
      
451Erwann PecheuxFrance48,30030
452Abou Saleh EliasLebanon32,30020
453Teun MulderNetherlands50,60032
455Yake WuChina197,200123
456Francesco DelfocoItaly43,00027
457Vojtech RuzickaCzech Republic83,80052
458Oleg DrewsGermany67,40042
      
461Stefan JedlickaAustria34,00021
462Wilhelm IsaakGermany23,70015
463Roman SkudarUkraine65,40041
464Nikita BochkinRussia45,10028
465Gregory Luttke-GrechFrance193,000121
466Lukasz WinskiPoland55,50035
467Orpen KisacikogluTurkey79,30050
      
471Anatoly ChenRussia60,70038
472Ludvig SternerSweden66,20041
473Joshua ZimmermanHong Kong54,80034
474Martin FingerGermany46,30029
475Graeme SiowSingapore131,90082
476Gereon SowaGermany62,20039
477Ivan DeyraFrance43,20027
      
481Aladin ReskallahFrance33,30021
482Clement RichezHungary82,20051
483Max DevesonUK125,70079
484Jussi MattilaFinland78,90049
485Unknown Player 3Russia22,90014
486Sven KriegerGermany110,40069
487Steve O'DwyerIreland206,400129
488Unknown Player 1Spain27,00017
      
491Viacheslav SultanovUkraine45,80029
492Alessio CasiraghiItaly58,10036
493Alexandre ReardFrance88,10055
494Harout GhazarianCanada124,20078
495Fredrik AnderssonSweden113,80071
496Clement Genon-CatalotFrance149,30093
497Henri KasperEstonia62,20039
498Roland ChassingFrance248,600155
      
501Vasileios TsaknisGreece70,90044
502Aleksandras VoisnisLithuania44,10028
503Tiziano Di RomualdoItaly85,00053
504Sebastian SmithDenmark12,9008
505Xi YangChina31,40020
506Stefanita FecheteRomania36,20023
507Tom VogelsangNetherlands142,90089
508Alessandro SienaItaly28,70018
      
511Chien LiaoUSA88,80056
512Enrico RudelitzGermany131,70082
513Jakub OlivaCzech Republic89,40056
514Sebastian SorenssonSweden60,50038
515Fidan ZahitiSweden178,000111
516Andrew ChristoforouUK47,00029
517Majid Ejlal NoubarianIran23,40015
518Henrik HecklenDenmark158,00099
      
521Xiaqing JiChina194,000121
522Maroun JazzarLebanon35,10022
523Johann ZeitounFrance141,00088
524Davor LaniniItaly69,30043
525Peter TscherniggAustria36,50023
526Alin GrasuRomania30,40019
527Chakib BennaniMorocco81,90051
528Gab Yong KimSouth Korea220,800138
      
531Munkhbayar NyamsurenMongolia120,50075
532Ngoc Minh HoangCzech Republic65,40041
533Renaud LejalFrance35,20022
534Tom BedellNorway20,30013
535Parham AhoorIran104,20065
537Silma MacalouFrance97,00061
538Ghattas KortasSweden77,00048

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
333,400 93,400
Niklas Lehnert-Rappel at
Niklas Lehnert-Rappel
267,300 104,300
Alex Kulev bg
Alex Kulev
266,800 214,800
Jonathan Therme fr
Jonathan Therme
256,400 61,400
Jakub Krawinski pl
Jakub Krawinski
236,600 -3,400
Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
226,000 -4,000
Gab Yong Kim kr
Gab Yong Kim
220,800 20,800
Luigi Shehadeh it
Luigi Shehadeh
203,300 8,300
Day 3 Chip Leader
Raphael Wimmer at
Raphael Wimmer
199,200 169,200
Yake Wu cn
Yake Wu
197,200 32,200
Lin Ruida cn
Lin Ruida
196,800 6,800
Xiaqing Ji cn
Xiaqing Ji
194,000
Gregory Luttke-Grech fr
Gregory Luttke-Grech
193,000
Joao Mestre Ferreira mx
Joao Mestre Ferreira
188,700
Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
184,400 11,400
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
180,700 40,700
Giuseppe Zarbo it
Giuseppe Zarbo
180,000 10,000
Daniel Habib gb
Daniel Habib
180,000
Fidan Zahiti se
Fidan Zahiti
178,000 178,000
Ranno Sootla ee
Ranno Sootla
175,000 5,000
Vladislav Solovev mx
Vladislav Solovev
171,500
Andreas Boelling de
Andreas Boelling
170,600 170,600
Dario Sammartino it
Dario Sammartino
168,000 -12,000
Norbert Szecsi hu
Norbert Szecsi
165,000 44,000
Day 4 Chip Leader
Jaroslav Peter cz
Jaroslav Peter
163,700 8,700

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Play Ended

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Play has ended with 745 entries showing on the clock and 280 remaining players.

The chip counts, the Day 2 seat draw, and a recap of today's action are to follow.

''He is Stealing From Me. This is Theft!''

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Gregory Armand
Gregory Armand

A hand was playing out on Table 12 but that is not what drew everyone's attention to the table. It was Gregory Armand, who claimed Giuseppe Zarbo accepted a pot that he didn't win, which Armand was supposed to win. Said hand happened two hands ago and in the meantime, the table lost Adam Chochola and Benjamin Chalot. Chalot immediately reentered but Chochola stayed at the table to witness it all.

Multiple members of the floor staff arrived at the table to assess the situation. Armand claimed he was supposed to win the pot with {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs} against the {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts} of Zarbo with only a deuce on the board. Armand's kicker should've earned him the pot but the chips were pushed to Zarbo.

Armand, meanwhile, had gotten to his feet to greet someone on the rail safe in the knowledge - he assumed - that he had won the pot.

Upon returning to the table, he counted his chips and realized that he had not been awarded the pot. Armand insisted on the floor staff checking the cameras above the table and went off against his opponent.

''He knows he lost and he took the pot!" he shouted. "He stole from me, he's a thief!''

Tournament director Toby Stone explained to Armand that it wasn't possible to check the cameras because it would take too long. Stone also explained he was trying everything in his power to see if they could find a solution.

Armand stepped aside from the table when Stone was trying to confirm what happened with the other players at the table. The general consensus was that Armand indeed should've won the pot and that Zarbo had put the 14,000-18,000 in his own stack.

It took about ten minutes before Zarbo gave 16,000 to Armand. Armand was happy with the solution and play continued at Table 12 with 35 minutes left on the clock before the end of the day.

Player Chips Progress
Giuseppe Zarbo it
Giuseppe Zarbo
170,000 15,000
Gregory Armand us
Gregory Armand
100,000 45,000
Benjamin Chalot fr
Benjamin Chalot
30,000
Adam Chochola cz
Adam Chochola
Busted

Tags: Adam ChocholaBenjamin ChalotGiuseppe ZarboGregory Armand

Recent Chip Counts

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Jakub Krawinski pl
Jakub Krawinski
240,000 85,000
Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
173,000 47,000
Jaroslav Peter cz
Jaroslav Peter
155,000 155,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
140,000 29,000
Paul Theobald de
Paul Theobald
128,000 107,000
Jakub Oliva cz
Jakub Oliva
100,000 28,000
Narcis Nedelcu ro
Narcis Nedelcu
75,000 45,000
Philipp Zukernik ca
Philipp Zukernik
71,000 2,000
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
67,000 -25,000
Gerald Karlic at
Gerald Karlic
46,000 16,000
Ting Yi Tsai tw
Ting Yi Tsai
39,000 11,000
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
34,000 -10,000

Katzenberger Doubles, Akenhead Falls

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
James Akenhead
James Akenhead

Viktor Katzenberger was all in for 59,100 preflop with {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} and doubled through his opponent with {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} on a {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}.

James Akenhead was less successful in the race: he saw his pocket sixes drop to Aleksandras Voisnis his {a-Spades}{10-Spades} when a ten popped on this flop as well.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
122,200 57,700
Aleksandras Voisnis lt
Aleksandras Voisnis
50,000 50,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
Busted

Tags: Aleksandras VoisnisJames AkenheadViktor Katzenberger