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

Malec Shoves on Speranza

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Sebastian Malec
Sebastian Malec

Sebastian Malec raised to 1,400 from the cutoff and Gianluca Speranza three-bet to 6,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Malec made the call.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{9-Hearts}, Malec check-called the 5,000 continuation-bet of Speranza.

They both checked through the {10-Clubs} on the turn to the {4-Diamonds} on the river. Malec took his time and then opted to fold. Speranza then tanked and bet 15,000. Malec tanked for a bit longer and shoved. Speranza asked for a count and dived back into the tank to end up folding eventually.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastian Malec pl
Sebastian Malec
EPT 1X Winner
80,500 38,500
Gianluca Speranza it
Gianluca Speranza
45,000 -55,000
Maxime Chilaud fr
Maxime Chilaud
34,000 -9,000

Tags: Gianluca SperanzaSebastian Malec

Branco Looking for Another Deep Run

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Carlos Branco finished in fifth place last year during the EPT Prague Main Event for €242,560 and is sitting on a healthy stack of almost twice average.

He raised to 1,400 from the button and was called by Domenico Gala in the big blind.

They both checked through the {6-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{q-Hearts} flop to the {k-Diamonds} on the turn. Gala check-called the 1,500 bet of Branco.

The river completed the board with the {a-Clubs} and Gala checked for the last time. Branco fired a bet of 4,500 into the pot and Gala took some time before opting to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Branco pt
Carlos Branco
83,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
74,500 -1,500
Domenico Gala it
Domenico Gala
56,000 -9,000

Tags: Domenico GalaCarlos Branco

Recent Chip Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Gab Yong Kim kr
Gab Yong Kim
143,000 -9,000
Jukka Paloniemi fi
Jukka Paloniemi
107,000 8,000
Isabel Baltazar fr
Isabel Baltazar
76,000 24,000
Giulio Mascolo it
Giulio Mascolo
64,000 35,000
Kimmo Kurko fi
Kimmo Kurko
64,000 24,000
Kayhan Mokri Roshanfekr no
Kayhan Mokri Roshanfekr
50,000 50,000
Markus Kuhnen de
Markus Kuhnen
46,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis lt
Dominykas Mikolaitis
44,000 -21,000
Artur Rudenkov cz
Artur Rudenkov
30,000 -4,000
Danilo Velasevic rs
Danilo Velasevic
25,000 -30,000
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
14,400 -17,600
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
Defending Champion
10,000 -56,000

Kenney Enters the Tournament

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Bryn Kenney took over the lead in the 2019 GPI POY race by having just one point more than Kahle Burns has.

Kenney just entered the Main Event with a stack of 30,000 and he was seated at the table of Ryan Riess, Niklas Lehnert-Rappel, and Paul van Oort.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
40,000 -16,000
Paul van Oort nl
Paul van Oort
35,000 7,000
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
30,000 30,000
Niklas Lehnert-Rappel at
Niklas Lehnert-Rappel
21,000 2,300

Tags: Bryn KenneyKahle BurnsPaul Van OortRyan Riess

Marquez Gets It In

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Ana Márquez
Ana Márquez

Nick Marchington raised to 1,200 from early position and Jukka Paloniemi three-bet to 3,800 in the cutoff. Ana Marquez four-bet shoved around 26,000 on the button and Marchington quickly folded.

Palonieme briefly seized up Marquez stack then shook his head, finding the wager too much to call off.

Player Chips Progress
Jukka Paloniemi fi
Jukka Paloniemi
99,000
Nick Marchington gb
Nick Marchington
42,000 -40,000
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
32,500 10,500

Tags: Ana MarquezJukka PaloniemiNick Marchington

Ross Puts the Pressure on Grospellier

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

The board read {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{4-Spades} and Bertrand Grospellier check-called a bet of 3,100 from the big blind against Harry Ross from the cutoff.

The river was the {5-Hearts} and Grospellier decided to lead out with a bet of 3,000. Ross took his time before he eventually pushed all of his chips in the middle worth about 19,000.

Grospellier went into the tank but folded about a minute later.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
EPT 1X Winner
35,500
Harry Ross gb
Harry Ross
32,000 -8,000

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierHarry Ross

Post-Dinner Counts

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante
Player Chips Progress
Aleksandr Sheshukov ru
Aleksandr Sheshukov
220,000 -20,000
Gab Yong Kim kr
Gab Yong Kim
152,000 17,000
Jerry Odeen se
Jerry Odeen
118,000 65,000
Luigi Shehadeh it
Luigi Shehadeh
Day 3 Chip Leader
105,000 20,000
Murat Kilicsaymaz de
Murat Kilicsaymaz
93,000 93,000
Laurent Michot fr
Laurent Michot
77,000 41,000
Vitaly Karayvan ru
Vitaly Karayvan
65,000 65,000
Viktor Katzenberger hu
Viktor Katzenberger
55,700 3,700
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
48,000 18,000
Alessandro Siena it
Alessandro Siena
46,000 46,000
Ole Schemion de
Ole Schemion
41,500 8,500
Omar Lakhdari dz
Omar Lakhdari
40,000 40,000
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
19,300 -10,700
Danny Tang hk
Danny Tang
19,200 19,200
Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
19,000 -4,000
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
16,100 -6,400

Durnegger Takes From Boyaciyan

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Markus Durnegger raised from the button to 1,400 after it folded to him and big blind David Boyaciyan defended. The flop fell {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and Boyaciyan checked to Durnegger.

Durnegger fired a bet of 1,200 and that was enough to make the Dutchman fold and pick up the small pot.

Player Chips Progress
Markus Durnegger at
Markus Durnegger
78,000 35,000
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
43,000 2,000

Tags: David BoyaciyanMarkus Durnegger

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600