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

12-12-2019 14:16 UTC+2

More for Ivarsson

Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Vlada Stojanovic raised to 300 from under the gun and Alexander Ivarsson three-bet to 1,500 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Stojanovic made the call.

The flop came , Ivarsson continued with a bet of 1,200 and Stojanovic responded with a raise to 3,000 which was called.

They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Ivarsson fired a bet of 5,000 into the pot and Stojanovic gave up on the hand after taking a few seconds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Ivarsson	53,500 6,100	6,100
Vlada Stojanovic	27,500 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Alexander Ivarsson Vlada Stojanovic

12-12-2019 14:27 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Smiljkovic	30,000 30,000	30,000
Job Greben	30,000
Giulio Mascolo	30,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	30,000
Yake Wu	30,000
Gediminas Uselis	30,000
Francesco Delfoco	30,000 30,000	30,000
Rifat Palevic	30,000 30,000	30,000
Derek Ip	30,000 30,000	30,000
Yuan Li	30,000
Norbert Szecsi	30,000

Frederic Delval	30,000 30,000	30,000
Marton Czuczor	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ghattas Kortas	30,000 30,000	30,000
James Akenhead	30,000
Evangelos Bechrakis	30,000
Stanislav Koleno	30,000
Conor Beresford	30,000

Moreira de Melo in the Mix

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Fatima Moreira de Melo has been spotted in the field and she has chipped up early on after taking down a small pot. While the heads-up pot was checked on the turn, a bet of Moreira de Melo on the river won her the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fatima Moreira de Melo	32,000 32,000	32,000

Tags: Fatima Moreira De Melo

12-12-2019 14:42 UTC+2

Hooper Runs Kings Into Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

A squeeze to 1,800 by Michael Hooper was called and Amjad Nader then reraised to 8,500. Hooper jammed for around 21,000 and the third player in the hand folded, Nader snap-called.

"Do you have aces?" Hooper immediately asked and Nader nodded.

Michael Hooper:
Amjad Nader:

"Guess that will be a short day," Hooper added and found no help on the board to hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amjad Nader	51,000 21,000	21,000
Michael Hooper	Busted

Tags: Michael Hooper Amjad Nader

12-12-2019 14:46 UTC+2

In and Out

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Former EPT champion Antonio Buonanno was among those to bust early on, as was Tsugunari Toma, and the latter opted to re-enter right away. Other new entries and bustouts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergei Petrushevskii	32,000
Felix Schulze	30,000 30,000	30,000
Omer Yoruk	30,000
Robert Heidorn	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tom Bedell	30,000
Tsugunari Toma	30,000
Morten Mortensen	30,000
Shakhabiddin Muradov	30,000
Kevin Macdonald	Busted
Alexandre Moreau	Busted
Jean-René Fontaine	Busted
Andreas Goeller	Busted
Antonio Buonanno	Busted

Jacques Der Megreditchian	Busted

Tags: Antonio Buonanno Tsugunari Toma

12-12-2019 14:53 UTC+2

Some Day 1b Pictures

Shirley Ang

Photos courtesy of Neil Stoddart/PokerStars

12-12-2019 14:56 UTC+2

Akenhead Folds Twice

Shirley Ang

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

James Akenhead had raised from the button and Ghattas Kortas called in the small blind. The flop came , Kortas bet 900 and that was enough for Akenhead to fold.

The hand after, Akenhead raised to 300 from the cutoff and was called by Marton Czuczor in the small blind. The flop came , Czuczor check-called the 400 continuation-bet of Akenhead. They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Czuczor took over the initiative and led out for 2,200. Akenhead looked at his cards once more before pushing them over the line for the fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ghattas Kortas	32,000 2,000	2,000
Marton Czuczor	32,000 2,000	2,000
James Akenhead	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Ghattas Kortas James Akenhead Marton Czuczor

12-12-2019 14:57 UTC+2

Some Small Pots and Assorted Counts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Vladimir Bozinovic won a pot without showdown after he bet the river for 4,400 and forced a fold from his sole remaining opponent.

Jonathan Wong tangled with Yake Wu in a three-bet pot in a battle button versus small blind and called a bet of 2,500 on the flop. Wu then bet the turn for 3,500 and Wong folded.

Last but not least, Giuseppe Carbone opened to 300 and was called by Jorma Nuutinen in the big blind. Nuutinen check-called 500 on the flop and they checked through the turn. Nuutinen also checked the river and folded when facing a bet of 1,100.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Katzenberger	39,000 9,000	9,000
Giuseppe Carbone	39,000 3,000	3,000
Michael Kane	38,000 8,000	8,000
Jacek Pustula	34,000 34,000	34,000
Vladimir Bozinovic	33,000 33,000	33,000
Yake Wu	32,000 2,000	2,000
Bruno Lopes	30,000 30,000	30,000
Domenico Gala	30,000
Lukas Zaskodny	30,000 30,000	30,000
Giulio Mascolo	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Ran Azor	28,000 28,000	28,000
Jorma Nuutinen	26,800 -700	-700
Jonathan Wong	16,300 16,300	16,300

Tags: Giuseppe Carbone Jonathan Wong Jorma Nuutinen Vladimir Bozinovic Yake Wu

12-12-2019 15:02 UTC+2

Some New Entries on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Gicovanu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Narcis Nedelcu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ranno Sootla	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jasper Meijer van Putten	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kristen Bicknell	30,000 30,000	30,000
Remi Castaignon	30,000 30,000	30,000

Chris Dowling	30,000 30,000	30,000

12-12-2019 15:05 UTC+2

Li and Lipp Tangle

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

"This table is nuts, every hand crazy action," Daniel Smiljkovic said and then mentioned how a raising war on a three-way flop of saw Yuan Li reraise to 6,200 and get called by [Removed:220] only. They checked the turn and Lipp jammed the river for 13,700, Li folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Smiljkovic	31,000 1,000	1,000
Yuan Li	31,000 1,000	1,000
[Removed:220]	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Daniel Smiljkovic Yuan Li