2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 2
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 2
Entries
413
Players Left
141

Leonov Finds Lucky Turn To Double

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Renato Hysenbelli was under the gun and opened to 7,000, receiving a call in the hijack before Serhii Leonov three-bet to 55,000 in the big blind. Hysenbelli folded and the hijack reraised all in for the effective 12,000 or so that Leonov had behind after three-betting. Leonov committed those chips and hands were tabled in preparation for the runout.

Serhii Leonov: {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}
Hijack: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Leonov picked up some extra outs on the flop {k-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs} but was still firmly behind until the turn {a-Diamonds} hit the felt. The river {2-Clubs} fell behind it to finish the runout and Leonov scored the dub.

Player Chips Progress
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
601,000 21,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
256,000 100,000
Renato Hysenbelli it
Renato Hysenbelli
238,000 123,000
Serhii Leonov ua
Serhii Leonov
147,000 46,200
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
83,500 -6,500

Tags: Serhii Leonov

Armand Eliminated by Paloniemi

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Gregory Armand
Gregory Armand

The all-in triangle was in front of Gregory Armand on the button as he had pushed for 56,000 and he had to get through Jukka Paloniemi in the big blind only. Paloniemi gave him a stare down for some time and eventually splashed in calling chips.

Gregory Armand: {a-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Jukka Paloniemi: {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

Once Armand spotted the cards of his opponent, he sighed loudly and saw his hopes of a Main Event cash fade away on the {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{10-Spades} board. The usually very talkative Armand left the table without saying a single word and departed fewer than 20 spots away from the money bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Jukka Paloniemi fi
Jukka Paloniemi
215,000 3,000
Gregory Armand us
Gregory Armand
Busted

Tags: Gregory ArmandJukka Paloniemi

A lot Of Betting Units at Once

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Bart Lybaert be
Bart Lybaert
580,000 100,000
Dan Serban Borlan ro
Dan Serban Borlan
540,000 110,000
Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
EPT 1X Winner
480,000 105,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
460,000 -35,000
Krasimir Yankov bg
Krasimir Yankov
430,000 125,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
375,000 110,000
Morten Hvam dk
Morten Hvam
340,000 -45,000
Glib Kovtunov ua
Glib Kovtunov
330,000 130,000
Yehuda Cohen il
Yehuda Cohen
320,000 40,000
Dietrich Fast de
Dietrich Fast
320,000 120,000
Gab Yong Kim kr
Gab Yong Kim
310,000 25,000
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
215,000 -135,000
Nazim Shala se
Nazim Shala
180,000 -45,000
Erwann Pecheux fr
Erwann Pecheux
180,000 -80,000
Giuseppe Zarbo it
Giuseppe Zarbo
170,000 -50,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad no
Espen Uhlen Jorstad
155,000 105,000
Michael O'Grady au
Michael O'Grady
140,000 -100,000
Natalie Teh my
Natalie Teh
90,000 27,000
Kalidou Sow fr
Kalidou Sow
90,000 19,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy ru
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy
75,000 15,000
Jacek Pustula pl
Jacek Pustula
75,000 -15,000
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
46,000 -39,000

Szymanski Eliminates Khatri

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Mateusz Szymanski sat on the button when he saw Bhavin Khatri raise to 6,000 from the cutoff. Szymanski three-bet to 18,000 and the player in the blinds got out of the way. Khatri four-bet all in for about 80,000 and Szymanski called very quickly.

Bhavin Khatri: {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Mateusz Szymanski: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The board ran out {k-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and Khatri was eliminated from the tournament while the other players are getting closer and closer to the money.

Player Chips Progress
Mateusz Szymanski pl
Mateusz Szymanski
210,000 115,000
Bhavin Khatri gb
Bhavin Khatri
Busted

Tags: Bhavin KhatriMateusz Szymanski

Boelling Wins a Small One

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Antonio Smeraglia opened to 7,500 under the gun and action foled around to Andreas Boelling, who was on the button and called. Action went heads up to a flop of {k-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Smeraglia made a continuation-bet of 7,500. Boelling "clicked it back," raising the minimum to 15,000. Smeraglia thought for about 15 seconds and then found a call.

Action then checked through both the turn {2-Spades} and river {8-Hearts} to take the hand to showdown.

Smeraglia showed {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} and Boelling tabled {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}, with his pair of kings earning him the pot at showdown.

Player Chips Progress
Andreas Boelling de
Andreas Boelling
317,000 177,000
Antonio Smeraglia it
Antonio Smeraglia
92,500 39,000

Tags: Antonio SmeragliaAndreas Boelling

Calamusa Above Half a Million

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Pierre Calamusa
Pierre Calamusa

Pierre Calamusa had somewhat plummeted the last few hours but the start-of-the-day chip leader is back up and over half a million in chips. He put those to use to three-bet Michiel Brosky on the feature table, who had opened to 7,000 in the hijack with the {k-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

Calamusa made it 28,000 to go from the button with the {7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
Day 1A Chip Leader
546,000 200,000
Michiel Brosky nl
Michiel Brosky
97,500 -2,500

Tags: Michiel BroskyPierre Calamusa

Caballo Busts to Candelari

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Ori Caballo had defended his big blind against a raise by Francesco Candelari and check-raised the {q-Spades}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs} flop. Candelari clicked it back to 43,000 and Caballo moved all in for 152,500 in total. That sent Candelari deep into the think tank as he talked through possible options of what his opponent could have.

Eventually, Candelari made the call and the cards were turned over.

Ori Caballo: {6-Spades}{4-Spades}
Francesco Candelari: {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

"That's what I thought! No spade please," Candelari exclaimed and vaulted out of his chair. The board completed with the {j-Hearts} turn and {10-Hearts} river to eliminate Caballo. Candelari left his chair for a quick celebration before returning and stacking the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Francesco Candelari it
Francesco Candelari
410,000 100,000
Ori Caballo es
Ori Caballo
Busted

Tags: Francesco CandelariOri Caballo

One PokerStars Qualifier Knocks Out Another

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Action folded around to PokerStars qualifier Anton Vasilyev in the small blind and he announced he was all in for what was around 30,000. Another PokerStars qualifier was in the big blind in Gereon Sowa, and he looked down at his cards before announcing a call to send the two off to the races.

Anton Vasilyev: {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Gereon Sowa: {8-Spades}{8-Hearts}

Vasilyev was behind and found himself unable to catch up as hte board ran out {2-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}, giving him a flush draw on the turn that did not fill up, spelling his elimination at the hands of Sowa as a result.

Player Chips Progress
Gereon Sowa de
Gereon Sowa
95,000 55,000
Anton Vasilyev ru
Anton Vasilyev
Busted

Tags: Anton VasilyevGereon Sowa

Recent Casualties

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
Busted
Marcin Lesniewski pl
Marcin Lesniewski
Busted
Gregory Luttke-Grech fr
Gregory Luttke-Grech
Busted
Lukasz Cygan pl
Lukasz Cygan
Busted
Etienne Fortin fr
Etienne Fortin
Busted
Davor Lanini it
Davor Lanini
Busted
Viacheslav Sultanov ua
Viacheslav Sultanov
Busted
Nicola Grieco it
Nicola Grieco
Busted
Silvio Domingues Costa pt
Silvio Domingues Costa
Busted
Arsenii Karmatckii ru
Arsenii Karmatckii
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Busted
Nikita Kuznetcov ru
Nikita Kuznetcov
Busted
Murat Kilicsaymaz de
Murat Kilicsaymaz
Busted
Ghattas Kortas se
Ghattas Kortas
Busted
Mateusz Wozniak pl
Mateusz Wozniak
Busted