€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 2 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-13-2019 16:11 UTC+1

Quads for El Asmar

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Lin Ruida bet the turn and river of a board and Hady El Asmar check-called the first bet of 5,000, then check-jammed into a bet of 20,000. Ruida called the 60,500 and El Asmar grinned "give it to me" as he tabled for quads, Ruida flashed .

"Thank you," El Asmar followed up and Ruida, who was still smiling, replied with a "you're welcome." Ruida still has more than half a million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lin Ruida	520,000 70,000	70,000
Hady El Asmar	160,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Hady El Asmar Lin Ruida

12-13-2019 16:14 UTC+1

Kiselev Takes From Kitai

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A pot of around 40,000 emerged between Davidi Kitai and Daniil Kiselev. Both ended up checking the river and Kitai showed a pair of fives and a missed draw. Kiselev double-checked his cards and then revealed with the words "I thought you had a straight."

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giuseppe Carbone	310,000 141,000	141,000
Ngoc Minh Hoang	260,000 194,600	194,600
Hossein Ensan	220,000 90,000	90,000

Daniil Kiselev	200,000 80,000	80,000
Jan Bendik	170,000 87,000	87,000

Ghattas Kortas	130,000 40,000	40,000
Davidi Kitai	120,000 24,000	24,000

Vojtech Ruzicka	100,000 78,000	78,000
Paul Hoefer	90,000 18,000	18,000
Jacek Pustula	90,000 12,000	12,000
Espen Uhlen Jorstad	50,000 40,000	40,000
Wen Lin Wang	45,000 11,500	11,500
Nicola Grieco	25,000 74,100	74,100

Tags: Daniil Kiselev Davidi Kitai

12-13-2019 16:16 UTC+1

More Recent Eliminations

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Milko van Winden

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Shalev Halfa	Busted
Lukas Zaskodny	Busted
Benjamin Winsor	Busted
Enrico Rudelitz	Busted
Parker Talbot	Busted

Kent Roed	Busted
Lyudmil Ivanov	Busted
Hugo Pingray	Busted
Sebastian Malec	Busted

Robert Heidorn	Busted
Evgenii Shibaldin	Busted
Jonathan Fhima	Busted
Thi Xoa Nguyen	Busted
Bence Paris	Busted
Fionn Macnamara	Busted
Istvan Birizdo	Busted
Ludvig Sterner	Busted
Tomas Jauring	Busted

12-13-2019 16:21 UTC+1

Bednar Runs Into Aces

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Jan Bednar four-bet jammed for what appeared to be 80,000 and Markus Durnegger beat him into the pot.

Jan Bednar:
Markus Durnegger:

The board came and Durnegger had the better full house to send Bednar to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markus Durnegger	280,000 139,000	139,000
Jan Bednar	Busted

Tags: Jan Bednar Markus Durnegger

12-13-2019 16:23 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Chassing	535,000 115,000	115,000
Dan Serban Borlan	430,000 30,000	30,000
Bryn Kenney	282,000 42,000	42,000
Cristinel Sandu	265,000 20,000	20,000
Nazim Shala	225,000 180,000	180,000
Kimmo Kurko	180,000 53,300	53,300
Juan Pardo	161,000 111,000	111,000
Vasileios Tsaknis	155,000 84,100	84,100
Bryan Paris	126,000 36,000	36,000
Stephen Chidwick	123,000 88,000	88,000
Nikita Kuznetcov	77,000 93,000	93,000
Johan Storakers	67,500 12,500	12,500
Natalie Teh	63,000 5,000	5,000
Vladislav Solovev	60,000 111,500	111,500

12-13-2019 16:27 UTC+1

Skoblov Eliminated by Adams

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Ivan Skoblov pushed for 28,500 in the cutoff and Timothy Adams asked for a count in the small blind, then made the call. Gilles Huet in the big blind folded with an equally short stack at his disposal.

Ivan Skoblov:
Timothy Adams:

The board came and the running diamonds spelled the end for Skoblov.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Adams	150,000 45,000	45,000
Erwan Louer	140,000 51,500	51,500
Paul Hong	135,000 23,900	23,900
Stanislav Koleno	120,000 10,000	10,000
Henri Juutilainen	45,000 34,100	34,100
Gilles Huet	30,000 20,400	20,400
Ivan Skoblov	Busted

Tags: Gilles Huet Ivan Skoblov Timothy Adams

12-13-2019 16:33 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

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Milko van Winden

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Chassing	553,000 18,000	18,000
Pierre Calamusa	346,000 29,000	29,000

Orpen Kisacikoglu	287,000 143,000	143,000
Dominik Panka	270,000 10,000	10,000

Juan Pardo	180,000 19,000	19,000
Martin Finger	110,000 20,000	20,000

Bryan Paris	100,000 26,000	26,000
Dominykas Mikolaitis	65,000 43,000	43,000

12-13-2019 16:40 UTC+1

Sheshukov Has Better Than King-Queen

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Milko van Winden

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Dario Sammartino raised from early position to 6,500 and he was called by Aleksandr Sheshukov from the cutoff and the player in the big blind called as well.

The flop was dealt and the big blind checked to the Italian who continued with a bet of 8,000. Sheshukov called but the big blind got out of the way.

They both checked on the to see the on the river and they checked again. Sammartino tabled saying ''Your king-queen is good'', but Sheshukov showed even better with .

Player	Chips	Progress
Dario Sammartino	240,000 70,000	70,000
Aleksandr Sheshukov	160,000 44,000	44,000

Tags: Aleksandr Sheshukov Dario Sammartino

12-13-2019 16:41 UTC+1

Kulev Finds the Right Call for Half

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Hill Kerby

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Alex Kulev opened to 6,000 from middle position and received a call from Ori Caballo in the hijack. Ngoc Minh Hoang three-bet to 17,500 in the small blind and Kulev thought about his decision for two minutes before putting in chips to call. Caballo got out of their way and action proceeded heads up to a flop of . Hoang thought for about 40 seconds and then made a continuation-bet of 17,500. Kulev went into the tank for a half-minute.

"How much is that?" asked Kulev. The dealer told him the amount and he thought for another full minute before calling. The turn came and Hoang checked. Another minute went by with action on Kulev before he tapped the felt, bringing the river . First to act, Hoang thought about his decision for well over a minute and then bet 20,500. It was then Kulev's turn to deliberate further, taking close to four minutes before making the call.

Hoang tabled and Kulev showed , resulting in both players taking half the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ngoc Minh Hoang	250,000 10,000	10,000
Alex Kulev	137,000
Ori Caballo	78,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Alex Kulev Ngoc Minh Hoang Ori Caballo

12-13-2019 16:43 UTC+1

Recent Eliminations

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Milko van Winden

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	Busted
Vladimir Peck	Busted
Gilles Huet	Busted
Rabah Ait-Abdelmalek	Busted
Deniz Dogan	Busted
Alisa Sibgatova	Busted
Bjorn Kozenkai	Busted
Vivian Im	Busted
David Gonzalez Delgado	Busted
Jack O'Neill	Busted