€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-14-2019 19:23 UTC+2

Sorensson Can't Escape Anymore

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Aleksandr Sheshukov and Sebastian Sorensson

Sebastian Sorensson had been able to double his short stack several times to stay afloat but the 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona Main Event champion would eventually run out of fortune.

Down to the last 68,000, he was all in against table neighbor Aleksandr Sheshukov and the following cards were tabled.

Sebastian Sorensson:
Aleksandr Sheshukov:

Sorensson called for diamonds but the board let the kicker play as the eight was already counterfeited.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksandr Sheshukov	560,000 180,000	180,000
Sebastian Sorensson	Busted

Tags: Aleksandr Sheshukov Sebastian Sorensson

12-14-2019 18:04 UTC+2

Soyza Three-Outed by Kim on Feature

Will Shillibier

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Gab Yong Kim raised to 17,000 from under the gun and Michael Soyza called in the big blind.

The flop came and Soyza moved all in for 56,000. Kim called and the cards were turned over.

Gab Yong Kim:
Michael Soyza:

Soyza had flopped bottom pair and was in good shape to double up. The turn was the but the river was the as Kim hit the card that would send Soyza to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	670,000 -67,000	-67,000
Aliaksei Boika	548,000 57,000	57,000

Gab Yong Kim	510,000 91,000	91,000
Gaelle Baumann	495,000 38,000	38,000
Sylvain Loosli	340,000 -10,000	-10,000
Andrei Stoenescu	290,000 -51,000	-51,000
Tom Vogelsang	250,000 -11,000	-11,000
Michael Soyza	Busted

Tags: Gab Yong Kim Michael Soyza

12-14-2019 17:43 UTC+2

Chidwick Out in Two Hands

Christian Zetzsche

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

On the tail end of a hand between Stephen Chidwick in the big blind and Giorgiy Skhulukhiya in the hijack, the completed board showed . With what appeared to be 70,000 in the middle, Chidwick bet 69,000 and left himself a single T-1,000 chip behind.

Skhulukhiya eventually called without using a time bank and Chidwick was caught bluffing with the for a busted gutshot. Skhulukhiya had that beat with the and climbed up to a million in chips.

Chidwick was forced all-in for the last 1,000 chip one hand later and Glib Kovtunov raised to 16,000. Morten Hvam jammed the hijack and that isolated successfully.

Stephen Chidwick:
Morten Hvam:

Chidwick could turn his single chip into 12,000 if he were to win but the board came to end his run.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya	1,000,000 280,000	280,000
Glib Kovtunov	650,000
Morten Hvam	230,000 -18,000	-18,000
Stephen Chidwick	Busted

Tags: Giorgiy Skhulukhiya Glib Kovtunov Morten Hvam Stephen Chidwick

12-14-2019 17:16 UTC+2

Lybaert Doubles; Eliminates Pardo

Will Shillibier

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Juan Pardo moved all in for 38,000 from early position. Markus Durnegger called in middle position and Bart Lybaert called from the big blind.

The flop came and Lybaert bet 60,000. Durnegger moved all in and Lybaert snap-called with . Durnegger held and Pardo showed for top pair.

The turn was the and the river the which improved Durnegger to a set but completed Lybaert's nut flush and he doubled for his remaining 251,000, sending Pardo to the rail in the process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bart Lybaert	625,000 412,000	412,000
Markus Durnegger	300,000 -375,000	-375,000
Juan Pardo	Busted

Tags: Bart Lybaert Juan Pardo Markus Durnegger

12-14-2019 17:15 UTC+2

Monster Double for Panka, Adams Eliminated

Yori Epskamp

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

From under the gun, Timothy Adams moved all in for his last 67,000. Dominik Panka, seated to his direct left, also shoved all in for 351,000. Behind him was Claudio Di Giacomo, who had a little more than Panka.

The Italian called as well to put two players at risk and the cards went on their backs.

Timothy Adams:
Dominik Panka:
Claudio Di Giacomo:

The flop was a monster flop for Di Giacomo, which left Adams with just one and Panka with four outright outs to win. The on the turn added a little more hope for Adams but it would be Panka with the last laugh as the rolled off on the river for a big win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Panka	789,000 464,000	464,000

Claudio Di Giacomo	77,000 -346,000	-346,000
Timothy Adams	Busted

Tags: Claudio Di Giacomo Dominik Panka Timothy Adams

12-14-2019 16:29 UTC+2

Tuna Takes Ruida Out

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dinesh Alt raised to 12,000 from under the gun and was called by Akin Tuna in the cutoff, and Lin Ruida and Mohamed Mokrani in the blinds.

The flop came , it was checked to Tuna who bet 25,000. Ruida raised to 60,000. Mokrani folded and so did Alt. Tuna called.

The turn was the , Ruida bet 75,000 and Tuna called.

The river completed the board with the , Ruida bet 75,000 and Tuna shoved with the bigger stack. Ruida sat up and looked over and then called for the 430,000 or so he had behind with for trip eights. Tuna had for the rivered full house to eliminate Ruida and to jump to the top of the counts.

Bryn Kenney turned around from his seat to congratulate Tuna.

Player	Chips	Progress
Akin Tuna	1,500,000 700,000	700,000
Gaby Livshitz	725,000 185,000	185,000

Mohamed Mokrani	474,000 16,000	16,000
Krasimir Yankov	362,000 -318,000	-318,000
Dinesh Alt	165,000 -15,000	-15,000
Erwann Pecheux	85,000 -30,000	-30,000
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy	71,000 -34,000	-34,000
Lin Ruida	Busted

Tags: Akin Tuna Dinesh Alt Lin Ruida Mohamed Mokrani

12-14-2019 16:11 UTC+2

No Pay-Jump for Dimov; Pustina Moves to 1.5M

Yori Epskamp

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kemal Aslan raised to 18,000 in middle position and Ognyan Dimov called one seat over. Vlastimil Pustina three-bet to 75,000 in the small blind, Aslan folded and Dimov called.

The flop was and Pustina bet 45,000, which Dimov called. The turn was the and Pustina fired another bullet worth 75,000. Dimov used one time bank card before calling, leaving himself with a mere 79,000 behind.

The river was the and Pustina shoved all in within seconds. Being on a payjump bubble, Dimov picked up his remaining time bank cards and spread all four of them out in front of him.

After burning through the extra minutes there was still no bustout on any of the other tables and the Bulgarian called it off with one second remaining.

Pustana showed for the flopped nut flush, Dimov flashed and became the last player to collect €10,970.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vlastimil Pustina	1,500,000 500,000	500,000
Ognyan Dimov	Busted

Tags: Ognyan Dimov Vlastimil Pustina

12-14-2019 15:43 UTC+2

Borlan Busted by Ruida

Shirley Ang

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Dan Serban Borlan had raised to 13,000 and Lin Ruida three-bet enough on his left for the rest of the table to fold and Borlan to shove for around 300,000 and Ruida to snap-call.

Dan Serban Borlan:
Lin Ruida:

The board ran out for Ruida to find an ace on the flop to pair up with and eliminate Borlan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lin Ruida	730,000 280,000	280,000
Dan Serban Borlan	Busted

Tags: Dan Serban Borlan Lin Ruida

12-14-2019 13:56 UTC+2

Bad Start for Ji on Feature Table

Will Shillibier

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Earlier on the stream, both Orpen Kisacikoglu and Xiaqing Ji saw a flop of . Kisacikoglu checked and Ji bet 15,000. The Turk check-raised to 45,000 and Ji then re-raised to 125,000.

Kisacikoglu tanked before shoving for 427,000 and Ji eventually folded.

A short while later, Ionut Voinea opened to 11,000 and Kisacikoglu called on the button. Ji was in the big blind with and opted to three-bet to 45,000.

Voinea four-bet all in for 132,000 and Ji called.

The flop improved Voinea to a set and there were no worries on the runout as Voinea doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Orpen Kisacikoglu	565,000 127,000	127,000
Xiaqing Ji	495,000 -273,000	-273,000
Ionut Voinea	285,000 153,000	153,000

Tags: Ionut Voinea Orpen Kisacikoglu Xiaqing Ji

12-14-2019 13:49 UTC+2

Last PokerStars Ambassador Kalidou Sow Eliminated by Koleno

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Kalidou Sow got his short stack of around 60,000 in from the button and Stanislav Koleno made the call in the big blind.

Sow's faced the of Koleno and he picked up some equity on the flop. However, the turn and river brought no help to the PokerStars ambassador and he was eliminated in the first level of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stanislav Koleno	360,000 3,000	3,000
Kalidou Sow	Busted

Tags: Kalidou Sow Stanislav Koleno