EPT Online 16: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Main Event] Day 2 | 2020 PokerStars EPT Online

11-17-2020 00:42 UTC

Mattsson Straightens Out Cardoso

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

The chips continue to fly on nearly all tables and it didn't take long for the next all-in showdown.

Spain's Nabil "the_djemba" Cardoso raised to 140,000 in the cutoff and instantly called for 1,277,927 when Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson jammed with the covering stack out of the big blind.

Nabil "the_djemba" Cardoso:
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson:

Unfortunately for Cardoso, the superior pocket pair was cracked on the board as Mattsson rivered a ten-high straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	4,824,973	1,967,547
Cali1112	Busted
Tomasz "Sphinx87" Cybulski	Busted
Nabil "the_djemba" Cardoso	Busted

11-17-2020 00:38 UTC

Joyce Doubles; "Maxim737" Doesn't

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Shortest stack Toby "sadface11" Joyce was all-in and at risk preflop with the , facing "Alik_Z1" in the big blind with the .

The board ran out and Joyce doubled.

"Maxim737" was not as fortunate in their final showdown when they called the open-shove of Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou in a battle of the blinds.

"Maxim737":
Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou:

A five appeared on the board to send "Maxim737" to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou	7,426,543	1,609,929
Alik_Z1	4,480,624	4,480,624
Toby "sadface11" Joyce	1,628,932	189,036
Maxim737	Busted

11-17-2020 00:33 UTC

"Ebaaa11" And "eqmegz" Eliminated

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

In the last hand prior to the break, "CrazyLissy" opened to 140,000 on the button and was called by "Ebaaa11" in the big blind. On a flop of , "Ebaaa11" check-called for 154,000 and led the turn for 684,250, which fellow countryman "CrazyLissy" called.

They headed to the river on which "Ebaaa11" bet 2,065,000 with 21,807 behind. "CrazyLissy" jammed for more and received the call to deal the final blow with versus .

Also no longer in contention is "eqmegz" who sent their stack over to Liviu "0Human0" Ignat. They three-bet a raise to 154,700 and a cold-call to 560,000 while on the button and Ignat jammed for 3.8 million. "bisbiki78" folded and "eqmegz" called for just shy of 3.3 million.

"eqmegz":
Liviu "0Human0" Ignat:

Nothing at all changed on the board to eliminate "eqmegz" in 88th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Liviu "0Human0" Ignat	7,451,769	3,387,043
CrazyLissy	7,083,075	4,887,597
bisbiki78	5,251,846	5,251,846
Ebaaa11	Busted
eqmegz	Busted

11-17-2020 00:26 UTC

Break With 87 Remaining

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

The goal for Day 2 is coming closer as just 87 players remain on the next scheduled five-minute break, only 72 of them will make the cut for the penultimate day.

11-17-2020 00:20 UTC

"Bashov" Busts to Buldygin

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : 35,000/70,000, 8,750 ante

Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas won a pot of 2.52 million against Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast when his made back door trips nines and the Spaniard recovered some of the earlier losses.

In the next hand, "Bashov" got their stack of nearly 2.5 million in before the flop and they were flipping against Viacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin.

"Bashov":
Viacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin:

The suited ace struck on the flop and held thanks to the blank turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin	9,081,971
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	3,792,753
Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast	3,354,012
Bashov	Busted
NeNaZavode	Busted
SamuelBT	Busted
Scott "Aggro Santos" Margereson	Busted

Level: 26

Blinds: 35,000/70,000

Ante: 8,750

11-17-2020 00:15 UTC

Tremzin Doubles Through Colillas; Christoforou Beats "Maxim737"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

It had been smooth sailing ever since the bubble burst as Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas steadily built his stack. All that progress was just destroyed when the roller coaster of Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin added another chapter with a four-bet jam and call for nearly 2.1 million.

Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin:
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas:

The flop went to Tremzin on a board of .

And there were more fireworks a few hands later, as Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou also scored a double-up. His raise to 132,000 was three-bet to 630,000 by "Maxim737" and Daskalos called. On the flop, "Maxim737" bet 498,960 and called the shove of Christoforou for 2,152,307.

Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou:
"Maxim737":

The turn and river provided no help to "Maxim737" and they had to fork over a decent portion of the stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viacheslav "VbV1990" Buldygin	6,394,630	1,233,892
Andreas "daskalos20" Christoforou	5,816,614	4,708,188
Dietrich "2pacnrw16" Fast	4,671,512	2,430,731
Gleb "Ti0373" Tremzin	4,292,724	-272,138
chininhaltig	3,233,980	2,415,338
Ramon "RamonColillas" Colillas	3,157,153	-1,773,742
Bashov	2,278,942	-809,263
Maxim737	1,387,179	-7,112,398

11-17-2020 00:09 UTC

Telker Busts "Matto 23"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Michael "munchenHB" Telker opened the action with a min-raise to 120,000 in late position and "Matto 23" stuck their last 1,229,168 in from the cutoff. The remaining players opted to fold and Telker quickly called.

Michael "munchenHB" Telker:
"Matto 23":

On a board of , the kicker played and "Matto 23" hit the rail in 94th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael "munchenHB" Telker	4,313,152	2,316,668
Matto 23	Busted

11-17-2020 00:06 UTC

Recent Casualties

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Qiwo	Busted
niek112	Busted
Aaron "AaronBeen" Been	Busted
Artem "veeea" Vezhenkov	Busted
Luckbox1326	Busted
Peter "pitabread189" Chien	Busted
JoseGuti	Busted
Aliaksei "ale6ka" Boika	Busted
jhj0101	Busted
Ben_Apart	Busted
Achilles591	Busted
Jakob "Succeeed" Miegel	Busted
Andras "probirs" Nemeth	Busted

11-17-2020 00:03 UTC

Bruschi Busts in Three-Way All-In

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : 30,000/60,000, 7,500 ante

The initial jam by Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi was worth 971,486 in the hijack and "tikidiii" then reshoved for 3,112,387 on the button. "Kohlrabi7" moved all in for more than 4 million and that resulted in the following three-way all-in.

Renan "Internett93o" Bruschi:
"tikidiii":
"Kohlrabi7":

The best hand preflop held on a board of and Bruschi became the 97th place finisher.