Event #32: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max, Event #Main Event], $1.5M Gtd - Trophy Event #17 Day 1 | 2021 PokerStars EPT Online

12-20-2021 00:58 UTC

Vaitiekunas Doubles Through Chalot

Connor Richards

Level 19 : 15,000/30,000, 3,750 ante

Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas defended out of the big blind.

Vaitiekunas checked on the flop and called a bet of 80,625 from Chalot. Vaitiekunas checked again on the turn and Chalot bet 195,000. Vaitiekunas check-jammed with a stack of 615,037 and Chalot called with more.

Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas:
Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot:

Vaitiekunas was ahead with two pair and held for a double-up as the peeled off on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin "BC1989RF" Chalot	3,440,391
Paulius "D3cor" Vaitiekunas	1,552,574

Level: 19

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,750

12-20-2021 00:39 UTC

Lyubovetskiy Sends Ventura to the Rail

Connor Richards

Level 18 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy open-jammed a stack of about 1,800,000 from the small blind and Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura called in the big blind with a stack of 273,524.

Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy:
Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura :

The runout of didn't help either player and Lyubovetskiy won the pot with king-high to eliminate Ventura.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy	1,795,077	420,274
Diego "Die Ventura" Ventura	Busted

12-20-2021 00:34 UTC

Top Five Stacks

Connor Richards

Level 18 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Laszlo "omaha4rollz" Bujtas	2,751,840
Jens "Fresh_oO_D" Lakemeier	2,581,243
RokiRo3	2,577,993
WhatIfGod	2,365,546
Ben "1Don'tStop1" Heath	2,329,330

12-20-2021 00:31 UTC

Some Recent Eliminations

Connor Richards

Level 18 : 12,500/25,000, 3,250 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski	Busted
Damian "pampa27" Salas	Busted
Jans "Graftekkel" Arends	Busted
Fedor "CrownUpGuy" Holz	Busted
Thomas "WushuTM" Muehloecker	Busted
Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski	Busted
Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford	Busted
Simon "C. Darwin2" Mattsson	Busted
Sam "SamSquid" Grafton	Busted
Talal "raidalot" Shakerchi	Busted

Level: 18

Blinds: 12,500/25,000

Ante: 3,250

12-20-2021 00:18 UTC

Four-Bet Wins it for Lyubovetskiy

Connor Richards

Level 17 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

A middle position player opened to 44,000 and Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson three-bet to 132,000 on the button.

Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy in the big blind then four-bet to 300,000 and both opponents folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andriy "Andre_Hansen" Lyubovetskiy	1,374,803	1,113,251
Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson	914,760	-147,000

12-20-2021 00:14 UTC

Jeppsson Sees Suck-Out, Then Re-Sucks

Connor Richards

Level 17 : 10,000/20,000, 2,500 ante

The under the gun player opened to 40,000 and Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk three-bet to 116,000 in middle position. Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson then cold four-bet shoved a stack of 489,630. The initial raiser folded and Brouk called.

Christian "eisenhower1" Jeppsson:
Tomi "elmerixx" Brouk:

Brouk was dominated but then took a massive lead when the flop came to give him a set. The on the turn gave Jeppsson additional outs with a straight draw, and he spiked the on the river to make the straight and be saved from elimination.