2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,200 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
€80,360
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,200
Prize Pool
€267,900
Entries
57
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
80,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
56
Players Left
25

Showdown Pot for Mateos

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On the tail end of a hand between Sirzat Hissou and Adrian Mateos in the big blind, the completed board showed {k-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{10-Spades}{6-Spades}{3-Spades}. Mateos made it 12,500 to go and Hissou eventually called to get shown the {k-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for the top pair by the Spaniard. That ended up as the winner, as Hissou mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
115,000 25,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
86,000 86,000

Updated Counts and New Entries

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
240,000 65,000
Gab Yong Kim kr
Gab Yong Kim
155,000 10,000
Tom Vogelsang nl
Tom Vogelsang
140,000 140,000
Belarmino De Souza br
Belarmino De Souza
130,000 13,000
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
125,000 25,000
Alexandros Theologis gr
Alexandros Theologis
110,000 10,000
Rodrigo Seiji br
Rodrigo Seiji
110,000 10,000
Patrick Leonard gb
Patrick Leonard
106,000 6,000
Thomas Muehloecker at
Thomas Muehloecker
100,000 100,000
Laszlo Bujtas hu
Laszlo Bujtas
100,000 100,000
Andriy Lyubovetskiy ua
Andriy Lyubovetskiy
100,000 100,000
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
100,000 100,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
90,000 -10,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
40,000 40,000
Karolis Sereika lt
Karolis Sereika
Busted

Madanzhiev Doubles Through Dimov

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Stoyan Madanzhiev
Stoyan Madanzhiev

Fresh off busting Sirzat Hissou, Zhong Chen raised it up to 3,500. Table short stack Stoyan Madanzhiev then three-bet jammed for the last 20,000 and Ognyan Dimov went all-in over the top for 105,500 to isolate for the €5,000 bounty. Chen asked for a count but ended up folding.

Stoyan Madanzhiev: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Ognyan Dimov: {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{j-Clubs}{2-Spades} and Madanzhiev's kings prevailed to score the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
220,000 75,000
Ognyan Dimov bg
Ognyan Dimov
EPT 1X Winner
85,500 -12,500
Stoyan Madanzhiev bg
Stoyan Madanzhiev
45,000 25,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
Busted

In and Out

Level 4 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

According to the tournament screens, there are 37 players out of 42 entries remaining. The last two contenders to run out of chips were Andras Nemeth and Orpen Kisacikoglu, while Nick Petrangelo, Teun Mulder, Karolis Sereika and Sirzat Hissou all sat down with a fresh stack.

Player Chips Progress
Teun Mulder nl
Teun Mulder
100,000
Sirzat Hissou de
Sirzat Hissou
100,000
Karolis Sereika lt
Karolis Sereika
100,000
Nick Petrangelo us
Nick Petrangelo
100,000
Andras Nemeth hu
Andras Nemeth
Busted
Orpen Kisacikoglu tr
Orpen Kisacikoglu
Busted

Level: 4

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

Christensen Jams Up his Stack

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

On a completed board of {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}, Ahmad Achegsei made it 32,000 to go. The pot was around two times of that and Pierre Christensen almost immediately pulled the trigger and moved all-in. His shove was for 95,500 and Achegsei asked for a count, then used one time bank extension before he opted to fold with the slightly covering stack.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre Christensen dk
Pierre Christensen
195,000 70,000
Ahmad Achegsei de
Ahmad Achegsei
95,000 -25,000

Grafton Bad Beats Savio

Level 3 : 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton

Steve Savio had already vaulted out of his seat as he got his stack in against PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton with the flop showing {k-Spades}{9-Spades}{5-Diamonds}.

Steve Savio: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}
Sam Grafton: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}

Savio's mood immediately changed when the {k-Clubs} turn improved Grafton as he was left with the case ace only. "That's bad," he mumbled in French. As the blank {5-Spades} river completed the board, Savio grabbed his smart phone to take a picture and then left the tournament area. He returned for a few seconds only to grab his jacket, which he had left on the chair.

Player Chips Progress
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
195,000 80,000
Steve Savio fr
Steve Savio
Busted

Five Tables in Play

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

The Day 1 field size has increased to 35 entries and with 34 players remaining, a fifth table opened. Latest entries increase Pedro Garagnani, Dimitar Danchev and Masato Yokosawa, among others.

Nikola Minkov was also involved in the action but sent over his chips and €5,000 bounty to Yuri Dzivielevski.

Player Chips Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski br
Yuri Dzivielevski
175,000 95,000
Stephane Abehassera fr
Stephane Abehassera
100,000 100,000
Pedro Garagnani br
Pedro Garagnani
100,000 100,000
Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
100,000 100,000
Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
100,000 100,000
Nikola Minkov bg
Nikola Minkov
Busted