€10,200 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

03-06-2022 00:46 UTC+2

The "Suckout Table" Strikes Twice

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Andriy Lyubovetskiy called all-in after the isolation shove by Timothy Adams while Pierre Christensen got out of the way.

Andriy Lyubovetskiy:
Timothy Adams:

The board ran out and Adams spiked the five on the river.

"If you don't shove, I get in there with pocket nines. A five for five [bounty]," Christensen remarked in table chat.

The Dane then got it in preflop for around 130,000 with the . Andras Nemeth only had the but spiked an ace on the flop.

"This is the suckout table," Christensen sulked on his way out.

In the meanwhile, Tom Vogelsang also departed on another table to cut the field of contenders into more than half.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	400,000 -30,000	-30,000
Timothy Adams	370,000 170,000	170,000
Tom Vogelsang	Busted
Andriy Lyubovetskiy	Busted
Pierre Christensen	Busted

03-06-2022 00:54 UTC+2

Yokosawa Doubles Through Dzivielevski

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Teun Mulder raised to 6,000 and then faced a three-bet by Yuri Dzivielevski. Masato Yokosawa jammed for 37,000 from one seat over right after that to force out Mulder and Dzivielevski instantly called.

Masato Yokosawa:
Yuri Dzivielevski:

Thanks to a board of , Yokosawa secured the double up but remained below the starting stack for the time being.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuri Dzivielevski	245,000 -80,000	-80,000

Teun Mulder	120,000 20,000	20,000
Masato Yokosawa	85,000 -15,000	-15,000

03-06-2022 00:58 UTC+2

Dimov Knocks Out Bujtas

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

The decision to re-enter late seems to have paid off for Ognyan Dimov, as he just secured the bounty of Laszlo Bujtas. He found the perfect spot to pick up in the big blind while Bujtas' only flopped an inferior pair on a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Ognyan Dimov	370,000 140,000	140,000

Laszlo Bujtas	Busted

Level: 10

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

03-06-2022 01:10 UTC+2

Big Stacks in the Final Level

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With just 26 players out of 56 entries remaining, the final level of the night has kicked off. Current chip leader appears to be Audrius Stakelis but several other contenders are in the mix to potentially snag the lead from the Lithuanian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Audrius Stakelis	450,000 20,000	20,000
Alex Kulev	400,000 160,000	160,000

Ognyan Dimov	385,000 15,000	15,000

Timothy Adams	380,000 10,000	10,000
Gab Yong Kim	340,000 -10,000	-10,000
Rodrigo Seiji	330,000 80,000	80,000

03-06-2022 01:18 UTC+2

Late Double for Danchev

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The action in the final level has somewhat slowed down. With several short stacks still in play, the chips barely went into the middle except for a battle of the blinds just now. Andras Nemeth looked up the open shove by Dimitar Danchev with the far bigger stack.

Dimitar Danchev:
Andras Nemeth:

Danchev nailed the flop while Nemeth picked up some outs on the turn. Nothing changed with the river and Danchev doubled for 36,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	310,000 -90,000	-90,000
Dimitar Danchev	75,000 30,000	30,000

03-06-2022 01:24 UTC+2

Nemeth Dashes Out Another Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Once the action had folded to Andras Nemeth in the small blind, he pushed forward his green T-25,000 chips. Conor Beresford was his only remaining opponent and the Brit called all-in for fewer than the starting stack.

Conor Beresford:
Andras Nemeth:

Neither player connected with the board and Beresford doubled as well.

"To be honest, you run really bad Andras," PokerStars ambassador Sam Grafton joked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	480,000 80,000	80,000

Andras Nemeth	225,000 -85,000	-85,000
Conor Beresford	145,000 45,000	45,000

03-06-2022 01:30 UTC+2

Petrangelo Felted by Astedt

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Nick Petrangelo received a bottle of local Staropramen beer for the final level of the night courtesy of fellow High Roller regular Timothy Adams. However, it would not bring any luck as Petrangelo was eliminated shortly after by Nicklas Astedt.

The chips went in preflop with Petrangelo holding the dominated . Astedt had that crushed with and the superior kicker prevailed in the runout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Astedt	380,000 170,000	170,000
Nick Petrangelo	Busted

03-06-2022 01:31 UTC+2

Three More Hands for Day 1

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The clocks have been stopped with 25 players out of 56 entries remaining and they will be playing another three hands. Once those are completed, the T-500 chips will be raced off prior to bagging and tagging for the night.

03-06-2022 01:39 UTC+2

Kulev Chips Up; Stakelis Chips Down

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Audrius Stakelis raised to 9,000 and Yuri Dzivielevski then three-bet to 27,000. Stakelis four-bet to 65,000 but instantly folded to a five-bet jam.

Alex Kulev increased his stack in the meanwhile and appears to be a lock for the Day 1 lead. He pushed forward his green T-25,000 chips on the river against Arthur Conan. The Frenchman had around the starting stack behind and depleted his remaining time bank extensions before sigh-folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	600,000 120,000	120,000

Audrius Stakelis	350,000 -100,000	-100,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	320,000 75,000	75,000

Arthur Conan	100,000 -120,000	-120,000