2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
€692,252
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,771,500
Entries
1,190
Level Info
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
418
Players Left
134

Beresford Builds a Bigger Stack

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Conor Beresford
Conor Beresford

A raise to 2,000 was in front of Conor Beresford and Sven Krieger then pushed for what appeared to be 19,000.

"I don't like the chip thing you did, otherwise I would have probably called," Beresford mentioned in table chat.

Krieger grinned and shot back with a "sorry about that" while Beresford mused over his decision for another 30 seconds. He then splashed in several blue chips with a bang.

Sven Krieger: {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}
Conor Beresford: {7-Spades}{7-Hearts}

As it turned out, Beresford had his opponent pipped by a notch and that remained to be the case throughout the {a-Spades}{k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{j-Spades} board.

Player Chips Progress
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
138,000 73,000
Hiroki Nawa jp
Hiroki Nawa
108,000 63,000
Ben Heath gb
Ben Heath
50,000 50,000
Andy Wilson gb
Andy Wilson
43,000 -7,000
Artan Dedusha gb
Artan Dedusha
23,000 -5,000
Sven Krieger de
Sven Krieger
Busted

Tags: Conor BeresfordSven Krieger

Aksu Busts Mertens

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Johan Mertens was all-in and at risk in the big blind and he was called and covered by Osman Aksu in the small blind.

Johan Mertens: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Osman Aksu: {j-Spades}{10-Spades}

The board read {2-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} for Mertens to have rivered two pair but for Aksu to hit turn the straight and improve to Broadway on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Osman Aksu tr
Osman Aksu
70,000
Johan Mertens be
Johan Mertens
Busted

Tags: Johan MertensOsman Aksu

Mulder Jams Into Karakousis

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

With some 21,000 in the middle to the {k-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs} turn, Georgios Karakousis checked his option. Teun Mulder made it 12,000 to go and Karakousis eventually called. He then checked the {8-Hearts} on the river with around 20,000 behind. Mulder moved all-in with the covering stack and forced a fold.

Player Chips Progress
Henning Andre se
Henning Andre
105,000 20,000
Teun Mulder nl
Teun Mulder
Day 4 Chip Leader
80,000 39,000
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
24,000 -6,000
Georgios Karakousis gr
Georgios Karakousis
20,000 -23,000

Tags: Georgios KarakousisTeun Mulder

Hallaert Gets Labous to Fold

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante
Kenny Hallaert
Kenny Hallaert

At the end of the previous level, Manuel Labous raised to 1,300 from the cutoff and Kenny Hallaert three-bet to 5,500 from the small blind.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{j-Spades}, Hallaert continued with a bet of 4,500 which Labous called.

The turn was the {8-Hearts} and Hallaert fired a bet of 11,000 into the pot which was too much for Labous as he folded.

Player Chips Progress
Manuel Labous fr
Manuel Labous
160,000 160,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
54,000 54,000

Tags: Kenny HallaertManuel Labous

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

Near Triple Up for Gill

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Rodrigo Selouan was already gone from the table and his cards were mucked while an enthusiastic Harpreet Gill still recorded on the phone the outcome of the hand. Gill's {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} had flopped two pair on the {q-Spades}{10-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} board to secure a near triple up, as he also beat the {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs} of Soenke Jahn.

Player Chips Progress
Harpreet Gill ca
Harpreet Gill
55,000 21,000
Soenke Jahn de
Soenke Jahn
17,000 -11,000
Rodrigo Selouan br
Rodrigo Selouan
Busted

Tags: Soenke JahnHarpreet Gill

Nurzynski Loses a Bunch to Borlan

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

On the river of a completed board of {a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{10-Hearts}, Piotr Nurzynski raised to 8,500 on the button. Dan Borlan was in the big blind and called to get shown the {a-Spades}{3-Hearts} by Nurzynski. The Romanian had that beat with the {9-Hearts}{5-Spades} for a full house to win the pot, sending the former EPT Main Event champion to half the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Borlan ro
Dan Borlan
80,000 80,000
Piotr Nurzynski pl
Piotr Nurzynski
EPT 1X Winner
15,700 -7,300

Tags: Dan BorlanPiotr Nurzynski