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

New Batch of Entries

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ran Shahar il
Ran Shahar
30,000
30,000
30,000
Jonas Lauck de
Jonas Lauck
30,000
30,000
30,000
Vivian Saliba br
Vivian Saliba
30,000
30,000
30,000
Karolis Sereika lt
Karolis Sereika
30,000
30,000
30,000
Stefan Jedlicka at
Stefan Jedlicka
30,000
30,000
30,000
Alex Kulev bg
Alex Kulev
30,000
30,000
30,000
Parham Ahoor
Parham Ahoor
30,000
30,000
30,000
Petar Kalev bg
Petar Kalev
30,000
30,000
30,000
Francois Pirault fr
Francois Pirault
30,000
30,000
30,000
Albert Sapiano gb
Albert Sapiano
30,000
30,000
30,000

Shashikhina Gets Some Chips Back

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Early in the first level, Boaz Madhala and Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina had already tangled several times with Madhala chipping up significantly. Shashikhina earned some chips back just now when she bet the [Jd8h5d2dh2c] river for 5,000 into 6,500. Madhala called but mucked when Shashikhina tabled the {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} for jacks and deuces.

Player Chips Progress
Boaz Madhala il
Boaz Madhala
36,000
36,000
36,000
Michel Leibgorin fr
Michel Leibgorin
29,000
29,000
29,000
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina ru
Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina
25,000
-5,000
-5,000

Pair of Nines for Sitbon

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Julien Sitbon
Julien Sitbon

With 2,5000 in the middle already, the flop read {2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}.

Julien Sitbon bet 600 from the small blind and Jean Michel Ploch made the call on the button.

They both checked through the {10-Diamonds} on the turn to the {k-Spades} on the river. Sitbon flicked in a 500-chip for Ploch to call but muck as Sitbon tabled the {j-Spades}{9-Spades} for the pair of nines.

Player Chips Progress
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
37,000
7,000
7,000
Jean Michel Ploch fr
Jean Michel Ploch
31,500
3,500
3,500

Tags: Jean Michel PlochJulien Sitbon

Kolonias and Chiva Off to a Rocky Start

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Alexandros Kolonias
Alexandros Kolonias

Gabriel Chiva raised to 300 on the button and Ran Shahar called in the small blind. Alexandros Kolonias then three-bet to 1,600 in the big blind, which resulted in two calls. Shahar checked the {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop and Kolonias bet 2,000. Chiva then raised to 6,600 for Shahar to fold.

Kolonias gave it some consideration and folded, as he dropped almost one third of the starting stack in the first level so far. For Chiva, it was also some recovery only as he has even fewer chips while Shahar is the early chip leader on the table.

Player Chips Progress
Ran Shahar il
Ran Shahar
46,000
16,000
16,000
Alexandros Kolonias gr
Alexandros Kolonias
21,000
21,000
21,000
Gabriel Chiva ro
Gabriel Chiva
19,000
19,000
19,000

Vinayagamoorthy Raises The River

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

On a completed board of {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}, Mario Colavita made it 2,500 to go on the button with a pot of 4,200. That sent David Vinayagamoorthy into the tank and he eventually reached into his stack to grab two blue T-5,000 chips for a raise. Those were then committed some ten seconds later and Colavita snap-folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mario Colavita it
Mario Colavita
45,000
David Vinayagamoorthy no
David Vinayagamoorthy
38,000

Mosboeck Tank-Folds to Ivarsson

Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante
Alexander Ivarsson
Alexander Ivarsson

The action folded to Mario Mosboeck in the small blind who raised it up to 500 which Alexander Ivarsson called in the big blind.

The flop came {q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}, Mosboeck continued with a bet of 300 and got called.

The turn was the {5-Clubs}, Mosboeck opted to slow down and check. Ivarsson looked over and led out with a bet of 700 for Mosboeck to call.

The {10-Diamonds} completed the board and Mosboeck checked for the final time. Ivarsson took some time and bet 2,500. Mosboeck glanced at his cards, jumped into the thinking tank, and even cut out some calling chips at some point but opted to fold in the end.

Player Chips Progress
Alexander Ivarsson se
Alexander Ivarsson
34,800
34,800
34,800
Santiago Plante ca
Santiago Plante
33,100
33,100
33,100
Mario Mosboeck at
Mario Mosboeck
28,700
-1,300
-1,300

Tags: Alexander IvarssonMario Mosboeck

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 100

Klimko Chips Up Against Kacper

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Picking up the action on the {k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades}{q-Spades} river, Matyas Klimko check-raised to 7,500 and was called by Jerzy Kacper after some consideration. Klimko revealed the {k-Spades}{k-Clubs} for the top set and Kacper tapped the table, briefly exposing his cards for what appeared to have been {7-Spades}{5-Spades} for two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Matyas Klimko hu
Matyas Klimko
36,000
36,000
36,000
Yin Qiaofeng be
Yin Qiaofeng
31,000
31,000
31,000
Ranno Sootla ee
Ranno Sootla
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Jerzy Kacper
Jerzy Kacper
28,000
28,000
28,000

Panka Doesn't Make the Call

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Dominik Panka raised to 300 from the button and Mounir Tajiou defended his big blind.

They both checked through the {9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} flop to the {2-Diamonds} on the turn. Tajiou bet 500 for Panka to quickly let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Panka pl
Dominik Panka
35,000
5,000
5,000
EPT 1X Winner
Ranno Sootla ee
Ranno Sootla
32,000
2,000
2,000
Josef Snejberg cz
Josef Snejberg
30,000
Firat Baltaci nl
Firat Baltaci
30,000
Kacper Pyzara pl
Kacper Pyzara
30,000
Mounir Tajiou se
Mounir Tajiou
29,000

Tags: Mounir TajiouDominik Panka

Blex Second Player to Bust

Level 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

There was already an elimination after just a few minutes and the second player to bust was Germany's Waldemar Blex. He had lost a ton of chips against Masato Yokosawa and was then involved in three-way action to the {j-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{a-Spades} river. With 8,000 in the middle, Jean Mikhael bet 4,000 out of the small blind and the third player in the hand folded.

Blex had 7,600 behind on the button and tanked, then moved all-in to get called by Mikhael. He was shown the {10-Spades}{8-Clubs} for trips tens by Blex, which Mikhael had beat with the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for tens full of nines.

Player Chips Progress
Masato Yokosawa jp
Masato Yokosawa
48,000
17,000
17,000
Jean Mikhael lb
Jean Mikhael
45,000
45,000
45,000
Rifat Palevic se
Rifat Palevic
34,000
7,200
7,200
Waldemar Blex de
Waldemar Blex
Busted

Tags: Jean MikhaelMasato YokosawaWaldemar Blex