€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1b | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

03-11-2022 18:07 UTC+1

East Takes a Small Pot; De Laat Chipping Up

Matt Hansen

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

With 4,100 in the pot and , Jareth East and Bas De Laat checked from the blinds before Bruno Lopes bet 1,000 from middle position. East called and De Laat got out of the way while a dropped on the turn.

Both players checked the turn to see on the river.

East fired 1,100 and Lopes folded to give him the pot, but all three players are above the starting stack on the day as the tournament nears its dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bas de Laat	69,300 69,300	69,300
Bruno Lopes	47,700 8,700	8,700
Jareth East	37,800 37,800	37,800

Tags: Bas De Laat Bruno Lopes Jareth East

03-11-2022 18:10 UTC+1

Bojovic Busto Against Turmezey

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

With the cards already turned over, Davor Bojovic was the player at risk and his were trailing. Peter Turmezey had the dominating and remained ahead on the runout to eliminate Bojovic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Turmezey	59,000 59,000	59,000
Davor Bojovic	Busted

Tags: Davor Bojovic Peter Turmezey

03-11-2022 18:13 UTC+1

Assorted Counts Before Dinner

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Georges Hanna	140,000 30,800	30,800
Kees van Brugge	120,000 40,000	40,000
Viktor Katzenberger	75,000 45,000	45,000
Dinesh Alt	73,000 3,000	3,000
Gab Yong Kim	45,000 12,000	12,000

Alex Goulder	31,000 12,000	12,000
Laurie Tournier	30,000

Ismail Kalkan	28,000 6,000	6,000
Mike Watson	16,000 2,000	2,000

Robin Ylitalo	15,000

Sonia-Veronika Shashikhina	12,000 14,000	14,000

03-11-2022 18:17 UTC+1

Game Over for Sitbon

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

After taking the bigger hit not long ago, Julien Sitbon started to receive a massage but that one came to an early end as the Frenchman was spotted on his way out. According to other players at the table, Sitbon's had flopped top pair but it was no good on the board.

[Removed:354] raked in the pot as his held the superior kicker, ending Sitbon's run in this event as he had already entered for the second time.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:354]	105,000 105,000	105,000
Julien Sitbon	Busted

Tags: Julien Sitbon

03-11-2022 18:22 UTC+1

Saby Wins Flip to Double Through Belek

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

Antoine Saout kicked off the action with a raise to 1,200 and Laurent Saby then pushed all-in for the last 8,900. Bulent Belek in the small blind asked for a count and then moved all-in with the covering stack, which forced out Jason Wheeler in the big blind and Saout.

Laurent Saby:
Bulent Belek:

Thanks to a board of , the pocket pair of Saby held up for the double. Wheeler mentioned in table chat that he folded pocket fours.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bulent Belek	44,000 44,000	44,000
Antoine Saout	41,000 11,000	11,000
Laurent Saby	21,000 21,000	21,000
Jason Wheeler	11,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Bulent Belek Jason Wheeler Laurent Saby

03-11-2022 18:24 UTC+1

Evans Doubles Through Brink with Pocket Aces

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Matt Hansen

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

With over 19,000 in a growing pot and a flop of , Frederik Brink bet 9,500 from the big blind and Jerome Evans shoved for 33,200.

Brink spent a few minutes in the tank before he emerged with a call.

Jerome Evans:
Frederik Brink:

The turn was and the river , with no help for Brink, and Evans' aces held to secure the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerome Evans	86,600 86,600	86,600
Frederik Brink	12,100 50,900	50,900

Tags: Frederik Brink Jerome Evans

03-11-2022 18:31 UTC+1

Kiviloo Felted by Dalfo Batlle

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/500, 500 ante

On the tail end of a heads-up pot between Ladislao Dalfo Batlle and Rauno Kiviloo, the former checked the river. Kiviloo pushed all-in for 8,200 and that sent the Spaniard into the tank. He mulled over his decision for a while and eventually made the call.

Kiviloo shook his head and said "well done" while exposing the . Dalfo Batlle scored the knockout with the for a pair of sevens only to which Kiviloo added "I guess I don't have too many bluffs there."