Casimir Seire Seire moved all-in from the button to 100,00 after Attila Kassitzky opened to 20,000 from middle position. He made the call to set up a coin-flip.
Casimir Seire:
Attila Kassitzky:
The coin would land in the bigger stacks favor, with the pocket tens holding on the runout.
It folded to the blinds where from the small blind, Kenny Hallaert raised to 23,000. Christophe Panetti three-bet from the big blind to 75,000 and Hallaert four-bet jammed all in, Panetti called and the players waited in purgatory for all other hands around the room to finish before the cards were revealed.
After several minutes, it was time to run the all in.
Christophe Panetti:
Kenny Hallaert:
Panetti was the one at risk as everyone gathered around to watch the dealer spread the flop to give Panetti a set of kings. The turn was the to give Hallaert a broadway draw and the river made the room react as the came off to bring in the straight for Hallaert and bust Panetti in dramatic fashion to assure every other player a spot in the money.
John Mooney has a host ouf chips out in front of him and briefly recapped the hand to PokerNews. it was a hand that played itself with Mooney having pocket kings but his opponent, Youssafi Khalil having aces.
Mooney would spike a king to go into the chip lead and secure another elimination.
Welcome to the second and final day of EPT Prague's €2,200 Eureka High Roller. Today's action, which kicks off at 1 p.m. CET, sees 181 players return to Kings Casino Prague, where they will battle it out to become an EPT Champion.
Day 1 saw 1,149 entries which generated a total prize pool of €2,206,080. Only the top 167 players will make the money, meaning 14 players will exit the tournament area empty-handed.
Those fortunate to outlast the money bubble will lock up a minimum payday of €3,530. As is with tournaments, the mega money is up top, and the eventual winner will walk away with a massive €396,450 prize and a PokerStars Spadie Trophy.
€2,200 Eureka High Roller Payouts
Place
PRIZE
Place
PRIZE
1
€396,450
16-17
€17,540
2
€236,050
18-20
€15,330
3
€166,120
21-23
€13,130
4
€124,860
24-27
€11,010
5
€95,080
28-31
€9,290
6
€69,930
32-39
€8,100
7
€53,060
40-55
€6,880
8
€37,880
56-71
€5,740
9
€29,470
72-95
€4,790
10-11
€24,470
96-119
€4,320
12-13
€21,950
120-143
€3,880
14-15
€19,740
144-167
€3,530
Strong French Presence in Day 2
France is strongly represented in the tournament, with 20 players making it through to Day 2.
The relatively unknown David Rubin (489,000) bagged the biggest and he is joined by the likes of Romain Lewis, Guillaume Diaz, Antoine Saout and France's most decorated WSOP player, Julien Martini.
However, Carl Shaw and John Mooney have piloted monster stacks to Day 2. They'll be looking to take another EPT title back to the United Kingdom, just a few days after Sam Grafton took down EPT Prague Event #1 €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller for €80,360.
The bubble is expected to burst early on when the event returns, so be sure to keep it locked in with PokerNews. Day 2 will resume on Thursday, March 10 at 1 p.m. CET. Play will pick up at Level 17 with the blinds set at 3,000/6,000/6,000a and you can follow all the action as it happens at the fabulous King's Casino Prague.