€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1a | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

03-06-2022 22:35 UTC+1

Assorted Chip Counts

Mike Patrick

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Bessaev	480,000 87,000	87,000
[Removed:510]	222,000 189,000	189,000
Ismael Bojang	180,000 50,000	50,000

Andrea Ricci	145,000 46,200	46,200
Michal Mrakes	102,000 102,000	102,000

03-06-2022 22:31 UTC+1

Hallaert Eliminates Another, Chasing Chip Leaders

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Mike Patrick

Level 13 : 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Sitting in the cutoff, Kenny Hallaert faced a 40,000 chip all-in bet on the river from his opponent in the big blind on a board reading .

After giving it some brief pause, Hallaert called and turned over for the queen-high straight. His opponent showed for the low end of the straight, which hit the muck and sent him out the door, giving Hallaert a sizable pot to move him closer to the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	343,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

03-06-2022 21:56 UTC+1

Al-Emrad Picks Up Pocket Queens

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Matt Hansen

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Salih Al-Emrad raised to 5,000 from the cutoff and Toni Kaukua three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind. Al-Emrad called and the flop was .

Kaukua bet 11,000 and Al-Emrad called. The turn was .

Both players checked the turn and then again on the river. Al-Emrad turned over for a pair of queens and Kaukua tossed the losing hand in the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Kaukua	158,800 158,800	158,800
Salih Al-Emrad	142,000 142,000	142,000

Tags: Salih Al-Emrad Toni Kaukua

03-06-2022 21:53 UTC+1

Bojang Bumped by Vranken

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Mike Patrick

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Ismael Bojang moved all-in for approximately 80,000 effective from the small blind into Antoine Vranken's big blind, and after a brief pause, Vranken called for his tournament life.

Antoine Vranken:
Ismael Bojang:

The board ran out , with Vranken's tens holding to give him a double up, while taking a significant chunk from Bojang's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Vranken	180,000 180,000	180,000
Ismael Bojang	130,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Antoine Vranken Ismael Bojang

03-06-2022 21:32 UTC+1

Calderone Catches Up to Double

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Matt Hansen

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

A player under the gun raise to 4,000 and a player in middle position called. Christophe Panetti raised to 12,500 from the button and Eros Calderone shoved hist last 57,700 from the small blind.

The big blind got out of the way and the other two callers got out of the way. Panetti thought it over for a moment before he put out a stack of chips to call. Action was heads up and Calderone was at risk.

Eros Calderone:
Christophe Panetti:

The board ran out and Calderone turned a pair of nines to pick up the big double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eros Calderone	160,500 160,500	160,500
Christophe Panetti	28,200 28,200	28,200

Tags: Christophe Panetti Eros Calderone

03-06-2022 21:28 UTC+1

Hallaert Makes Last Hand at His Table a Great One

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Mike Patrick

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The PokerNews team arrived to see Kenny Hallaert counting down his stack while a tournament director was counting out chip racks as he was about to break Hallaert's table.

Opponent:
Kenny Hallaert:

The board read and Hallaert counted out 88,700 chips to claim his opponent's entire stack.

Hallaert took over 200,000 to his new table while his opponent headed for the exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	203,000 104,800	104,800

Tags: Kenny Hallaert

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

03-06-2022 21:20 UTC+1

Bojang Puts on the Pressure

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Mike Patrick

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With approximately 10,000 in the pot from preflop action, Ismael Bojang's opponent in the big blind bet 4,000 on a flop of .

Bojang called from the cutoff to see the fall on the turn. Bojang's opponent bet another 8,000, which Bojang again called.

On the river, another 13,000 was fired out from the big blind, but this time Bojang replied with an all-in for approximately 65,000 effective.

The big blind folded, and Bojang's stack soared up to 240,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ismael Bojang	240,000 40,500	40,500

Tags: Ismael Bojang

03-06-2022 21:15 UTC+1

Roscan Takes from Ceska

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Matt Hansen

Level 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With a big pot growing and on the board, Jan Ceska checked from the small blind and Andrei Roscan bet 20,000 from the under the gun position.

Robert Lim folded from the button and Ceska called. The river was .

Both players checked and turned over their cards. Ceska had and the missed flush, but Roscan turned over to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrei Roscan	191,500 191,500	191,500
Robert Lim	57,300 57,300	57,300
Jan Ceska	15,200 15,200	15,200

Tags: Andrei Roscan Jan Ceska Robert Lim