2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€417,820
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€3,028,800
Entries
3,155
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
694
Players Left
103

Roth Calls Allooche

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

With over 20,000 in the pot and {4-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} on the board, Yossef Allooche bet 12,000 from middle position. Antal Roth went into the tank from the next seat over.

After considering all of his options, Roth tossed in the chips to call.

Allooche turned over the missed flush with {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, and Roth showed {a-Spades}{q-Spades} to take the pot with queens and jacks.

Player Chips Progress
Antal Roth hu
Antal Roth
127,500 127,500
Yossef Allooche il
Yossef Allooche
101,000 56,300

Tags: Antal RothYossef Allooche

Bessaev Continues to Build

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

Action was joined in an already sizable pot with Oleg Bessaev betting 30,000 into his opponent on a turn board reading {j-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}.

His opponent called to see the {4-Spades} fall on the river. Both players checked, with Bessaev's opponent revealing {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} for a flopped top pair. Bessaev however held {q-Spades}{q-Hearts} for a winning overpair, which boosted his stack to nearly 400,000.

Player Chips Progress
Oleg Bessaev ru
Oleg Bessaev
393,000 93,200

Tags: Oleg Bessaev

Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

Kilic Spikes River to Oust Sasso

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The PokerNews team heard a loud celebration coming from Serok Kilic, who was standing up just a few tables over.

Upon arrival, the board read {3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades}{k-Clubs}, and Kilic was showing {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}. His opponent, Nicola Sasso, had {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}.

Both players snapped a few photos of the runout to commemorate the moment before Sasso gathered his things and headed for the door.

Player Chips Progress
Serok Kilic de
Serok Kilic
141,800
Nicola Sasso it
Nicola Sasso
Busted

Tags: Nicola SassoSerok Kilic

Bojang Among Chip Leaders

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ismael Bojang has been spotted in the field with a heap of chips in front of him.

In a recent hand, The German star faced a bet of 10,000 on a completed board of {j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}.

He opted to fold, flashing the {10-Diamonds} in the process, preserving his more than 200,000 chip stack as the dinner break approaches.

Player Chips Progress
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
214,000 214,000

Tags: Ismael Bojang

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Bessaev Making Big Moves

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A player in the cutoff raised to 2,500 and Oleg Bessaev called from the button. The player in the big blind came along and action was three-handed.

The flop was {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}. Both players checked and Bessaev bet 6,000. The big blind folded and the cutoff called.

The turn was {j-Hearts} and the cutoff checked. Bessaev fired 10,000 and the cutoff check-called to see {a-Spades} on the river.

The cutoff fired 10,000 on the river and Bessaev gave it a moment of thought before he called. The cutoff turned over {a-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} for aces and threes, but Bessaev showed {a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} to take the pot with aces and jacks. Bessaev wins another one and he has vaulted to the top part of the leaderboard.

Player Chips Progress
Oleg Bessaev ru
Oleg Bessaev
259,000 233,500

Tags: Oleg Bessaev