2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

€1,100 Eureka Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
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
Players Left 1 / 3,155
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Level: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

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
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Oleg Bessaev
393,000
93,200
93,200

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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
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Antal Roth
127,500
127,500
127,500
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Yossef Allooche
101,000
56,300
56,300

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Roscan Takes from Ceska

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

With a big pot growing and {2-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} 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 {k-Hearts}.

Both players checked and turned over their cards. Ceska had {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and the missed flush, but Roscan turned over {5-Hearts}{5-Spades} to take the pot.

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

Tags: Andrei RoscanJan CeskaRobert Lim

Bojang Puts on the Pressure

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

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 {4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}.

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

On the {3-Clubs} 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
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Ismael Bojang
240,000
40,500
40,500
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Ismael Bojang

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

Hallaert Makes Last Hand at His Table a Great One

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

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: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Kenny Hallaert: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The board read {4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs} 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
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Kenny Hallaert
203,000
104,800
104,800
pokerstars

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Calderone Catches Up to Double

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: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Christophe Panetti: {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and Calderone turned a pair of nines to pick up the big double.

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

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Bojang Bumped by Vranken

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: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Ismael Bojang: {a-Spades}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}, with Vranken's tens holding to give him a double up, while taking a significant chunk from Bojang's stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Antoine Vranken
180,000
180,000
180,000
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Ismael Bojang
130,000
110,000
110,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Antoine VrankenIsmael Bojang