€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1b | 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-08-2022 23:59 UTC+2

Giannakopoulos Finds a Triple

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action picked up heading to a flop three ways with Stefanos Giannakopoulos all in for a smaller main pot and two other players battling for a side pot, Adrian Maciej Panko in the cutoff and Jarkko Tapani Laine in the small blind.

The flop showed up and Laine led for 20,000, then Panko folded quickly. Cards up, Giannakopoulos had plenty of outs against Laine.

Stefanos Giannakopoulos:
Jarkko Tapani Laine:

Laine flopped a set, but Giannakopoulos had a big combo draw. The turn was no help, but the river gave him the flush to keep his tournament alive while Laine took down the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jarkko Tapani Laine	84,000 84,000	84,000
Adrian Maciej Panko	28,000 28,000	28,000
Stefanos Giannakopoulos	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Adrian Maciej Panko Jarkko Tapani Laine Stefanos Giannakopoulos

12-09-2022 00:09 UTC+2

Lococo Drills Perfect Turn

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Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action picked up on the turn with Tobias Garp and Alejandro Lococo battling for a pot. The board showed .

Garp was in the big blind and Lococo was under the gun. The two players had just traded a few bets to get all the chips in the middle, Lococo the effective stack with 35,200, Garp with slightly more. Garp didn't like the hand Lococo showed.

Alejandro Lococo:
Tobias Garp:

Lococo drilled the one outer on the turn to get it all in. All he needed was to avoid the two remaining queens on the river to get the double. The fell and sealed it, leaving Garp with less 20 bigs.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	82,000 82,000	82,000

Tobias Garp	18,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Tobias Garp

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-09-2022 00:27 UTC+2

Krzymyk Wins the Race

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

Peter Kalev opened with a shove from the cutoff for about 14,000. Action folded to Marcus Krzymyk who moved all in himself for about 36,000. Everyone else folded and the two headed to a flip.

Petar Kalev:
Marcus Krzymyk:

Needing an ace or king for the knockout, Krzymyk got two of them on the flop. The turn and river locked it up and Kalev was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcus Krzymyk	55,000
Petar Kalev	Busted

12-09-2022 00:42 UTC+2

Huber Gets Two-For-One Deal

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

Action picked up preflop with three players getting all the chips in the middle. Massimiliano Zanasi was the shortest stack, Luis Manuel Moreira had about 30,000, and Josef Huber had them both well covered as the big stack at the table.

Massimiliano Zanasi:
Luis Manuel Moreira:
Josef Huber:

Huber had the only pair, and pairing either if his cards wasn't going to help Zanasi.

The flop showed up , keeping Huber in the lead.

"Straight," called out Zanasi, his slim hope of survival resting on runner-runner cards.

The turn obliged with the , but the river fell short of the miracle and Huber and his pocket fives was left collecting both players' stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josef Huber	143,000 94,000	94,000
Luis Manuel Moreira	Busted
Massimiliano Zanasi	Busted

Tags: Josef Huber Luis Manuel Moreira Massimiliano Zanasi

Level: 11

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

12-09-2022 00:54 UTC+2

Panko Four-Bets to Victory

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Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Adrian Maciej Panko opened for 3,000 from early position. Action folded to Ihor Kaliahin in the cutoff who three-bet to 9,000. Back on Panko, he moved all in for 39,800.

Kaliahin thought for a while, the bet represented a large portion of her stack. She counted out the chips, seems almost ready to commit them, but then put them back on her stack and folded reluctantly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihor Kaliahin	58,000 58,000	58,000
Adrian Maciej Panko	51,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Adrian Maciej Panko Ihor Kaliahin

12-09-2022 01:06 UTC+2

Piroddi Gets Back to Starting Stack

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Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Amatore Terrafino opened to 3,000 from early position. He saw Vivian Im call from the cutoff and Phachara Wongwichit call from the small blind. Then, Federico Piroddi moved all in for 11,200 from the big blind.

Terrafino made the call, but both field callers folded their hands.

Federico Piroddi:
Amatore Terrafino:

Off the race, Federico Piroddi took a commanding lead on the flop. The runout ended the story and Piroddi was back in business.

Player	Chips	Progress
Amatore Terrafino	122,000 96,000	96,000
Vivian Im	67,000 67,000	67,000
Federico Piroddi	32,000 32,000	32,000
Phachara Wongwichit	14,200 14,200	14,200

Tags: Amatore Terrafino Federico Piroddi Phachara Wongwichit Vivian Im

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

12-09-2022 01:23 UTC+2

Some Counts and Some Eliminations

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Marchetti	123,000 18,000	18,000
Leonardo Romeo	104,000 71,000	71,000
Thomas Noske	102,000 4,000	4,000
Petr Vodak	85,000 -39,000	-39,000
Adi Alkalay	78,000 31,000	31,000
Alfred Nader	68,000 -24,000	-24,000
Quentin Roussey	52,400 -9,600	-9,600
Vincas Tamasauskas	49,000 37,500	37,500
Olivier Arnault	38,100 -24,100	-24,100
Georges Yazbeck	34,000 2,000	2,000
Yehoshua Levy	32,300 11,300	11,300
Wissam Turkie	32,000 -44,000	-44,000
Felix Schneiders	Busted

Ion Silviu Scobai	Busted
Vasileios Tsaknis	Busted
Lior Shabtay	Busted
Rachid Amamou	Busted
Sas Gusti-Adrian	Busted
Jelínek Václav	Busted
Gianluca Farabella	Busted
Lambros Vrakas	Busted
Valeriu Rosca	Busted
Michael Pinto	Busted