2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,300 EPT Prague High Roller
Day: 3
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€543,750
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€2,454,100
Entries
274
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
20
Players Left
1

Twenty Return for Day 3 of the €10,300 EPT Prague High Roller

Mike Watson
Mike Watson

Twenty players return for Day 3 of the €10,300 EPT Prague High Roller here at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague.

Lithunian Marius Kudzmanas (2,205,000) starts the day with a commanding chip lead as he cracked aces twice yesterday with kings to skyrocket to the top of the chip count. Other players who will return include super high rollers Mike Watson (575,000) and Steve O'Dwyer (445,000).

€10,300 EPT Prague High Roller Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts

RankNameCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Marius KudzmanasLithunia2,205,000147
2Carlos SpoddigGermany1,700,000113
3Kannapong ThanarattrakulThailand1,335,00089
4Sanjarbek SabyrkulovKyrgyzstan970,00065
5[Removed:428]Switzerland855,00057
6Kubanychbek AbakirovKyrgyzstan850,00057
7Conor BeresfordUnited Kingdom720,00048
8Mike WatsonCanada575,00038
9Rui BouquetPortugal530,00035
10Harry LodgeUnited Kingdom510,00034

Players will be playing for the trophy as well as the €543,750 first place prize.

Play will start at 12:00 p.m. local time with blinds starting at 10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 big blind ante. Action won't stop until a champion is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews as our live reporting team follow all the action throughout the day.

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Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
PCA
PCA

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Stoyan Obreshkov Eliminated In 20th Place (€31,490)

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Stoyan Obreshkov
Stoyan Obreshkov

Action folded around to Stoyan Obreshkov in the cutoff, who shoved all in for 70,000. Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov called in the small blind.

Stoyan Obreshkov: {a-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov: {j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{2-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. The queen on the turn gave Sabyrkulov the straight and left Obreshkov drawing dead.

Obreshkov busted in 20th place for €31,490.

Player Chips Progress
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov kg
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov
1,100,000
100,000
100,000
Stoyan Obreshkov bg
Stoyan Obreshkov
Busted

Tags: Sanjarbek SabyrkulovStoyan Obreshkov

Nazar Buhaiov Eliminated in 19th Place (€31,490)

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Nazar Buhaiov
Nazar Buhaiov

Nazar Buhaiov shoved his last 100,000 from the button and [Removed:428] looked him up from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and action was heads up with Buhaiov at risk.

Nazar Buhaiov: {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
[Removed:428]: {k-Hearts}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {q-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{a-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and the kings held to eliminate Buhaiov in 19th place for €31,490.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:428] ch
[Removed:428]
1,000,000
145,000
145,000
Nazar Buhaiov ua
Nazar Buhaiov
Busted

Tags: Nazar Buhaiov

Rui Bouquet Eliminated in 18th Place (€31,490)

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Rui Bouquet
Rui Bouquet

Rui Bouquet raised to 90,000 from early position before Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov shoved from the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Bouquet used several time banks before he finally put out a stack of chips to call. Action was heads up with Bouquet was at risk for over 400,000.

Rui Bouquet: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov: {k-Clubs}{k-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and the kings held to eliminate Bouquet from the tournament in 18th place for €31,490.

Player Chips Progress
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov kg
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov
1,515,000
465,000
465,000
Rui Bouquet pt
Rui Bouquet
Busted

Tags: Rui BouquetSanjarbek Sabyrkulov

Spoddig Deals Huge Blow to Abakirov's Stack

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Carlos Spoddig
Carlos Spoddig

Carlos Spoddig raised to 35,000 from the button and picked up a call from Kubanychbek Abakirov in the big blind. The flop fell {k-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}. Abakirov checked and Spoddig continued for 25,000. Abakirov check-raised to 80,000 and Spoddig called.

The turn came the {10-Hearts} and Abakirov led out for 130,000. Spoddig, who hadn't taken his eyes off his opponent during the entire hand, made the call.

The river came the {4-Diamonds} and, after using a time bank card, Abakirov led again for 220,000. Spoddig quickly called. Abakirov showed {6-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Spoddig flipped over {k-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for a pair of kings to deal a devestating blow to Abakirov's stack.

Player Chips Progress
Carlos Spoddig de
Carlos Spoddig
2,100,000
400,000
400,000
Kubanychbek Abakirov kg
Kubanychbek Abakirov
220,000
-630,000
-630,000

Tags: Carlos SpoddigKubanychbek Abakirov

Nuri Hadioglu Eliminated in 17th Place (€36,230)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Nuri Hadioglu
Nuri Hadioglu

Nuri Hadioglu open-jammed his last 130,000 and Kannapong Thanarattrakul called from the button. The blinds got out of the way and action was heads up with Hadioglu at risk.

Nuri Hadioglu: {k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Kannapong Thanarattrakul: {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}

The board ran out {3-Spades}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Thanarattrakul held on with pocket sixes to eliminate Hadioglu in 17th place for €36,230.

Player Chips Progress
Kannapong Thanarattrakul th
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
1,505,000
320,000
320,000
Nuri Hadioglu tr
Nuri Hadioglu
Busted

Tags: Nuri HadiogluKannapong Thanarattrakul

Preben Stokkan Eliminated in 16th Place (€36,230)

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Preben Stokkan
Preben Stokkan

Action was heads up with a big pot in the middle after Preben Stokkan and Marius Kudzmanas battled all the way to a full board of {10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{3-Spades}.

Stokkan bet 310,000 and Kudzmanas shoved, which sent Stokkan into the tank. After he used several time banks, Stokkan called for 240,000 more and flipped over {k-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a pair of kings. Not to be outdone, Kudzmanas tabled {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} to take the pot with eights and threes and eliminate Stokkan in 16th place for (€36,230).

Player Chips Progress
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
3,000,000
775,000
775,000
Preben Stokkan no
Preben Stokkan
Busted

Tags: Marius KudzmanasPreben Stokkan

Harry Lodge Eliminated in 15th Place (€41,650)

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Harry Lodge
Harry Lodge

Harry Lodge shoved all in from under the gun for his remaining 35,000 chips. Davidi Kitai went over the top for around 240,000 and all other players folded.

Harry Lodge: {j-Spades}{2-Hearts}
Davidi Kitai: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{k-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Kitai paired his kings to win the pot. Lodge was eliminated in 15th place and took €41,650.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
395,000
65,000
65,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Harry Lodge gb
Harry Lodge
Busted

Tags: Davidi KitaiHarry Lodge

Jorryt van Hoof Eliminated in 14th Place (€41,650)

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Jorryt van Hoof
Jorryt van Hoof

Steve O'Dwyer raised to 40,000 from early position. Action folded around to Jorryt van Hoof who moved all in from the small blind for around 170,000. The big blind folded and O'Dwyer snap called.

Jorry van Hoof: {k-Clubs}{q-Spades}
Steve O'Dwyer: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

Van Hoof was disappointed to see that we was absolutely crushed by O'Dwyer's pocket queens. The Dutchman needed a king but it didn't come as the board ran out {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Spades} to eliminate Van Hoof from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
475,000
315,000
315,000
EPT 1X Winner
Jorryt van Hoof nl
Jorryt van Hoof
Busted

Tags: Jorryt van HoofSteve O'Dwyer