€10,300 EPT Prague High Roller | 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-18-2022 16:57 UTC+2

Beresford Doubles Up To Stay in the Game

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Kannapong Thanarattrakul made a hijack raise to 60,000. Conor Beresford reraised for most of his stack and Thanarattrakul called. Beresford was pot committed and so the rest of his chips were pushed into the middle on the flop.

Conor Beresford:
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:

The board ran out to give Beresford a pair of aces and a double-up to keep him in the game.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	2,200,000 500,000	500,000
Conor Beresford	450,000 110,000	110,000

Tags: Conor Beresford Kannapong Thanarattrakul

12-18-2022 17:06 UTC+2

Conor Beresford Eliminated in 10th Place (€55,070)

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded around to Kannapong Thanarattrakul, who shoved from the small blind. Conor Beresford made the call in the big blind for the last of his small stack.

Conor Beresford:
Kannapong Thanarattrakul:

The board ran out and Thanarattrakul's pocket fives held to eliminate Beresford in 10th place for €55,070. The tournament will now pause to prepare for the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	2,800,000 600,000	600,000
Conor Beresford	Busted

Tags: Conor Beresford Kannapong Thanarattrakul

12-18-2022 17:17 UTC+2

Final Table Seat Draw

Matt Hansen

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Final Table Big Blinds
1	Marius Kudzmanas	Lithuania	3,130,000	104
2	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	520,000	17
3	Davidi Kitai	Belguim	1,200,000	40
4	Kannapong Thanarattrakul	Thailand	2,765,000	92
5	Carlos Spoddig	Germany	2,680,000	89
6	Kubanychbek Abakirov	Kyrgyzstan	195,000	7
7	[Removed:428]	Switzerland	715,000	24
8	Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov	Kyrgyzstan	1,250,000	42
9	Askar Bekbayev	Kazakhstan	1,215,000	41

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	3,130,000 530,000	530,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	2,765,000 -35,000	-35,000
Carlos Spoddig	2,680,000 430,000	430,000
Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov	1,250,000 -600,000	-600,000
Askar Bekbayev	1,215,000 -210,000	-210,000
Davidi Kitai	1,200,000 150,000	150,000

[Removed:428]	715,000 -150,000	-150,000
Jack Sinclair	520,000 95,000	95,000
Kubanychbek Abakirov	195,000 -405,000	-405,000

12-18-2022 17:29 UTC+2

Kubanychbek Abakirov Eliminated in 9th Place (€63,340)

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded around to Kubanychbek Abakirov who shoved all in from late position for around 150,000. Bekbayev isolated with a shove of his own and all other players folded.

Kubanychbek Abakirov:
Askar Bekbayev:

The board came . A clean runout meant that Bekbayev's kings held. Abakirov was eliminated in ninth place for €63,340.

Player	Chips	Progress
Askar Bekbayev	1,480,000 265,000	265,000
Kubanychbek Abakirov	Busted

Tags: Askar Bekbayev Kubanychbek Abakirov

12-18-2022 17:50 UTC+2

Kudzmanas Makes Quads Just Before Break

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Just before the break, action was heads up on the river with a board of when Marius Kudzmanas led out for 300,000 and Jack Sinclair called. Kudzmanas showed and Sinclair mucked, later mentioning that he had a full house. Kudzmanas' quads gave him a big pot on the final hand before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	4,100,000 970,000	970,000
Jack Sinclair	375,000 -145,000	-145,000

Tags: Marius Kudzmanas Jack Sinclair

12-18-2022 18:02 UTC+2

Final Table Chip Counts as Players Go On Break

Matt Warburton

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The final table has now paused and the remaining eight players are headed off for a 15-minute break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	4,100,000 970,000	970,000
Carlos Spoddig	2,950,000 270,000	270,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	2,400,000 -365,000	-365,000
Askar Bekbayev	1,400,000 -80,000	-80,000
Davidi Kitai	1,100,000 -100,000	-100,000

Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov	800,000 -450,000	-450,000
[Removed:428]	550,000 -165,000	-165,000
Jack Sinclair	375,000 -145,000	-145,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

12-18-2022 18:18 UTC+2

Jack Sinclair Eliminated in 8th Place (€76,010)

Lewis Powell

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Jack Sinclair raised to 275,000 from early position. Action folded around to Carlos Spoddig who three-bet to 510,000. Action folded back around to Sinclair who called for his tournament life.

Jack Sinclair:
Carlos Spoddig:

Sinclair was at risk and dominated. Sinclair wouldn't complete domination rotation as the board ran out to eliminate Sinclair in eighth place for €76,010.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Spoddig	3,550,000 600,000	600,000
Jack Sinclair	Busted

Tags: Carlos Spoddig Jack Sinclair

12-18-2022 18:28 UTC+2

Spoddig Pressures Thanarattrakul With River Shove

Matt Hansen

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Action was heads-up with over 300,000 in the pot and a full board of when Kannapong Thanarattrakul pushed out a crashing stack of green T-25,000 chips for what appeared to be a bet of around 400,000. Carlos Spoddig leaned back in his chair and thought about his options before he went all-in.

Thanarattrakul tossed his hand into the muck to give Spoddig the pot without much hestitation.

"What a bluff," Marius Kudzmanas said in table talk.

"No matter what you say, I'm not showing," Spoddig said as he stacked up his new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Spoddig	4,280,000 730,000	730,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	1,790,000 -610,000	-610,000

12-18-2022 18:37 UTC+2

Thanarattrakul Gets Three Streets With Aces

Lewis Powell

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov limped from early position and Marius Kudzmanas limped behind in the cutoff before Kannapong Thanarattrakul raised to 250,000 from the small blind. Both players called.

The flop came and Thanarattrakul continued for 250,000. Only Kudzmanas called.

The was the turn and Thanarattrakul fired 525,000. Again Kudzmanas made the call.

The river was the and Thanarattrakul completed the triple barrel by firing 685,000 leaving himself 100,000 behind. Kudzmanas went into the tank using two time bank chips before making the call. Thanarattrakul showed for an overpair which caused Kudzmanas to muck his hand as the chips went to the man from Thailand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kannapong Thanarattrakul	3,850,000 2,060,000	2,060,000
Marius Kudzmanas	2,300,000 -1,800,000	-1,800,000

Tags: Kannapong Thanarattrakul Marius Kudzmanas Sanjarbek Sabyrkulov