€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event Day 1a | 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-12-2022 20:35 UTC+1

Hallague Doubles With Correct River Call

Terrance Reid

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up in a heads-up pot between Yves Hallague and Daan Mulders. The full board read .

Yves Hallague checked it over to Daan Mulders in position who, with 15,000 in the pot moved all in, 14,000 effective in Hallague's stack. Hallague tanked for a couple minutes and then made the call for his tournament life.

Yves Hallague:
Daan Mulders:

Hallague caught Mulders bluffing and earned the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yves Hallague	43,000
Daan Mulders	19,500 8,900	8,900

Tags: Daan Mulders Yves Hallague

12-12-2022 20:43 UTC+1

Rajkovic Doubles Through Bise

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Emil Bise jammed into Igor Picone for far more than the size of the pot when the flop showed . The Swiss got away with it as Picone sent his cards into the muck.

Soon after, Bise made the same move on the turn with some 24,000 in the middle. This time, Adi Rajkovic opted to call all-in for 17,600 and the cards were revealed.

Adi Rajkovic:
Emil Bise:

The river ensured the double for Rajkovic with the superior kicker as Bise suffered a setback.

Player	Chips	Progress
Emil Bise	70,000 24,000	24,000
Adi Rajkovic	59,000 59,000	59,000
Igor Picone	55,000 55,000	55,000

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Emil Bise Igor Picone

12-12-2022 20:46 UTC+1

Vasileiou Flops Two Pair From Big Blind

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Terrance Reid

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up on the river with about 13,000 in the pot with two players battling for it. The full board was .

Nikolaos Vasileiou led from the big blind for 7,000. In the cutoff, Daan Mulders put in the call after some thought.

Vasileiou showed for two pair, and Mulders tossed his cards to the dealer face down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikolaos Vasileiou	119,000 94,300	94,300
Daan Mulders	33,000 13,500	13,500

Tags: Daan Mulders Nikolaus Vasileiou

12-12-2022 20:47 UTC+1

Main Event Well Underway

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Liam Black

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

12-12-2022 20:52 UTC+1

Kidas Doubles Through Vaitiekunas

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The chip changes on table 22 not only concerned Kent Staahle and Dawid Smolka but former big stack Athanasios Kidas had also fallen from grace as well.

He was just all-in for a mere 13,600 and Paulius Vaitiekunas looked him up with the far bigger stack.

Athanasios Kidas:
Paulius Vaitiekunas:

The kicker played on the board as Kidas held onto the narrow lead to stay in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas	120,000 60,000	60,000
Athanasios Kidas	29,000 61,000	61,000

Tags: Athanasios Kidas Dawid Smolka Kent Staahle Paulius Vaitiekunas

12-12-2022 20:58 UTC+1

Moll Gets a Shove Through

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

On a completed board of , Silius Moll bet 17,000 out of the small blind. Eldos Davlet went deep into the tank for more than four minutes and Rachid El Yaacoubi eventually called the clock on him.

No thirty seconds were given as Davlet folded when the floor arrived to start the countdown.

El Yaacoubi apologised for calling the clock but added that he had a very short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Kraus	130,000 40,000	40,000
Silius Moll	62,000
Ion Tabacaru	45,000
Eldos Davlet	33,000
Rachid El Yaacoubi	14,000

Tags: Eldos Davlet Silius Moll Rachid El Yaacoubi

12-12-2022 21:01 UTC+1

Kuzmanovic Check-Raise Bluffs River

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Terrance Reid

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Action picked up on the river in a heads-up pot between Boris Kuzmanovic and Julien Sitbon. There was 22,000 in the pot and the board showed .

Kuzmanovic checked from the big blind. Sitbon was on the button and bet 12,000. Back on Kuzmanovic, he check-raised all in for 47,200.

"Ah, why am I being so greedy?" Sitbon asked himself out loud. He went well into the tank for about 4 minutes. Another player called the clock. The floor counted all the way down to zero and Sitbon's hand was declared dead.

Kuzmanovic showed the first, followed by the .

"Ah, I knew you had that hand," said Sitbon. "Either ace-four of hearts or ace-five with the ace of hearts. I had a set," and he showed .

"It's hard to find bluffs there," replied Kuzmanovic with a smile on his face.

"Very nice one," complimented Sitbon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kuzmanovic	82,000 57,000	57,000
Julien Sitbon	80,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Boris Kuzmanovic Julien Sitbon

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

12-12-2022 21:11 UTC+1

Song Eliminated by Karapanau

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Erdal Gulseven raised to 1,700 and picked up multiple callers in Marius Kudzmanas, Vlada Stojanovic and In Ho Song, the latter of which was in the small blind. Ryhor Karapanau in the big blind made it 7,800 to go and Gulseven called, Song then called all-in for less as well.

The flop saw Karapanau with a bet worth 7,500 as Gulseven called. After the turn, Karapanau checked and then jammed into Gulseven's bet of 12,000 with the latter folding.

In Ho Song:
Ryhor Karapanau:

The river was a blank as Song quickly headed out of the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Elias Abussamra	100,000 15,000	15,000
Ryhor Karapanau	100,000 100,000	100,000
Marius Kudzmanas	85,000 38,600	38,600
Vlada Stojanovic	29,800 11,800	11,800
Erdal Gulseven	22,000 28,000	28,000
In Ho Song	Busted

Tags: Erdal Gulseven In Ho Song Marius Kudzmanas Ryhor Karapanau Vlada Stojanovic

12-12-2022 21:12 UTC+1

Drake Five-Bets Preflop

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Terrance Reid

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Casper Von Schantz opened from middle position to run into a three-bet from Ian Drake on the button to 5,500. Emil Bise cold-called in the big blind. Back on Von Schantz, he four-bet to 16,500 with 53,400 behind.

Back on Drake on the button, he five-bet shoved for about 100,000, forcing Bise to fold. Von Schantz thought about going with his hand, but after a while decided against it, and conceded the pot to Drake.

Drake showed the table his and Von Schantz tapped the table in recognition.