2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a3
Prize
€913,250
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€6,144,950
Entries
1,267
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
402
Players Left
124

Maglianella Takes From Sicconi

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

Simone Maglianella raised to 2,500 and was called by Alice Sicconi in the small blind and Martin Kabrhel out of the big blind. The action checked to Maglianella on the {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} flop and he bet 3,000. Sicconi check-raised to 10,000 and Kabrhel folded.

Maglianella had other plans and reraised to 22,500 in order to force out Sicconi eventually.

Player Chips Progress
Simone Maglianella it
Simone Maglianella
150,000 92,600
Alice Sicconi it
Alice Sicconi
47,000 -35,800
Martin Kabrhel cz
Martin Kabrhel
20,000 20,000

Tags: Alice SicconiMartin KabrhelSimone Maglianella

Assorted Late Night Counts

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Player Chips Progress
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Day 1A Chip Leader
320,000 5,000
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
230,000 40,000
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
210,000 160,000
Daniel Menger de
Daniel Menger
180,000 -20,000
Yoan Asparuhov bg
Yoan Asparuhov
180,000 148,500
Simon Higgins gb
Simon Higgins
150,000 -50,000
Mark Hammond gb
Mark Hammond
140,000 110,000
Fredrik Andersson se
Fredrik Andersson
110,000 50,000
Enrico Camosci it
Enrico Camosci
100,000 63,000
Clement Richez fr
Clement Richez
100,000 27,000
Phachara Wongwichit th
Phachara Wongwichit
70,000 40,000
Zhi Yi Ning my
Zhi Yi Ning
60,000 -24,200
Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
50,000 10,000
Vojtech Cervinka cz
Vojtech Cervinka
48,000 23,000
Vlada Stojanovic rs
Vlada Stojanovic
48,000 18,200
Kannapong Thanarattrakul th
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
45,000 30,000
Erdal Gulseven tr
Erdal Gulseven
32,000 10,000

Colillas Raises the River

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

Clement Richez opened from middle position for 2,500. Directly on his left, Ramon Colillas three-bet to 7,500 from the hijack. Action folded back to Richez who made the call.

The flop was {10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{k-Clubs}. Richez checked, and Colillas continued for 12,000. Richez check-called.

The turn brought the {k-Clubs}, and Richez checked again. Colillas checked back when the top card paired.

The river brought the connecting {a-Clubs}. Richez led for 18,000. Colillas went into the tank for about two minutes. He chose to raise the river to 73,000, a large portion of what Richez had left.

Richez went into an agonizing tank of his own. After three minutes or so, he decided to let it go and ship Colillas the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ramon Colillas es
Ramon Colillas
175,800 35,800
Clement Richez fr
Clement Richez
73,000 3,000

Tags: Clement RichezRamon Colillas

Spragg Above the Average

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Benjamin Spragg and Pedro Marques
Benjamin Spragg and Pedro Marques

In a battle of the blinds, a single-raised pot between Benjamin Spragg and Pedro Marques ended up checking down the entire {a-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{2-Spades} board. Marques revealed the {k-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Spragg mucked.

"Well played," Parker Talbot joked as he was checking on the fellow PokerStars ambassador while on break in a Hyper Side Event. "Thank you mate," Spragg grinned back and then bumped fists with Marques.

Player Chips Progress
Henok Tekle Mariam nl
Henok Tekle Mariam
130,000 100,000
Pedro Marques pt
Pedro Marques
120,000 75,000
Benjamin Spragg gb
Benjamin Spragg
105,000 75,500
Aziz Efe tr
Aziz Efe
75,000 5,000
Jakob Madsen dk
Jakob Madsen
25,000 -30,000

Tags: Benjamin SpraggParker TalbotPedro Marques

Gomez Zapatero Among the Chip Leaders

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

With 18,800 in the middle and the flop showing {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}, the action checked to Javier Gomez Zapatero on the button. He made it 5,500 to go and Kassem Hammoud sent his cards into the muck rather swiftly.

The Spaniard claimed the pot and moved to more than three times the current average as one of the biggest stacks in the room.

Further assorted counts can be found below.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Day 1A Chip Leader
315,000 120,000
Francisco Caballo Pena es
Francisco Caballo Pena
210,000 180,000
Daniel Menger de
Daniel Menger
200,000 -45,000
Onur Gur tr
Onur Gur
150,000
Ivan Banic hr
Ivan Banic
125,000 79,700
Giuseppe Petti it
Giuseppe Petti
90,000 90,000
Grzegorz Glowny pl
Grzegorz Glowny
Defending Champion
EPT 1X Winner
80,000 30,000
Nino Ullmann de
Nino Ullmann
80,000 15,000
Duco ten Haven nl
Duco ten Haven
65,000 10,000

Tags: Javier Gomez ZapateroKassem Hammoud

Steinbrenner Chips Up in Showdown

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

On a heads-up river of {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{j-Hearts}, Justin Steinbrenner checked out of the big blind. Eldiyar Janiev on the button made it 7,500 to call and Steinbrenner made the call.

Janiev exposed the {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, which Steinbrenner had beat holding {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} for trips queens. Earlier this year, the Costa Rica based German poker player finished 13th in the rescheduled edition of the 2021 EPT Prague Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Steinbrenner de
Justin Steinbrenner
135,000 45,000
Eldiyar Janiev kg
Eldiyar Janiev
45,000 -9,000

Tags: Eldiyar JanievJustin Steinbrenner

Greenwood Calls Down for Huge Pot

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

Sam Greenwood opened from under the gun to 2,600 and found a caller in Alice Sicconi two seats to his left. In the big blind, Simone Maglianella three-bet to 13,500. Greenwood called, but Sicconi let her hand go.

The flop came out {k-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. Maglianella continued for 7,500. Greenwood was going nowhere, he made the call.

The turn showed up the {9-Spades}. Maglianella bet again, this time for 11,000. Once more, Greenwood called.

The river fell the {7-Hearts}, pairing the board. The price was going way up as Maglianella bet 55,000.

"That's a big bet," said Greenwood. After about a minute of thinking, though, he put in the call.

Maglianella winced as he turned over {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds}. Greenwood showed {a-Spades}{k-Clubs} for top pair with the nut-flush blocker.

"Is this your brother?" asked Martin Kabrhel. "Congratulations."

Player Chips Progress
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
203,200 107,700
Alice Sicconi it
Alice Sicconi
82,800 10,800
Simone Maglianella it
Simone Maglianella
57,400

Tags: Alice SicconiMartin KabrhelSam GreenwoodSimone Maglianella

Kuzmanovic Sent to the Rail by Kim

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

Boris Kuzmanovic was all-in for a mere 9,000 and looked up by Namhyung Kim from the next seat.

The Croatian was at risk with the {a-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} and faced the suited undercards in {9-Spades}{7-Spades}. On a board of {8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{9-Clubs}, Kim got there to knock out Kuzmanovic.

On his way out of the tournament area, he mentioned to have previously "lost kings to the aces of Julien Sitbon for heaps".

Player Chips Progress
Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
195,000 5,000
Namhyung Kim kr
Namhyung Kim
150,000 60,000
Boris Kuzmanovic hr
Boris Kuzmanovic
Busted

Tags: Boris KuzmanovicJulien SitbonNamhyung Kim

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Beresford Jams Into Nacer

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

Heads-up to the {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{3-Hearts} turn, Conor Beresford faced a bet worth 15,000 by Samir Nacer and went into a brief tank. He then pushed all-in with the superior stack and Nacer tanked for 30 seconds before folding the {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a gutshot and flush draw.

Player Chips Progress
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
190,000 130,000
Jerry Odeen se
Jerry Odeen
160,000 115,300
Samir Nacer fr
Samir Nacer
50,000 -12,000
Adrian Mateos es
Adrian Mateos
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
23,000 23,000

Tags: Conor BeresfordSamir Nacer