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

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

Bohdanov Calls Correctly with a Mighty Pair

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Renat Bohdanov
Renat Bohdanov

On the river of a {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{a-Hearts} board in the last hand before the break, Jan Bednar fired a bet worth 15,000 for most of his stack. That was roughly the size of the pot as bets of 3,700 had been pulled into the middle after preflop action already.

Renat Bohdanov mulled it over for a few seconds only and then called. Bednar exposed the {q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} for a busted gutshot and Bohdanov won the pot with the {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} for nines and fours before they headed to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Renat Bohdanov ua
Renat Bohdanov
56,500 56,500
Jan Bednar cz
Jan Bednar
5,200 5,200

Tags: Jan BednarRenat Bohdanov

Gilboa Outflops Krol, Back to Starting Stack

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Uri Gilboa
Uri Gilboa

Uri Gilboa opened to 800 from the hijack and Pasquale Braco made the call in the cutoff. Pawel Krol three-bet to 3,600 on the button. Only Gilboa made the call as Braco got out of the way.

The flop came out {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{2-Hearts}. Gilboa checked, and Krol bet 6,500. Gilboa nearly beat him into the pot.

The turn completed the flush draw in the {4-Clubs} Gilboa checked. Krol eyed up his opponent's stack and decided to check behind.

The river came a fourth club, the {j-Clubs}, and both players checked through again.

Gilboa showed {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for top pair that made a river flush, Krol showed {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}, so Gilboa took it down to get back to starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Pasquale Braco it
Pasquale Braco
44,500 4,500
Uri Gilboa il
Uri Gilboa
EPT 1X Winner
30,500 11,500
Pawel Krol pl
Pawel Krol
21,000

Tags: Pasquale BracoPawel KrolUri Gilboa

Various Counts in the Field with New Faces Included

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Ken Okada jp
Ken Okada
35,000 35,000
Hwany Lee kr
Hwany Lee
30,000 30,000
Zhong Chen nl
Zhong Chen
30,000 30,000
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Day 1A Chip Leader
30,000 30,000
Ludovic Geilich gb
Ludovic Geilich
30,000 30,000
Emil Bise ch
Emil Bise
30,000 30,000
Lander Lijo es
Lander Lijo
27,000 27,000
Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
27,000 27,000
Marius Kudzmanas lt
Marius Kudzmanas
25,000 25,000
Pierre Calamusa fr
Pierre Calamusa
25,000 25,000
Jessica Teusl at
Jessica Teusl
24,000 24,000
Alex Peffly gb
Alex Peffly
20,000 20,000
Georgios Vrakas gr
Georgios Vrakas
Busted

Pots for Bakker and Buonanno

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Santo Bakker check-called a bet worth 7,500 on the {10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{q-Clubs} turn when facing Raffael Zarbo and that led them to the {7-Diamonds} on the river. Both now checked and Bakker's {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} was good enough to win the pot.

One table over, Erdal Gulseven bet the pot for 5,000 on a heads-up river of {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{j-Hearts} versus Antonio Buonanno. The latter opted to fold and Gulseven leaped back above the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Santo Bakker nl
Santo Bakker
40,000 40,000
Erdal Gulseven tr
Erdal Gulseven
33,000 33,000
Antonio Buonanno it
Antonio Buonanno
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
25,000 25,000
Raffael Zarbo fr
Raffael Zarbo
11,500 11,500

Tags: Antonio BuonannoErdal GulsevenRaffael ZarboSanto Bakker

Vranken Gets No River Value

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Heads-up to the {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{q-Clubs} turn, Antoine Vranken checked from an early position. He then called a bet by Alireza Bandar on the button and they headed to the {9-Hearts} river. Bandar checked behind this time and was about to show his cards when Vranken rolled over the {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} for a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Antoine Vranken nl
Antoine Vranken
36,000 6,000
Alireza Bandar gb
Alireza Bandar
27,300

Tags: Alireza BandarAntoine Vranken

Amamou Thriving on Second Bullet

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

Rachid Amamou bet the {10-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{5-Hearts} turn for 2,600 from under the gun and Vivian Im called on the button. The {j-Hearts} fell on the river and Amamou quickly bet another 3,800. Im gave it brief consideration and sent the cards into the muck.

"Mama mia," exclaimed Winamax team pro Pierre Calamusa and Amamou replied "mamasitas" before exposing the {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for the overpair.

Player Chips Progress
Rachid Amamou ch
Rachid Amamou
60,000 60,000
Vivian Im kr
Vivian Im
24,000

Tags: Pierre CalamusaRachid AmamouVivian Im

Cutri Gambles and It Pays Off

Level 3 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Luciano Cutri
Luciano Cutri

Luciano opened from the cutoff before Boris Kuzmanovic three-bet the button to 1,600. In the small blind, Ivan Bryskin moved all in for 8,000. He would be getting action.

Cutri made the call that represented half his remaining stack. Back on Kuzmanovic, he moved in enough to cover Cutri's remaining stack. Cutri thought for a while before committing his full stack of 16,000. The three were heading to a runout for all the chips.

Ivan Bryskin: {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs}
Luciano Cutri: {7-Spades}{6-Spades}
Boris Kuzmanovic: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Kuzmanovic had the goods, but Cutri had a pretty ace-cracking hand. They did just that on the {j-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{q-Spades} board, flopping trips to win it all.

Cutri started celebrating and shouting in Italian when he saw the lucky flop.

"English, please," joked Bryskin as he stood up to exit.

"English, what is this English," replied Cutri while continuing his celebration.

Player Chips Progress
Boris Kuzmanovic hr
Boris Kuzmanovic
40,800 8,800
Luciano Cutri it
Luciano Cutri
37,200
Ivan Bryksin ru
Ivan Bryksin
Busted

Tags: Boris KuzmanovicIvan BryskinLuciano Cutri