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

12-13-2022 18:31 UTC+1

Pecheux Among the Chip Leaders

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a four-bet pot to the flop, Erwann Pecheux opted to check with around 26,000 in the middle. Alexis Andre bet just 2,600 and Pecheux called. The Frenchman checked again the on the turn and Andre bet 6,500.

Pecheux went deep in the tank for more than two minutes before he check-raised to 30,000. Andrew had a short stack behind and folded, which prompted a very excited bang on the table by Pecheux.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erwann Pecheux	155,000 76,000	76,000
Alexis Andre	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Alexis Andre Erwann Pecheux

12-13-2022 18:31 UTC+1

It's Getting a Bit Christmassy at PokerStars EPT Prague

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Will Shillibier

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

12-13-2022 18:35 UTC+1

Assorted Counts in Level Six

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Erkan Soenmez	140,000 65,000	65,000
Yannick Cardot	120,000 10,000	10,000
Juan Carlos Vecino	105,000 68,000	68,000
Sebastian Sorensson	100,000 51,000	51,000
Stefan Nemetz	95,000 67,000	67,000
Paul Newey	65,000 38,000	38,000
Juha Helppi	55,000 20,000	20,000
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz	50,000 15,000	15,000
Duco ten Haven	45,000 45,000	45,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	40,000 40,000	40,000
Rachid El Yaacoubi	40,000 18,000	18,000
Jeff Sarwer	40,000 6,000	6,000
Christian Dressler	35,000 7,000	7,000
Patrik Jaros	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	13,000 30,000	30,000

12-13-2022 18:40 UTC+1

Sula Out for a Second Time

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Nicanor Sula re-entered after his previous elimination and then defended out of the blinds against Jessica Pilkington. On a river, he checked and Pilkington bet 20,000 which had her opponent covered.

Sula gave it some thought and eventually called all-in to show the . Pilkington had that beat with the for a set and was relieved to win the pot.

"If he doesn't snap-call, that is always a good sign," she said while raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jessica Pilkington	80,000 43,000	43,000
Nicanor Sula	Busted

Tags: Jessica Pilkington Nicanor Sula

12-13-2022 18:42 UTC+1

Kalev Climbing Up the Counts

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Daniel Williams

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Petar Kalev opened the action with a raise to 1,300 from the cutoff and Audrius Stakelis called from the button. Pierre Calamusa carved out a reraise to 5,500 from the small blind and Kalev responded with a four-bet to 13,000. Stakelis folded and Calamusa threw in the call.

On a flop of , Calamusa checked and Kalev checked behind.

The turn came the and Calamusa checked again only for Kalev to bet 7,000. Calamusa folded and Kalev raked the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Petar Kalev	65,000
Pierre Calamusa	55,000 55,000	55,000
Audrius Stakelis	31,000

Tags: Audrius Stakelis Petar Kalev Pierre Calamusa

12-13-2022 18:44 UTC+1

Grafton Jams Into Ullereng

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the last hand before the break, Sam Grafton and Mats Ullereng tangled in a battle of the blinds that created a pot of 13,100 to the flop. Grafton checked to Ullereng, who made it 6,000 to go. The check-shove by Grafton followed and Ullereng folded the face-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	75,000 45,000	45,000

Mats Ullereng	30,200 30,200	30,200

Tags: Mats Ullereng Sam Grafton

12-13-2022 18:46 UTC+1

Break Time

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Daniel Williams

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Players are heading on a 20-minute break which is the third of the day. The 75 minute dinner break has been rescheduled for the end of level eight to allow the field chance to catch some of the World Cup coverage later today.

Registration on the day is up to 759 players with 501 remaining with four levels left in the day.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

12-13-2022 19:07 UTC+1

Assorted Counts in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	130,000 70,000	70,000
Ismail Kalkan	105,000 105,000	105,000
Manuel Ruivo	95,000 95,000	95,000
Dominik Desset	85,000 72,000	72,000
Bhavin Khatri	80,000 53,000	53,000
Derek Ip	62,000 22,000	22,000
Ondrej Drozd	60,000 28,000	28,000
Florencio Campomanes	55,000 55,000	55,000
David Boyaciyan	50,000 10,000	10,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	43,000 9,000	9,000
Jacek Pustula	40,000 40,000	40,000
Alex Kulev	38,000 9,000	9,000
Ghattas Kortas	35,000 35,000	35,000
Alexandros Kolonias	32,000 32,000	32,000
Symeon Alexandridis	28,000 4,000	4,000

12-13-2022 19:11 UTC+1

Pflanzl Eliminates Aydin in Classic Flip

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Daniel Williams

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Fatih Aydin shoved his remaining 8,100 from early position and picked up the lone call from Hannes Pflanzl. Aydin was the player at risk and the players tabled their hands.

Fatih Aydin:
Hannes Pflanzl: