Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€6,144,950
Entries
1,267
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Entries
825
Players Left
273
Sharp Dressed Staniszewski Scoops
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
On a board reading 
Jakub Staniszewski check-called a bet of 800 from Andrea Ricci and the two players went to the river.
The dealer fanned the 
on the river and Staniszewski checked again. Ricci fired a bet of 2,500 on the river and Staniszewski called quickly.
Ricci announced "Queen high" Staniszewski showed 
for second pair to take down the pot.
Staniszewski, donning a red suit and yellow floral shirt, may be one of the best-dressed players in the room and his stack is moving in the right direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
17,000
-13,000
|
-13,000 |
Pudel is the Wizard of Oz
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Ezra Zitun Oz gasped an "wow, wow, wow" when he was sent to the rail by Nils Pudel. His pocket deuces for a turned set were already mucked as a very relieved Pudel raked in the pot. On a board of 
, Pudel's 
were good enough for the second nuts and he jumped to nearly two times the starting stack, railed by PokerStars Team Online's Felix Schneiders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
59,000
59,000
|
59,000 |
|
Busted |
Assorted Counts in the Field
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
50,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
43,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
43,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
42,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
40,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
40,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
38,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
34,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
33,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
18,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
18,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Lebor Gets it Wrong, Ejlal Noubarian Doubles
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
On a board reading 
Majid Ejlal Noubarian shoved his remaining 6,800 into the middle and action was on Benjamin Labor. With 18,800 in the pot, Lebor pondered what to do before tossing a single chip to declare a call.
Ejlal Noubarian showed 
and Lebor reluctantly flashed his 
before tossing his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
45,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
25,600
17,600
|
17,600 |
No Bounty for Parafita Riviera; No Chips for Robovic
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
On a heads-up flop of 
, the chips went into the middle between Fabian Bernhauser and Andrija Robovic with the former at risk of elimination for 11,400.
Fabian Bernhauser: 
Andrija Robovic:
The 
turn and river provided no help and Robovic snapped a picture of the outcome.
Down to the last 1,600, he moved all-in the next hand and was called three ways by Luca Parafita Riviera, Robin Ylitalo, and David Dahan. All three active players checked to the 
river on which Parafita Riviera bet 3,500 to isolate successfully.
"Lucky deuces one time," Robovic joked and showed the 
. Parafita Riviera tabled the 
to win the pot and then joked "no bounty?"
Ylitalo swiftly responded "no, you have to lose all the chips and try tomorrow in the other tournament".
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
54,000 | |
|
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
||
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Baumann Chips Up in Showdown
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Gaelle Baumann bet a heads-up flop of 
flop to get called by Alfonso Simone and they then checked the 
on the turn. Baumann bet again the river for 4,000 and Simone called after a few seconds of consideration.
The for top pair by Baumann were good enough to win the pot as Simone sent the cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | |
|
42,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
38,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
18,000 |
A Whole Lot of Day 1b Bustouts
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Uri Gilboa was unable to spin up his short stack and won't be able to win a second EPT Main Event title as he has been eliminated for the second time. Several other notables were among those to depart within the first three and a half levels as 556 players out of 659 entries remain.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Ylitalo Binks a Double
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Robin Ylitalo was the player at risk in a preflop contest against David Dahan, who had the far bigger stack. The former EPT Main Event champion was down to a mere 11,800 but had the best of it this time.
Robin Ylitalo: 
David Dahan:
The 
board was no threat for the Swede as he stuck around.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
26,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
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Baumann Chips Up Further
Level 4
: Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Gaelle Baumann leaped above two times the average after she won a big pot against Franz Bracher. More than 40,000 were in the middle when they had gotten chips in after the turn. Bracher checked behind the river and mucked to the 
of Baumann.
Plenty of other counts can be found below.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
|
65,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
65,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
55,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
55,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
55,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
48,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
45,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
44,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
39,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
35,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
||
|
10,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |