€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event Day 2 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-14-2022 20:00 UTC+2

Lee is Still Flying High

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Adi Rajkovic had around 15 big blinds and ripped all in for around 45,000 in the hijack. Jaesung Lee, one of the chip leaders, had the chips to call on the button to put Rajkovic at risk.

Adi Rajkovic:
Jaesung Lee:

The flop came and Lee took the lead with a pair of kings. The on the turn gave Rajkovic a flush draw but the bricked off on the river and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaesung Lee	747,000	-113,000
Adi Rajkovic	Busted

Tags: Adi Rajkovic Jaesung Lee

12-14-2022 19:53 UTC+2

Hannes Takes from Pieraccini

Daniel Williams

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Parker Talbot opened from middle posotion to 6,000, Guido Pieraccini called from the button, as did Pflanzl Hannes from the small blind.

The three players saw a flop of and the action checked through.

On the turn Hannes bet out 7,000, Talbot called as did Pieraccini.

The river paired the board and Hannes led out for 17,000. Talbot folded his cards and Pieraccini threw in the call.

Hannes showed for a full house and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	730,000	400,000
Pflanzl Hannes	190,000	190,000
Guido Pieraccini	99,000	33,000

Tags: Guido Pieraccini Parker Talbot Pflanzl Hannes

12-14-2022 19:44 UTC+2

Auzoux Takes From Chip Leader

TerranceReid

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Gregoire Auzoux opened from the hijack and ran into a three-bet on the button from chip leader Luigi D'Alterio. Back on Auzoux, he moved all in for 92,000. D'Alterio called quickly.

"I'm bad," said Auzoux. "I was so sure. Ace!"

Gregoire Auzoux:
Luigi D'Alterio:

D'Alterio had the goods, but the flop worked against him when the came out. The turn and river gave Auzoux the full house and D'Alterio dipped back under the one million mark for now.

"I folded an ace, too," said tablemate Andreas Chalkiadakis.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi D'Alterio	970,000	-30,000
Gregoire Auzoux	192,500	162,500

Tags: Gregoire Auzoux Luigi D'Alterio

12-14-2022 19:41 UTC+2

Niederreiter Crashes Out With Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

There was a loud gasp coming from table 20 as Fabian Niederreiter vaulted out of his chair in disgust. His chips were pushed to Jussi Mattila, who had come out on top of a duel big blind versus button.

All cards were still exposed as Niederreiter had gotten it in for around 60,000 with the . Mattila was behind with the but scored a fortunate runout on the board to eliminate Niederreiter shy of the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jussi Mattila	280,000	110,000
Fabian Niederreiter	Busted

Tags: Fabian Niederreiter Jussi Mattila

12-14-2022 19:40 UTC+2

Thiriat Flipped Out by Aksu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

As the money bubble is slowly but surely drawing closer, the all-in showdowns keep on coming. The latest one was a coin flip between Arthur Thiriat with pocket eights and the of Osman Aksu.

On a board of , Aksu improved on the flop and stayed ahead to reduce the field by one.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi D'Alterio	975,000	-25,000
Simone Maglianella	280,000	190,000
Osman Aksu	150,000	69,000
Gregoire Auzoux	130,000	100,000
Andreas Chalkiadakis	120,000	-30,000
Vlado Banicevic	120,000	-20,000
Arthur Thiriat	Busted

Tags: Arthur Thiriat Osman Aksu

12-14-2022 19:39 UTC+2

Double Knockout for Matrai

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Giovanni Petroni raised all-in for the last 14,000 and Jordan Sacucci called. Andras Matrai also called out of the small blind before Kassem Hammoud jammed for 34,000 in the big blind. Sacucci folded and Matrai called to put the two shorter stacks at risk of elimination.

Giovanni Petroni:
Kassem Hammoud:
Andras Matrai:

The runout gave Matrai a set of sixes and he knocked out two opponents, the table broke right after as the field plummeted well below 200 hopefuls.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Matrai	175,000	62,500
Jordan Saccucci	130,000	-36,000
Giovanni Petroni	Busted
Kassem Hammoud	Busted

Tags: Andras Matrai Giovanni Petroni Jordan Sacucci Kassem Hammoud

12-14-2022 19:35 UTC+2

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Luigi D'Alterio	1,000,000	889,500
Nicola Grieco	550,000	-10,000
Petr Svoboda	500,000	200,000
Javier Gomez Zapatero	450,000	195,000
Motoyoshi Okamura	380,000	153,000
Maksim Shornikau	300,000	194,000
Antoine Labat	150,000	-30,000
Erkan Soenmez	Busted

12-14-2022 19:29 UTC+2

Karakitukov Takes Four-Bet Pot

TerranceReid

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Veselin Karakitukov opened to 6,000 from the hijack. Immediately on his left, Alfonso Simone three-bet to 15,000 in the cutoff. Back on Karakitukov, he four-bet to 38,000. After much thought, Simone called.

The flop came out . Karakitukov led for 20,000. Simone went into the tank for about four minutes before tossing his cards into the muck.

"Ace-king," he said, pointing at Karakitukov.

Karakitukov shrugged, and said "maybe."

Player	Chips	Progress
Veselin Karakitukov	200,000	30,000
Alfonso Simone	114,000	-126,000

Tags: Alfonso Simone Veselin Karakitukov

12-14-2022 19:23 UTC+2

Battle of the Big Stacks

Daniel Williams

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Robert Cowen opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 20,000 by Jaesung Lee on the button and Cowen called.

Cowen check-called Lee's bet of 13,000 on the flop and the two big stacks took to the turn. Cowen checked again and Lee sized up betting 45,000 only for Cowen to fold.

Lee jested "I never bluff!" flashing as he raked in another pot and is now one of biggest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaesung Lee	860,000	185,000
Robert Cowen	360,000	10,000
Emin Mugulov	106,000	106,000

Tags: Jaesung Lee Robert Cowen

12-14-2022 19:21 UTC+2

Vaitiekunas Flips Mazerolle to the Rail

Adam Lamers

Level 14 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Paulius Vaitiekunas opened to 6,000 in early position and Hugues Mazerolle ripped all in for just over 40,000 from the big blind. Vaitiekunas instantly called to put his opponent at risk.

Hugues Mazerolle:
Paulius Vaitiekunas:

The flop of left Vaitiekunas in the lead with his pair of jacks. The on the turn and the on the river improved the Lithuanian to a straight and Mazerolle was ousted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paulius Vaitiekunas	196,000	-64,000
Hugues Mazerolle	Busted

Tags: Paulius Vaitiekunas Hugues Mazerolle