€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event Day 3 | 2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-15-2022 17:23 UTC+2

Gabarre Doubles, Drozd Left Short

Daniel Williams

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ondrej Drozd opened to 22,000 from the button and Stephane Gabarre reraised all in from the small blind for a total of 135,000. Parker Talbot folded the big blind and the action was back on Drozd who made the call putting Gabarre at risk.

Stephane Gabarre:
Ondrej Drozd:

A run out improved Gabarre to a set and secured him a full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	1,700,000

Stephane Gabarre	290,000
Ondrej Drozd	135,000

Tags: Parker Talbot Ondrej Drozd Stephane Gabarre

12-15-2022 17:17 UTC+2

Beresford Busts Desset With Big Slick

Matt Hansen

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Dominik Desset raised to 91,000 while leaving 1,000 behind and Conor Beresford three-bet to 400,000 from the big blind. An early raiser thought it over for a moment but tossed his hand in the muck and action was heads up with Desset at risk.

Dominik Desset:
Conor Beresford:

The board ran out and Beresford held on with Big Slick to eliminate Desset from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Beresford	650,000 -196,000	-196,000
Dominik Desset	Busted

Tags: Conor Beresford Dominik Desset

12-15-2022 17:17 UTC+2

Aspas Bets Every Street Twice; Win One, Loses One

TerranceReid

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Abel Aspas opened to 20,000 in early position and picked up one caller, Ionut-Flavius Voinea in middle position.

The flop showed up . Aspas continued for 20,000, and Voinea made the call.

The turn came the . Aspas fired again, this time for 60,000. Once more, Voinea called.

On the river, Aspas emptied the clip with a final barrel of 140,000. Voinea let his cards go.

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On the next hand, Aspas opened to 20,000 from under the gun. He found two callers in the blinds, Parker Talbot in the small and Simon Lofberg in the big.

The dealer spread on the table. Both blinds checked, Aspas continued for 18,000. Talbot called; Lofberg folded.

The turn brought the . Talbot checked again, and Aspas sized way up to 125,000. Again, Talbot went with the check-call line from out of position.

When the river fell the , Talbot checked for a third time. For the second hand in a row, Aspas fired the third barrel, this one for 175,000. Talbot fought back, though. He check-raised all in, 480,000 effective.

Aspas went into the tank, he just got these chips. He ended up folding this one.

"Big hand?" asked a tablemate of Talbot.

"At least, that's what I was trying to say," he responded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Parker Talbot	1,695,000 195,000	195,000

Ionut-Flavius Voinea	1,185,000 822,000	822,000
Simon Lofberg	800,000 -320,000	-320,000
Abel Aspas	305,000 -405,000	-405,000

Tags: Abel Aspas Ionut-Flavius Voinea Simon Lofberg

12-15-2022 17:17 UTC+2

Milhomens Lands Two Punches

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

After a couple of preflop raises, three players got all of their chips in the middle. Jorge Ufano was at risk for around 190,000, Sonny Franco started the hand with around 225,000, and Rui Milhomens had them both covered.

Jorge Ufano:
Sonny Franco:
Rui Milhomens:

The dealer fanned the flop of and Milhomens took the lead with a pair of aces. The on the turn changed nothing as Milhomens had the largest of the flush draws. The completed the board and Milhomens eliminated both of his opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Milhomens	1,510,000 555,000	555,000
Jorge Ufano	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted

Tags: Sonny Franco Rui Milhomens Jorge Ufano

12-15-2022 17:11 UTC+2

Mahmoud Fades to Double

Daniel Williams

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The action folded to Imed Mahmoud who shoved his remaining 104,000 chips all in from the cutoff and was called by Ioannis Kapnopoulos in the small blind.

Imed Mahmoud:
Ioannis Kapnopoulos:

Mahmoud was ahead but at risk and the board ran out securing the double up for Mahmoud.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Kapnopoulos	400,000 100,000	100,000
Imed Mahmoud	235,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: Imed Mahmoud Ioannis Kapnopoulos

12-15-2022 17:09 UTC+2

Stokkan Shoves the River

Matt Hansen

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Preben Stokkan raised to 23,000 from under the gun and action folded all the way to Jerry Odeen for a call from the big blind. The flop was .

Odeen check-raised a 20,000 bet on the flop to 53,000 and Stokkan called.

The turn was and Odeen bet 65,000. Stokkan called and the river was .

Odeen checked the river and then tossed his cards in the muck when Stokkan shoved the rest of his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerry Odeen	945,000 -50,000	-50,000
Preben Stokkan	680,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Jerry Odeen Preben Stokkan

12-15-2022 17:02 UTC+2

Benvenuto Can't Dodge Everything

Adam Lamers

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Yesset Aimukhanov raised to 22,000 on the button and Fabrizio Benvenuto ripped all in for 75,000 in the small blind. The big blind folded and Aimukhanov quickly called.

Fabrizio Benvenuto:
Yesset Aimukhanov:

The flop fell and Benvenuto still held the lead with his pocket sevens. The on the turn gave Aimukhanov a couple of more outs and the on the river was one of them as he completed a straight to eliminate Benvenuto.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yesset Aimukhanov	339,000 134,000	134,000
Fabrizio Benvenuto	Busted

Tags: Fabrizio Benvenuto Yesset Aimukhanov

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-15-2022 16:30 UTC+2

Break Time

Adam Lamers

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The field has dwindled down to just 76 players after the second level on Day 3. The remaining players are now heading on another 20-minute break and will return to a 10,000 big blind and ante.

12-15-2022 16:29 UTC+2

Buhaiov Goes for River Value

TerranceReid

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Nazar Buhaiov opened to 16,000 from under the gun and picked up three callers; Nicola Grieco on his left, Ihor Kaliahin in the hijack, and Alexandre Hocquaux in the big blind.

The flop showed up . Hocquaux checked his option. Buhaiov continued for 17,000, and only Grieco made the call to go heads up to a turn.

That turn was the . Both players checked to go to a river.

The final card was the . Buhaiov picked up the betting with a bet of 35,000. Grieco thought for about 20 seconds before making the call.