2022 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Prague Main Event
Day: 3
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 3
Entries
117
Players Left
30
Players Left 1 / 1,267
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The Ladies Love Vaitiekunas

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Paulius Vaitiekunas
Paulius Vaitiekunas

Vitezslav Cech opened to 25,000 from early position, Ioannis Kapnopoulos called from the cutoff only for Paulius Vaitiekunas to reraise all in for 97,000 from the button. The blinds folded and action was back on Cech who smooth-called the 97,000. Kapnopoulos folded and the players turned their hands with Vaitiekunas at risk.

Paulius Vaitiekunas: {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Vitezslav Cech: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and the queens of Vaitiekunas held for him to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul-Adrian Covaciu ro
Paul-Adrian Covaciu
1,950,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Arjel Daci al
Arjel Daci
1,600,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
1,300,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Ioannis Kapnopoulos gr
Ioannis Kapnopoulos
730,000
205,000
205,000
Profile photo of Nicola Grieco it
Nicola Grieco
300,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Vitezslav Cech cz
Vitezslav Cech
295,000
305,000
305,000
Profile photo of Ihor Kaliahin ua
Ihor Kaliahin
290,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
260,000
120,000
120,000

Tags: Paulius VaitiekunasVitezslav CechIoannis Kapnopoulos

Lijo Applies Pressure

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Action folded around to Petr Svoboda in the cutoff who opened to 25,000 only for Lander Lijo, on the button, to three-bet to 70,000. The blinds folded and Svoboda made the call.

The flop came {j-Spades}{5-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Svoboda checked to Lijo who fired out a bet of 45,000 to which Svoboda folded.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Luigi D'Alterio it
Luigi D'Alterio
1,400,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Rui Milhomens pt
Rui Milhomens
1,250,000
190,000
190,000
Profile photo of Benjamin Lebor gb
Benjamin Lebor
1,100,000
270,000
270,000
Profile photo of Jordan Saccucci ca
Jordan Saccucci
470,000
130,000
130,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Maksim Shornikau by
Maksim Shornikau
440,000
63,000
63,000
Profile photo of Lander Lijo es
Lander Lijo
400,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Petr Svoboda cz
Petr Svoboda
340,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Natan Chauskin by
Natan Chauskin
270,000
152,000
152,000

Tags: Lander LijoPetr Svoboda

Saccucci Doubles Through D'Alterio

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

A completed board of {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} was spread across the felt with around 280,000 in the middle. Luigi D'Alterio checked from the big blind and Jordan Saccucci pushed out a bet of 150,000 in the cutoff. D'Alterio announced all in and Saccucci instantly called off his stack of 310,000.

D'Alterio turned over {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for trip sixes but it was no match for the {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} of Saccucci which made a full house.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Rui Milhomens pt
Rui Milhomens
1,160,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Luigi D'Alterio it
Luigi D'Alterio
933,000
467,000
467,000
Profile photo of Jordan Saccucci ca
Jordan Saccucci
908,000
438,000
438,000
Day 5 Chip Leader
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Benjamin Lebor gb
Benjamin Lebor
850,000
250,000
250,000
Profile photo of Lander Lijo es
Lander Lijo
516,000
116,000
116,000
Profile photo of Maksim Shornikau by
Maksim Shornikau
440,000
Profile photo of Petr Svoboda cz
Petr Svoboda
340,000
Profile photo of Natan Chauskin by
Natan Chauskin
245,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Luigi D'AlterioJordan Saccucci

Daci Bets River Blind, Kapnopoulos Eliminated

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

With about 210,000 in the pot, the board showed {7-Spades}{2-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}.

Arjel Daci bet 150,000. In position on his left, Ioannis Kapnopoulos made the call with about 180,000 behind.

Before the dealer put the river out, Daci moved a stack out to cover Kapnopoulos' remaining stack.

The {k-Hearts} hit the river. After thinking for about 30 seonds, Kapnopoulos made the call.

Daci showed {2-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for a flopped set to take down {a-Spades}{q-Clubs} flopped top pair of Kapnopoulos and felt him.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Paul-Adrian Covaciu ro
Paul-Adrian Covaciu
1,800,000
150,000
150,000
Profile photo of Arjel Daci al
Arjel Daci
1,406,000
194,000
194,000
Profile photo of Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
1,370,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Jaesung Lee kr
Jaesung Lee
1,250,000
450,000
450,000
Day 2 Chip Leader
Profile photo of Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
825,000
65,000
65,000
Profile photo of Vitezslav Cech cz
Vitezslav Cech
678,000
383,000
383,000
Profile photo of Henok Tekle Mariam nl
Henok Tekle Mariam
575,000
208,000
208,000
Profile photo of Simon Mattsson se
Simon Mattsson
484,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Karol Bogusz pl
Karol Bogusz
471,000
669,000
669,000
Profile photo of Henri Juutilainen fi
Henri Juutilainen
295,000
85,000
85,000
Profile photo of Jussi Mattila fi
Jussi Mattila
272,000
198,000
198,000
Profile photo of Ihor Kaliahin ua
Ihor Kaliahin
267,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Nicola Grieco it
Nicola Grieco
258,000
42,000
42,000
Profile photo of Paulius Vaitiekunas lt
Paulius Vaitiekunas
200,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of Ioannis Kapnopoulos gr
Ioannis Kapnopoulos
Busted

Tags: Arjel DaciIoannis Kapnopoulos

Dinner Break

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The remaining 45 players are going on a 75-minute dinner break. The tournament staff will be racing off the 1,000 denomination chips during the break and the players will be returning to a 15,000 big blind and ante at approximately 8:30 p.m. local time.

Rasmussen Ran Down By Zapatero's Combo Draw

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Javier Gomez Zapatero

Just before the break, a big hand took place on the time-delayed feature table.

Under the gun, Javier Gomez Zapatero had {k-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} and he opened to 25,000. In the hijack, Reino Rasmussen picked up {a-Spades}{j-Spades} and made the call. Behind him, Antoine Saout called with {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}. Abel Aspas also made the call in the big blind.

The flop came out {10-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}. Aspas checked, Zapatero checked his combo draw, and Rasmussen bet 65,000. Saout folded, and Aspas called. Back on Zapatero, he check-raised to 150,000. Rasmussen moved all in for 297,000. Aspas got out of the way, but Zapatero made the call to head to a runout with Rasmussen at risk.

The turn was no help in the {9-Clubs}, but a pained Rasmussen watched the {3-Diamonds} hit the river to end his tournament and put Zapatero back in the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
2,620,000
550,000
550,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
1,450,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Abel Aspas
Abel Aspas
400,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Reino Rasmussen
Reino Rasmussen
Busted

Tags: Abel AspasAntoine SaoutJavier Gomez ZapateroReino Rasmussen

Level: 21

Blinds: 10,000/15,000

Ante: 15,000

Brendo Battles with the Chip Leader

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante

In a blind versus blind confrontation, the board read {a-Clubs}{q-Spades}{j-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Javier Gomez Zapatero checked to Oddvar Brendo who fired an 85,000 bet on the river.

Zapatero thought for a while before sliding in calling chips to be shown a straight by Brendo who held {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
2,400,000
220,000
220,000
Day 1A Chip Leader
Profile photo of Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
1,350,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Oddvar Brendo no
Oddvar Brendo
1,100,000
602,000
602,000
Profile photo of Abel Aspas
Abel Aspas
700,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Jerry Odeen se
Jerry Odeen
600,000
200,000
200,000
Profile photo of Pascal Lefrancois ca
Pascal Lefrancois
280,000
287,000
287,000
Profile photo of Natan Chauskin by
Natan Chauskin
240,000
5,000
5,000

Tags: Javier Gomez ZapateroOddvar Brendo

Grieco Dumps His Chips to Obara

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Nicola Grieco
Nicola Grieco

Jun Obara raised to 30,000 from under the gun and Nicola Grieco called from the big blind. The flop came {q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Grieco check-called a bet of 35,000 from Obara.

The turn brought the {6-Spades} and Grieco open-shipped all in for around 150,000. Obara snap-called and the cards were on their backs. Grieco held {7-Clubs}{5-Spades} for a pair and a straight draw while Obara was out front with {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}.

The river was the {10-Diamonds} which changed nothing and Grieco's aggressive style finally caught up with him as he headed to the payout desk.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
1,650,000
280,000
280,000
Profile photo of Nicola Grieco it
Nicola Grieco
Busted

Tags: Jun ObaraNicola Grieco