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

Shornikau Moves All in

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Arie Kliper opened to 40,000 from under the gun. Action folded all the way to Maksim Shornikau in the small blind. He moved all in for 260,000, 13 big blinds.

Back on Kliper, he thought for his full 30 seconds before laying it down.

Play has been tight near the end of the night, a large portion of hands aren't seeing the flop with 12 minutes left in play on the night.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Lebor gb
Benjamin Lebor
2,405,000 -245,000
Arie Kliper il
Arie Kliper
1,480,000 120,000
Simon Lofberg se
Simon Lofberg
1,410,000 590,000
Simon Mattsson se
Simon Mattsson
1,000,000 15,000
Conor Beresford gb
Conor Beresford
925,000 75,000
Henok Tekle Mariam nl
Henok Tekle Mariam
715,000 -85,000
Henri Juutilainen fi
Henri Juutilainen
565,000 205,000
Maksim Shornikau by
Maksim Shornikau
340,000 115,000

Tags: Arie KliperMaksim Shornikau

Tekle Mariam Doubles Through Mattsson

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Simon Mattsson raised it up on the button and Henok Tekle Mariam defended from the big blind. The flop came {j-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Spades} and Mattsson continued with a bet of 20,000. Tekle Mariam check-raised to 60,000 and Mattsson countered with a re-raise to 130,000. Tekle Mariam shoved all in for 340,000 and Mattsson quickly called.

Henok Tekle Mariam: {9-Spades}{2-Spades}
Simon Mattsson: {a-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

Tekle Mariam flopped a flush but Mattsson had the better flush draw. The {a-Clubs} on the turn gave Mattsson even more outs but the {5-Diamonds} on the river paired the wrong card and Tekle Mariam doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Simon Mattsson se
Simon Mattsson
985,000 385,000
Henok Tekle Mariam nl
Henok Tekle Mariam
800,000 -70,000

Tags: Henok Tekle MariamSimon Mattsson

De Almeida Slowplays Kings

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Paul-Adrian Covaciu opened to 40,000 in the hijack and found a caller on his left, Pierre De Almeida in the cutoff. The rest of the table folded.

The flop showed up {8-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts}. Covaciu continued for 50,000, and De Almeida made the call.

The turn came the {q-Clubs}, Covaciu slowed with a check. De Almeida bet 100,000, and Covaciu went with the check-call.

The river landed the {q-Hearts}. Cavaciu checked again. De Almeida assembled 300,000 and put them in the pot. De Almeida thought for about 25 seconds and made the call.

De Almeida showed {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}, the slowplayed overpair, and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre De Almeida fr
Pierre De Almeida
1,125,000 275,000
Paul-Adrian Covaciu ro
Paul-Adrian Covaciu
680,000 -550,000

Tags: Paul-Adrian CovaciuPierre De Almeida

Double Bust Out on the Feature Table

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Ondrej Drozd
Ondrej Drozd

Action folded around to Ondrej Drozd with {9-Spades}{9-Hearts} in the cutoff who opened to 40,000, Javier Gomez Zapatero folded the button and Oddvar Brendo had {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and reraised all in for his remaining 340,000.

In the big blind Natan Chauskin had {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts} and used a time bank card before also going all in for his remaining stack and Drozd made the call covering both players.

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Drozds nines held eliminating both players.

Interestingly Brendo and Chauskin started the hand with the same amount of chips and as they were eliminated simultaneously on a pay jump they split the difference.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Day 1A Chip Leader
3,960,000 360,000
Ondrej Drozd cz
Ondrej Drozd
1,600,000 625,000
Natan Chauskin by
Natan Chauskin
Busted
Oddvar Brendo no
Oddvar Brendo
Busted

Tags: Javier Gomez ZapateroNatan ChauskinOddvar BrendoOndrej Drozd

Talbot Joins a "French" Table

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Milan Simko opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Yannick Cardot three-bet to 110,000 on the button. Simko called and they went heads-up to a flop of {6-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}.

Simko checked to Cardot who threw in a bet of 90,000 and Simko quickly folded.

With the field down to 32 players, another table was broken and Parker Talbot joined Table 3. "Wow, are you guys all French here?" Talbot questioned as five players along with the dealer confirmed they were French.

"We're getting better," Fabrice Bigot pointed out.

"I thought there was just more of you," Talbot joked.

Player Chips Progress
Parker Talbot ca
Parker Talbot
1,930,000 30,000
Yannick Cardot fr
Yannick Cardot
1,205,000 815,000
Milan Simko cz
Milan Simko
640,000 -195,000

Tags: Yannick CardotParker TalbotMilan SimkoFabrice Bigot

Lee Sent Home Via American Airlines

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Jaesung Lee
Jaesung Lee

Benjamin Lebor opened to 40,000 from under the gun. Action folded to short-stacked Jaesung Lee, he shoved for 125,000 in late position. Just on his left, Henok Tekle Mariam four-bet to 210,000. Mariam folded, saying he had {k-}{q-} as he did so.

Jaesung Lee: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Henok Tekle Mariam: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

A bad spot for Lee to find, he ran into the goods. The board ran out {k-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Lee was left without chips as the remaining 32 combine to four tables.

Player Chips Progress
Benjamin Lebor gb
Benjamin Lebor
2,650,000 -210,000
Henok Tekle Mariam nl
Henok Tekle Mariam
870,000 145,000
Jaesung Lee kr
Jaesung Lee
Day 2 Chip Leader
Busted

Tags: Benjamin LeborHenok Tekle MariamJaesung Lee

Covaciu Looks for a Fold

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Action was heads up with {5-Spades}{j-Hearts}{6-Spades} on the board when Paul-Adrian Covaciu checked from the big blind before Luigi D'Alterio bet 60,000 from the button. Covaciu raised to 110,000 and D'Alterio called.

The turn was {7-Clubs} and Covaciu continued for 175,000. D'Alterio called and the river was {k-Spades}.

Covaciu fired 625,000 at the river and D'Alterio went all in, which sent Covaciu deep into the tank. After several moments of thought and a few time banks, Covaciu tossed his hand in the muck and gave the pot to D'Alterio.

Player Chips Progress
Luigi D'Alterio it
Luigi D'Alterio
2,650,000 790,000
Paul-Adrian Covaciu ro
Paul-Adrian Covaciu
1,230,000 -695,000

Tags: Luigi D'AlterioPaul-Adrian Covaciu

Brendo Makes the Great Escape

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Oddvar Brendo
Oddvar Brendo

Oddvar Brendo had {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds} and opened to 40,000 from the cutoff, Rui Milhomens picked up {k-Spades}{k-Hearts} and three-bet to 120,000 from the button and Brendo called.

On a flop of {q-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{q-Hearts}, Brendo started with a check and Milhomens continued his aggression betting 80,000 and Brendo reacted by check-raising to 175,000. Milhomens used a time bank card before moving all in for 1,030,000 putting Brendo to a decision for his tournament life.

Brendo went deep into the tank before folding his hand avoiding the cooler in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Rui Milhomens pt
Rui Milhomens
1,495,000 1,089,000
Oddvar Brendo no
Oddvar Brendo
400,000 -575,000

Tags: Oddvar BrendoRui Milhomens

Zapatero Gets Fruity on the Feature Table

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Javier Gomez Zapatero

On the feature table, Oddvar Brendo had {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and he opened under the gun to 40,000 and action folded to Javier Gomez Zapatero with {9-Spades}{3-Spades} in the big blind who made the call.

On the flop of {5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{8-Hearts}, Zapatero checked to Brendo who continued for 40,000 only for Zapatero to react with a check-raise to 120,000. Brendo then reraised all in and Zapatero made the fold.

Player Chips Progress
Javier Gomez Zapatero es
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Day 1A Chip Leader
3,600,000 130,000
Oddvar Brendo no
Oddvar Brendo
745,000 -230,000

Tags: Javier Gomez ZapateroOddvar Brendo

Adams Doubles With Better Ace

Level 22 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams

Timothy Adams opened to 40,000 in the cutoff. Action folded to Pierre De Almeida in the small blind who three-bet to 150,000. Back on Adams, he four-bet all in to 375,000. De Almeida didn't like it, but he decided to call for the price.

Timothy Adams: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Pierre De Almeida: {a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

Adams was poised to double if he could hold, and he did so on the {q-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts} runout to get the max.

"I would have folded if you had 500,000," said De Almeida.

Player Chips Progress
Pierre De Almeida fr
Pierre De Almeida
850,000 -120,000
Timothy Adams ca
Timothy Adams
790,000 270,000

Tags: Pierre De AlmeidaTimothy Adams