Petar Kalev raised to 50,000 on the button and Simon Lofberg in the small blind three-bet to 225,000 to win the pot.
One hand later, Pierre De Almeida raised to 75,000 as the first player to act. Kalev three-bet to 190,000 and the action folded back to De Almeida. He pushed all-in for 540,000 and Kalev snap-called.
Pierre De Almeida:
Petar Kalev:
De Almeida gained a sweat until the turn but the river paired the board and the kicker played to eliminate De Almeida in 29th place for €23,000.
Laurent Cessy opened to 55,000 in the cutoff and Dmitry Shchepkin shipped his short stack of 180,000 into the middle from the small blind. Cessy quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
Dmitry Shchepkin:
Laurent Cessy:
The flop fell and Cessy took a sizeable lead with a pair of aces. The on the turn was the best card in the deck for Shchepkin but the bricked the river as he was eliminated on the first hand of the day.
With only three days of play left here at the €5,300 EPT Main Event here at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague, the remaining 30 players are inching closer and closer to six-digit paydays here in the Hilton Prague venue.
What started as a field of 1,267 entries has whittled down to the final four tables, and one of the remaining will take home the first-place prize of €1,054,500. A millionaire will be made this weekend; today will see us get even closer to knowing who that will be.
The action of Day 4 kicks off at 12 p.m. local time, and a 30-minute delayed livestream will accompany the real-time coverage here at PokerNews.
€5,300 EPT Main Event Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Luigi D'Alterio
Italy
3,560,000
142
2
Javier Gomez Zapatero
Spain
3,415,000
137
3
Jun Obara
Japan
2,785,000
111
4
Ondrej Drozd
Czech Republic
2,380,000
95
5
Benjamin Lebor
United Kingdom
2,220,000
89
6
Parker Talbot
Canada
2,145,000
86
7
Arie Kliper
Israel
1,860,000
74
8
Antoine Saout
France
1,570,000
63
9
Rui Milhomens
Portugal
1,475,000
59
10
Petar Kalev
Bulgaria
1,465,000
59
Countries Represented
A total of 19 countries are represented by the remaining runners. One of the players to keep an eye on is the last one representing Japan, Jun Obara (2,785,000). One of only three players with over 100 big blinds coming into the day, Obara is coming off a recent strong showing at the Asian Poker Tour in Incheon, South Korea that included a victory there. Today, he looks to navigate a tough remaining field to imitate that success here in the Czech capital.
Three players representing the home turf of the Czech Republic are still in the running. Those are Milan Simko (470,000), Vitezslav Cech (435,000), and in the top ten list is Ondrej Drozd with 2,380,000.
Also in the field is PokerStars Ambassador Parker Talbot representing Canada with a healthy 2,145,000.
Ondrej Drozd
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize (in EUR)
Place
Prize (in EUR)
1
€1,054,500
8
€126,700
2
€658,750
9
€97,450
3
€470,500
16-17
€43,400
4
€361,950
18-20
€36,150
5
€278,450
21-23
€30,400
6
€214,150
24-27
€26,400
7
€164,750
28-31
€23,000
8
€126,700
Players will return to blinds of 10,000/25,000/25,000 in level 23. They will play 90-minute levels with breaks of 20 minutes in between each level. A 30-second shot clock and time banks will be in play.
Keep it locked in right here to PokerNews as our Live Reporting team follows the €5,300 EPT Main Event and its remaining 30 hopefuls to an exciting finish.
turn but the 
river paired the board and the kicker played to eliminate De Almeida in 29th place for €23,000.
and Cessy took a sizeable lead with a pair of aces. The 
on the turn was the best card in the deck for Shchepkin but the 
bricked the river as he was eliminated on the first hand of the day.
