€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-06-2023 23:11 UTC+1

Jantos' River Bet Earns the Pot

Tyler Foran

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Radek Jantos opened 3,000 in early position and both Daniel Koloszar from a couple of spots to his left, and Patrik Zidek in the big blind made the call.

All three players checked to the A♣10♥4♦6♦ turn. Zidek checked once more before Jantos pushed a bet of 6,000 across the line. Only Koloszar made the call.

When the K♦ hit the river, Jantos paused for almost a minute before dropping eight chips across the line for a bet of 8,000. Koloszar took a peak at his cards once again before pushing them toward the dealer to surrender the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Koloszar	97,000 26,500	26,500
Radek Jantos	76,500 32,700	32,700
Patrik Zidek	62,500 8,500	8,500

Tags: Daniel Koloszar Radek Jantos Patrik Zidek

12-06-2023 23:12 UTC+1

Groenendijk Gets Green Light to Double Up

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Felix Schneiders raised to 3,000 from a short stack in the hijack before Alejandro Vazquez put in a three-bet from the cutoff. The action then folded to Julien Groenendijk, who put in his stack of 14,000 chips for a jam.

Schneiders got out of the way before Vazquez put in the extra chips for a call.

Julien Groenendijk: 10♥10♣
Alejandro Vazquez: A♥Q♣

Groenendijk won the flip when his tens held on the 8♦7♠K♥6♣J♠ runout, and he doubled up. Schneiders was left with around ten big blinds.

Meanwhile, fellow PokerStars Ambassador Benjamin Spragg was seen with a fresh ticket for Day 1b of the Eureka Main Event, meaning that his Day 1a had reached a premature conclusion.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Vazquez	122,000 53,000	53,000
Julien Groenendijk	33,500 33,500	33,500
Felix Schneiders	15,500 5,000	5,000
Benjamin Spragg	Busted

Tags: Alejandro Vazquez Felix Schneiders Julien Groenendijk

12-06-2023 23:15 UTC+1

Final Eureka Main Event Day 1a Numbers Announced

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Richard Hayes

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

The tournament director has just announced that play will stop once 46 players remain out of a total of 304 entries.

All players who find a bag for Day 2 are guaranteed to make the money.

12-06-2023 23:20 UTC+1

Tollari Doubles Through Odani

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Daniel Budin opened to 3,500 from early position and action folded to Julien Tollari, who shoved for his last 16,500 on the button. Takumi Odani called cold from the small blind and Budin got out of the way.

Julien Tollari: A♣A♠
Takumi Odani: A♦J♣

The 6♥J♦7♥ flop kept Odani drawing live to trips, but the 4♦ turn and Q♥ river bricked out and Tollari doubled up with his aces.

Player	Chips	Progress
Takumi Odani	190,000 18,000	18,000
Daniel Budin	140,000
Julien Tollari	40,000 17,500	17,500

Tags: Daniel Budin Julien Tollari Takumi Odani

12-06-2023 23:20 UTC+1

Rodriguez Bets Thinly

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

On a completed board of A♥A♣2♦J♣4♠, and with 60,000 chips in the middle, Miroslav Forman checked to his opponent Antonio Rodriguez.

Rodrigues then put forth a small bet of 16,000, which left Forman pondering for a while.

Eventually, he put in the call, but tapped the table and mucked his cards once he saw the K♠K♥ of Rodriguez.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Rodriguez	170,000 112,000	112,000
Miroslav Forman	115,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Antonio Rodriguez Miroslav Forman

12-06-2023 23:23 UTC+1

Guerrini Loses his Last Flip

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Maxime Taldir

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Oliver Heidel opened from under the gun, then saw Michele Guerrini three-bet all in for a bit more than 10,000. All the other players folded to Heidel, who called.

Michele Guerrini: K♥Q♦
Oliver Heidel: 3♥3♠

Heidel won the flip when his pair held on the 4♠J♦2♥2♦A♠ runout. Thanks to this pot, his big stack kept growing while Guerrini was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oliver Heidel	150,000 69,000	69,000
Michele Guerrini	Busted

Tags: Oliver Heidel Michele Guerrini

12-06-2023 23:30 UTC+1

Chmela Lessens Lead

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Frank Visser

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Three players saw the river on 9♣7♥K♣Q♥6♥, on which chipleader Tomas Chmela made a bet of 16,000 from the big blind, and Rui Querido Martins quickly folded from the cutoff.

Yuto Suzuki, however, looked Chmela up with a call from the button, and the Slovakian could only show 8♣2♣ for a missed flush draw.

Suziki tabled K♠J♦ for the winning pair and raked in the pot on his second entry of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Chmela	240,000 10,000	10,000
Rui Querido Martins	106,000 17,000	17,000
Yuto Suzuki	85,000 85,000	85,000

Tags: Qui Querido Martins Tomas Chmela Yuto Suzuki

12-06-2023 23:31 UTC+1

Winz Blasts Three Streets for the Win

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Tyler Foran

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Rui Querido Martins opened in the cutoff and both Berthold Winz and Andre Machado called in the blinds.

The dealer fanned a flop of K♣5♥3♥, and Winz fired out a bet of 6,500. Machado got out of the way but Martins stuck around with a call.

The 6♠ fell on the turn, and Winz continued for 10,500. Machado tossed in a call as the Q♣ completed the board on the river.

Winz didn't slow down, shoving all-in as he pushed forward his remaining stack of 45,000. Martins finally surrendered as he asked if Winz had a five.

Winz proudly tabled the A♦5♠, showing a pair of fives.

"Great play," Martins said as the dealer pushed the pot the other way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Berthold Winz	86,500 22,500	22,500
Rui Querido Martins	82,000 24,000	24,000
Andre Machado	11,000 31,000	31,000

Tags: Andre Machado Berthold Winz Rui Querido Martins

12-06-2023 23:37 UTC+1

Chan Doubles Through Kolarik

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Dan O'Hair

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Christian Ly opened to 3,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet to 10,000 by Tomas Kolarik on the button. Tsz Him Chan called from the small blind and Ly called as well.

Action checked to Kolarik on the K♠8♦3♦ flop and he continued for 16,000. Chan called and Ly folded.

On the 8♣ turn, both players checked and Chan led out for 25,000 after the K♣ river double-paired the board. Kolarik tanked for a few minutes before announcing he was all in, which was enough to put Chan all in for his remaining 54,500.

Chan quickly called and Kolarik could only table A♣Q♠. Chan turned over A♠K♦ for kings-full and more than doubled his stack.