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

12-08-2023 21:07 UTC+1

Sendarrubias Hits Straight on the River

Maxime Taldir

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

Andres Sendarrubias opened to 18,000 from the small blind, then was called by Espen Nikolaisen who defended from the big blind.

The dealer fanned a flop of 9♦10♣Q♥, and Sendarrubias moved directly all in for 39,000. Nikolaisen quickly called with a bigger stack.

Andres Sendarrubias: K♣9♥
Espen Nikolaisen: Q♦7♦

Nikolaisen's top pair held on the turn 8♦, but Sendarrubias was lucky enough to find a straight on the river J♣ to double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Espen Nikolaisen	121,000 121,000	121,000
Andres Sendarrubias	119,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Andres Sendarrubias Espen Nikolaisen

12-08-2023 21:19 UTC+1

Gago's Four-bet Takes it Down

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Ben Weiss

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

Jakub Gago opened to 18,000 in early position. He was then raised by Giovanni Boon in the small blind, who made it 55,000. Gago thought for a bit before reraising all in, while covering Boon. The Belgian sat with 95,000 chips left behind, facing a four-bet for his tournament life.

Boon eventually folded, prompting Gago to let out a sigh of relief as the Pole tabled A♣K♥. Boon also looked relieved, and announced "Ace-queen suited." Gago chipped up while Boon was left with well below average stack as the bubble inched ever closer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jakub Gago	290,000 290,000	290,000
Giovanni Boon	95,000 67,000	67,000

Tags: Giovanni Boon Jakub Gago

12-08-2023 21:21 UTC+1

Sulzbach Puts Maximum Pressure on as Bubble Approaches

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Tyler Foran

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

Ido Aboudi opened 16,000 under the gun, and the action folded around to Sebastian Sulzbach in the big blind who slid forward his entire stack of about 180,000. Aboudi went into the tank, eventually getting time called.

The floor gave 30 seconds and declared his hand dead as he failed to act.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Sulzbach	210,000
Ido Aboudi	160,000

Tags: Sebastian Sulzbach Ido Aboudi

12-08-2023 21:31 UTC+1

Chip Leader Tian Cracks Kings

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Tyler Foran

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

Colm Chan opened 16,000 under the gun and only Mengshi Tian who is currently chip leading made the call from the big blind.

The dealer spread a flop of J♣10♣2♠, and Tian check-called a bet of 15,000.

The J♦ paired on the turn and both players tapped the table to see the 7♣ fall on the river.

Tian checked for a final time as Chan pushed a stack of blues for a bet of 65,000, and Tian instantly called without hesitation. Chan tabled K♥K♦, which was no good against Tian's J♥4♠.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mengshi Tian	930,000 38,000	38,000

Colm Chan	198,000 198,000	198,000

Tags: Colm Chan Mengshi Tian

12-08-2023 21:33 UTC+1

Asgoudakis Eliminated Close to the Money

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Maxime Taldir

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

Emmanouil Asgoudakis shoved for 26,000 from middle position, and he was called by Michal Zubek in the big blind.

Emmanouil Asgoudakis: K♣3♣
Michal Zubek: K♥9♥

Zubek hit a pair on the 7♥10♣9♠, leaving Asgoudakis with almost no hope to double up. The turn 6♦ and the river 5♠ confirmed this fact, so Asgoudaki was eliminated close to the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michal Zubek	345,000 345,000	345,000
Emmanouil Asgoudakis	Busted

Tags: Emmanouil Asgoudakis Michal Zubek

12-08-2023 21:35 UTC+1

Docherty Applies Pressure on the Bubble

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Ben Weiss

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

David Docherty opened in the lowjack to 16,000. He got two callers, one from Antonino Venneri on the button and one from the big blind.

The flop came 4♠8♣4♦. The big blind checked, before folding to a bet of 12,000 from Docherty. Venneri called and it went two ways to the turn.

A 5♣ landed, to which Docherty shoved all in while covering Venneri. The Italian thought for a couple minutes, but two away from the money proved too much to call.

He tabled K♠J♠. Docherty showed the K♣7♣ and said 'You weren't going to call anyway.'

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	275,000 181,000	181,000
Antonino Venneri	77,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Antonino Venneri David Docherty

12-08-2023 21:36 UTC+1

Panetti Eliminated

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Tyler Foran

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

The action folded around to Kirill Burtin in the small blind and he announced all-in. Christophe Panetti was in the big blind with only about 14,000 total. He tanked for a couple of minutes, and once time was called he made the call.

Christophe Panetti: A♦2♠
Kirill Burtin: 2♦2♣

The K♥J♥5♥2♥J♠ run out gave Burtin a full house to eliminate Panetti and start the hand-for-hand process.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kirill Burtin	275,000 275,000	275,000
Christophe Panetti	Busted

Tags: Christophe Panetti Kirill Burtin

12-08-2023 21:37 UTC+1

Hand-for-Hand Play Is About to Begin

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Maxime Taldir

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

The tournament director asked dealers to stop dealing. One elimination is now needed to reach 227 players left and end the day.

Players must bag chips to qualify for Day 2 and be in the money.

12-08-2023 21:45 UTC+1

No Bubble Needed; Justin Tsui Out of the Money

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Maxime Taldir

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

Players were waiting for the hand-for-hand play procedure to start when an all in and call situation occurred on Table 23.

Justin Tsui in early position was the player at risk for 59,000, and faced Ville Jantunen on the button.

Justin Tsui: A♣Q♥
Ville Jantunen: 3♣3♠

Tsui stood up after the dealer fanned a flop of 5♦8♠3♦ which gave a set to Jantunen. After the turn Q♦, he even hit quads on the river 3♥, sending Tsui to the rail.