€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-15-2023 18:22 UTC+2

Chip Leaders After Break

Matt Warburton

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatoly Korochenskiy	174,000 112,000	112,000
Juan Pardo	171,000 6,000	6,000

Jonas Hagstrom	150,000 100,000	100,000
Amir Mozaffarian	139,000 75,000	75,000
Alejandro Lococo	125,000 10,000	10,000
Markkos Ladev	108,000 7,000	7,000
Tsz Him Chan	107,800
Moonho Seo	100,500 50,500	50,500
Dimitar Danchev	99,000 16,000	16,000

Paulius Plausinaitis	98,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

12-15-2023 18:08 UTC+2

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

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12-15-2023 17:58 UTC+2

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Players in the EPT High Roller are heading for their second 20-minute break of the day. There are now 145 entries and 125 players remaining.

12-15-2023 17:55 UTC+2

Stegeman Takes One Pre-Flop

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Peter Robinson

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was opened to 1,100 and Kazuyuki Tanemura three-bet to 3,200. He then faced another raise from Hirokazu Kobayashi to 10,800. Alberto Stegeman in seat seven then announced he was all in covering Kobayashi. Everyone else folded and Kobayashi went into the tank. He eventually folded and Stegeman took a nice pot down without seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alberto Stegeman	95,000 95,000	95,000
Hirokazu Kobayashi	29,000 29,000	29,000

Tags: Hirokazu Kobayashi Kazuyuki Tanemura Alberto Stegeman

12-15-2023 17:54 UTC+2

Lococo Wins Four-Bet Pot With River Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Moritz Dietrich raised to 1,100 from under the gun and Alejandro Lococo three-bet to 3,500 from late position. Dietrich four-bet to 10,000 and Lococo called.

The flop came J♦6♦8♦ and both players checked. The turn was the 8♥. Dietrich bet 10,000 and Lococo called.

The river came the 4♥. Dietrich checked and Lococo moved all in for the rest of Dietrich's stack. Dietrich folded and Lococo won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alejandro Lococo	135,000 135,000	135,000
Moritz Dietrich	36,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Alejandro Lococo Moritz Dietrich

12-15-2023 17:48 UTC+2

Grafton Takes Pot

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Patrick Cole

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Nemanja Lukovic opened in the cutoff and Sam Grafton reraised to 3,600 from the button. Action folded around to Lukovic who made the call.

Lukovic checked the flop of Q♠9♣K♣ to Grafton, who then fired a bet of 1,800. Lukovic made the call and the dealer flipped over the 8♠ turn card. Another check from Lukovic prompted Grafton to size up his bet to 4,000 which made Lukovic make a quick fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nemanja Lukovic	45,000 45,000	45,000
Sam Grafton	45,000 5,600	5,600

Tags: Nemanja Lukovic Sam Grafton

12-15-2023 17:45 UTC+2

Stegeman Takes Pot With River Raise

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Alberto Stegeman raised to 1,200, Motokatsu Uhara reraised to 3,000 from the big blind, and Stegeman called.

The flop came 6♣10♥6♦ and Uhara bet 2,600, which Stegeman called. The turn was the A♣ and Uhara bet again for 3,000, which Stegeman called agin.

The river came the A♥. Uhara bet 3,600 and Stegeman raised to 10,000. Uhara threw his cards in the muck and Stegeman took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alberto Stegeman	73,000 73,000	73,000
Motokatsu Uhara	41,000 41,000	41,000

Tags: Motokatsu Uhara Alberto Stegeman

12-15-2023 17:40 UTC+2

Ladev Chipping Up

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Peter Robinson

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action started with an open to 1,200 from Markkos Ladev and a call from Jacob Amsellem. The two went to the flop of K♠J♠10♦ and Ladev check called the bet of 1,300 from Amsellem.

The turn came the 8♥ and both players checked to the river of 3♥. Again both players checked and Ladev showed the winning hand of Q♥10♥ and his opponent's cards hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	115,000 50,000	50,000
Jacob Amsellem	64,000 64,000	64,000

Tags: Jacob Amsellem Markkos Ladev

12-15-2023 17:19 UTC+2

Saout Sizes Up on Turn

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Jovan Kenjic raised to 1,200 from late position, the player in the small blind called, and Antoine Saout three-bet to 7,000 from the big blind. Kenjic called and the small blind folded.

The flop came A♦5♦K♠. Saout continued for 1,800 and Kenjic called. The turn was the 10♣ and Saout bet again, this time sizing up to 8,500. Kenjic mucked his hand and Saout scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jovan Kenjic	88,000 49,000	49,000
Antoine Saout	58,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Antoine Saout Jovan Kenjic