€2,200 Eureka High Roller Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-10-2023 14:29 UTC+1

Some Larger-Than-Average Stacks

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Bjorn Kozenkai	111,000 111,000	111,000
Aurelijus Sipavicius	100,000
Anton Kalinac	99,700 99,700	99,700
George Chiriac	98,000 15,200	15,200
Mallory Frere	91,800 91,800	91,800
Oleg Vasylchenko	78,000 78,000	78,000
Simone Alessi	68,000 68,000	68,000
Georgios Karakousis	64,500 64,500	64,500
Peter Jaksland	63,000 63,000	63,000
Nemanja Lukovic	59,500 59,500	59,500
Wojciech Szczytkowski	58,000 58,000	58,000
Aleksandr Lakhov	58,000 14,500	14,500
David Vinayagamoorthy	57,000 57,000	57,000
Simon Wiciak	56,700 26,700	26,700

Antoine Labat	56,000 24,000	24,000
Maxime Garin	54,000 54,000	54,000
Lukasz Grossmann	51,000 4,200	4,200

12-10-2023 14:38 UTC+1

Berger Snaps Off Jorgne

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The pot stood at approximately 13,000 with two players looking at a board that read 2♣6♥K♥6♦.

Peter Jorgne, in the big blind, bet out for 6,500 into opponent Patrick Berger, who was under the gun. Berger called.

The 3♦ river saw Jorgne empty the clip, moving all in for 10,200. Berger almost beat him into the pot as he made the call. Jorgne tabled A♠Q♦ for ace-high, while Berger sent him to the rail with A♥K♣, for top pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Berger	47,200 32,200	32,200
Peter Jorgne	Busted

Tags: Patrick Berger Peter Jorgne

12-10-2023 14:41 UTC+1

Mortensen Check-Raises Without Success

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Benjamin Millian raised to 1,100 from early position and Sebastian Mortensen called from the next seat over. Mikolaj Zawadzki then three-bet to 3,800 from the cutoff, and only Mortensen made the call.

The 2♠9♣K♥ flop was checked by Mortensen, leading to a tiny bet of 1,500 from Zawadzki. Mortensen then upped the ante to 4,200 and Zawadzki complied with the extra chips.

The 2♣ turn was checked by both players before the 5♠ river was checked by Mortensen as well. Zawadzki fired a bet of 15,000, the majority of his stack, and a quick fold followed from Mortensen, awarding the pot to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikolaj Zawadzki	39,100
Sebastian Mortensen	31,100

Benjamin Millian	26,100

Tags: Benjamin Millian Mikolaj Zawadzki Sebastian Mortensen

12-10-2023 14:45 UTC+1

Ullereng Shoves River

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Mats Gramsborg Ullereng raised to 1,000 from middle position, Arben Cimilji three-bet to 3,500 from the big blind, and Ullereng called.

The flop came 3♥8♠3♣. Cimilji bet 2,000 and Ullereng called. The turn was the 8♥. Cimilji bet, this time for 8,000, and Ullereng once again called.

The river came the A♠. Cimilji checked and Ullereng moved all in. Cimilji folded and Ullereng took down a nice pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mats Gramsborg Ullereng	57,000
Arben Cimilji	16,000

Tags: Arben Cimilji Mats Gramsborg Ullereng

12-10-2023 14:48 UTC+1

Borlan Hits and Busts Souaid

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Dan Borlan raised from late position and Karim Souaid three-bet to 3,900. Borlan moved all in and Souaid made the call with the shorter stack. Players flipped over their cards.

Karim Souaid: A♣J♣
Dan Borlan: A♥K♦

The board ran out 7♣8♥6♦K♠4♥. Borlan improved to a pair of kings on the turn. He won the pot and Souaid was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Borlan	47,000 13,000	13,000
Karim Souaid	Busted

Tags: Dan Borlan Karim Souaid

12-10-2023 14:52 UTC+1

Schlegel Runs Out of Time

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Arriving on the river on 5♥4♥3♥K♠8♠, Scott Margereson pushed all his chips in the middle from middle position. He covered his opponent's, Andy Schlegel in the hijack, stack of 20,500 and sent him deep into the tank.

After a few minutes, he was given a countdown of thirty seconds. Schlegel involuntarily decided to ship the 25,000 chips in the pot to Margerson when the timer reached zero seconds and his hand was declared dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	47,000 17,000	17,000
Andy Schlegel	20,500

Tags: Andy Schlegel Scott Margereson

12-10-2023 14:55 UTC+1

Ace High for Erlandsson

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Grzegorz Kozieja raised to 1,200 from early position, the player on the button called and Daniel Erlandsson three-bet to 5,000 from the small blind. Only Kozieja elected to see a flop.

Erlandsson continued for 2,300 on the 8♣3♥7♣ flop. Kozieja was undettered.

The 10♣ turn checked through to the 7♥ river. Both players checked to a showdown. Erlandsson tabled A♦K♦ for ace high; which was good enough to lay claim to this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Erlandsson	28,000 28,000	28,000
Grzegorz Kozieja	15,500 15,500	15,500

Tags: Daniel Erlandsson Grzegorz Kozieja

12-10-2023 15:05 UTC+1

Nakayama Pushes Out Vinayagamoorthy

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

David Vinayagamoorthy raised to 1,100 from the cutoff, receiving a call from Hideki Nakayama, in the big blind.

Nakayama check-called a bet of 900 from Vinayagamoorthy on the A♥9♥J♥ flop.

The 2♠ turn checked through to the 8♠ on the river. Vinayagamoorthy elected to take the lead for 2,200 and Nakayama made a quick fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hideki Nakayama	47,000 47,000	47,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	42,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: David Vinayagamoorthy Hideki Nakayama

12-10-2023 15:07 UTC+1

Vranken Ships Massively

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Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Antoine Vranken opened the action with a raise to 1,000 from under the gun before seeing a three-bet from his neighbor Silvio Giuliano, to 3,700.

Vranken made the call once the action folded back to him, and the pair went off to a flop of 6♠6♣10♦. Vranken check-called the 3,500 bet of Giuliano, after which both players checked the K♦ turn.

The 5♥ river saw Vranken announce his all-in for 31,500 chips, around twice the size of the pot. Giuliano pondered only for a few moments before letting his cards go, chipping Vranken up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antoine Vranken	47,100 17,100	17,100
Silvio Giuliano	32,500 32,500	32,500

Tags: Antoine Vranken Silvio Giuliano

12-10-2023 15:07 UTC+1

Queens Plus?

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

John Mooney open raised to 1,000 and picked up two callers before Ido Aboudi moved all in from the big blind for 22,000. Mooney folded and so did the other players. Aboudi scooped the pot uncontested.

"I think your range is queens plus," said Mooney.

Aboudi turned over the 3♠, causing a ripple of laughter around the table.