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

12-11-2023 15:17 UTC+2

Friese Keeps Dream Alive

Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Timothy Friese was down to his last 96,000 chips when he pushed them all in from the cutoff. Dan Larsen looked the American up from the button, with the covering stack.

Timothy Friese: A♠7♥
Dan Larsen: K♥Q♥

Neither player improved their hand on the 5♣10♠8♣9♦3♠ board, meaning that Friese's ace-high won him the pot as he doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Larsen	600,000 249,000	249,000
Timothy Friese	222,000 96,000	96,000

12-11-2023 15:10 UTC+2

Theelen Making Another Eureka Run

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Pieter Theelen, who won the Eureka Main Event at EPT Prague 2022, was heads up in a pot against Luka Bojovic. Theelen made a bet of 40,000 from the big blind on a board of Q♦10♥J♠4♠ and Bojovic made the call from the button.

Theelen then shoved all in for 100,000 chips on the 4♥ river and Bojovic needed little time before making the fold, awarding the pot to Theelen.

On another table, Michele Nizzardelli was spotted with a stack of 1,600,000 chips, almost four times the average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michele Nizzardelli	1,600,000 1,340,000	1,340,000
Luka Bojovic	535,000 270,000	270,000
Pieter Theelen	331,000 138,000	138,000

Tags: Luka Bojovic Michele Nizzardelli Pieter Theelen

12-11-2023 14:54 UTC+2

More Eliminations (€4,310)

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Frank Visser

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Conal Prendergast	Busted
Martin Caride	Busted
Linda van de Ree	Busted
Ido Aboudi	Busted
Juha Helppi	Busted
Valery Frere	Busted
David Vinayagamoorthy	Busted
Ran Ilani	Busted
Juho Suutari	Busted
Fabian Schmidt	Busted
Thor Morstoel	Busted
Boris Angelov	Busted
Moonho Seo	Busted
Toni Ravnak	Busted
Vadym Koriagin	Busted
Jorge Ufano	Busted
Domenico Cancro	Busted
Ranno Sootla	Busted
Tamer Kamel	Busted
Henok Tekle	Busted
Omer Segal	Busted
Simon Brandstrom	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

12-11-2023 14:49 UTC+2

Logarzo Fails to Make First Break

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Giovanni Logarzo pushed in his last 52,000 chips from the cutoff and was looked up by Tamer Kamel on the button, who had the covering stack.

Giocanni Logarzo: A♦3♣
Tamer Kamel: K♥Q♦

Kamel flopped the better pair on K♠4♥3♦. Neither player improved on the J♥6♥ runout, which meant that Logarzo was forced to leave the tournament area.

Kamel, on the other hand, had quadrupled the stack he started Day 2 with in the first three levels.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tamer Kamel	440,000 301,000	301,000
Giovanni Logarzo	Busted

Tags: Giovanni Logarzo Tamer Kamel

12-11-2023 14:41 UTC+2

Wheeler's Bad Start Continues as Laroche Flops Quads

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Tim Schmitt was all-in for only a few chips, and Alexis Laroche put his slightly bigger stack in as well. Jason Wheeler looked them both up with the covering stack, leading to a three-way showdown.

Tim Schmitt: K♠10♦
Alexis Laroche: 4♠4♣
Jason Wheeler: Q♥2♥

Laroche had an almost certain victory when the flop came 4♥4♦K♦. Wheeler was already drawing dead, and no runner-runner miracle happened for Smith as the J♥ turn and Q♠ river completed the board.

After losing some chips earlier in the day, Laroche was back to what he started Day 2 with. Meanwhile, Wheeler has lost the majority of his stack so far, sitting on 18 big blinds as play continued.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexis Laroche	205,000
Jason Wheeler	180,000
Tim Schmitt	Busted

Tags: Alexis Laroche Jason Wheeler Tim Schmitt

12-11-2023 14:29 UTC+2

Players Who Made One Pay Jump (€3,750)

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Youngshin Im	Busted
Orhan Tusa	Busted
Lukas Hafner	Busted
Dainius Antanaitis	Busted
Heinz Schluter	Busted
Kimmo Kurko	Busted
Or Nezer	Busted
Emil Bise	Busted
Andrej Cintula	Busted
Peter Bosen	Busted
Simone Alessi	Busted
Damian Rapanowicz	Busted
Min-Sung Lee	Busted
Yuliia Mazur	Busted
Bjorn Kozenkai	Busted
Vitezslav Cech	Busted
Mohamad El Rais	Busted

Ermanno Di Nicola	Busted
Sebestyen Csoti	Busted
Roelof Pepping	Busted
Joseph Mouawad	Busted

Gerard Rubiralta Cortes	Busted
Giuliano Bendinelli	Busted

Rui Milhomens	Busted
Michael Dwyer	Busted

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12-11-2023 14:20 UTC+2

Silva Chips Up by Busting Murphy

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Frank Visser

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Thomas Murphy open-raised to 20,000 from the hijack before Pablo Silva three-bet to 60,000 from the small blind. Murphy then jammed all in for 155,000 when the action was back on him, and Silva made the call with the covering stack.

Thomas Murphy: J♠J♥
Pablo Silva: K♦Q♦

Murphy flopped a set on 10♠A♦J♣, but Silva had the better hand with a straight. The board did not pair on the Q♠6♣ runout, meaning that Murphy was eliminated from the High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Silva	640,000 197,000	197,000
Thomas Murphy	Busted

Tags: Pablo Silva Thomas Murphy

Level: 19

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-11-2023 14:09 UTC+2

Bojovic Ships Enourmous Three-Way Pot

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Frank Visser

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

Three players went to the river on a board of 4♥K♦Q♠Q♣3♦. The pot contained 330,000 chips when Luka Bojovic slid forward a bunch of chips, totaling 140,000.

Yevhen Dzhura thought it over for a bit before making the call, after which Jon Ander Martinez let out a big sigh before folding what he would later claim was a good queen.

Bojovic showed 4♠4♣ for a full house and Dzhura's cards hit the muck. By winning the pot, Bojovic could count himself among the chipleaders of the Eureka High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luka Bojovic	805,000 567,000	567,000
Jon Ander Martinez	725,000 228,000	228,000
Yevhen Dzhura	170,000 192,000	192,000

Tags: Jon Ander Martinez Luka Bojovic Yevhen Dzhura