2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

€25,000 NL Hold'em II
Day: 1
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
€246,370
Event Info
Buy-in
€25,000
Prize Pool
€648,270
Entries
27
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
40,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
27
Players Left
1

Mokri Picks Off a Big Bluff

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Kayhan Mokri
Kayhan Mokri

Kayhan Mokri reentered soon after busting his first bullet.

"Pocket tens, huh," he said to Hirokazu Kobayashi as he retook his seat.

"Well, what did you have," Niklas Astedt asked him.

"A good calling hand. Pocket nines," Mokri replied.

Mokri then raised to 3,500 in the cutoff and Tsugunari Toma called on the button. Both players checked the K43 flop.

The turn was the 8 and Mokri bet 7,500. Toma called and the 10 fell on the river. Mokri then bet another 22,500.

Toma came back with a raise to 50,000. "Here, Santa Claus," Mokri said as he flung his chips into the middle. Toma showed J9 and Mokri turned over K9 to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Kayhan Mokri
160,000
160,000
160,000
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Tsugunari Toma
110,000
-60,000
-60,000

Tags: Kayhan MokriTsugunari Toma

Kobayashi Takes the Rest From Mokri

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante
Kayhan Mokri
Kayhan Mokri

Kayhan Mokri was all in for his last 3,000 from the cutoff and up against big blind Niklas Astedt and Hirokazu Kobayashi under the gun.

Kobayashi bet 4,000 on the 7KJ flop and Astedt folded.

Kayhan Mokri: J8
Hirokazu Kobayashi: K10

Kobayashi was ahead with a pair of kings as the 2 turn gave Mokri more outs with a flush draw. "Oh oh," Mokri said, but he missed the 5 river and was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Niklas Astedt
170,000
10,000
10,000
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Hirokazu Kobayashi
130,000
10,000
10,000
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Kayhan Mokri
Busted

Tags: Hirokazu KobayashiKayhan MokriNiklas Astedt

Kobayashi Leaves Mokri on Fumes

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Hirokazu Kobayashi

Hirokazu Kobayashi raised to 2,500 in the hijack and Kayhan Mokri called on the button, as did big blind Dimitar Danchev.

The flop came KK6 and action checked to Mokri who bet 3,000. Only Kobayashi called and the turn was the K.

Mokri bet another 5,000 and Kobayashi raised to 10,000. Mokri called to see the J river, where Kobayashi bet 25,000.

Mokri used a time bank as he considered the decision. "Ace-ace," he asked Kobayashi before flicking a chip over to him.

Kobayashi then showed 1010 and Mokri mucked, leaving himself with just 3,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Hirokazu Kobayashi
120,000
45,000
45,000
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Dimitar Danchev
120,000
5,000
5,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
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Kayhan Mokri
3,000
-37,000
-37,000

Tags: Dimitar DanchevHirokazu KobayashiKayhan Mokri

Astedt Has a Fatal Misclick

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Niklas Åstedt
Niklas Åstedt

On the second hand of the day, Tsugunari Toma raised to 2,500 under the gun before Niklas Astedt three-bet to 7,000 on the button. "Let's gamble," Toma said as he moved all in.

Astedt accidentally said call and attempted to take his chips back. "I said call, didn't I? I just woke up," he said before being forced to put in the chips.

Niklas Astedt: AJ
Tsugunari Toma: AK

The flop came KQ6 and Toma made top pair, while Astedt picked up straight and flush draws. The turn 6 was no help to Astedt, while the 4 river sent him off to reenter early in the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Tsugunari Toma
200,000
100,000
100,000
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Niklas Astedt
Busted

Tags: Niklas AstedtTsugunari Toma

Another Star-Studded Field Set For the Second €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event at 12:30 p.m.

Teun Mulder
Teun Mulder

For the second consecutive day, some of the biggest names in poker will gather inside the Hilton Prague for another €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em event at the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague beginning at 12:30 p.m local time.

The first big buy-in event of the festival was won by Dutch pro Teun Mulder last night, when he defeated Lithuania’s Paulius Plausinaitis heads-up to earn €180,150 in the 15-entry field. Swedish online legend Niklas Astedt also cashed in third place, while Ole Schemion, Kayhan Mokri, Japan’s all-time leading money winner Tsugunari Toma, and past EPT champions Steve O’Dwyer, Dimitar Danchev, and Ognyan Dimov fell short of the money.

Niklas Åstedt
Niklas Åstedt

€25,000 No-Limit Hold'em I Results

PlacePlayerCountryEarnings
1Teun MulderNetherlands€180,150
2Paulius PlausinaitisLithuania€108,000
3Niklas AstedtSweden€72,000

Players once again begin with a starting stack of 100,000. Levels are 30 minutes long and a shot clock will be implemented from the start of play. Late registration is open until the end of Level 10 around 6:15 p.m., with unlimited reentries allowed during the registration period. There is a 15-minute break after every four levels and a 75-minute dinner break scheduled for the end of Level 14 around 8:15 p.m.

It took nearly 17 levels and nine hours of play to crown a champion in yesterday’s star-studded field, and today should be another grueling test as poker’s elite battle for the EPT trophy. PokerNews will be following all the action and providing live updates as the field plays down to a winner today.

Tags: Dimitar DanchevKayhan MokriNiklas AstedtOgnyan DimovOle SchemionPaulius PlausinaitisSteve O’DwyerTeun MulderTsugunari Toma