€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

Dec 11, 2023

Lau Chipping Up

Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

2023 EPT Barcelona €10,300 High Roller champion Ka Kwan Lau and Andrew Hulme were heads up on the 10♥K♥2♣ flop, with a bet of 10,000 and a call being dragged into the middle.

Lau checked the K♦ turn, making the call after Hulme fired 17,000. Lau checked one more time on the 4♠ river, with Hulme checking back.

Lau turned over Q♣Q♦ for two pair, good enough to take down a nice pot as Hulme mucked. Table 23 was then broken as the hand was completed.

Tags: Andrew Hulme Ka Kwan Lau

Dec 11, 2023

Berger Busts Dogan

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Patrick Berger opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and was called by Lampros Vlachos on the button. Ulter Dogan then three-bet all in for 9,700.

Berger took some time before reshoving his stack of 23,500. Vlachos got out of the way and the cards were turned up.

Ulter Dogan: K♦9♠
Patrick Berger: J♥J♦

Dogan found no help on the 5♥4♥3♦6♠J♣ runout, hitting the rail early in Level 9 as Berger recovered some lost chips.

Tags: Lampros Vlachos Patrick Berger Ulter Dogan

Dec 11, 2023

EPT Champ Farrell Hits the Rail With Cracked Aces

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Peter Robinson

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was picked up on a flop of 10♣Q♥4♥. After a bet of 7,500, Niall Farrell faced an all in from Brandon Leetz who covered the Scottish poker legend.

Farrell reluctantly made the call and showed A♣A♦, only for his opponent Leetz to show 10♠10♦ for a flopped set.

The rest of the runout was clean for Leetz, who now had a stack worth bragging about.

Tags: Brandon Leetz Niall Farrell

Dec 11, 2023

Ferreira Four-Bets the Flop

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Patrick Cole

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The flop of 7♦3♣5♦ was checked by Joao Mestre Ferreira, David Kauffmann and Samuel Fournier to Thomas Clack on the button.

He fired a bet of 3,500, which Ferreira called and Kaufmann folded.

Fournier check-raised to 11,500 and Clack folded.

After some time in the tank, Ferreira elected to four-bet 24,500.

Fournier contemplated the call but decided to muck his hand.

Tags: David Kauffmann Joao Mestre Ferreira Samuel Fournier Thomas Clack

Dec 11, 2023

Late Night Big Stacks

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Josh Noy

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Dec 11, 2023

Tamas Adamszki Wins €50,000 EPT Super High Roller (€394,670)

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Milko van Winden

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Tags: Tamas Adamszki

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

Dec 11, 2023

Final Break

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Josh Noy

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Main Event players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the night.

The 179 remaining players will look to survive two more levels before bagging for Day 2.

Dec 11, 2023

Farrell Loses a Small Chunk of Chips

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Peter Robinson

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Niall Farrell opened the action to 2,200 and got one call from the big blind, Martin Ilavsky, who defended.

The flop came Q♦6♥9♥ and Ilavsky check-called the continuation bet of Farrell. The turn card brought the 6♣ and paired the board. Again Ilavsky check-called Farrell's bet of 6,000.

The river came the K♦ and Ilavsky put the rest of his chips in the middle and announced he was all in for around 15,900. Farrell suggested that he had a big hand and was not slow rolling his opponent and eventually made the call.

Ilavsky tabled 10♦6♠ for trip sixes and Farrell mucked.

Tags: Martin Ilavsky Niall Farrell

Dec 11, 2023