2023 PokerStars EPT Prague
Giuliano Bendinelli opened to 1,000 from the hijack and found calls from Mikey van Putten in the cutoff and Barny Boatman in the small blind.
Khashayar Maragheh then slid out a three-bet of 4,500. Bendinelli took some time before laying down his hand, while van Putten and Boatman mucked quickly.
Ulter Dogan opened the action to 1,200 and faced a three bet from Aram Sargsyan to 3,800 that he called.
The flop came 4♣4♥4♠ and Sargsyan continued for 1,500 and got the call.
The turn came K♦ and again Sargsyan continued with a 3,500 bet. After a small pause Dogan announced all in putting Sargsyan at risk. After a minute of thinking Sargsyan made the fold.
The board read 9♥7♣6♣5♦ and there was about 20,000 in the middle already when Marcin Kreft bet enough to put 2023 EPT Barcelona champion Simon Wiciak all in. Wiciak had 18,500 behind and after some thought he let go of his hand.
Conor Beresford is seated at the same table and he's doing well so far with a stack of about 70,000.
The field has seen 385 entrants so far on Day 1a. Along with the 46 players already registered for Day 1b tomorrow, the prize pool has climbed above the €2,000,000 mark.
Late registration for the €5,300 EPT Main Event remains open until the start of Day 2.
Christopher Nguyen opened to 1,100 and found one caller in Adria Diaz.
The two players went to the flop of 4♥5♠J♠ and Nguyen continued for 1,300 and Diaz made the call.
The turn card was the 4♠ and both players checked to see 10♣ hit the river.
Again both players checked and Diaz showed 7♠5♣ to take down the pot with a pair of fives.
Nozomu Shimizu just split a pot with Ax4x when he got involved in another pot with his neighbor Stanislav Tishkevich.
Tishkevich sat under the gun and saw a A♦5♦3♠ flop with Leo Worthington-Leese in the cutoff and Nozomu Shimizu in the big blind.
Tishkevich bet 1,500 after Shimizu checked and Worthington-Leese got out of the way. Shimizu called.
The turn was the 8♠ and both players checked. The Q♣ river completed the board and both checked again.
Shimizu showed down A♥4♣ (again) and that won him the pot.
Victor Ilyukhin opened to 2,000 from early position and Jorge Postigo defended the small blind.
The flop of 5♣9♦8♣, was checked by Postigo to Ilyukhin, who fired a bet of 2,000.
The Q♠ turn was checked by both players, leading to a J♦ river which was checked down.
Postigo tabled K♥9♥ for a pair of nines and Ilyukhin mucked.
Akin Tuna opened the action to 1,100 and was quickly three bet by Silius Moll to 3,500.
He made the call and the two went to the flop of 7♥K♠J♠. Tuna checked to the aggressor, who continued for 2,200, and then went into the tank. After two minutes, Tuna announced a reraise to 6,200 and his opponent quickly found the fold.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600