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

Dec 12, 2023

Beltz Comes Out Firing

Frank Visser

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In the final hand of the previous level, Wouter Beltz sat down with a fresh stack of 30,000 chips when he open-raised to 300 from the hijack. Thomas Haverstad then made it 1,100 to go from the cutoff, but Beltz four-bet to 3,700 once the action folded back to him.

Haverstad made the call and Beltz continued for 3,500 on the 7♥2♦2♠ flop. Haverstad called once more and the J♣ was turned.

Beltz sized up to 7,500 and Haverstad thought it over for a minute or so before settling on a fold, surrendering the pot to Beltz.

Tags: Thomas Haverstad Wouter Beltz

Dec 12, 2023

Fischer with the Aggression Gets it Through

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Peter Robinson

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Christos Xanthopoulos opened the action to 500 and was intantley met by a three bet from Manuel Fischer in the next seat. Xanthopoulos made the call and the two went to a flop of 5♠7♣4♠ that both players checked.
The turn came 9♥ and a bet of 1,000 from Fischer got the fold from his opponent.

Tags: Christos Xanthopoulos Manuel Fischer

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

Dec 12, 2023

Toma's Pocket Rockets Don't Get Paid

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Peter Robinson

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Tsugunari Toma opened the action to 300 and found one caller in Ivan Banic. The flop came Q♣6♣8♦ and Toma continued for 500 and his opponent called.

The turn card was the 4♠ and again Toma led again for a bigger size of 1,200 and Banic made the fold.

Toma showed his A♣A♦ and sighed as he didn't get the action he wanted.

Tags: Ivan Banic Tsugunari Toma

Dec 12, 2023

Treccarichi Fires Three Barrels

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

At Danut Chisu's table, Walter Treccarichi opened to 300 from under the gun and was called by both players in the blinds.

The dealer fanned a flop of 5♦9♣A♣, and Treccarichi continued with a bet of 500. However, as his opponents didn't back down and called, Treccarichi fired a second barrel of 1,200 on the turn 3♣. This time, Nikolaos Iliakis check-folded from the small blind, but Jonathon Genovese Darling kept calling in the big blind.

The 10♠ came on the river, and after Genovese checked, Treccarichi bet 2,700, prompting Genovese to fold.

Tags: Jonathan Genovese Darling Nikolaos Iliakis Walter Treccarichi

Dec 12, 2023

Sandvik Calls Time on Himself

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Arriving on the river with a board of 7♥8♠2♦K♠4♦ spread on the table, Espen Sandvik fired a bet of 4,000 from the big blind into the pot of 8,500 chips.

Tudor Bartha Lazar sat in early position and threw in a raise to 13,500, which sent Sandvik deep into the tank. After a couple of minutes, he called the clock on himself.

Near the end of the countdown, Sandvik folded A♠K♦ face-up, forfeiting the pot to Bartha Lazar.

Tags: Espen Sandvik Tudor Bartha Lazar

Dec 12, 2023

Laroche Takes from Silva

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Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 3♣8♠6♦, Alexis Laroche in the big blind then Pablo Silva in the cutoff both checked.

They found the 5♣ on the turn, and Laroche led out for 1,000. Silva made the call. The 10♦ river then landed on the felt, with Laroche announcing "2,200".

Silva waited a few seconds, but eventually mucked his cards.

Tags: Alexis Laroche Pablo Silva

Dec 12, 2023

O'Driscoll in Early Action

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Peter Robinson

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Conor O'Driscoll opened to 300 and received a call from Ramon Wicki on the big blind.

The flop was 2♣8♠3♠ and O'Driscoll continued for 600 only to be three bet by his opponent to 1,800. O'Driscoll thought about it for a few seconds then pushed his hand in the muck.

O'Driscoll is a Twitch streamer and qualified for the main event online via a last min satalite.

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ramon Wicki

Dec 12, 2023

More Players Joining the First Level

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Dec 12, 2023

Kury Avoids Early Disaster

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Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Martin Kury and Igor Zolotukhin were heads up to the river on Q♥10♠5♥K♦8♣. With 7,500 chips already in the pot, Kury checked from middle position and Zolotukhin fired a bet of 2,700 from the next seat over.

Kury threw in an immediate call, after which Zolotukhin tabled Q♠Q♣ for a set of queens. Zolotukhin showed A♦K♥ for top pair, which was not good enough to take down the pot.

"What can I do?", lamented Kury, but thanks to the deep structure of the Main Event, he still had plenty of chips left to play with.

Tags: Igor Zolotukhin Martin Kury