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

12-12-2023 13:32 UTC+2

Action on the Flop

Maxime Taldir

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Alexander Grotegut opened to 300 from the button. Juan Pardo in the small blind folded, but Andreas Werner defended from the big blind.

Grotegut continued with a bet of 300 on the 8♣7♣2♥ flop. But Werner check-raised to 800. Grotegut looked at the board, and after a few seconds, he re-raised to 2,200.

However, this time, it was too much for Werner, who eventually folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Juan Pardo	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alexander Grotegut	28,000 28,000	28,000
Andreas Werner	26,000 26,000	26,000

Tags: Andreas Werner Juan Pardo

12-12-2023 13:38 UTC+2

Tuscano Wins Big Pot With Kings

Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Nils Pudel check-called a bet from Veronica Tuscano on the 6♣10♣Q♥ flop, leading to a 5,000 chip pot being in the middle when the 3♦ turn fell.

Pudel then checked again before Tuscano made a bet of 3,500, which Pudel called. The A♠ river went check-check and Pudel showed K♦Q♦ for a pair of queens.

Tuscano had the better hand with K♠K♥ for a pair of kings and raked in the early pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Veronica Tuscano	32,000 32,000	32,000
Nils Pudel	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Nils Pudel Veronica Tuscano

12-12-2023 13:40 UTC+2

Straight Beats Three of a Kind

Patrick Cole

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

On a flop of 8♦8♥5♦ Pierre Le Bon bet 1,000.

Marian Virlanuta on the button called.

Le Bon check called a bet of 2,500 from Virlanuta on the 7♥ turn.

On the K♥ river, Le Bon tapped the table, allowing Virlanuta to bet 8,500.

Le Bon called and tabled A♠8♣ for trip eights and Virlanuta tabled 6♠9♠ for a straight.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marian Virlanuta	42,500 42,500	42,500
Pierre Le Bon	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Marian Virlanuta Pierre Le Bon

12-12-2023 13:41 UTC+2

Herholz Takes Down a Pot

Patrick Cole

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Action was picked up on the river on a board of A♣A♥A♠6♣3♥.

Bastian Herholz on the button fired a bet of 7,500 into a sizeable pot.

The bet left Alexander Wahl in the tank, but ultimately decided to fold his hand.

Jongwook Lee mucked his hand after the Wahl folded, leaving Herholz with healthy pot early on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bastian Herholz	45,000 45,000	45,000
Alexander Wahl	17,500 17,500	17,500
Jongwook Lee	17,500 17,500	17,500

Tags: Alexander Wahl Bastian Herholz Jongwook Lee

12-12-2023 13:45 UTC+2

Kury Avoids Early Disaster

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Zolotukhin	32,000
Martin Kury	20,500

Tags: Igor Zolotukhin Martin Kury

12-12-2023 13:49 UTC+2

More Players Joining the First Level

Frank Visser

Level 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Julien Sitbon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Robin Ylitalo	30,000 30,000	30,000

Walter Treccarichi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pablo Silva	30,000 30,000	30,000
Peter Jorgne	30,000
Espen Sandvik	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antoine Vranken	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jules Dickerson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mark Roovers	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tobias Peters	30,000 30,000	30,000

12-12-2023 13:51 UTC+2

O'Driscoll in Early Action

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramon Wicki	30,900 30,900	30,900
Conor O'Driscoll	29,100 29,100	29,100

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ramon Wicki

12-12-2023 13:51 UTC+2

Laroche Takes from Silva

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexis Laroche	32,000 32,000	32,000
Pablo Silva	28,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Alexis Laroche Pablo Silva

12-12-2023 14:00 UTC+2

Sandvik Calls Time on Himself

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tudor Bartha Lazar	38,500
Espen Sandvik	22,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Espen Sandvik Tudor Bartha Lazar

12-12-2023 14:01 UTC+2

Treccarichi Fires Three Barrels

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.