€1,100 Eureka Main Event Day 1b | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-04-2024 21:13 UTC+1

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Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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12-04-2024 21:01 UTC+1

Break Time

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The remaining players have been sent on their first 15-minute break of the day.

12-04-2024 21:00 UTC+1

Schwaederle's Raise Wins Him the Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The flop showed K♠6♦4♦ with Fabrizio Strollo betting 2,200 from early position. Rifat Palevic and Pawel Wojciechowski called before Cedric Schwaederle check-raised to 9,000. This forced folds from all three of Schwaederle's opponents and he pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrizio Strollo	60,000 60,000	60,000
Cedric Schwaederle	55,000 55,000	55,000
Rifat Palevic	45,000 15,000	15,000
Pawel Wojciechowski	16,000 14,600	14,600

Tags: Cedric Schwaederle Fabrizio Strollo Pawel Wojciechowski Rifat Palevic

12-04-2024 20:57 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts Before Break

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Juha Helppi	72,000 39,000	39,000
Gerald Eisele	60,000 25,500	25,500
Emil Olsson	60,000 5,000	5,000
Toni Kaukua	50,000 5,000	5,000
Maksim Haitsiukevich	40,000 5,000	5,000
Zeguendri Abdelmoumen	37,000 37,000	37,000
Lukas Benkovic	35,000 5,000	5,000
Mehdi Bilem	34,000 48,000	48,000
Jochen Kaiser	33,000 1,000	1,000
Dohang Na	28,000 28,000	28,000
Michael Birchler	25,000 25,000	25,000
Lucas Tae	23,000 9,000	9,000
Tomas Hajek	20,000 50,000	50,000
Taras Mokliak	17,000 9,000	9,000
Damian Rapanowicz	13,000 17,000	17,000

12-04-2024 20:57 UTC+1

Pritsak Lays Down a Premium

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Maksim Haitsiukevich raised to 800 from early position. Oleh Pritsak, in middle position, three-bet to 2,500.

Haitsiukevich thought before producing a four-bet to 6,800. Pritsak folded A♦Q♣ face-up without hesitation. Haitsiukevich won this pot without seeing a flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maksim Haitsiukevich	35,000 6,200	6,200
Oleh Pritsak	17,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Maksim Haitsiukevich Oleh Pritsak

12-04-2024 20:48 UTC+1

Bilem Puts Maximum Pressure on Mokliak

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With 15,000 in the middle and a board showing 5♥3♦10♥6♥ on the turn, Mehdi Bilem fired a bet of 6,000, which Taras Mokliak called.

The river brought the 9♥, and after some thought, Bilem moved all in, putting Mokliak to a decision for his remaining 8,000. Mokliak went into the tank but ultimately decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Bilem	82,000 50,000	50,000
Taras Mokliak	8,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Mehdi Bilem Taras Mokliak

12-04-2024 20:48 UTC+1

Helppi Flops Quads

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

The action was caught as Toni Kaukua, on the button, had just paid off a river bet from Juha Helppi, in the big blind, with the full board reading 5♠5♦5♣2♥J♣.

Helppi rolled over 5♥4♣ having flopped quads, easily confirming him this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toni Kaukua	45,000 5,000	5,000
Juha Helppi	33,000

Tags: Toni Kaukua Juha Helppi

12-04-2024 20:46 UTC+1

Andreev hits the Rail

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Mustafa Evliya raised to 1,000 from the hijack before Andrey Andreev shoved all in for 2,600 from the cutoff. After the rest of the table folded, Evliya called to put Andreev at risk.

Andrey Andreev: 6♠6♣ All in
Mustafa Evliya: K♣J♠

Andreev needed to win the race to stay alive in the tournament, but when the board ran out J♥10♣5♣K♦A♣, Evliya won the pot with two pair and Andreev was out of the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mustafa Evliya	47,000 14,000	14,000
Andrey Andreev	Busted

Tags: Andrey Andreev Mustafa Evliya

12-04-2024 20:42 UTC+1

Hubel Gives Bako the Full Double

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Ollie Garland

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Mario Hubel raised to 800 from under the gun. Mazalahedwa Bako, in early position, made the call, as did the big blind.

The 7♥4♣J♥ flop checked through to the K♠ on the turn. The action checked to Bako, who took the lead for 1,500. The big blind folded and Hubel check-raised to 3,500. Bako called.

The A♣ river saw Hubel move all in for Bako's effective stack of 6,600. Bako called.

Mazalahedwa Bako: A♠4♠ All in
Mario Hubel: K♦J♦

Bako rivered a superior two pair to earn him the full double up.