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

12-04-2024 20:57 UTC+1

Pritsak Lays Down a Premium

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 20:57 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 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 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 21:13 UTC+1

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

12-04-2024 21:21 UTC+1

Top Ten Biggest Stacks After First Break

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Ollie Garland

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Ioannou	74,500 29,500	29,500
Tom Cohen	74,000 74,000	74,000
Kasper Mellanen	70,200 40,200	40,200
Juha Helppi	65,000 7,000	7,000
Gab Yong Kim	60,000 60,000	60,000
Fabrizio Strollo	60,000
Eduardo Escada	57,800 57,800	57,800
Emil Olsson	57,000 3,000	3,000
Cedric Schwaederle	56,000 1,000	1,000
Michal Mrakes	55,400 14,600	14,600

12-04-2024 21:25 UTC+1

Two Folds for Hubel

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The action picked up on a flop of 7♠J♠5♥, where Mario Hubel bet 2,500. Both Mazalahedwa Bako and Rene Keller called.

The 7♥ appeared on the turn, and Hubel fired another bet of 5,500, prompting both his opponents to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mario Hubel	30,000 24,500	24,500
Mazalahedwa Bako	23,000 800	800
Rene Keller	20,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Mario Hubel Mazalahedwa Bako Rene Keller

12-04-2024 21:30 UTC+1

Ren Ramps Up the Aggression

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Ollie Garland

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Liam Brooker raised to 1,000 from early position, receiving calls from Guangwei Ren, in the cutoff, and both the blinds.

The J♥5♦3♠ flop saw the action check to Ren, who took the lead for 3,000. Both the blinds folded, while Brooker called.

Brooker checked and then folded to a bet of 7,000 from Ren.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guangwei Ren	40,000 40,000	40,000
Liam Brooker	16,500 16,500	16,500

Tags: Guangwei Ren Liam Brooker

12-04-2024 21:32 UTC+1

Georgopoulos Wins With Ace-High

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Liam Brooker and Guangwei Ren checked a board of 2♦4♦Q♣7♠ to which Ioannis Georgopoulos bet 3,500 from the button. Brooker folded, but Ren made the call.

The two players checked the Q♠ river and Ren flipped over J♦8♦ for a busted flush draw. Georgopoulos had that beat with A♦J♥ for ace-high and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Georgopoulos	53,000 53,000	53,000
Guangwei Ren	40,000
Liam Brooker	15,000 1,500	1,500

Tags: Ioannis Georgopoulos Liam Brooker