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

12-05-2024 17:28 UTC+1

Pardo Attempts to Bluff Petrenko

Barry Russell

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Guillermo Pardo raised on the button and got called from Liviu-Alexandru Nedelea in the small blind and Dmitrijs Petrenko in the big blind.

Pardo continued on a flop of Q♥8♥A♣ for 1,600, Nedelea folded and Petrenko called. Both players check the A♥ turn and Pardo bet 7,000 when the 5♥ hit the river. Action was on Petrenko who quickly called and tabled 6♥8♦, Pardo tabled K♠10♣.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitrijs Petrenko	55,000 55,000	55,000
Liviu-Alexandru Nedelea	53,000 53,000	53,000
Guillermo Pardo	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Dmitrijs Petrenko Guillermo Pardo Liviu-Alexandru Nedelea

12-05-2024 17:28 UTC+1

Farkas Leaves Polidori on the Brink

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Will Shillibier

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Four players all put in 1,900 preflop and the flop came Q♠8♥7♣

It checked to Piotr Kanonowicz who bet 3,600 and got calls from Emeric Farkas and Franco Polidori.

The turn 9♦ checked to Farkas who bet 5,300. Polidori called but Kanonowicz folded.

The A♣ completed the board. Polidori check-called a bet of 5,000 but mucked his 10♦9♠ face up when shown the J♣10♣ of Farkas. Polidori sat with around 5,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Piotr Kanonowicz	48,000
Emeric Farkas	35,000
Franco Polidori	5,000

Tags: Emeric Farkas Franco Polidori Piotr Kanonowicz

12-05-2024 17:29 UTC+1

Anuta Stacks Klopcic

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Kai Cocklin

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

There were already around 12,000 in the middle on a board of K♣2♠7♠4♣ when Ziga Klopcic got his remaining stack of around 13,000 into the pot and was put at risk by Alexandru Anuta.

Ziga Klopcic: K♥J♥ All in
Alexandru Anuta: 4♥4♠

Klopcic didn't stick around to see the river as he was already drawing dead. However, the dealer had to fill out the board so the 2♣ was put out onto the felt, and Anuta added to his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexandru Anuta	100,000 25,000	25,000
Ziga Klopcic	Busted

Tags: Alexandru Anuta Ziga Klopcic

12-05-2024 17:29 UTC+1

Tytgat Takes Grecu Out

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Dan O'Hair

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Virgil Grecu was already all-in preflop and at risk for approximately 10,000 from the big blind against Nicolas Tytgat, who had Grecu covered from early position.

Virgil Grecu: K♣J♦ All in
Nicolas Tytgat: A♦Q♠

The Q♥8♦K♠ flop improved both players, but vaulted Grecu into the lead with a pair of kings. However, the A♣ turn upgraded Tytgat to two pair.

The 8♣ river changed nothing and Grecu was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Tytgat	38,000 38,000	38,000
Virgil Grecu	Busted

Tags: Nicolas Tytgat Virgil Grecu

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

12-05-2024 17:38 UTC+1

Should Doug Polk Be Banned from Playing His Own Tournament? | PokerNews Podcast #867

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Sandra Barbour

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

In the 867th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio to discuss the "controversy" of Doug Polk making the final table of his own poker tournament down at The Lodge in Austin, Texas. Should a poker operator be allowed to play in their own event? That seemed to be the question of the week in the poker world.

The crew then played "Race the Ace" to determine a winner in ourgiveaway for a seat into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll Invitational (the answer to how many engraved plates are on the WPT Mike Sexton Champion's Cup was 374)! From there, it is a look at Maria Ho winning the Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) 2024 Championship and Chad got to meet Impractical Jokers Brian "Q" Quinn and Joe Gatto, Sketch, and Vegas Matt.

Speaking of fun events, find out who won the Global Poker Table Talk event during Formula 1 featuring Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Phelps, Carlos Sainz, and Charles Leclerc, and then get a behind-the-scenes look at the Big Deal for One Drop, which both Chad and Connor Richards attended. They caught up with Phil Hellmuth and even interviewed Jennifer Tilly.

Kyna then shares highlights from her trip to England for the PokerStars Women's Winter Festival. Then things wrap with a look at the upcoming Bar Poker Open taking place in Florida from Dec. 6-8 (Norman Chad will be there to do commentary)!

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12-05-2024 17:38 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Braunhofer	170,000 10,000	10,000
Guillermo Sanz	66,000 41,000	41,000

Barny Boatman	62,000 19,000	19,000

Leo Worthington-Leese	60,000 3,000	3,000
Marle Spragg	30,000 16,000	16,000

Scott Margereson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ludovic Geilich	28,000 2,000	2,000

David Docherty	Busted

12-05-2024 17:42 UTC+1

Cammarata Bets Out Three Opponents

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Kai Cocklin

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Gianluca Cammarata opened to 2,100 from early position and Juha Helppi called from the cutoff. Klaus Plieger called on the button, and Istvan Hefler also called from the small blind.

The four went to a flop of J♦4♦8♥, which checked around to the A♠ turn. Hefler checked and Cammarata bet 3,800. Helppi folded, Plieger called, and Hefler folded.

A 4♣ hit the river and Cammarata bet out 11,600, which after some consideration, got a fold out of Plieger.

Player	Chips	Progress
Klaus Plieger	90,000 90,000	90,000
Gianluca Cammarata	90,000 13,000	13,000
Juha Helppi	50,000 30,000	30,000
Istvan Hefler	40,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Gianluca Cammarata Istvan Hefler Juha Helppi Klaus Plieger

12-05-2024 17:44 UTC+1

Janicsak Doubles Through Spragg

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Dan O'Hair

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Janicsak was already all-in for his last 4,200 from the big blind on a flop of 7♠2♥8♣ against Benjamin Spragg, who was under the gun.

Tamas Janicsak: K♥7♣ All in
Benjamin Spragg: A♦J♠

Janicsak was ahead with his pair of sevens and the 9♦ turn nor 8♦ river improved Spragg — awarding Janicsak the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Spragg	24,000 24,000	24,000

Tamas Janicsak	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Tamas Janicsak

12-05-2024 17:50 UTC+1

Jovanovic Triples in Three-Way All-In

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Kai Cocklin

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

A three-way all-in situation played out between Tamas Janicsak from under the gun, Marko Jovanovic in middle position, and Daniel Veloson in the big blind. The full preflop action was unknown, but Veloson had shoved from the big blind when the action got to him, and both his opponents called.

Marko Jovanovic: K♣K♥ All in
Daniel Veloson: K♠8♦ All in
Tamas Janicsak J♦J♠

Jovanovic had around 15,000 in his stack, but was in good shape to triple-up. If Janicsak could spike a jack he would eliminate two opponents as he had the bigger stack, but with two of Veloson's outs gone, Janicsak was the big favorite for the side pot worth around 30,000.

However, the Q♥10♥K♦ flop meant the case king was out, which gave Veloson top pair. Janicsak had an open-ended straight draw, but couldn't find it on the 8♥10♠ runout, which meant his stack took a dive to around 7,000. Veloson took the side pot, and Jovanovic tripled up with a full house.