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

12-05-2024 17:51 UTC+1

Tirca Doubles

Patrick Cole

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

Action was picked up with the cards on their backs. Tiberiu Tirca was all-in and at risk in the small blind versus the covering stack of Alexandru Farcasanu in the big blind.

Tiberiu Tirca: 6♠6♣ All in
Alexandru Farcasanu: 3♣3♥

Tirca's superior pair faded the two outs Farcasanu needed to improve to a set across the 2♥7♠K♣9♠A♦ runout to secure the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tiberiu Tirca	51,000 51,000	51,000
Alexandru Farcasanu	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Alexandru Farcasanu Tiberiu Tirca

12-05-2024 17:52 UTC+1

[Removed:549] Secures Double Through Big Stack Kotas

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Will Shillibier

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

On a J♣6♦4♥3♥ board two players checked to Radek Kotas who bet 7,400. [Removed:548] called but the third player folded.

The river was the 8♠. [Removed:549] checked and Kotas bet 15,000. [Removed:549] check-raised all in for 43,000 and after some thought Kotas put in the call.

Kotas had started the hand with around 200,000 in chips, but was shown the 6♠6♥ set from [Removed:549]. Koiter was forced to show J♦9♦ for top pair as he handed over chips to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Radek Kotas	150,000 54,000	54,000
[Removed:548]	125,000

Tags: Radek Kotas

12-05-2024 17:58 UTC+1

Hagmann Eliminates Jbirane

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Barry Russell

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

Denys Mazur raised under-the-gun to 2,000, the action folded to Kamal Jbirane who three-bet to 10,000 in the cutoff. David Hagmann who was on the button four-bet to 15,000. Mazur quickly folded and Jbirane called.

Jbirane led all-in for 10,000 when the flop came 8♦A♣4♦, Hagmann snap called then tabled A♦7♣ and Jbirane showed 7♠7♥

No luck for Jbirane as the board ran out 8♠2♦

Player	Chips	Progress
David Hagmann	110,000 110,000	110,000
Kamal Jbirane	Busted

Tags: David Hagmann Denys Mazur Kamal Jbirane

12-05-2024 18:00 UTC+1

Spraggy Seemingly Impressing No-One

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Will Shillibier

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

The board read A♠6♠8♥ and Victor Caballero Pinna check-called 2,200 from Benjamin Spragg.

The turn was the 4♦ but this time Pinna check-folded to another bet of 11,200. Spragg flashed the 2♥.

"Are you impressed?" asked Spragg.

"No," came the response from Pinna.

https://twitter.com/spraggy/status/1864706510456004926

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Caballero Pinna	65,000 65,000	65,000
Benjamin Spragg	55,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Benjamin Spragg Victor Caballero Pinna

12-05-2024 18:01 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Mindaugas Jonuskis	165,000 28,000	28,000
Vanessa Kade	110,000 52,000	52,000
Jason Wheeler	90,000 35,000	35,000
Yehuda Cohen	75,000 50,000	50,000
Sandro Pitzanti	65,000 35,000	35,000
Vivian Saliba	29,000

12-05-2024 18:02 UTC+1

Berthomet Doubles Through Kung

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Patrick Cole

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

Boris Berthomet opened to 2,000 from under the gun. Ivan Mikulic called in the hijack before Christian Kung raised to 8,000 from the cutoff. Andreas Katsanis called in the small blind before Berthomet moved all in for 23,000.

Mikulic folded before Kung tanked for around a minute. He opted to move all in over the top. Katsanis folded.

Boris Berthomet: A♠K♣ All in
Christian Kung: J♠J♣

Berthomet took the lead on the 4♠A♦Q♠ flop. The 10♥ turn provided outs in the form of a king for Kung but top pair top kicker ended up being good for Berthomet as the 2♥ river ensured the double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Berthomet	46,500 46,500	46,500
Ivan Mikulic	43,500 43,500	43,500
Andreas Katsanis	25,000 25,000	25,000
Christian Kung	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Andreas Katsanis Boris Berthomet Christian Kung Ivan Mikulic

12-05-2024 18:05 UTC+1

Nguyen Leads River into Masih's Set

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Kai Cocklin

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

With around 10,000 chips in the pot on a flop of 4♦7♠10♣, Lars-Magne Johansen checked from the small blind and Tommy Nguyen also knuckled the table from the cutoff. Scott Masih fired 3,000 on the button, Johansen folded, and Nguyen called.

On the 5♦ turn, Nguyen checked, Masih bet 6,400, and Nguyen called.

An A♦ landed on the river and after thinking for a while, Nguyen led out for 20,000. It took all of two seconds for Masih to call and he revealed a set with 5♥5♠, which gave Nguyen the opportunity to muck without revealing his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Masih	80,000 80,000	80,000
Tommy Nguyen	40,000
Lars-Magne Johansen	40,000 40,000	40,000
Scott Margereson	25,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Lars-Magne Johansen Scott Masih Tommy Nguyen

12-05-2024 18:11 UTC+1

Aissaoui Doubles His Short Stack

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Dan O'Hair

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

Mohamed Aissaoui shoved for his last 9,000 on the button and just behind him, Stefano Aprile also shoved for more to put Aissaoui at risk.

Mohamed Aissaoui: A♦3♦ All in
Stefano Aprile: A♠8♠

Aissaoui found himself dominated, but the 7♦8♦4♥ flop gave him outs to a flush against Aprile's pair of eights.

The Q♦ turn filled Aissaoui's flush and left Aprile drawing dead.

An irrelevant 5♣ completed the board and Aissaoui doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mohamed Aissaoui	20,000 20,000	20,000
Stefano Aprile	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Mohamed Aissaoui Stefano Aprile

12-05-2024 18:11 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Vayman	230,000 90,000	90,000
Kyriakos Papadopoulos	185,000 70,000	70,000

Alexander Walz	150,000
Morten Lie	145,000
Felix Schneiders	130,000 10,000	10,000
David Katav	125,000 25,000	25,000
Julien Brecard	45,000

Soraya Estrada	35,000 35,000	35,000
Ryan Mandara	25,000 19,000	19,000