Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The 42 players remaining have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break, with play scheduled to get back underway at approximately 9 p.m. local time.
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,300 EPT High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
Buy-in
€10,300
Prize Pool
€2,803,300
Entries
289
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Entries
127
Players Left
14
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Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black's 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest.
Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Times described as "one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock," was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table. For 20 years, they played in a weekly low-stakes Chicago home game often held in Electrical Audio that included bracelet winners like Jason Gola, Eric Rodawig and Brian Hastings. Now, the game is on hiatus after Albini's death in May as the group of poker pros, musicians and audio engineers adapts to a world without its figurehead.
PokerNews spoke with two of Albini's closest friends who were regulars in the game, Brandon Shack-Harris and Andrew Kosinski.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The action was picked up on a board of Q♣10♠3♣6♦4♦ with roughly 280,000 in the pot. Vojtech Ruzicka in the big blind was at risk for 162,000 and he was called by Markkos Ladev in the cutoff.
Vojtech Ruzicka: K♠K♦ 
Markkos Ladev: KxQx
Ladev had top pair, but he ran into kings and Ruzicka doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000
280,000
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280,000 |
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290,000
83,000
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83,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Simon Mattsson opened to 16,000 from the hijack, and was faced with a three-bet to 40,000 from Ran Ilani in the cutoff. Action folded back to Mattsson, who called.
On the K♠4♦3♥ flop, Mattsson check-called a bet of 21,000 from Ilani.
The 7♣ turn was checked through to the 2♣ river. Mattsson led out with a blocker bet of 10,000, and Ilani raised to 115,000.
After a bit of thought, Mattsson three-bet to 220,000, and Ilani was forced to fold after burning through two time banks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000
320,000
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320,000 |
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115,000
220,000
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220,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Renji Mao opened from the cutoff to 16,000. Mariusz Golinski defended the big blind.
Golinski check-called a bet of 15,000 on the flop of J♥4♣6♠. The 9♣ turn was checked around and the 8♣ was checked around as well. Golinski had 7♠4♠ for bottom pair which won him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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625,000
238,000
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238,000 |
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125,000
165,000
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165,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Four players are required to bust before the rest of the field are in the money.
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Igor Yaroshevskyy opened from under the gun to 16,000. Raul Gallego was the sole caller from the button.
Yaroshevskyy bet 25,000 on the J♠6♦Q♠ flop. Gallego called. Yaroshevskyy then sized up to 57,000 on the flush completing 7♠. Gallego checked his cards then folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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550,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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200,000
10,000
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10,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Anton Wigg raised to 16,000 from under the gun, Paolo Boi in the small blind moved all in for 26,000 and Wigg called.
Paolo Boi: A♠5♠
Anton Wigg: Q♥7♥
Boi hit top pair on 8♣K♥A♣4♣2♣ and secured a small double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
790,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
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68,000
137,000
|
137,000 |
Level 18
: Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Vojtech Ruzicka opened to 16,000 from the button, and received a call from Laszlo Molnar on the button.
The K♥7♠4♥ flop was checked through to the 4♦ turn, where Molnar check-called versus a bet of 15,000 from Ruzicka.
The 9♥ river completed the board, and Molnar check-called a bet of 30,000 from his opponent. Ruzicka tabled 10♦9♦ for the rivered pair of nines, and that was good enough for the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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405,000
79,000
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79,000 |
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320,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
