€2,200 EPT Mixed Game Main Event Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

Dec 13, 2024

Alioto Joins the Field

Will Shillibier

Level 5

Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 300
Bring in: 400
Limit: 1,200/2,400
No-Limit: 300/600/600 (2-7 BBA: 900)

Last year, Dario Alioto finished second in the €5,200 8-Game at EPT Prague for €35,200 and he's kept up the loved of mixed games since then, cashing in multiple tournaments in various formats.

He finished sixth in the WSOP $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, and finished runner-up in the €10,000 Pot Limit Omaha side event at the WSOP Europe. So far in Prague this year he's finished fourth in the €1,000 PLO for €18,680 and will be eyeing up another deep run in the Mixed Game Main Event.

Tags: Dario Alioto

Dec 13, 2024

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Will Shillibier

Level 5

Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 300
Bring in: 400
Limit: 1,200/2,400
No-Limit: 300/600/600 (2-7 BBA: 900)

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Dec 13, 2024

Updated Chip Counts

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Will Shillibier

Level 5

Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 300
Bring in: 400
Limit: 1,200/2,400
No-Limit: 300/600/600 (2-7 BBA: 900)

Dec 13, 2024

Laihinen Doubles Through Morstoel

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Will Shillibier

Level 5

Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 300
Bring in: 400
Limit: 1,200/2,400
No-Limit: 300/600/600 (2-7 BBA: 900)

Pot-Limit Omaha

Pasi Laihinen raised to 2,000 and was called in two spots by Robin Panholzer and Fabio De Francesco.

Thor Morstoel was in the big blind who raised to 10,000. Laihinen then four-bet all in for 31,800. It folded back to Morstoel who called.

Pasi Laihinen: A♣A♥Q♣2♠ All in
Thor Morstoel: K♥K♣2♣2♥

The board ran out clean coming 7♠6♦5♦10♣8♠ and Laihnen doubled up.

Tags: Fabio De Francesco Pasi Laihinen Robin Panholzer Thor Morstoel

Dec 13, 2024

Berg Breaks to Visser; Visser Beats Benso

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Will Shillibier

Level 5

Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 300
Bring in: 400
Limit: 1,200/2,400
No-Limit: 300/600/600 (2-7 BBA: 900)

2-7 Triple Draw

With 13,000 chips in the middle, four players went to the first draw. Mark Rubbathan drew one and Thomas Berg stood pat. Frank Visser drew one and Sergio Benso drew two.

Rubbathan checked and Berg bet. Visser raised and Benso called. Rubbathan folded and Berg called.

Berg broke, drawing one, with Visser standing pat and Benso drawing two again. Berg checked and Visser bet. Benso called and Berg threw his hand away.

Visser stood pat and Benso drew one. Both players checked and Visser won the pot with 8x7x6x4x3x

Tags: Frank Visser Mark Rubbathan Sergio Benso Thomas Berg

Level: 5

Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 300
Bring in: 400
Limit: 1,200/2,400
No-Limit: 300/600/600 (2-7 BBA: 900)

Dec 12, 2024

Merivirta and Quintana Reenter

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Will Shillibier

Level 4

Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 200
Bring in: 300
Limit: 1,000/2,000
No-Limit: 200/500 (2-7 BBA: 700)

The first two eliminations have rejoined the field. Players are allowed a single reentry up until the end of Level 10 on Day 2.

Dec 12, 2024

Von Zweigbergk Busts...in No-Limit Hold'em

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Will Shillibier

Level 4

Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 200
Bring in: 300
Limit: 1,000/2,000
No-Limit: 200/500 (2-7 BBA: 700)

No-Limit Hold'em

"Payout!" joked Martin von Zweigbergk as he got up from his seat. He had gotten his stack in with A♦10♣ against the A♣Q♣ of Itay Kimhi but had come off second best.

The board came Q♥9♥3♥2♣2♠ and Von Zweigbergk was sent to the rail.

Tags: Martin Von Zweigbergk Itay Kimhi

Dec 12, 2024

Thumm Closes in on 100,000

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Will Shillibier

Level 4

Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 200
Bring in: 300
Limit: 1,000/2,000
No-Limit: 200/500 (2-7 BBA: 700)

Razz

Lee Horton: XxXx / Ax9x7xQx — folded on sixth street
Niclas Thumm: XxXx / 6x4x4x3x / Xx
Barny Boatman: XxXx / 6x9x — folded on fourth street

Niclas Thumm bet out on fourth street and Lee Horton was the only caller. Horton bet on fifth street when Thumm paired, but Thumm called.

Horton check-folded on sixth street and Thumm showed a 5x.

Tags: Barny Boatman Lee Horton Niclas Thumm

Dec 12, 2024

Eight-Perfect Good for Benzo

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Will Shillibier

Level 4

Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 200
Bring in: 300
Limit: 1,000/2,000
No-Limit: 200/500 (2-7 BBA: 700)

Razz

Sergio Benso: XxXx / 2x10xQx4x / Xx
Thomas Berg: XxXx / 7xQx3x7x / Xx
Frank Visser: XxXx / 2x10xJx9x / Xx — folded on seventh street

On third street Thomas Berg raised and Frank Visser reraised. Sergio Benso and Berg both called.

Visser bet on fourth street and got two calls. Fifth street checked around and Visser checked sixth street to Benso, who bet.

Berg and Visser called. Visser checked seventh street and Benso bet. Berg called and Visser folded.

Benso tabled Ax8x3x for an eight-perfect, while Berg showed 10x6xAx for a ten-seven.

Tags: Frank Visser Sergio Benso Thomas Berg