€2,200 Eureka High Roller Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-09-2024 01:20 UTC+1

Shumeiko Gets Huge Double as Bubble Approaches

Matt Warburton

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Following an middle position open-raise and call, Yehor Shumeiko three-bet to 35,000 from the small blind and Fabio Peluso moved all in from the big blind. The original raiser and caller folded, and Shumeiko called for the rest of his stack. Players turned their cards.

Yehor Shumeiko: K♦K♠ All in
Fabio Peluso: A♦Q♥

Shumeiko had woken up with kings and held on a board of 6♣J♣2♠9♦10♥ to win the pot, scoring a huge double up as the tournament bubble fast approached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yehor Shumeiko	395,000 395,000	395,000
Fabio Peluso	230,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Fabio Peluso Yehor Shumeiko

12-09-2024 01:21 UTC+1

Players Heading for 20-Minute Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players in Day 1a of the Eureka High Roller are heading for a 20-minute break. It should be the final break of the flight, as there are 191 players remaining and 177 set to make it through to Day 2.

12-09-2024 01:32 UTC+1

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Level 16 : 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

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Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-09-2024 01:44 UTC+1

Top Ten Chip Counts Following Break

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Felix Rabas	560,000 479,000	479,000
Arian Hassankashani	526,000 19,500	19,500
Montes Bernat Capdevila	520,000
Jan Krahulik	515,000 151,000	151,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	514,000 64,000	64,000
Bogdan-Andrei Munteanu	504,000 469,000	469,000
Vito Giuseppe Vella	500,000 77,000	77,000
Stefan Dimitrov	490,000 160,000	160,000
Morten Klein	470,000 94,000	94,000
Michal Schuh	465,000 205,000	205,000

12-09-2024 01:56 UTC+1

Avitan Gets Late Double Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Mircea Flutur open-raised to 12,000 from the hijack and Eyal Avitan moved all in from the big blind for 84,000. Flutur got the count and then made the call to put Avitan at risk as the cards were turned.

Eyal Avitan: Q♦Q♠ All in
Mircea Flutur: 7♥7♦

The board ran out 5♦K♠10♠Q♥3♥ and Avitan further improved to a set of queens on the turn, leaving his opponent drawing dead. He won the pot and doubled his stack just a few players away from the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mircea Flutur	225,000 183,000	183,000
Eyal Avitan	190,000 66,000	66,000

Tags: Eyal Avitan Mircea Flutur

12-09-2024 02:08 UTC+1

Antonio Busts Six Off the Money

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Barry Russell

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

There were roughly 55,000 chips in the pot on 10♥8♣K♥J♦. Zab Attila on the button bet 20,000 when the action checked to him, Ioannis Poullos in the big blind raised to 80,000 and was met by a shove from Alilovic Antonio. Attila took his time before he mucked his cards.

Alilovic Antonio: Q♠Q♣ All in
Ioannis Poullos: A♦Q♥

Antonio was only drawing to a chop could not find it on the 8♥ and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Poullos	280,000 280,000	280,000
Zab Attila	36,000 36,000	36,000
Alilovic Antonio	Busted

Tags: Alilovic Antonio Ioannis Poullos Zab Attila

12-09-2024 02:30 UTC+1

Erlandsson Busts to Wheeler Close to Bubble

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

As PokerNews picked up the action, Jason Wheeler had 72,000 in the middle from the big blind and Daniel Erlandsson responded by moving all in from the button for 145,000. Wheeler went deep into the tank.

"How can they do this to me everytime?," he pondered. "This must be the one that I win." He made the call and players flipped their cards.

Daniel Erlandsson: 10♦10♠ All in
Jason Wheeler: A♦K♠

The board ran out 8♠A♠3♠4♣5♣ and Wheeler picked up a pair of aces on the flop. He held to win the pot and Erlandsson was eliminated just two away from the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Wheeler	345,000 345,000	345,000
Daniel Erlandsson	Busted

Tags: Daniel Erlandsson Jason Wheeler

12-09-2024 02:40 UTC+1

Pashchetnyk Busts Before Bubble

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Matt Warburton

Level 17 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Niklas Bauer raised to 12,000 from middle position and Volodymyr Pashchetnyk moved all in with a short stack of around 40,000. Bauer made the call with the covering stack.

Volodymyr Pashchetnyk: K♥Q♦ All in
Niklas Bauer: A♣A♠

Bauer woke up with aces and the board ran out 4♣J♣8♦10♥4♥ to give him two pair with the fours on board. He won the pot and Pashchetnyk was eliminated one off the bubble.