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

12-09-2024 01:56 UTC+1

Avitan Gets Late Double Up

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 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

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

12-09-2024 01:32 UTC+1

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

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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 01:20 UTC+1

Shumeiko Gets Huge Double as Bubble Approaches

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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 01:09 UTC+1

Di Giacomo's King-High Enough

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Matt Warburton

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

Action was on the flop on a board of 2♦J♦8♦ with around 30,000 in the pot. Michael Aviv pushed all in with a short stack of just 13,000 and told his opponent, "You can fold, you know!"

Claudio Di Giacomo didn't fold, instead opting to throw in his chips to make the call. Aviv flipped over 9♣7♣ for nine-high with a gutshot draw, while Di Giacomo had K♠9♠ for king-high.

The turn was the Q♥ and river the Q♣ and Di Giacomo held to win the pot, sending Aviv to the exit as the bubble quickly approached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Claudio Di Giacomo	450,000 77,000	77,000
Michael Aviv	Busted

Tags: Michael Aviv Claudio Di Giacomo

12-09-2024 00:45 UTC+1

Vasilev Runs Into Rockets

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Barry Russell

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

Ivan Vasilev open-shoved 38,500 from the cutoff. Giovanni Agliozzo. in the small blind, called after the dealer confirmed the count.

Ivan Vasilev: Q♠J♦ All in
Giovanni Agliozzo: A♠A♥

The flop of 3♦8♣6♣ gave Vasilev very little hope. However, the 9♣ provided Vasilev with a gutshot, but a useless Q♦ sent him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Giovanni Agliozzo	250,000 84,000	84,000
Ivan Vasilev	Busted

Tags: Giovanni Agliozzo Ivan Vasilev

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

12-09-2024 00:44 UTC+1

Zekhmi Gets Bad Beat as Kubota Doubles Stack

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Matt Warburton

Level 15 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Amirouche Zekhmi had raised from early position when Yasuhiro Kubota moved all in from the button for around 65,000. Zekhmi called with the covering stack and players turned their cards.

Yasuhiro Kubota: A♣6♣ All in
Amirouche Zekhmi: A♦Q♥

The board ran out 9♣2♦6♥J♣K♣ and Kubota paired his six on the flop. He stood up behind his chair but sat back down as the turn and river ran out to further improve his hand to a flush. He won the pot and doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yasuhiro Kubota	140,000 140,000	140,000
Amirouche Zekhmi	55,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Amirouche Zekhmi Yasuhiro Kubota