€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 1a | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-09-2024 16:52 UTC+1

Rau's Stack Gets a Little Shorter

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Kai Cocklin

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Eduard Rau came back from the break with 9,000 chips in his stack, but ended the first hand back with a little less.

Emil Mattsson opened from early position to 1,200 and Rau called out of the big blind.

On the 3♣9♠9♦ flop, Rau check-called a bet of 900 from Mattsson, then both checked to showdown on the 4♦6♠ runout.

Rau showed K♦7♦ for king-high, but Mattsson's A♥K♥ was best with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Milos Petakovic	54,000 24,000	24,000
Emil Mattsson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Eduard Rau	6,000 24,000	24,000

Tags: Eduard Rau Emil Mattsson

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

12-09-2024 16:40 UTC+1

Top Stacks at the Break

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Sokolovsky	134,000 81,000	81,000
David Docherty	130,000 66,000	66,000
Apostolos Kofidis	115,000 15,000	15,000
Matheus Rocha	114,000 114,000	114,000
Pol Vela	105,000 43,000	43,000

Gianfranco Iaculli	102,000 102,000	102,000

Lucjan Jankowski	97,000 17,000	17,000
Leonidas Kostagiolas	96,000 61,000	61,000
Mengshi Tian	95,000 95,000	95,000
Tero Laurila	92,000 31,000	31,000
Jon Kyte	91,000 6,000	6,000
Carmelo Donato	90,000 90,000	90,000
Alexander Glogar	87,000 87,000	87,000
Karl Sandoff	84,000 9,500	9,500
Aleksey Cherkasov	80,000 40,000	40,000
Andrea Peroni	80,000 80,000	80,000
Vanessa Kade	78,000
Lars-magne Johansen	73,000 13,000	13,000
Sami Bechahed	68,300 38,300	38,300
Barny Boatman	66,000 24,000	24,000

Adam McKola	64,000 64,000	64,000

Kerryjane Craigie	62,000 3,000	3,000

Dean Hutchinson	60,000 33,000	33,000
Simon Wiciak	60,000 29,000	29,000

Conor Beresford	60,000 35,000	35,000

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12-09-2024 16:33 UTC+1

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Sandra Barbour

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

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12-09-2024 16:24 UTC+1

20-Minute Break

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Maxime Taldir

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With 415 entrants recorded so far, the 345 remaining players have headed into their second 20-minute break of the day.

12-09-2024 16:23 UTC+1

Johansen Applies Max Pressure on Freslon

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With around 4,000 chips in the pot on a 5♠2♣J♣ flop, two players in the blinds checked to Enguerran Freslon, who fired out 2,500. Jon Kyte folded, Lars-Magne Johansen raised to 7,500, the two blinds folded, and Freslon called.

A 3♠ dropped on the turn and once Freslon checked, Johansen bet enough to put his opponent all-in. Freslon had just under 10,000 remaining in his stack, and after thinking, he elected to preserve them by folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Kyte	85,000 5,000	5,000
Lars-magne Johansen	60,000 15,000	15,000
Enguerran Freslon	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Enguerran Freslon Jon Kyte Lars-Magne Johansen

12-09-2024 16:23 UTC+1

Kudzmanas' Small Pair Good at Showdown

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Following an open-raise from the hijack, Marius Kudzmanas three-bet to 2,800 from the cutoff, then Albert Gil put in the four-bet to 6,200 from the big blind. The original raiser folded and Kudzmanas called.

The flop came Q♥3♣4♣ and Gil continued for 2,800, which Kudzmanas called.

Action then slowed down as both players checked it back on the 2♥ turn and 8♣ river. At showdown, Gil had A♦J♠ and Kudzmanas had A♥3♥ for a pair of threes, which was enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Kudzmanas	50,000 28,500	28,500
Albert Gil	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Albert Gil Marius Kudzmanas

12-09-2024 16:17 UTC+1

Small Pot for Hand

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Matt Warburton

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Clement Gouges raised to 800 from the cutoff and Fintan Hand called on the button. Both players then checked it back on the 8♠J♣5♠ flop.

The turn came the 4♣ and Gouges made it 1,400 to go. Hand made the call. The river was the Q♥, Gouges checked and Hand checked to showdown. Gouges had 6♦6♣ and Hand had 7♦7♣, his pocket sevens enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Clement Gouges	27,000 4,000	4,000
Fintan Hand	15,000

Tags: Clement Gouges Fintan Hand

12-09-2024 16:13 UTC+1

Pavlov Three-Bets the Flop

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Claus Spieckermann raised to 1,000 under the gun before Ilia Pavlov three-bet to 3,100 from the hijack. When it folded back to Spieckermann, he called.

After Spieckermann checked the A♣9♠10♥ flop, Pavlov put out a bet of 2,600. Spieckermann quickly check-raised to 5,200 and after a few moments, Pavlov shoved. The shove was for Spieckermann's remaining 13,300, and after doing a bit of inventory, Spieckermann tossed his cards into the muck

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilia Pavlov	33,400
Claus Spieckermann	13,300

Tags: Ilia Pavlov Claus Spieckermann

12-09-2024 16:10 UTC+1

Ferreira Folds to Kovari's River Pressure

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Kai Cocklin

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

With almost 13,000 chips sitting in the middle on a 3♦5♣8♥5♠ board, Gianmarco Kovari bet 8,000 from the big blind, and after around a minute of thinking, Barros Ferreira called in the hijack.

A K♥ completed the runout and Kovari shoved, which put Ferreira to the test for his remaining stack of around 12,000. Another minute or so went by and Ferreira finally elected to fold, which meant Kovari was awarded the pot.

Kerryjane Craigie is on the same table and has a stack of around 65,000 as the end of Level 4 nears.