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

12-10-2024 23:15 UTC+1

Pertea Runs Into Pihela's Kings

Matt Warburton

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Igor Pihela raised from early position and Michael Sklenicka three-bet to 3,000 from middle position. Marius-Catalin Pertea moved all in from the cutoff for 14,700, then Pihela pushed all in over the top. Sklenicka folded, leaving two players to turn their cards, with Pertea at risk.

Marius-Catalin Pertea: A♦10♥ All in
Igor Pihela: K♦K♠

Pertea had run into Pihela's kings and found no help as the board ran out 6♣7♦7♥J♠J♥ to give Pihela two pair with the jacks on board. He won the pot and Pertea was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Pihela	95,000
Marius-Catalin Pertea	Busted

Tags: Igor Pihela Marius-Catalin Pertea Michael Sklenicka

12-10-2024 23:19 UTC+1

Zaffagnini Wins a Battle of the Blinds

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Ollie Garland

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Merijn Van Rooij limped in from the small blind. Umberto Zaffagnini, in the big blind, checked his option.

The 10♠7♠A♠ flop saw Van Rooij take the lead for 1,200. Zaffagnini called.

The 6♣ river saw Van Rooij size up to 1,800. Zaffagnini tanked before producing a raise to 4,000. Van Rooij was forced to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Merijn Van Rooij	52,000 27,000	27,000
Umberto Zaffagnini	32,000 38,000	38,000

Tags: Umberto Zaffagnini Merijn Van Rooij

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-10-2024 23:25 UTC+1

Schwippert Cracks Leonzio’s Kings

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Marco Leonzio opened to 2,500 from the button and was met with a three-bet to 8,000 from Jan Schwippert in the small blind. When the action folded back to Leonzio, he four-bet to 16,000. Schwippert responded with a five-bet shove for 46,100, and Leonzio quickly called.

Jan Schwippert: A♦10♥ All in
Marco Leonzio: K♠K♦

Schwippert needed one of his three outs to stay alive, and the poker gods favored him on the 6♦J♥A♥ flop. Leonzio found no help on the 4♦2♥ runout, and Schwippert scooped this pot to get an above-average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Leonzio	110,000 50,000	50,000
Jan Schwippert	95,000

Tags: Jan Schwippert Marco Leonzio

12-10-2024 23:29 UTC+1

Margets Shoves on Levy

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Barry Russell

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Leo Margets raised under the gun to 2,500, the middle position player called and Itai Levy squeezed to 11,300 on the button. Margets thought about her next move for a short period then four-bet to 30,000.

Levy asked, "How much are you playing?"

Margets replied, "About 120/130ish, do you want me to count?"

Levy called the bet.

With 65,000 chips in the pot already the flop came 10♦6♦6♣. Margets continued her aggression for 20,000 and Levy called.

When the 2♥ hit the turn, Margets announced all in, to which Levy asked, "How much?". Once Levy got the chip confirmation, he said out loud "How do I ever fold this!". Levy, in quite some pain, took his time before eventually folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	169,000 120,000	120,000

Itai Levy	72,000 94,000	94,000

Tags: Itai Levy Perez Margets

12-10-2024 23:33 UTC+1

Plesuv Busts as Michallef Triples Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Pascal Vos open raised to 2,500 from early position and Matthew Micallef moved all in from the hojack for 19,200. Pavel Plesuv then pushed all in over the top from the big blind and Vos called with both players covered to make it a three-way all in.

Matthew Micallef: 8♠8♣ All in
Pavel Plesuv: A♣Q♥ All in
Pascal Vos: A♦K♠

Michallef was in great shape with his pocket pair considering that his opponents shared outs. The board ran out 5♥9♥7♠2♠8♦ and he further improved to a set of eights to triple up his stack.

Plesuv lost out for the rest of his chips to Vos, who claimed the side pot to make some chips from the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Vos	205,000 173,000	173,000
Matthew Micallef	65,000 35,000	35,000
Pavel Plesuv	Busted

Tags: Matthew Micallef Pascal Vos Pavel Plesuv

12-10-2024 23:34 UTC+1

Meli Takes It as Showdown

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Ollie Garland

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Abu Saeed raised to 2,400 from early position, Vincent Meli three-bet to 11,000, from the small blind, and Saeed called.

The 5♦J♦Q♥ flop saw Meli continue for 6,000. Saeed called.

The Q♣ turn slowed down Meli with a check. Saeed took the lead for 12,000 and Meli called.

The 9♥ river checked to a showdown. Meli rolled over K♦K♥, prompting Saeed to muck his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vincent Meli	100,000 67,000	67,000
Abu Saeed	95,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Abu Saeed Vincent Meli

12-10-2024 23:34 UTC+1

Bartuschk’s Kings Hold Against Brammer

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

The cards were on their backs, and Fabian Bartuschk's tournament life was on the line.

Fabian Bartuschk: K♠K♣ All in
Christopher Brammer: A♣K♥

Bartuschk was in great shape to secure a double-up at the last level of the day, and he succeeded when the dealer revealed the full board of 4♣9♦3♦8♦4♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabian Bartuschk	120,000 120,000	120,000
Christopher Brammer	100,000 70,000	70,000

Tags: Christopher Brammer Fabian Bartuschk

12-10-2024 23:40 UTC+1

Grodek Gets Aggressive on Flop

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Matt Warburton

Level 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 7♦A♦7♠ and Stanislaw Grodek bet 2,200. Jakub Cihar three-bet to 6,500 and Grodek responded by reraising to 15,500. Cihar had seen enough and folded his hand to give Grodek the pot.