2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Jussi Mattila opened to 8,000 and Eduardo Escada defended his big blind.
The flop came 10♠6♣3♥ and Escada checked. Mattila shoved for around 45,000 and Escada snap-called.
Jussi Mattila: A♠6♥
Eduardo Escada: Q♣10♥
Both players had flopped pairs, but Mattila was left drawing dead after the 10♦ hit the turn.
"Good luck guys," he said as the K♥ completed the board and Escada moved up above 200,000 in chips.
Min-Sung Lee opened to 6,000 from under the gun and was three-bet to 17,000 by Gianfranco Iaculli in the cutoff. Action folded back to Lee, who four-bet to 41,000. Iaculli tanked a bit and then called.
Iaculli called a 16,000 bet from Lee on the 5♥J♥A♣ flop and then checked after the 3♠ landed on the turn. Iaculli announced he was all-in, which was enough to put Lee all-in for his last 70,000.
Lee went deep into the tank and after several minutes, the clock was called.
Lee let his hand go with several seconds to spare and said, "Don't show," as Iaculli collected the pot.
Gab Yong Kim raised to 20,000 from the cutoff, with just 6,000 behind. Thomas de Rooij called from the small blind and they went to the flop.
De Rooij put Kim all-in on the 10♣2♦5♣ flop and Kim snap-called.
Gab Yong Kim: K♣K♠
Thomas De Rooij: A♠6♠
Kim had found pocket kings just when he needed it and just had to fade an ace. The K♦ hit the turn to give Kim a set, leaving de Rooij drawing dead. A Q♦ came on the river and Kim had doubled up.
Sebastian Langrock had checked from the big blind on board that read 7♠6♠9♦5♥. Inigo Naveiro bet 15,000 from under the gun, and after a bit of pondering, Langrock called.
The 10♠ fell on the river and Langrock checked for the last time only to face a bet of 65,000 from Naveiro. Langrock didn't take long to fold his hand and forfeit the pot to Naveiro.
Igor Yaroshevskyy opened to 6,000 and was called by Mario Colavita. Vedat Mutlu then three-bet all in for 28,000.
Karl Sandoff was in the blinds and four-bet all in for more, getting quick folds from Yaroshevskyy and Colavita.
Vedat Mutlu: A♠J♠
Karl Sandoff: A♥K♠
The A♣6♥4♠ flop changed nothing with the 3♥ turn and 8♥ river sending Mutlu to the rail as Sandoff chipped up to just under average which sits at 182,000.
Ritvars Cekalins opened the action with a raise to 6,000, but Andrea Peroni responded with a three-bet to 15,000. After some consideration, Cekalins made the call, setting the stage for a heads-up battle.
The flop came down 8♥9♦J♥, and both players opted for caution, checking the action through.
On the 2♣ turn, Cekalins took the lead with a bet of 11,000, which Peroni quickly called.
The river brought the 9♣, pairing the board. Cekalins checked, allowing Peroni to fire a 20,000 bet. Cekalins went into the tank briefly before making the call.
Peroni revealed A♣Q♥ for ace-high, but it was no match for Cekalins' 3♣3♠, whose pocket pair held up to claim the pot.