€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-12-2024 16:49 UTC+1

Rau Gets the Jump but Not the Double

Georgios Tavoularis

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

The flop 4♥8♥A♣ was already dealt, and Philip Joyce had a bet of 75,000 in front of him, enough to put his opponent, Eduard Rau, all in. Rau used some of his timebanks, and when he was sure he secured a pay jump he made the call.

Eduard Rau: K♥10♣ All in
Philip Joyce: Q♦J♣

Rau's king-high was ahead of Joyce's hand. The 10♠ on the turn improved Rau to a pair but also gave Joyce many new outs with a double-gutter. The dealer revealed the J♦ on the river, giving Joyce a pair of jacks to eliminate Rau and further climb the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Joyce	600,000 40,000	40,000
Eduard Rau	Busted

Tags: Eduard Rau Philip Joyce

12-12-2024 16:53 UTC+1

Margets Among Recent Bustouts

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Leo Margets	Busted

Eduard Rau	Busted
Artsiom Lasouski	Busted
Aleksey Cherkasov	Busted
Gareth Devereux	Busted
Arthur Thiriart	Busted
Clement Gouges	Busted

12-12-2024 16:58 UTC+1

Some Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaehyung Park	1,280,000 714,000	714,000
Barak Oz	850,000 160,000	160,000
Florian Ribouchon	720,000 66,000	66,000
Javier Tazon	350,000 10,000	10,000
Enrico Camosci	330,000 185,000	185,000
Jason Wheeler	160,000 10,000	10,000
Sandor Gyorffy	100,000 75,000	75,000
Roberto Ghidini	55,000 25,000	25,000

12-12-2024 17:00 UTC+1

Vos Doubles Like a Boss

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With 170,000 in the middle and a 4♣3♣7♠ flop already dealt, Shmuel Hadad moved all in and Pascal Vos snap called.

Pascal Vos:K♥K♣ All in
Shmuel Hadad:6♠6♣

Vos needed to dodge a five or a six to stay alive and he managed to do it on the 3♠2♥ runout and his tournament dream is still alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pascal Vos	380,000 175,000	175,000
Shmuel Hadad	320,000 150,000	150,000

Tags: Pascal Vos Shmuel Hadad

12-12-2024 17:01 UTC+1

Bergin Takes From Chisu

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Tim Baker

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Danut Chisu limped in from the small blind before Conor Bergin raised to 23,000 out of the big blind. Chisu called to see a flop.

The dealer fanned out a flop of 5♣J♦5♠ and Chisu check-called a bet of 16,000 from Bergin.

Chisu checked again when the 4♣ fell on the turn. As soon as Bergin started to make a bet, Chisu tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Bergin	800,000 64,000	64,000
Danut Chisu	720,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Danut Chisu Conor Bergin

12-12-2024 17:05 UTC+1

Borlan Doubles With Set of Queens

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Matt Warburton

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Pawel Wojciechowski raised to 16,000 from under the gun and Dan Borlan moved all in from the big blind for 71,000. Wojciechowski got the count and then made the call with the bigger stack. The cards were turned.

Dan Borlan: Q♦Q♠ All in
Pawel Wojciechowski: A♠10♣

Borlan was well ahead with queens and further improved as the board ran out Q♣9♠2♣10♦8♠ to give him a set of queens on the flop. He won the pot and doubled up his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Wojciechowski	860,000 206,000	206,000
Dan Borlan	162,000 34,000	34,000

Tags: Dan Borlan Pawel Wojciechowski

12-12-2024 17:06 UTC+1

Chisu Back on the Rise

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Kai Cocklin

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

With around 50,000 chips already in the middle on a 5♥5♣6♣10♥, Philip Joyce bet 18,000 from the cutoff and Danut Chisu called on the button.

A 6♠ double-paired the board on the river and Joyce thought for a second before he threw out a bet of 20,000. Chisu called at lightning speed.

Joyce confidently flipped 9♣9♠, but was behind to the K♠10♣ of Chisu, who turned a pair of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor Bergin	810,000 10,000	10,000
Danut Chisu	800,000 80,000	80,000
Davor Pistalo	500,000 15,000	15,000
Philip Joyce	450,000 150,000	150,000
Carmelo Donato	420,000 50,000	50,000
Sergey Lebedev	200,000 10,000	10,000
Nicolaus Paszkiewicz	140,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Danut Chisu Philip Joyce

12-12-2024 17:11 UTC+1

Hadad Runs Into Marques' Kings

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Matt Warburton

Level 18 : Blinds 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

As PokerNews reached the table, Shmuel Hadad was all-in for around 275,000 after a preflop raising war with Pedro Marques. Marques had him covered as players flipped their cards.

Shmuel Hadad: A♠Q♠ All in
Pedro Marques: K♦K♥

Marques had picked up pocket kings and Hadad found no help as the board ran out 6♥J♦8♣8♠J♣. Marques held with his two pair, kings and jacks to win the pot, sending Hadad to the exit.