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

12-12-2024 18:48 UTC+1

Vrakas Finds an Ace to End Reiser's Run

Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Stefan Reiser got his last 100,000 into the middle with Georgios Vrakas making the call to try and bust him.

Stefan Reiser: K♥K♣ All in
Georgios Vrakas: A♣10♣

Reiser was in great shape to double-up with Cowboys, that is until the dealer fanned out a flop of 10♠A♥8♣ to give Vrakas two pair. The rest of the board ran out 8♠8♥ and Reiser was out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Vrakas	400,000 280,000	280,000
Stefan Reiser	Busted

Tags: Georgios Vrakas Stefan Reiser

12-12-2024 18:51 UTC+1

Kurko Takes a Little From Mao

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Kimmo Kurko raised from the button to 20,000 and Renji Mao defended out of the big blind.

The two players checked a board of 10♣7♣6♠8♦A♦ all the way to the river before Mao put out a min-bet of 10,000. Kurko called and Mao turned over second pair with J♣10♦. Kurko had that beat with A♠8♥ for two pair, and the pot was pushed to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renji Mao	700,000 200,000	200,000
Kimmo Kurko	250,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Kimmo Kurko Renji Mao

12-12-2024 18:52 UTC+1

Mulaj Busts With Kings as DeRooij Hits Dream Flop

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Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was on the flop on a board of 9♣A♦3♣ and Rama Mulaj checked. Thomas de Rooij made a bet, then Mulaj check-raised all in for 272,000.

DeRooij made the call and flipped over A♣4♣ for a pair of aces with nut flush draw. Mulaj had K♦K♠ for pocket kings.

The turn was the 4♠ and river the Q♣ and DeRooij further improved to a flush, not that he needed it. He won the pot and Mulaj was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas de Rooij	1,050,000 770,000	770,000
Rama Mulaj	Busted

Tags: Rama Mulaj Thomas De Rooij

12-12-2024 18:53 UTC+1

Joyce Nears a Seven-Figure Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Nicolaus Paszkiewicz opened from under the gun to 20,000 and Pawel Wojciechowski called in the cutoff. Philip Joyce was on the button and got his squeeze on to 80,000, which got the blinds and Paszkiewicz to fold. Wojciechowski, however, called.

They both saw a flop of 4♣4♥4♠ come sailing by and after Wojciechowski checked, Joyce made a continuation-bet of 55,000. Wojciechowski put up no resistance and quickly folded, which left Joyce's stack teetering on the verge of a million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Joyce	975,000 125,000	125,000
Pawel Wojciechowski	900,000 100,000	100,000
Nicolaus Paszkiewicz	300,000 160,000	160,000

Tags: Nicolaus Paszkiewicz Pawel Wojciechowski Philip Joyce

12-12-2024 18:54 UTC+1

Back-and-Forth for Bar

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

There was a preflop all-in at Table 6 with Gal Bar's tournament life on the line.

Gal Bar: A♣K♣ All in
Dan Borlan: A♠Q♣

With 20 minutes until the dinner break, Bar was in great shape to secure a double-up, but the 10♦Q♦3♦ flop turned the hand in Borlan's favor. The turn brought the 3♣, leaving Bar needing a king or a jack on the river to survive.

"Not like this," Bar muttered but the dealer revealed the J♣ on the river, giving him a crucial double-up. Bar shouted with excitement and he pulled in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gal Bar	500,000 55,000	55,000
Dan Borlan	55,000 107,000	107,000

Tags: Dan Borlan Gal Bar

12-12-2024 18:57 UTC+1

Sorainen Shoves River and Sends Docherty Into Tank

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Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

David Docherty open-raised to 20,000 from under the gun, Luka Sorainen called in middle position, and the big blind called.

The flop came 2♦9♠J♦ and action checked to Sorainen, who made it 25,000 to go. The big blind called before Docherty check-raised to 125,000. Only Sorainen made the call. Both remaining players then checked it back on the A♥ turn.

The river was the A♦ and Docherty used a time bank card before placing out a bet of 210,000. Sorainen then moved all in.

"Jesus!", said Docherty, who had around 130,000 left behind and was now in a tough spot. He used all of his time bank cards and was down to his last ten seconds before reluctantly mucking his hand.

"That's why I don't like time banks," said Docherty. "If I'd have taken seven minutes no one would have called time."

The table agreed, but ultimately Sorainen had won the pot and dragged in several hundred thousand chips to add to his stack, which was up to around 1.2 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luka Sorainen	1,200,000 748,000	748,000
David Docherty	130,000 320,000	320,000

Tags: David Docherty Luka Sorainen

12-12-2024 19:04 UTC+1

Golinski Wakes Up With Aces

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Thomas de Rooij opened the action from early position to 20,000, and Hang Xu moved all in from the cutoff. Action folded to Mariusz Golinski in the small blind, who also moved all in. De Rooij folded.

Hang Xu: A♥Qx All in
Mariusz Golinski: A♠A♦

Xu was in a tough spot but found a glimmer of hope when the J♥2♦K♦ flop gave him a gutshot straight draw. Unfortunately for Xu, the 7♠ turn and 3♥ river brought no help, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas de Rooij	1,200,000 150,000	150,000
Mariusz Golinski	600,000 288,000	288,000
Hang Xu	Busted

Tags: Hang Xu Mariusz Golinski Thomas De Rooij

12-12-2024 19:04 UTC+1

Hitting the Rail

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Kai Cocklin

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	Busted
Lazare Kalebashvili	Busted
Lukas Pazma	Busted
Hang Xu	Busted
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka	Busted
Denis Charlier	Busted
Panagiotis Oikonomou	Busted

12-12-2024 19:10 UTC+1

Dinner Break

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Tim Baker

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The remaining 66 players have been sent on a 65-minute dinner break and will return at 8:15 p.m.

Here are some highlights from the past level:

12-12-2024 19:27 UTC+1

Poker Sexism Accusations Lead to Bitter Social Media Feud | PokerNews Podcast #868

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Sandra Barbour

Level 19 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

In the 868th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio to discuss the bitter social media feud between Vanessa Kade and Ryan Depaulo, which started over a sponsorship for Benjamin "Bencb" Rolle and saw the likes of Charlie Carrel and Kevin Martin chime in.

You'll also get to check out the recent ClubWPT Gold $5M Freeroll Invitational winners, which includes Kyna, and how the reigning WPT World Champ Dan Sepiol won $1 million in a daily fantasy football contest on Thanksgiving. Some other recent big winners were Faraz Jaka down at the Rock 'n' Roll Poker Open and David Prociak at the Venetian DeepStack Showdown Series.

Finally, the year is quickly coming to an end, so the crew thought it was a good time to look at the PokerGO Tour leaderboard and see who is qualified for the $1,000,000 PGT Championship and who is on the bubble.

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