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

12-12-2024 19:56 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: Boston Rob Shares Story of Costa Rica Poker Raid w/ Daniel Negreanu & Cheryl Hines

Sandra Barbour

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

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 21st episode, Connor speaks with Survivor legend Boston Rob, aka Rob Mariano, about growing up near Fenway Park, learning poker at the age of 6, studying psychology at Boston University, applying for Survivor and winning Season 22, his recent appearance on Deal or No Deal Island and filming an upcoming season of The Traitors.

Boston Rob also revealed a story about Costa Rican authorities raiding a mansion known to host high-stakes poker games during a 2006 filming that included Daniel Negreanu, Josh Arieh, David Williams, Michael Mizrachi and actress Cheryl Hines.

"(Gambling mogul) Calvin (Ayre) had a big party at the house, and they came in guns drawn," he said. "And we were fine, but we all had to stay at the party until they checked our passports and everything. I think it was a little bit of a shakedown. But we had a good weekend."

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, SoundCloud and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Boston Rob by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

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Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000

12-12-2024 20:21 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts After Dinner

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas de Rooij	1,550,000 350,000	350,000
Sylwia Studniarz	1,514,000 164,000	164,000

Jaehyung Park	1,510,000 219,000	219,000
Adrian Mack	1,311,000 511,000	511,000
Tjenno Eskes	1,286,000 114,000	114,000
Luka Sorainen	1,275,000 75,000	75,000
Anton Bergstrom	1,270,000 470,000	470,000

Stanislaw Grodek	1,210,000 22,000	22,000
Ken Oberlieben	1,186,000 36,000	36,000
Danut Chisu	1,186,000 230,000	230,000
Pawel Wojciechowski	1,095,000 195,000	195,000
Jeremie Zouari	1,052,000
Daniel Erlandsson	1,050,000 280,000	280,000
Alexander Sokolovsky	970,000 170,000	170,000
Brandon Sheils	955,000 225,000	225,000
Philip Joyce	890,000 85,000	85,000
Florian Ribouchon	837,000 117,000	117,000
Pedro Marques	835,000 465,000	465,000

Philipp Wood	821,000 11,000	11,000
Artur Shupa	785,000 90,000	90,000
Georgios Vrakas	755,000 355,000	355,000
Jacob Amsellem	750,000 70,000	70,000

Luke Porter	744,000 56,000	56,000
Lasse Hansen	739,000 39,000	39,000
Josef Schusteritsch	713,000 261,000	261,000

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12-12-2024 20:24 UTC+1

Andre Cracks Aces After Dinner

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

In the first hand after the dinner break, Brandon Sheils opened the action to 25,000 from under the gun and faced a three-bet to 75,000 from Gal Bar. Action folded to Alexis Andre in the big blind, who moved all in for 202,000. Sheils called, and Bar folded.

Alexis Andre: A♠Q♠ All in
Brandon Sheils: A♣A♥

Andre found himself in a tough spot right after the break, but the 9♠4♠9♣ flop gave him plenty of outs. One of those outs appeared on the turn as the 6♠ completed his nut flush. The 10♣ on the river was no help to Sheils, and Andre doubled up to keep his tournament hopes alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Sheils	740,000 215,000	215,000
Gal Bar	600,000 95,000	95,000
Alexis Andre	500,000 107,000	107,000

Tags: Alexis Andre Brandon Sheils Gal Bar

12-12-2024 20:31 UTC+1

Bojovic Unable to Spin Up a Short Stack

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

The action folded around to Paul Runcan in the small blind, who shoved to put Luka Bojovic to the test in the big blind. Bojovic only had around 60,000 in his stack and put himself at risk after he took a peek at his cards.

Paul Runcan: J♥3♥ All in
Luka Bojovic: Q♠10♥

Bojovic needed to double up to survive as he was one of the shortest stacks in the tournament, but fell behind on the J♣7♣4♥ flop as Runcan paired his jack. A 6♣ on the turn didn't offer Bojovic any more help, and the K♠ river meant he was eliminated in the final level of Day 3.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	650,000 118,000	118,000

Luka Bojovic	Busted

Tags: Luka Bojovic Paul Runcan

12-12-2024 20:37 UTC+1

Wojciechowski Barrels Every Street

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Tim Baker

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Danut Chisu raised to 24,000 from early position with Carmelo Donato calling from the small blind. Pawel Wojciechowski squeezed to 94,000 from the big blind, which only Chisu called.

The 7♠J♠6♥ flop saw Wojciechowski put out a continuation-bet of 80,000, which Chisu called.

Wojciechowski bet again on the 8♥ turn, this time for 225,000. Chisu called again.

The 9♠ came on the river and Wojciechowski shoved for 779,000. Chisu went deep into the tank, burning through three of his time bank cards. Eventually, he settled on a fold and the pot was pushed to Wojciechowski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Wojciechowski	1,550,000 455,000	455,000
Danut Chisu	850,000 336,000	336,000
Carmelo Donato	500,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Carmelo Donato Danut Chisuraised Pawel Wojciechowski

12-12-2024 20:37 UTC+1

Molnar Wins Pot With River Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Laszlo Molnar open-raised from the button and Arjel Daci called in the big blind.

The flop came 3♣9♠Q♥ and Daci checked. Molnar bet 18,000 and Daci called. Both players checked it back on the K♥ turn. The river was the 7♠ and Daci checked again. Molnar fired out a bet of 72,000, which proved too much for Daci. He folded and Molnar won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Laszlo Molnar	810,000 692,000	692,000
Arjel Daci	480,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Arjel Daci Laszlo Molnar

12-12-2024 20:38 UTC+1

It's Always Coming Seven

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Georgios Tavoularis

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Julian Salvesen moved all in from middle position for 100,000. Action folded to Ken Oberlieben, who, after confirming the exact count, announced all in as well. The big blind folded, and the players revealed their hands.

Julian Salvesen: A♣A♠ All in
Ken Oberlieben: 7♣7♥

Oberlieben was far behind, but that changed when the dealer revealed the 2♦7♠J♦ flop. Salvesen needed one of the two remaining aces in the deck to stay alive, but the 5♦ turn and K♠ river provided no help, and he was eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ken Oberlieben	1,300,000 114,000	114,000
Julian Salvesen	Busted

Tags: Julian Salvesen Ken Oberlieben

12-12-2024 20:40 UTC+1

Meli Gets the Double Up

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Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Luka Sorainen open-raised from the hijack and Vincent Meli moved all in from the button for 145,000. Sorainen looked across at his opponent and then made the call with the bigger stack. The cards were turned.

Vincent Meli: J♣10♣ All in
Luka Sorainen: 5♠5♦

The board ran out Q♣6♦6♥J♦10♠ and Meli paired his jack on the turn, then made two pair on the river, jacks and tens. He won the pot and doubled his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luka Sorainen	1,100,000 175,000	175,000
Vincent Meli	320,000 36,000	36,000

Tags: Luka Sorainen Vincent Meli

12-12-2024 20:42 UTC+1

Meli and Sorainen Play Round Two

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Kai Cocklin

Level 20 : Blinds 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante

Vincent Meli had his stack of almost 350,000 in the middle preflop and was put at risk by Finland's Luka Sorainen.

Vincent Meli: K♥K♣ All in
Luka Sorainen: A♠Q♦

Meli was in the lead with his cowboys, but it's never a comfortable moment seeing that overcard. However, Meli needn't have worried as the J♠7♠4♣4♥5♥ runout kept his pocket kings in the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luka Sorainen	800,000 300,000	300,000
Vincent Meli	700,000 380,000	380,000

Tags: Luka Sorainen Vincent Meli