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

12-12-2024 17:05 UTC+1

Borlan Doubles With Set of Queens

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 17:01 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 17:00 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 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 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 16:49 UTC+1

Rau Gets the Jump but Not the Double

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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 16:45 UTC+1

Lasouski Reshoves Big Blind and Busts

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Matt Warburton

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

Philipp Wood open-raised from late position and Artsiom Lasouski moved all in from the big blind for 130,000. Wood made the call with the bigger stack and players flipped their cards.

Artsiom Lasouski: 9♣8♣ All in
Philipp Wood: 10♣10♥

The board ran out A♥7♥8♦4♣7♣ and Wood held with his pocket tens to win the pot, sending Lasouski to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Wood	810,000 293,000	293,000
Artsiom Lasouski	Busted

Tags: Artsiom Lasouski Philipp Wood

12-12-2024 16:44 UTC+1

Reiser Given Five Seconds to Act With Short Stack

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Kai Cocklin

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

With around 200,000 already in the pot on a 7♦K♥4♦ flop, Ken Oberlieben had fired 8,000 and Stefan Reiser, who only had 12,000 in his stack, called.

A 3♦ on the turn saw Oberlieben bet 8,000 again, then Reiser put all of his remaining timebanks into the pot. The dealer then said that he would call the floor as using timebanks with such a small stack was forbidden, and once the floor arrived, they gave Reiser a five-second countdown. After two seconds, Reiser called.

Stefan Reiser: 9♦9♥ All in
Ken Oberlieben: A♥Q♣

Reiser was ahead and managed to fade the river as the J♦ completed the board, earning Reiser a double-up.

"I was hoping you had ace-jack," joked Oberlieben after the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artur Shupa	980,000 40,000	40,000
Ken Oberlieben	820,000 162,000	162,000
Renji Mao	500,000 120,000	120,000
Stefan Reiser	220,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Ken Oberlieben Stefan Reiser

12-12-2024 16:41 UTC+1

Wintersberger Gets Value With the Nuts

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Tim Baker

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

Kimmo Kurko raised to 16,000 from the cutoff with only David Wintersberger calling from the button.

The two players checked a flop of 8♠2♣6♣ to see the 7♣ drop on the river. Kurko checked and Wintersberger fired a bet of 25,000. Kurko made the call.

Kurko checked again on the K♠ river and Wintersberger fired out another bet, this time for 90,000. Kurko burned through two of his time bank cards before reluctantly making the call.

Wintersberger tabled A♣10♣ for the nuts, and the pot was pushed to him.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Wintersberger	700,000 73,000	73,000
Kimmo Kurko	330,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: David Wintersberger Kimmo Kurko

12-12-2024 16:38 UTC+1

Tazon Extracts Value from Ghidini

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Georgios Tavoularis

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

Roberto Ghidini opened the action to 16,000 from middle position and was called by Javier Tazon in the big blind.

After Tazon checked, Ghidini made a continuation bet of 12,000 on the 10♦A♥5♠ flop, and Tazon called. The turn was the K♦, and both players elected to check.

When the 5♣ fell on the river, Tazon took the initiative and led out for 45,000. Ghidini got the exact count and made the call, only to muck his cards when Tazon showed 5♥4♠ for rivered trips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Tazon	340,000 70,000	70,000
Roberto Ghidini	80,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Javier Tazon Roberto Ghidini