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

Dec 14, 2024

River Rescue for Eskes

Sava Krink

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Tjenno Eskes opened the action from the cutoff with a raise to 160,000, finding a single caller in Jaehyung Park from the big blind.

The flop came 5♥J♦K♥, and Eskes kept the pressure on with a 125,000 continuation bet, which Park check-called.

When the 2♠ appeared on the turn, Park checked again, prompting Eskes to fire a larger bet of 410,000. After a brief pause, Park made the call, sending the pot to the river.

The A♠ landed on the river, and both players slowed down, checking it through to a showdown. Park revealed Q♣J♣ for a pair of jacks, but Eskes turned over A♥6♣, his lucky river card giving him a pair of aces and the pot.

Tags: Jaehyung Park Tjenno Eskes

Dec 14, 2024

Runcan Shows Quads

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Siarhei Alontsau raised to 160,000 from the cutoff with A♥7♦. Paul Runcan called out of the small blind with 4♠4♦ and Anton Bergstrom defended his big blind with 10♠6♠.

All three players checked the 4♥4♣J♣ flop to see the 5♦ roll off on the turn. Runcan put out a bet of 200,000 and got two folds from his opponents. Runcan was kind enough to turn over quads for the table.

Tags: Anton Bergstrom Paul Runcan Siarhei Alontsau

Dec 14, 2024

Chisu Won't Be Pushed Around

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

From the dealer button, Pedro Marques raised to 160,000 with A♥2♦. Danut Chisu was the only caller from the big blind with J♠8♣.

The flop came 9♥K♣7♥ and Chisu chose to check-call a bet of 110,000 from Marques.

Chisu and Marques checked the 6♥ turn for the 10♣ to roll off on the river. Chisu led out for 325,000 and Marques tossed his hand into the muck.

Tags: Pedro Marques Danut Chisu

Dec 14, 2024

Some €550 Seniors Action

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Milko van Winden

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dec 14, 2024

Runcan Bets Big on the River

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Tim Baker

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Paul Runcan raised to 160,000 on the button with 10♥8♣ and Pedro Marques defended out of the big blind with K♣10♣.

The flop fell 6♥3♦3♥ and Marques check-called a bet of 110,000 from Runcan.

The 7♥ turn checked through for the 5♣ to land on the river. Marques checked, and Runcan fired out a big bet of 660,000. Marques thought it over for a few moments but ultimately elected to lay his hand down and forfeit the pot to Runcan.

Tags: Paul Runcan Pedro Marques

Dec 14, 2024

Umberto Ruggeri Eliminated in 11th Place (€81,600)

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Kai Cocklin

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Jaehyung Park made it 160,000 from the hijack and Tjenno Eskes called on the button. Umberto Ruggeri had 650,000 in his stack in the small blind and instantly moved all in. When it got back to Park, he elected to fold, and Eskes dropped in the call, which put Ruggeri at risk.

Umberto Ruggeri: J♥J♠ All in
Tjenno Eskes: Q♦J♦

Ruggeri had found a premium at the right time, but needed to sweat a runout first before he could celebrate. A flop of 10♥8♥6♦ kept his pocket jacks in the lead, but Eskes did add a gutshot to his outs list. One of those outs arrived on the 9♥ turn as Eskes improved to a straight, which meant Ruggeri was drawing to a chop. Only a queen could keep him alive, but the 2♠ river wasn't what he needed, and Ruggeri was out in eleventh.