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

12-14-2024 18:59 UTC+1

Dinner Break

Kai Cocklin

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Players are being sent on 60-minute dinner break. Play will resume at 7:25 p.m. local time, with updates pushing through from 7:55 p.m. with the 30-minute delay.

Here's a look at some of the highlights from the last level.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	16,375,000

Pedro Marques	9,835,000 595,000	595,000

Anton Bergstrom	5,980,000 250,000	250,000

Siegfried Kapeller	3,760,000 500,000	500,000
Siarhei Alontsau	3,370,000 250,000	250,000
Barak Oz	2,035,000 265,000	265,000
Tjenno Eskes	1,760,000
Jaehyung Park	600,000 500,000	500,000

12-14-2024 19:25 UTC+1

What’s Phil Ivey Up To? | PokerNews Podcast #869

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Sandra Barbour

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

In the 869th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway hosts from down in The Bahamas at the 2024 World Series of Poker Paradise, while Kyna England is back at Level 9 Studio in Las Vegas. Mike Holtz is out with a broken ankle, so Nikki Limo was kind enough to once again fill in as a special co-host.

Together, they discuss happening at the WSOP Paradise, the World Poker Tour (WPT) World Championship at the Wynn Las Vegas, and the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague. That includes Phil Hellmuth making an appearance, the new stage at WSOP, and the Triton Million, which was won by Argentinean rapper Alejandro Lococo for $12 million.

Chad also had the honor of bringing the Women in Poker Hall of Fame trophy down with him to present to Kristen Foxen. In this episode, you can check out her acceptance speech, which PokerNews helped film. Speaking of the WiPHoF, Jeanne David was another inductee and she had a spot of luck drawing a Golden Passport into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll, which kicks off today!

At the EPT Prague, Thomas Santerne has already won two side event titles, while the 2022 WSOP Main Event champ, Espen Jorstad, took down the €25K Super High Roller Warm-Up for his first EPT title.

Other stories covered include Dylan Smith winning the WPT RRPO Championship for $662,200, Nadya Magnus & Dan Sepiol giving away two WPT World Championship $10K seats, a big live-streamed cash game hand featuring Matt Berkey running hot, John Germano taking down the 2024 Bar Poker Open Florida Championship, David Jackson finding success at the WSOP Circuit Horseshoe Las Vegas, and Erick Lindgren capturing a title at the ARIA.

Oh, and we'll also let you know what Phil Ivey is up to as he's been seen double dipping at both the WSOP Paradise and WPT World Championship, including a planned holiday meet-up game (MUG) at the latter.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

12-14-2024 19:31 UTC+1

The €10,300 High Rollers

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Milko van Winden

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

12-14-2024 19:58 UTC+1

Music Icon & Bracelet Winner Steve Albini's Death Puts Fabled 20-Year Poker Home Game on Pause

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Connor Richards

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

The death of musician, recording engineer and poker player Steve Albini hit the music world with a force like that of the incendiary device aimed at Earth pictured on Big Black's 1986 debut album Atomizer. It may have hit one group of Chicago poker players the hardest.

Albini, a two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner who recorded landmark works by bands like Nirvana and Pixies and who The New York Times described as "one of the most admired, and most divisive, figures in rock," was a key figure in a friend group that bonded, joked and supported one another over the poker table. For 20 years, they played in a weekly low-stakes Chicago home game often held in Electrical Audio that included bracelet winners like Jason Gola, Eric Rodawig and Brian Hastings. Now, the game is on hiatus after Albini's death in May as the group of poker pros, musicians and audio engineers adapts to a world without its figurehead.

PokerNews spoke with two of Albini's closest friends who were regulars in the game, Brandon Shack-Harris and Andrew Kosinski.

Tags: Andrew Kosinski Brandon Shack-Harris Brian Hastings Eric Rodawig Steve Albini Jason Gola

Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 120,000

12-14-2024 20:12 UTC+1

Park Triples Up

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Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Pedro Marques rasied to 240,000 from the cutoff and Jaehyung Park shoved for 360,000 out of the small blind. Siarhei Alontsau called out of the big blind and Marques shoved to put Alontsau all in. Alontsau folded and the cards were flipped over with Park at risk.

Jaehyung Park: A♥10♦ All in
Pedro Marques: A♠6♥

Park had Marques dominated and would triple up if he could avoid a six. A safe board of 8♦J♣2♥10♣J♠ came out as Park paired his ten on the turn to leave Marques drawing dead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Marques	9,660,000 175,000	175,000

Siarhei Alontsau	3,130,000 240,000	240,000
Jaehyung Park	1,220,000 620,000	620,000

Tags: Jaehyung Park Pedro Marques Siarhei Alontsau

12-14-2024 20:19 UTC+1

Eskes Makes the Right Call

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Kai Cocklin

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Paul Runcan made it 240,000 from under the gun and Tjenno Eskes defended his big blind.

On the 8♠9♣3♠ flop, both checked to the A♦ turn where Eskes check-called a bet of 200,000 from Runcan.

A Q♥ dropped on the river and Eskes again tapped the table, then he was faced with a bet of 500,000 from Runcan. Eskes had just over 1,600,000 in his stack and burned through a time bank before he elected to call.

Runcan then flipped K♥Q♠ for a pair of queens, but Eskes had paired his ace holding A♥7♥ to take the much-needed pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	15,440,000

Tjenno Eskes	3,180,000

Tags: Paul Runcan Tjenno Eskes

12-14-2024 20:30 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	15,740,000 300,000	300,000

Pedro Marques	9,720,000 60,000	60,000

Anton Bergstrom	5,980,000

Siegfried Kapeller	3,340,000 420,000	420,000
Siarhei Alontsau	3,130,000
Tjenno Eskes	3,120,000 60,000	60,000
Barak Oz	1,500,000 535,000	535,000
Jaehyung Park	1,200,000 20,000	20,000

12-14-2024 20:34 UTC+1

Alontsau Wins the Minimum With Quads

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Tim Baker

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Siarhei Alontsau raised to 240,000 with Pedro Marques calling from the button holding A♠J♠ and Jaehyung Park defending his big blind with K♠J♣.

All three players checked the 3♣8♠Q♣ flop to see the 8♦ fall on the turn. Park checked and Alontsau fired out a bet of 200,000. Marques and Park both folded and Alontsau flipped over quads with 8♥8♣ as he dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Marques	9,780,000 60,000	60,000

Siarhei Alontsau	2,790,000 340,000	340,000
Jaehyung Park	840,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Jaehyung Park Pedro Marques Siarhei Alontsau

12-14-2024 20:47 UTC+1

Runcan Considers a King-High Call

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Kai Cocklin

Level 30 : Blinds 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Paul Runcan made it 240,000 from the button with K♥2♣ and Anton Bergstrom called from the small blind holding A♣J♥. Siegfried Kapeller also called from the big blind with 4♣3♣.

On the 3♥10♣6♣ flop, Bergstrom and Kapeller checked, then Runcan fired 450,000. Bergstrom got out of the way, and Kapeller called.

A 10♦ paired the board on the turn and both players tapped the table to see the 3♦ fall on the river. Kapeller was first to act and rechecked his cards, threw in a time bank card, and slid forward a bet of 1,400,000. Runcan then used up four of his time bank cards while deciding whether to call with king-high, but ultimately decided to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Runcan	15,410,000 330,000	330,000

Anton Bergstrom	5,200,000 780,000	780,000

Siegfried Kapeller	4,270,000 930,000	930,000

Tags: Anton Bergstrom Paul Runcan Siegfried Kapeller