€50,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-08-2024 16:28 UTC+1

Tsiareshchanka Eliminated

Will Shillibier

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Viacheslav Buldygin raised to 4,500 from under the gun. Yauheni Tsiareshchanka moved all in for 500 in the cutoff, with Teun Mulder and Pavel Plesuv calling in the blinds.

The flop was 10♥8♦5♣ and it checked to Buldygin who continued for 6,000. Plesuv was the only caller and the turn was the 6♦. Plesuv bet out for 8,000 and Buldygin raised in position to 35,000.

Plesuv called and the 3♥ completed the board. Plesuv checked and Buldygin used a time bank before betting 175,000. Plesuv folded and Buldygin tabled 8♥8♠ for a flopped set. Tsiareshchanka's K♥7♣ was exposed and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viacheslav Buldygin	315,000 50,000	50,000
Teun Mulder	265,000 52,000	52,000
Pavel Plesuv	200,000 50,000	50,000
Yauheni Tsiareshchanka	Busted

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Teun Mulder Viacheslav Buldygin Yauheni Tsiareshchanka

12-08-2024 16:34 UTC+1

Grafton Wins a Small Multi-Way Pot

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Sam Grafton opened to 5,000 under the gun. Steve O'Dwyer called from middle position and Viacheslav Buldygin defended out of the big blind.

The flop of 10♠6♦3♦ got checked to O'Dwyer and he bet 5,000. Both Buldygin and Grafton called.

All three players checked the 3♣ turn, bringing the A♣ on the river. Buldygin opted to check again, while Grafton fired a bet of 16,000. This led to folds from both O'Dwyer and Buldygin, allowing Grafton to scoop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	350,000 10,000	10,000

Viacheslav Buldygin	300,000 15,000	15,000
Sam Grafton	170,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Sam Grafton Steve O'Dwyer Viacheslav Buldygin

12-08-2024 16:40 UTC+1

Flashback: Padraig O'Neill Turns 12 Big Blinds into €1,030,000 En Route to 2023 EPT Prague Main Event Victory

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Sandra Barbour

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The road to PokerStars European Poker Tour glory always has plenty of twists and turns, and the record-breaking 2023 EPT €5,300 Prague Main Event was no exception.

Jon Kyte, who had led the tournament from Day 3, entered the finale with 229 big blinds and a historic chip lead, one that was assumed to be unassailable. Padraig O'Neill had other ideas and was unexpectedly awarded the final EPT Trophy of the 2023 season after overcoming the Norwegian in heads-up play.

Known affectionately as "Smidge" in the Irish poker community, O'Neill came into the day as the shortest stack and turned his 12 big blinds into a €1,030,000 payout. With the victory, he became Ireland's second-ever EPT Main Event champion, 11 years after Steve O'Dwyer reigned supreme in Monte Carlo.

2023 EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (EUR)
1	Padraig O'Neill	Ireland	€1,030,000
2	Jon Kyte	Norway	€643,000
3	Umberto Ruggeri	Italy	€459,240
4	Cheng Zhao	China	€353,240
5	Adam Wagner	Czechia	€271,660
6	Grigorii Rodin	Russian Federation	€209,000
7	Govert Metaal	Netherlands	€160,750
8	Marle Spragg	United States	€123,600
9	Vincent Meli	France	€95,000

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12-08-2024 16:41 UTC+1

Yaroshevskyy Doubles to Leave Jorstad Short

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Blind on blind, Espen Jorstad raised to 7,000 and Igor Yaroshevskyy called.

The pair checked the Q♣8♦5♣ flop and the turn was the 9♥. Jorstad bet 12,000 and Yaroshevskyy raised in position to 28,500.

Jorstad called and checked the 2♠ river. Yaroshevskyy shoved for 91,500 and Jorstad wasted no time in calling.

Yaroshevskyy tabled 7♥6♠ for a turned straight, while Jorstad showed Q♥9♠ and handed over chips to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Yaroshevskyy	255,000 125,000	125,000
Espen Jorstad	15,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Espen Jorstad Igor Yaroshevskyy

12-08-2024 16:55 UTC+1

Plesuv Rivers Trips and Gets Paid

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Teun Mulder raised to 8,000 from the small blind and Pavel Plesuv called out of the big blind.

Both players checked the 6♠5♦Q♥ flop to see the 2♣ hit the turn. Mulder check-called a bet of 12,000 from Plesuv.

The 6♣ came on the river and Mulder check-called a bet of 28,000. Plesuv turned over 10♦6♥ for trip sixes and Mulder mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pavel Plesuv	255,000 55,000	55,000
Teun Mulder	205,000 60,000	60,000

Tags: Pavel Plesuv Teun Mulder

12-08-2024 16:58 UTC+1

Kuznetsov Dodges Trips

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was on a J♠10♦2♠J♣ board with 40,000 chips in the middle between Nikita Kuznetsov and Maksim Vaskresenski.

Vaskresenski checked to Kuznetsov who bet 30,000, with Vaskresenski calling.

The A♥ completed the board and it checked to Kuznetsov who used a time bank before checking back. Vaskresenski tabled Q♦J♥ for trip jacks and Kuznetsov mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	340,000 50,000	50,000
Maksim Vaskresenski	190,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Maksim Vaskresenski Nikita Kuznetsov

12-08-2024 16:58 UTC+1

Break

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Will Shillibier

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

The players in the €50,000 Super High Roller are heading on their second break of the day.

12-08-2024 17:11 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Tim Baker

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	429,000 1,000	1,000
Steve O'Dwyer	403,000 53,000	53,000

Viacheslav Buldygin	394,000 94,000	94,000
Sergey Lebedev	383,500 66,500	66,500
Paulius Plausinaitis	380,000 55,000	55,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	370,000 30,000	30,000
Maksim Vaskresenski	290,000 100,000	100,000
Ilya Nikiforov	290,000 25,000	25,000
Igor Yaroshevskyy	250,000 5,000	5,000
Pavel Plesuv	244,500 10,500	10,500
Niklas Astedt	220,000 20,000	20,000
Teun Mulder	207,500 2,500	2,500
Sam Grafton	203,500 33,500	33,500

Artsiom Lasouski	200,000 30,000	30,000
Espen Jorstad	20,000 5,000	5,000

Level: 5

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

12-08-2024 17:26 UTC+1

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Sandra Barbour

Level 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

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