€1,650 PS Open Main Event Day 1cd | 2025 PokerStars EPT Prague

€1,650 PS Open Main Event

Day 1cd Completed

12-05-2025 06:35 UTC+2

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Josh Noy

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12-05-2025 06:28 UTC+2

End of Day 1cd Chip Counts (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Margereson	757,000 702,000	702,000

Aren Bezhanyan	627,000 564,000	564,000
S.K.	620,000 620,000	620,000
Mengshi Tian	600,000 502,700	502,700
Ioannis Poullos	515,000 447,000	447,000
Presiyan Tsvetanov	501,000 423,700	423,700
Simon Higgins	457,000 397,000	397,000
Noam Garama	456,000 305,000	305,000
Adrian Ziemichod	451,000 408,600	408,600
Ariel Lande	440,000 179,000	179,000
Marcin Lesniewski	439,000 394,300	394,300
Atilla Saracoglu	432,000 372,500	372,500
Shai Attias	424,000 324,000	324,000
Radek Jantos	423,000 393,000	393,000
Ben Hurwitz	417,000 334,500	334,500
Alexander Ivarsson	414,000 400,500	400,500
Uri Nemlich	412,000 337,000	337,000
Endrit Geci	406,000 376,000	376,000
Remigiusz Wyrzykiewicz	406,000 366,800	366,800
Lulei Hu	398,000 342,000	342,000
Alin Ivan	386,000 386,000	386,000
David Taborsky	385,000 260,000	260,000
Gary Whitehead	385,000 334,500	334,500
Marcello Miniucchi	378,000 295,700	295,700
Dimitrios Gkatzas	373,000 299,000	299,000

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12-04-2025 23:08 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts and Bust Outs 1d

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Player	Chips	Progress
Shai Attias	100,000
Nicola Danselmo	80,400 80,400	80,400
Arik Filstein	79,200 79,200	79,200
Philippe Rivory	74,900 44,900	44,900
Martin Stausholm	71,400
Lukas Zaskodny	70,000 70,000	70,000
Gabriele Guerrini	70,000
Adrien Guyader	68,000
Martin Golini	67,600 67,600	67,600
Dan Wagner	64,500 64,500	64,500
Aleksandar Sunjevaric	62,000
Spyros Karathanos	60,500

Lukas Jebavy	60,500
Simon Higgins	60,000 30,000	30,000
Atilla Saracoglu	59,500
Leonidas Kostagiolas	56,500 56,500	56,500
Niclas Thumm	56,000 44,800	44,800
Nicola Karl	55,400 55,400	55,400
Ivan Fedor	54,100
Hubert Matuszewski	53,500
Michael Suter	52,800
Michael Allen	50,200 42,800	42,800
Daniel Sulz	49,000 19,000	19,000
Ersin Kadir	48,000 48,000	48,000
Georgios Skarparis	48,000 48,000	48,000

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12-04-2025 22:59 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts and Bust Outs 1c

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Player	Chips	Progress
Ariel Lande	261,000 36,000	36,000
Fernandez Cabello	179,000 59,300	59,300
Eldor Levy-Sahar	173,000 115,000	115,000
Mohammad Najdi	130,500 64,500	64,500
Taoufik Dahhaoui	125,000 95,700	95,700
May Mor	123,500 39,100	39,100
Henrik Hoerwing	117,500 34,300	34,300
Peter Kvisthammar	112,000 20,800	20,800
Tomas Jauring	107,500 9,000	9,000
Esteban Maquillon Diaz	106,500 21,500	21,500
Yurii Parkhomchuk	105,000 2,500	2,500
Ondrej Lakomy	105,000 62,000	62,000
Hayyate Alae El	102,500 76,500	76,500
Christophe Malaurie	101,000 57,900	57,900
Martin Lenoch	100,000 3,600	3,600
Francois Najjar	100,000 10,000	10,000
Goran Dordevic	98,000 11,000	11,000
Gabi Livshitz	93,000 62,000	62,000
Uri Gilboa	92,000 15,700	15,700

Alin Grasu	89,000 48,300	48,300
Axel Harutyunyan	87,500 33,800	33,800
Niksa Marinac	82,500 5,500	5,500
Tomas Kolarik	79,000 26,300	26,300
Koichi Aiba	76,000 17,500	17,500
Stanislav Michalec	73,000 46,300	46,300

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12-04-2025 19:47 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts and Bust Outs 1c

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Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Nanos	460,000 460,000	460,000
Martin Kury	235,000 205,000	205,000
Ariel Lande	225,000 195,000	195,000
Gheorghe Gradinaru	185,000 103,000	103,000
Noam Garama	151,000 133,000	133,000
Dylan Lambert	147,500 133,500	133,500
Tommaso Villamagna	147,000 117,000	117,000
Gerard Cortes	146,000 59,900	59,900
Enrico Campanile	139,500 54,700	54,700
Otar Mamuchashvili	138,300 78,300	78,300
Aleksej Grenz	135,000 105,000	105,000
Uladzimir Luchkou	135,000 119,800	119,800
Simas Karaliunas	132,000 109,000	109,000
Denys Koshelnyk	130,000 112,500	112,500
Joas Mudde	130,000 79,000	79,000
Esteban Maquillon Diaz	128,000 90,000	90,000
Assaf Hirsh	128,000 115,200	115,200
Tero Laurila	126,500 97,100	97,100
David Taborsky	125,000 91,000	91,000
Valeri Tordia	124,000 91,000	91,000
Michel Karim	123,500 86,700	86,700
Yonan Hikmat	122,800
Molina Matitos	122,000 58,700	58,700
Alexander Sokolovsky	121,000 54,000	54,000
Aviad Regev	121,000 45,000	45,000

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12-04-2025 19:06 UTC+2

Early Entries in 1d

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Player	Chips	Progress
Yizhaq Orenshtein	30,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Sitbon	30,000 19,000	19,000
Paweł Wojciechowski	30,000 11,500	11,500
Robert Binek	30,000 1,600	1,600
Alon Bar	30,000 5,000	5,000
Adam Twito	30,000 14,700	14,700
Xhemajli Kalimashi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Vitor Abreu	30,000 15,900	15,900
Michael Rahm	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tomas Holan	30,000 30,000	30,000
Juan De Lara	30,000 30,000	30,000
Damian Rapanowicz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Eyemen Essid	30,000 30,000	30,000
Sebastian Szychulski	30,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Sulz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ivan Poroliev	30,000 11,000	11,000
Leonidas Kostagiolas	30,000 7,000	7,000
Matteo Cecchetti	30,000 2,400	2,400
Andrey Andreev	30,000
Bekim Murtezi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Philippe Rivory	30,000 30,000	30,000
Inigo Ranero	30,000
Joachim Meisolle	30,000 30,000	30,000
Martin Tsvetanov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Shmuel Goldenberg	30,000 30,000	30,000

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12-04-2025 18:05 UTC+2

SWAT Team Cracks Down on €100 Poker Tournament + Maurice Hawkins Fight | PokerNews Podcast #928

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Chad Holloway

In the 928th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Mike Holtz and Ben Ludlow at Level 9 Studios to talk about the SWAT team raid of a low-stakes poker game in Sweden. Find out what caused armed authorities, supported by drones and even a helicopter, to raid the $100 buy-in poker tournament.

The trio then discusses the physical altercation between Maurice Hawkins and a player known as "Eugene" in a Florida home game. Was Maurice running his mouth? Was it an unprovoked attack? Not only do you get to hear about what happened, but you can see some video clips of the scuffle itself.

Other topics covered are Daniel Negreanu's post on players that learn via solvers versus those who do their "own thing," where Michael Addamo falls in that conversation, and PokerNews being named the official live reporting partner for the 2026 Aussie Millions. Plus, a look ahead to the WSOP Paradise, WPT World Championship & EPT Prague underway, and given that Jonathan Little is coming out with a new book, we thought it'd be a good time for another giveaway. It's your chance to win a copy of Little's book 100 Essential Tips. Visit dandbpoker.com to preorder Jonathan Little's new book.

Find out all about those stories and more in this week's episode of the PokerNews Podcast! Oh, and if you want even more, be sure to check out the audio version of the PokerNews Podcast, where we offer additional content, including "Recent Tournament Winners." The audio version of the PokerNews Podcast is available on all major podcasting platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and SoundCloud.

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12-04-2025 15:42 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts and New Entries for 1c

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Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Vrakas	90,000 60,000	60,000
Gerard Cortes	86,100
Enrico Campanile	84,800 54,800	54,800
Kirill Panyushin	84,100 54,100	54,100
Gheorghe Gradinaru	82,000 52,000	52,000
James Hogan	78,000 48,000	48,000
Vasileios Tsaknis	77,000
Aviad Regev	76,000
William Paschall	75,000 45,000	45,000
Ryan Mandara	68,000
Fhero Vu Khang Ha	67,700 37,700	37,700
Niklas Deitmer	67,500 67,500	67,500
Alexander Sokolovsky	67,000 37,000	37,000
Claudio Di Giacomo	63,900
Molina Matitos	63,300 33,300	33,300
Lukas Frey	63,000
Clement Michaud	62,000
Mohammad Najdi	61,000 31,000	31,000
Refael Dahan	60,000 30,000	30,000
Otar Mamuchashvili	60,000 30,000	30,000
Dominik Siegl	60,000 30,000	30,000
Radek Jantos	60,000 30,000	30,000
Leonardo Romeo	58,500 28,500	28,500
Taoufik Dahhaoui	58,400 28,400	28,400
Alexandru Tarcau	58,000 28,000	28,000

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12-04-2025 14:03 UTC+2

Early Entries Day 1c

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Player	Chips	Progress
Merlin Blank	30,000 30,000	30,000
Goran Dordevic	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andris Rasins	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fiodar Skrunda	30,000 30,000	30,000
Christophe Malaurie	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tomas Buksa	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jeremy Streuli	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jean-Baptiste Pano	30,000 30,000	30,000
Niksa Marinac	30,000 30,000	30,000
Constantin Meyer	30,000 30,000	30,000
Esteban Maquillon Diaz	30,000 30,000	30,000
Felix Seidel	30,000 30,000	30,000
Uri Gilboa	30,000 30,000	30,000

Yaron Tayar	30,000 30,000	30,000
Yurii Parkhomchuk	30,000 30,000	30,000
Ondrej Lakomy	30,000 30,000	30,000
Peter Kvisthammar	30,000 30,000	30,000
Spyridon Dimotsantos	30,000 30,000	30,000
Chrisy Taylor	30,000 30,000	30,000
Joseph Houayek	30,000 30,000	30,000
Brian Klindrup	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pasquale Grimaldi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Thomas Quaade	30,000 30,000	30,000
Arik Filstein	30,000 30,000	30,000
Janne Nevalainen	30,000 30,000	30,000

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