Hijack Mark Holden and Adrien Guyader on the button had created a pot of 6,000 preflop. Holden then checked the J♣4♣2♦ flop over to Guyader, who bet 1,700.
Holden flicked in a small raise to 3,800, which Guyader called. Holden kept firing on the 2♠ turn, opting for a size of 6,000. Another call flew in from Guyader, prompting the dealer to put the 3♦ river on the felt.
Holden sized down to 5,000, and Guyader called off after about a minute in the tank. Holden confidently tabled K♠K♣ for kings and deuces, and he was awarded the huge pot when Guyader's cards hit the muck.
In a three-way, three-bet pot worth 3,800, the action checked to Georgios Karakousis on the button. He bet 3,000 on the 4♠8♣J♥ flop, which Andrey Andreev called in the small blind.
Simon Brandstrom moved out of the way under the gun, after which the 2♥ was placed on the turn. Karakousis sized up to 6,000, and Andreev put in another check-call.
Karakousis completed his triple barrel on the 5♠ river, putting Andreev all-in for 7,200. Andreev quickly folded, opting to play with the 72 big blinds he had left himself.
The preflop action culminated in Nicolas Maniable reraising to 3,500 in the big blind and Ilia Trusov calling in the small blind. Both players then checked through the 10♦6♥10♠ flop.
Trusov fired a bet of 2,500 on the 6♠ turn, to which Maniable responded with a raise to 7,500. Trusov quickly folded, and the pot was shipped to Maniable.
With the board reading Q♦8♠2♥ and a bit over 3,000 in the middle, Hugues Mazerolle bet 1,500 from the small blind and Borja Martinez called from the hijack.
Mazerolle fired a second barrel for 5,500 on the 4♥ turn, and Martinez called again. On the 8♦ river, Mazerolle bet 15,000, and Martinez went into the tank for a couple of minutes before folding.
Picking up the action on a three-way 6♥Q♣K♥Q♦ turn, Jacob Cohen checked from the small blind to Ignacio Cuesta in the cutoff. Cuesta bet 1,500 into the 3,500 pot, which Vladimir Lipnitskii called on the button.
Cohen also came along to the 7♣ river, where Cuesta sized up to 7,000. Lipnitskii wanted to see a showdown and called, prompting Cohen to get out of the way.
Cuesta tabled K♠Q♠ for a full house, and he was awarded the large pot when Lipnitskii mucked his cards.
For nearly 20 years, the December poker calendar has been synonymous with the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague. Since 2007, champions have been crowned at the Hilton Hotel Prague, making it one of the most storied stops on the EPT. Today, a new opportunity arises for poker enthusiasts around the world to etch their names in history, as Day 1a of the prestigious €5,300 EPT Main Event will get underway at noon local time.
Last year, long-time EPT regular Pedro Marques conquered a field of 1,458 entries, the most ever recorded in the EPT Prague Main Event. He walked away with €963,450 after a heads-up deal with Paul Runcan, while two-time EPT online winner Anton "WhatIfGod" Bergstrom made his first appearance at a live EPT final table since 2005, ultimately falling in fifth place.
2024 EPT Prague Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Pedro Marques
Portugal
€963,450*
2
Paul Runcan
Romania
€900,000*
3
Jaehyung Park
South Korea
€512,100
4
Barak Oz
Israel
€393,950
5
Anton Bergstrom
Sweden
€303,000
6
Siarhei Alontsau
Belarus
€233,050
7
Tjenno Eskes
Netherlands
€179,250
8
Siegfried Kapeller
Austria
€137,900
9
Danut Chisu
Romania
€106,050
*denotes heads-up deal
Pedro Marques
Plan for Day 1a
The 2025 EPT Prague Main Event will follow the same famed deep-stacked structure the EPT is known for. Every registrant will sit down with 30,000 in chips, with blinds starting at 100/100 with a 100 big blind ante. Ten 60-minute levels are on the cards on both Day 1a and Day 1b, with a small break after every two levels and a 60-minute dinner break after Level 6.
Late registration will remain open throughout the day, closing at the start of Day 2, at which point the starting stack will be worth 20 big blinds. Only two entries per player are allowed in total across all days, including Day 2.
Day 1a Schedule
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Big Blind Ante
1
60 min
100
100
100
2
60 min
100
200
200
15 min break
3
60 min
100
300
300
4
60 min
200
400
400
15 min break
5
60 min
200
500
500
6
60 min
300
600
600
60 min dinner break
7
60 min
400
800
800
8
60 min
500
1,000
1,000
20 min break
9
60 min
600
1,200
1,200
10
60 min
600
1,200
1,200
As always, PokerNews will be on the floor in Prague to report the EPT Main Event from start to finish. Stay tuned to this page as the first of seven days of Main Event action will get underway shortly.
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