€5,300 Main Event Day 1a | 2025 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-08-2025 23:33 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Jyri Merivirta	Busted
Gianfranco Iaculli	Busted

Andre Mayer	Busted
Martin Tsvetanov	Busted
Lasse Hansen	Busted
Lei Yu	Busted
David Nus	Busted
Isabella Costa	Busted
Christos Argyriadis	Busted
Rene Von Reden	Busted

Soika Relinquishes on River

Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Chady Ojeil open-raised to 2,500 in middle position. Yann Pineau flatted in the small blind before Ihar Soika squeezed in a three-bet to 12,900 from the big blind. Ojeil matched the bet, prompting Pineau to get out of the way.

Soika continued for 8,500 on the 2♥3♥5♠ flop. Ojeil called to the J♥ turn, where Soika checked to him. Ojeil then placed a bet of 21,000, which Soika called after some thought.

The A♥ fell on the river. Ojeil sized down to 15,000, causing Soika to enter another tank. After a few minutes, Soika let go of his hand, seeing the chips go to Ojeil without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ricardo Capela	159,000 17,000	17,000
Chady Ojeil	158,500 51,500	51,500
Romain Le Dantec	110,000 30,000	30,000
Adil Tlimisov	107,000 57,000	57,000
Maria Lampropulos	78,500 2,500	2,500
Yann Pineau	70,000 70,000	70,000
Ihar Soika	45,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Chady Ojeil Ihar Soika Yann Pineau

12-08-2025 23:15 UTC+2

Paunescu Pounces on Arita

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Ciprian Paunescu had opened from middle position when Naohiro Arita jammed in his stack of 61,000 from the hijack. It folded back to Paunescu, who immediately called.

Naohiro Arita: Q♠10♠ All in
Ciprian Paunescu: J♠J♣

Paunescu's jacks held on the 5♥K♥K♦10♥9♦ runout, sending Arita to the rail late on Day 1a.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ciprian Paunescu	61,000 23,500	23,500
Naohiro Arita	Busted

Tags: Naohiro Arita Ciprian Paunescu

12-08-2025 23:15 UTC+2

Mattila Gets One Street of Value

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jussi Mattila opened to 2,500 from middle position, and Juha Helppi defended from the big blind.

Both players checked the flop and turn, leading to a final board of J♠10♦7♦9♠10♠. Helppi check-called a 3,000 bet from Mattila.

Mattila showed A♠A♥ for two pair, aces and tens, and Helppi mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jussi Mattila	97,000 25,500	25,500
Juha Helppi	74,000 8,700	8,700

Tags: Juha Helppi Jussi Mattila

12-08-2025 23:08 UTC+2

Sychov Sent to Rail

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

In a pot worth 19,000, Artur Sychov and Sanghoon Choi had reached the A♥3♦K♠9♣4♥ river. Small blind Sychov checked it over to Choi, who bet 15,000 from under the gun, covering Sychov's remaining stack.

Sychov spent a few minutes in the tank before he called off for his tournament life. Choi showed A♠4♠ for rivered two pair.

Sychov groaned as he saw the bad news, and he said his goodbyes as his A♣10♣ disappeared into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sanghoon Choi	65,000 28,500	28,500
Artur Sychov	Busted

Tags: Artur Sychov Sanghoon Choi

12-08-2025 22:58 UTC+2

Late-Night Counts

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Frank Visser

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitezslav Cech	222,000 112,000	112,000
Georgios Tsouloftas	216,000 86,500	86,500
Fabian Bartuschk	181,000 75,800	75,800

Marcin Lesniewski	178,500
Rohan Oberoi	167,000 37,000	37,000
Asad Klein	158,200 54,700	54,700
Luis Faria	153,000 50,700	50,700
Patrik Jaros	149,000 1,000	1,000
Enrico Camosci	145,500 8,500	8,500
David Vesely	144,000 17,500	17,500
Ricardo Capela	142,000
Darius Gadeikis	137,000 25,200	25,200
Ole Schemion	133,100 65,600	65,600
Nicola Grieco	128,700 74,700	74,700
Rudolf Kosa	125,000
David Docherty	124,900 45,100	45,100
Pawel Wojciechowski	121,400 9,600	9,600
Alexis Nicolai	121,400
Christopher Puetz	120,000 90,000	90,000
Tomasz Brzezinski	119,500 36,900	36,900

Vladimir Lipnitskii	116,000 2,500	2,500
Alexander Norden	116,000
Iulian Bleau	115,500 32,100	32,100
Cesar Garcia	115,000 30,000	30,000
Burim Mahmudi	114,200

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Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-08-2025 22:51 UTC+2

PokerStars Live League Heats Up

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With the PokerStars Live League reaching its final two stops, David Docherty finds himself perfectly positioned for a late surge.

Just EPT Prague and PokerStars Open Cannes remain, not just for Docherty to overtake Steinn Thanh Du Karlsson at the top of the Low tier, but also there are winners to be crowned in the Medium and High tiers as well.

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12-08-2025 22:39 UTC+2

Final Break of Day 1a

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Frank Visser

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

The players have been sent on their last 15-minute break of the evening. When they return, they will play two more levels of 60 minutes each before the survivors bag up.

12-08-2025 22:39 UTC+2