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

12-08-2025 20:44 UTC+2

Big and Notable Stacks

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Darius Gadeikis	162,200
Vitezslav Cech	152,300
David Docherty	151,000 51,500	51,500
Romain Le Dantec	140,000
Paraskevas Tsokaridis	137,500 8,500	8,500
Pawel Wojciechowski	131,000 11,000	11,000
Rohan Oberoi	130,000 10,000	10,000
Angelo de Krom	130,000 86,500	86,500
Georgios Tsouloftas	129,500 4,500	4,500
Lars Tungel	124,000 32,000	32,000
Jussi Mattila	115,500 36,500	36,500
Anton Suarez	114,500 10,800	10,800
Vladimir Lipnitskii	113,500 84,500	84,500
David Vesely	105,400 56,900	56,900
Fabian Bartuschk	105,200 20,200	20,200

Asad Klein	103,500
Gianfranco Iaculli	94,000 17,500	17,500

Ralfs Mecaucis	89,600 15,400	15,400
Roman Stoica	88,000 45,900	45,900
Lei Yu	86,000 1,000	1,000
Conor O'Driscoll	85,000 10,000	10,000

Iulian Bleau	83,400 1,600	1,600
Mengshi Tian	83,000 71,500	71,500
Tomasz Brzezinski	82,600 29,400	29,400

Patryk Kolodziej	82,300 22,300	22,300

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Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

12-08-2025 20:25 UTC+2

Introducing MyPlayers: Your Personalized Way to Follow Poker’s Biggest Names

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

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12-08-2025 19:52 UTC+2

Is AI Killing Poker Content? | PokerNews Podcast #927

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In the 927th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Chad Holloway is joined by Connor Richards at Level 9 Studios to talk about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) when it comes to poker content. The discussion stems from the recent controversy involving the World Series of Poker (WSOP) documentary 'No Limit', in which showrunner Dustin Iannotti admittedly used AI in edits involving Alan Keating's quotes. The show was pulled from YouTube by the WSOP as a result, and opened up a whole can of worms.

PokerNews also upset Shaun Deeb with an AI oops of our own, while ClubWPT Gold’s tweet stirred up a heated debate about marketing, women in poker, and more. It was a debate that Abby Merk jumped into headfirst while at the Asian Poker Tour (APT), where she booked a tournament win! From there, you can see highlights from the 2nd Annual Big Deal for One Drop Charity Event during F1 Las Vegas, which involved Phil Hellmuth, Jennifer Tilly, and Antonio Esfandiari, just to name a few. Oh, and the title came down to Deeb and Squid Games: The Challenge star Steven Jones. Watch to find out who won!

Chad and Connor then recap recent tournament wins by Aaron Johnson and Jake Long at MSPT Ameristar East Chicago, Felipe Boianovsky taking down the Brazilian Series of Poker (BSOP) $50K Super High Roller, and Ted Jackson-Spivack claiming three CMSOP titles before they share what they're thankful for on this Thanksgiving holiday.

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12-08-2025 19:39 UTC+2

Dinner Time

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 240 players still playing in Day 1a, the Main Event has been sent on a dinner break of 60 minutes.

The action will resume around 7:40 p.m. local time.

12-08-2025 19:36 UTC+2

Sent on Early Dinner

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian-Petrut Petrache	Busted
Jamie Dwan	Busted
Stanislav Koleno	Busted
Ivan Banic	Busted

Rafi Elharar	Busted
Daniel Erlandsson	Busted
Mark Holden	Busted
Marton Czuczor	Busted
Uri Gilboa	Busted

12-08-2025 19:34 UTC+2

Wenzel Doubles Through Dalessio

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ferdinando Dalessio opened to 1,200 from middle position, Benedikt Wenzel three-bet to 3,600 from the button, and Dalessio shoved, covering Wenzel who had a bit over 20,000 to start the hand. Wenzel snap-called and was at risk.

Benedikt Wenzel: Q♣Q♠ All in
Ferdinando Dalessio: K♦5♦

Wenzel was in great shape with his pocket queens needing to fade just one overcard. He remained ahead throughout the 4♥3♣7♥2♣J♠ runout to double up through Dalessio.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benedikt Wenzel	45,000
Ferdinando Dalessio	9,500

Tags: Benedikt Wenzel Ferdinando Dalessio

12-08-2025 19:27 UTC+2

Tsouloftas Keeps Building

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Georgios Tsouloftas had squeezed in a three-bet to 5,400 on the button, which Iulian Bleau under the gun and Arunas Sapitavicius in the cutoff called.

It checked to Tsouloftas on the 3♠Q♥6♦ flop. He bet another 5,400, this time being called only by Sapitavicius.

Tousloftas sized up to 10,000 on the 3♥ turn. Sapitavicius quickly check-folded as Tsouloftas added some more chips to his ever-growing towers.

Player	Chips	Progress
Georgios Tsouloftas	125,000 6,500	6,500
Iulian Bleau	85,000
Arunas Sapitavicius	40,000

Tags: Arunas Sapitavicius Georgios Tsouloftas Iulian Bleau

12-08-2025 19:22 UTC+2

O'Driscoll Calls Correctly

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aiguo Xu opened to 1,200 from the button, Conor O'Driscoll three-bet to 4,800 from the small blind, and Xu called.

Both players checked the 10♦7♣2♠ flop, leading to the 5♠ turn. O'Driscoll bet 5,000, Xu raised to 11,000, and O'Driscoll called before both players checked the Q♣ river.

O'Driscoll turned over a pair with 8♦8♠ and Xu's hand hit the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	75,000 36,700	36,700

Aiguo Xu	49,100

Tags: Aiguo Xu Conor O'Driscoll

12-08-2025 19:13 UTC+2

Wojciechowski Building a Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Ognyan Dimov made it 1,200 to go in the hijack. Jeremie Zouari three-bet to 3,600 in the cutoff, which Pawel Wojciechowski four-bet to 9,000 on the button.

Dimov quickly mucked his hand, but Zouari called to see the 6♠4♦A♣ flop. Wojciechowski dropped a continuation-bet of 5,000, and Zouari check-called.

Wojciechowski then moved all in on the 8♦ turn. Zouari had no interest in risking his stack, as he folded and left himself about half a starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pawel Wojciechowski	120,000 28,900	28,900
Fabrizio Nuetzel	54,000 33,800	33,800
Ognyan Dimov	30,500 1,000	1,000

Sergiy Dudka	25,000 25,000	25,000
Tamas Varszegi	16,800 16,800	16,800
Jeremie Zouari	16,000 16,000	16,000
Aliaksandr Shylko	14,500 1,000	1,000

Tags: Jeremie Zouari Ognyan Dimov Pawel Wojciechowski