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

12-08-2025 19:12 UTC+2

Zangone Spikes the Three-Outer to Double

Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Saverio Zangone was all-in for 6,400 from the big blind, and up against the covering stack of Iulian-Petrut Petrache in the hijack.

Saverio Zangone: K♥9♦ All in
Iulian-Petrut Petrache: A♣K♠

Zangone was in bad shape with a dominated king, but the 9♠10♣10♠Q♣9♥ runout gave him a full house to double up, leaving Petrache short-stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Saverio Zangone	13,700 13,700	13,700
Iulian-Petrut Petrache	4,000 4,000	4,000

Tags: Iulian-Petrut Petrache Saverio Zangone

12-08-2025 19:11 UTC+2

Catch the Latest Edition of The Rundown

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Kaelaine Minton

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

12-08-2025 19:01 UTC+2

Notable Entries and Eliminations

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenny Hallaert	30,000 30,000	30,000

Ole Schemion	30,000
Enrico Camosci	30,000
Youness Barakat	Busted
Nikolai Mamut	Busted
Fatih Aydin	Busted
Imad Derwiche	Busted
Candido Cappiello	Busted
Aren Bezhanyan	Busted
Ioannis Oikonomidis	Busted

12-08-2025 18:56 UTC+2

Urrea Bluffs It Off

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With 24,500 in the pot, Borja Urrea piled in his stack of 27,800 from the small blind on a completed board of 2♦Q♦2♣3♦6♥.

His opponent was Davit Mikhanashvili on the button, who spent a few minutes in the tank before he cut out a call and slid it over the line.

Urrea could only show king-high with K♦10♥, leaving Mikhanashvili to take the pot with 10♦6♦ for second pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davit Mikhanashvili	88,100
Borja Urrea	Busted

Tags: Borja Urrea Davit Mikhanashvili

12-08-2025 18:49 UTC+2

Soika Flops the Joint

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With two players seeing a board of 10♣9♠6♣ and around 4,500 in the middle, Robbie Bull bet 3,000 from the small blind and Ihar Soika raised to 8,700 from middle position. Bull called.

Bull check-called a 7,000 bet from Soika on the 2♥ turn, before check-calling an 18,400 bet on the 5♦ river. Soika turned over the nut straight with 8♥7♥ to take down the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ihar Soika	77,000 40,500	40,500
Robbie Bull	17,000 42,700	42,700

Tags: Ihar Soika Robbie Bull

12-08-2025 18:43 UTC+2

Set No Good for Rados as Majoros Doubles

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Eliot Thomas

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Peter Majoros raised to 4,000 on the button, Julijan Rados, in middle position, reraised to 14,200, and Majoros called.

The flop was 10♦9♦8♦ and Rados kept up the aggression for 7,000. Majoros tanked for well over a minute before moving all in for around 30,000. Rados made the call.

Peter Majoros: 7♣7♥ All in
Julijan Rados: J♣J♠

Majoros was behind but had plenty of outs. The 4♠ turn was no help for Majoros but the J♥ on the river resulted in a straight over set as Majoros scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Majoros	60,000
Julijan Rados	17,000 17,000	17,000

Tags: Julijan Rados Peter Majoros

12-08-2025 18:42 UTC+2

Spotted Stacks

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
David Docherty	99,500 4,500	4,500
Jasper Meijer van Putten	60,000 6,500	6,500

Firoz Mangroe	57,000 3,000	3,000
Hendrik Breitmann	33,200 4,400	4,400
Marc Foggin	32,500 1,400	1,400
Maria Lampropulos	20,800 9,200	9,200

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

12-08-2025 18:39 UTC+2

Hallaert In, Hallaert Out

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

PokerStars ambassador Kenny Hallaert had just taken his seat when he got involved in a pot against Nicola Karl. The duo had gathered 18,000 chips in the middle when Hallaert checked the 7♣3♣K♦10♦ turn over to Karl.

Karl bet 6,000, after which Hallaert moved all in for about 15,000. Karl snap-called, and the cards were revealed.

Kenny Hallaert: 7♦6♦ All in
Nicola Karl: 10♠10♥

Hallaert missed his flush draw on the 7♠ river. His trips were no good as Karl had made a full house, and he quickly left the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Karl	101,500
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Tags: Kenny Hallaert Nicola Karl

12-08-2025 18:32 UTC+2

Soika Battles Six-Figure Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Ihar Soika and Martin Tsvetanov had created a pot of 10,000 when the 10♥4♥2♥ flop was fanned. Soika bet 5,200 from the small blind, which Tsvetanov called in the cutoff.

Soika continued betting on the K♣ turn, placing 5,500 in the middle. This was enough to let Tsvetanov fold as Soika dented the table chip leader's stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Martin Tsvetanov	109,000 109,000	109,000
Ihar Soika	36,500 6,500	6,500

Tags: Ihar Soika Martin Tsvetanov