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

12-09-2025 23:28 UTC+2

Dimitrov Eliminates Vardai

Laura Fryer

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

Ferenc Vardai open-jammed for his last 11,000 chips from middle position and Stefan Dimitrov called on the button.

Ferenc Vardai: A♦J♣ All in
Stefan Dimitrov: K♥Q♠

Vardai was ahead, but that quickly faded as Dimitrov picked up a queen on the 2♦6♦Q♦ flop. Vardai had hope with a diamond flush draw, but he missed on both the 9♥ turn and the 10♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stefan Dimitrov	86,500 86,500	86,500
Ferenc Vardai	Busted

Tags: Ferenc Vardai Stefan Dimitrov

12-09-2025 23:24 UTC+2

Labat Leaves Main Event

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Frank Visser

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

Roger Sandsmark opened his button to 3,000. Antoine Labat then pushed all in for 30,000 in the small blind, which Ioannis Panagiotopoulos called in the big blind. Sandsmark debated calling off his stack of 23,700, but ultimately decided to fold.

Antoine Labat: A♠9♦ All in
Ioannis Panagiotopoulos: A♣Q♣

Panagiotopoulos had the dominating hand and locked up the pot on the 4♥7♣3♣Q♠ turn.

The J♦ river was rendered meaningless as Labat busted his second and final bullet of the tournament. Not much later, Sandsmark was also eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ioannis Panagiotopoulos	150,000 150,000	150,000
Antoine Labat	Busted
Roger Sandsmark	Busted

Tags: Antoine Labat Ioannis Panagiotopoulos Roger Sandsmark

12-09-2025 23:13 UTC+2

Cortellazzi Climbs in the Counts

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Laura Fryer

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

Juho Suutari opened to 2,600 on the button, Andrea Cortellazzi called from the small blind, and Oscar Clemens Von Doebeln called from the big blind.

The Q♠8♥5♣ flop was checked by all to the 2♥ turn. Cortellazzi pushed out 15,000 from the small blind, and both Von Doebeln and Suutari folded to the bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrea Cortellazzi	114,000 114,000	114,000
Oscar Clements Von Doebeln	79,000
Juho Suutari	34,000 16,400	16,400

Tags: Andrea Cortellazzi Juho Suutari Oscar Clemens Von Doebeln

12-09-2025 23:07 UTC+2

Wolf’s Kings Crumble Against Hagmann’s Ace

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Sava Krink

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

Action folded to Fabian Wolf in the hijack, who looked at his cards and then at his stack. With just 9,200 behind, he shoved all in. The action reached David Hagmann in the big blind, who just glanced at his hand before calling.

Fabian Wolf: K♥K♦ All in
David Hagmann: A♦5♣

The flop came 4♥A♣Q♥, giving Hagmann the lead with a pair of aces. “I think I need to stand up,” Wolf remarked, and did just that.

Standing up didn’t change the outcome. The 6♠ turn and 9♣ river left Wolf behind, sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Hagmann	54,000 8,000	8,000
Fabian Wolf	Busted

Tags: David Hagmann Fabian Wolf

12-09-2025 23:06 UTC+2

Kalev Wins Flip as Bedoui's Woes Continue

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Frank Visser

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

Petar Kalev jammed in his stack of 25,300 from the small blind. Former chipleader Mahmoud Bedoui instantly called under the gun.

Petar Kalev: J♠J♦ All in
Mahmoud Bedoui: A♦K♥

Bedoui's ace-king was left unimproved after the 3♦Q♣9♣7♥10♣ runout, seeing Kalev's jacks hold for the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Rapanowicz	198,000 95,500	95,500
Mahmoud Bedoui	162,400 79,600	79,600
Petar Kalev	53,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Mahmoud Bedoui Petar Kalev

12-09-2025 23:05 UTC+2

Alonso Puts the Pressure on Khorchidian

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Dylan McGowan opened to 2,400 from the cutoff, and he received calls from Javier Fernandez Alonso on the button and Nichan Khorchidian in the big blind.

The flop came 3♦4♣5♦. Khorchidian led out with a 3,500 bet, McGowan folded, and Alonso raised to 12,000. Khorchidian called.

The two players checked the K♦ turn, leading to the Q♥ river. Khorchidian checked and Alonso shoved, covering Khorchidian who had around 45,000 left. Khorchidian opted to fold, and Alonso took the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Javier Fernandez Alonso	150,000 150,000	150,000
Nichan Khorchidian	47,000 9,500	9,500
Dylan McGowan	26,500 26,500	26,500

Tags: Dylan McGowan Javier Fernandez Alonso Nichan Khorchidian

12-09-2025 22:55 UTC+2

Late-Night Leaders and Assorted Counts

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Frank Visser

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Perez	288,000 63,000	63,000
Mahmoud Bedoui	242,000 3,000	3,000
Oleg Vasylchenko	223,000 68,000	68,000
Dimitrios Kilintaris	221,500 79,600	79,600

Roberto Manfredi	189,000 28,000	28,000
Bartosz Jablonski	179,000
Terry Jordon	175,500 66,500	66,500
Pietro Nicastro	166,100 149,200	149,200
Aram Sargsyan	159,200 20,800	20,800
Shraga Vrubel	158,000 2,000	2,000
Joshua Gebissa	156,000 11,500	11,500
Pasi Laihinen	155,000
Merijn van Rooij	137,500 27,500	27,500
Grzegorz Flak	136,100 16,100	16,100
Grzegorz Kozieja	135,000 15,000	15,000
Leo Worthington-Leese	120,000 90,000	90,000
Artus Gimenez	117,600 103,400	103,400
David Hu	109,100 43,300	43,300
Baris Topuz	107,000 14,000	14,000
Raymond Wheatley	105,000 43,400	43,400
Anton Wigg	102,000 29,700	29,700

Paawan Bansal	102,000 23,000	23,000

Fahredin Mustafov	94,000 30,000	30,000
Adrian Ziemichod	93,000 37,000	37,000
Simone Andrian	90,600 10,700	10,700

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Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

12-09-2025 22:44 UTC+2

Catch the Latest Edition of The Rundown

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Kaelaine Minton

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

12-09-2025 22:36 UTC+2

Final Break of Day 1b

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Frank Visser

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

The field has been sent on its last 15-minute break of the evening. When they return, two more 60-minute levels will be played before Day 1b concludes.