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

12-09-2025 21:15 UTC+2

Panka Reenters; Notable Bust-Outs

Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dominik Panka	30,000 30,000	30,000

Scott Margereson	Busted
Andrej Tekel	Busted
Claas Segebrecht	Busted
Patrick El Kallas	Busted
Federico Quevedo	Busted
Gerard Carbo	Busted
Bernd Gleisner	Busted
Edward Quinn	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted
Michael Sklenicka	Busted
Julien Sitbon	Busted

12-09-2025 21:07 UTC+2

Mooney Leads Twice in Four-Bet Pot

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Dimitrios Gkatzas opened the action with a raise to 1,700 in early position. John Mooney three-bet to 5,000 in middle position, after which Marius Kudzmanas upped the price to 12,000 in the cutoff.

Gkatzas quickly got out of the way, but Mooney wanted to see a flop and called the extra chips.

The 5♠J♥3♥ flop made Mooney lead out for 6,500. Kudzmanas matched the bet to see the 2♥ turn, where Mooney kept firing. His bet of 8,000 was enough to take the pot as Kudzmanas swiftly let go of his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Vasylchenko	155,000 24,000	24,000
John Mooney	94,000
Marius Kudzmanas	45,000 29,000	29,000
Dimitrios Gkatzas	40,100
Anders Jonsson	34,500
Nicolas Vayssieres	16,500

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas John Mooney Marius Kudzmanas

12-09-2025 21:04 UTC+2

Rapanowicz Nearly Triples Up

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Luke Porter opened to 1,700 from the cutoff, Patrick El Kallas called from the button, and Damian Rapanowicz three-bet shoved for 37,300 from the big blind.

Porter called, slightly covering Rapanowicz, and El Kallas called with his stack of roughly 25,000.

Patrick El Kallas: 10♠10♦ All in
Damian Rapanowicz: A♠Q♣ All in
Luke Porter: 9♠9♦

Rapanowicz took the lead with top pair on the A♣J♣2♠ flop, and remained ahead as the rest of the board ran out K♠3♣ to send El Kallas to the rail and leave Porter severely short-stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Damian Rapanowicz	102,500 23,700	23,700
Luke Porter	6,500 6,500	6,500
Patrick El Kallas	Busted

Tags: Damian Rapanowicz Luke Porter Patrick El Kallas

12-09-2025 21:02 UTC+2

Stubberfield Cracks Haiche's Kings

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Idir Haiche was all in for his remaining ten big blinds on the small blind and was covered by Ben Stubberfield on the button.

Idir Haiche: K♦K♥ All in
Ben Stubberfield: 7♦7♠

Haiche was hoping to hold, but the 2♣7♣8♥4♥5♥ runout saw him hit the rail just a few hands after the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Stubberfield	35,000
Idir Haiche	Busted

Tags: Ben Stubberfield Idir Haiche

12-09-2025 21:01 UTC+2

Gordo Sent Packing by Chung’s Two Pair

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Sava Krink

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

The pot had already grown past 40,000 with the board fully fanned out at 10♣5♦A♠9♣2♦. Guillermo Gordo in the hijack checked to Timothy Chung in the cutoff, who shoved his remaining 23,900 into the middle. Gordo, with slightly less behind, took his time before making the call and sending the hand to showdown.

Chung tabled 10♦9♦ for two pair, while Gordo's A♦Q♦ only had a pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Chung	90,000 48,000	48,000
Guillermo Gordo	Busted

Tags: Guillermo Gordo Timothy Chung

12-09-2025 20:57 UTC+2

Chalot Chases Cifuentes

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Benjamin Chalot opened on the button for 1,600 and Rene Lazaro Cifuentes defended the big blind.

The 5♥7♠4♣ flop saw both check to the 3♠ turn.

Cifuentes bet 1,500 and Chalot raised to 5,000. Cifuentes mucked, passing the pot to Chalot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Chalot	52,100
Rene Lazaro Cifuentes	11,000

Tags: Benjamin Chalot Rene Lazaro Cifuentes

12-09-2025 20:51 UTC+2

Ferreira Doubles Through Boi

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Will Kassouf opened to 1,800 from early position, Quentin Saint-Martin called from middle position, Paolo Boi called from the hijack, and Joao Ferreira three-bet shoved for 13,400 from the button. Kassouf folded, Saint-Martin folded, and Boi called with a covering stack.

Joao Ferreira: A♠K♦ All in
Paolo Boi: A♥5♥

The K♠4♣Q♣A♣6♣ runout gave Ferreira top two pair to double up through Boi.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quentin Saint-Martin	113,000 2,000	2,000
Paolo Boi	54,000 24,000	24,000
Will Kassouf	49,000 9,000	9,000
Joao Ferreira	34,600 34,600	34,600

Tags: Joao Ferreira Paolo Boi Quentin Saint-Martin Will Kassouf

12-09-2025 20:49 UTC+2

Gordo Doubles as Chung Bluffs in Blinds

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Guillermo Gordo and Timothy Chung had reached the Q♣A♠K♥2♣10♦ river in their blind-on-blind battle. With 22,000 already collected, Gordo checked to Chung.

Chung then moved in for 11,300 effective, covering Gordo, and received a snap-call. Chung had a missed gutshot with 5♣3♦, leaving Gordo to rake in the double-up with K♣10♣ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillermo Gordo	44,600 44,600	44,600
Timothy Chung	42,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Guillermo Gordo Timothy Chung

12-09-2025 20:45 UTC+2

Ozdemir Out of Luck

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Laura Fryer

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Kaan Ozdemir was the first to be eliminated in this second flight of the main event, but reentered early on.

In the first hand after the break, he found himself all-in again and at risk for his remaining 8,500.

Niklas Deitmer opened from under the gun to 1,600, and Kaan Ozdemir moved all in on the button. Deitmer was the only caller, and the players went to showdown.

Kaan Ozdemir: A♣K♠ All in
Niklas Deitmer: A♦10♠

It was a strong start for Ozdemir, but the J♣3♠10♣ flop saw Deitmer improve to a pair.

There was some hope for a straight, but he couldn't find a way back on the 2♣ turn or 3♦ river, and was eliminated from the main event for the second time today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niklas Deitmer	92,500 92,500	92,500
Kaan Ozdemir	Busted

Tags: Kaan Ozdemir Niklas Deitmer

12-09-2025 20:40 UTC+2

Biggest Stacks After Break

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Frank Visser

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mahmoud Bedoui	351,400 600	600
Roberto Manfredi	161,000
Shraga Vrubel	160,000 69,600	69,600
Rafael Ben	148,000
David Gabunia	143,000
Joshua Gebissa	141,600 141,600	141,600
Terry Jordon	134,100 20,600	20,600
Kamil Dobosz	132,000
Roger Perez	132,000 42,000	42,000
Oleg Vasylchenko	131,000 22,500	22,500
Adrian Ziemichod	130,000 67,000	67,000
Grzegorz Kozieja	120,000 9,000	9,000