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

12-09-2025 19:23 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Mahmoud Bedoui	352,000 67,000	67,000
Merijn van Rooij	115,000 48,200	48,200
Gabi Livshitz	58,000 37,200	37,200
Paul Newey	44,500 15,000	15,000
Ivan Banic	40,000 35,000	35,000

Firoz Mangroe	30,300 2,200	2,200
Kees van Brugge	29,000 29,000	29,000
Tobias Peters	26,000 11,500	11,500
Tobias Leknes	25,500 14,500	14,500

Holzner Holds His Nerve

Laura Fryer

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Oleg Vasylchenko opened to 1,300 from early position, and Yoash Trokman called from the hijack. Daniel Holzner raised to 4,000 from the cutoff, and both players paid to see the flop.

Vasylchenko and Trokman checked the 10♥K♣10♦ flop, and Holzner bet 3,500. Action folded back to Holzner, who scooped the three-way pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleg Vasylchenko	108,500 18,500	18,500
Daniel Holzner	49,000 20,300	20,300
Yoash Trokman	47,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Daniel Holzner Oleg Vasylchenko Yoash Trokman

12-09-2025 19:13 UTC+2

Vrakas Gets It Through Hu

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Laura Fryer

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Osman Midik opened to 1,500 on the button and saw both Georgios Vrakas call from the small blind and Lulei Hu defend the big blind.

The 3♣A♥7♠ flop was checked to Midik, who bet 1,500. Vrakas raised to 4,600, and only Hu called.

The 10♥ turn saw Vrakas check and Hu bet 4,500. Vrakas took some time before calling.

Vrakas then moved all in for 18,200 on the 7♣ river, sending Hu into the tank. The clock was called after a number of minutes, and Hu counted out the chips from his stack, but then pushed his hand to the dealer.

Vrakas stacked up his chips and showed his gutsy 4♣5♣ bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Osman Midik	78,000 78,000	78,000
Lulei Hu	43,500 3,800	3,800
Georgios Vrakas	43,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Georgios Vrakas Lulei Hu Osman Midik

12-09-2025 19:06 UTC+2

Bedoui Eliminates Meiri to Extend Vast Chip Lead

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Aviv Meiri opened to 1,200 from the hijack, Mahmoud Bedoui called from the button, and Patrick El Kallas defended from the big blind.

The flop came 4♥8♥2♦. El Kallas checked, Meiri bet 2,500, Bedoui called, and El Kallas called.

Meiri continued for 11,000 when checked to on the 4♣ turn. Bedoui raised to 25,000, El Kallas folded, and Meiri shoved for a bit more. Bedoui nearly beat him into the pot.

Aviv Meiri: 5♦4♦ All in
Mahmoud Bedoui: 6♠4♠

Both players had trips with a small kicker, and a chop seemed likely until the 6♥ river improved Bedoui to a full house to eliminate Meiri and add more chips to his already substantial stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mahmoud Bedoui	285,000 130,000	130,000
Patrick El Kallas	15,600 14,400	14,400
Aviv Meiri	Busted

Tags: Aviv Meiri Mahmoud Bedoui Patrick El Kallas

12-09-2025 19:04 UTC+2

Flop Raise Costs Turan

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Three-way to the 8♣Q♠10♠ flop, Gabriele Guerrini bet 2,400 under the gun. Abdullah Turan raised to 6,500 in the cutoff, and Erdal Gulseven mucked his cards on the button after some thought.

Guerrini obliged with a call, after which the two remaining contenders checked through the 9♠ turn. Guerrini fired a small bet of 2,200 on the 10♥ river, which Turan quickly called.

Guerrini tabled Q♦J♥ for a straight, meaning Turan's K♣Q♥ was not good enough to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriele Guerrini	58,000
Abdullah Turan	57,000
Erdal Gulseven	35,500 2,000	2,000

Tags: Abdullah Turan Erdal Gulseven Gabriele Guerrini

12-09-2025 18:51 UTC+2

Recent Oustings

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rostyslav Sabishchenko	Busted
Konstantyn Holskyi	Busted
Fabio Peluso	Busted
Duncan Horst	Busted
Or Nezer	Busted
Stanislav Ivanov	Busted
Mihai Niste	Busted
Alexander Ivarsson	Busted
Kestutis Jungevicius	Busted
Xiaowen Zhao	Busted
Martin Tsvetanov	Busted

12-09-2025 18:49 UTC+2

Koleno Five-Bet Shoves Against Margereson

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Frank Visser

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

Grzegorz Flak raised to 1,400 in the hijack, which Stanislav Koleno three-bet to 6,000 in the cutoff. Scott Margereson upped the ante further by four-betting in the small blind, folding out Flak.

Koleno took some time before he announced his all-in for 59,500. Margereson asked for a count, but mucked his cards after deliberating his options for a while.

Player	Chips	Progress
Grzegorz Flak	77,100 77,100	77,100
Scott Margereson	76,000 19,700	19,700
Riccardo De Rubeis	42,100 42,100	42,100
Dmitry Yurasov	42,000 8,500	8,500
Stanislav Koleno	31,600 31,600	31,600
Edward Quinn	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Grzegorz Flak Scott Margereson Stanislav Koleno

12-09-2025 18:48 UTC+2

Duart Takes from Sitbon

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

With the board reading 5♥J♣8♦ and around 8,500 in the middle, Francisco Duart checked from the hijack and called a 2,000 bet from Julien Sitbon in the cutoff.

Duart check-called a 5,000 bet from Sitbon on the 2♥ turn, before both players checked the 4♦ river. Duart showed top pair with Q♥J♥, and Sitbon mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Duart	61,500 61,500	61,500
Julien Sitbon	27,000 14,100	14,100

Tags: Francisco Duart Julien Sitbon

12-09-2025 18:46 UTC+2

Spring Is Coming Early: 2026 PokerStars SCOOP Runs March 1-25

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Sandra Barbour

Level 6 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

The iconic PokerStars Spring Championship Of Online Poker (SCOOP) is one of the most eagerly anticipated festivals on the online poker calendar, thanks partly to its offering of massive prize pools across three weeks of action. Usually, SCOOP runs online at PokerStars throughout May, but the 2026 SCOOP heads to PokerStars two months earlier, with the festival schedule for March 1-25.

PokerStars first ran SCOOP in 2009, and it immediately became a must-play series for tournament grinders of all skill and experience levels. The multi-tiered buy-in structure opens the door for every PokerStars player to experience a world-class poker tournament festival regardless of their bankroll size.

Since its launch in 2009, PokerStars SCOOP has seen more than 143 million PokerStars players buy into over 3,300 tournaments and share a staggering $1.4 billion in prizes, of which more than $216 million has gone to SCOOP champions.

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Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600