€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-11-2025 13:58 UTC+2

Latest Eliminations

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Nuno Alvarez	Busted
Roy Shmuli	Busted
Davit Mikhanashvili	Busted
Andrei Spataru	Busted
Alexander Sokolovsky	Busted
Alon Huberman	Busted
Robert Heidorn	Busted
Anh Do	Busted
Stefan Heizmann	Busted
Toni Ravnak	Busted
Youenn Andre	Busted
Jon Sataoen	Busted
Emmanouil Chrysovergis	Busted
Pietro Nicastro	Busted
Ignas Jasinevicius	Busted

12-11-2025 13:58 UTC+2

Van Rooij Puts On the Pressure

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Sava Krink

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The action was picked up on the flop as the board fanned out 10♦9♠6♠ with about 35,000 already in the pot. Sanghoon Choi led the hijack for 18,000, and Merijn van Rooij called from the small blind, while Gabriele Guerrini folded his big blind.

Both players checked the K♦ turn and went on to the 2♠ river.

Van Rooij then moved all in, putting Choi at risk for his remaining 52,000. Choi went deep into the tank, using one time bank card before finally finding the fold and leaving the pot to van Rooij.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriele Guerrini	530,000 243,000	243,000
Merijn van Rooij	331,000 72,000	72,000
Sanghoon Choi	52,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Gabriele Guerrini Merijn van Rooij Sanghoon Choi

12-11-2025 13:58 UTC+2

Gkatzas Doubles to Average Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Aram Sargsyan opened to 10,000 in the hijack. Zoltan Vrancsik flat-called on the button, after which Dimitrios Gkatzas squeezed in his stack of 121,000 from the small blind.

Sargsyan announced a call after some thought, while Vrancsik quickly got out of the way.

Dimitrios Gkatzas: A♣K♦ All in
Aram Sargsyan: A♦Q♠

Neither player improved on the J♥5♠9♥4♣6♠ board. Gkatzas' ace-king remained the best hand, and he raked in a double-up to reach an average stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enrico Camosci	285,000 131,000	131,000
Dimitrios Gkatzas	264,000 152,000	152,000
Zoltan Vrancsik	97,000 10,000	10,000
Davidi Kitai	70,000 4,000	4,000

Aram Sargsyan	60,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Dimitrios Gkatzas Zoltan Vrancsik

12-11-2025 13:56 UTC+2

Zhou Whiffs Against Wisbrod

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Heads-up on a flop of Q♦8♣3♦, Barak Wisbrod bet 10,000 from the button before Quan Zhou raised to 35,000 in the cutoff. Wisbrod then moved all in, and Zhou called for his last 120,000.

Quan Zhou: A♦5♦ All in
Barak Wisbrod: A♥8♦

Wisbrod was ahead with his pair of eights, while Zhou was on a flush draw. The turn was the 6♣, while Zhou couldn't connect with the 10♣ river and was sent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Barak Wisbrod	450,000 160,000	160,000
Quan Zhou	Busted

Tags: Barak Wisbrod Quan Zhou

12-11-2025 13:52 UTC+2

Ojeil Gets Max from Peters

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Laura Fryer

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Players were in a ~150,000 pot and already on the turn looking at the 4♣10♥8♣2♣ board.

Chady Ojeil was sitting in the blinds and heads up against Tobias Peters in a late position. Ojeil was all-in for his remaining 150,000 and action was on Peters who made the call.

Chady Ojeil: 10♦10♠ All in
Tobias Peters: 2♥2♠

Both players had a set but, Ojeil was ahead with a set of tens.

There was no change for Ojeil after the 4♦ was placed, and Peters took a significant tumble, from the start of the day.

He remarked after the hand to the table, "Ah you win some, you lose some, it's the same thing".

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	450,000 339,000	339,000
Chady Ojeil	440,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Chady Ojeil Tobias Peters

12-11-2025 13:52 UTC+2

Sargsyan Finds an Ace to Double

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Aram Sargsyan raised to 10,000 in the hijack, Iraklis Manikaros moved all in from the big blind, and Sargsyan called for 86,000.

Aram Sargsyan: A♦K♥ All in
Iraklis Manikaros: K♦K♣

Sargsyan needed to improve against Manikaros' kings to stay alive, but he missed the 10♣J♠6♠ flop. The turn, though, brought the A♠ and Sargsyan took the lead with top pair. The river was the 5♦ and Manikaros sent over the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aram Sargsyan	180,000 15,000	15,000
Iraklis Manikaros	180,000 126,000	126,000

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Iraklis Manikaros

12-11-2025 13:50 UTC+2

Pignataro Survives on the River

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Luigi Pignataro raised to 11,000 on the button, Ole Schemion moved all in from the big blind, and Pignataro called for 85,000.

Luigi Pignataro: A♠J♠ All in
Ole Schemion: K♣Q♥

Pignataro remained in the lead on the 9♦2♠9♣ flop, but Schemion hit the K♦ on the turn to make two pair and leave Pignataro at risk of elimination. The river, though, came the A♣ and Pignataro improved to aces and nines to win the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	628,000 100,000	100,000
Luigi Pignataro	177,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Luigi Pignataro Ole Schemion

12-11-2025 13:48 UTC+2

Cuesta Takes Home Pay Jump

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Ignacio Cuesta started the day with under six big blinds, of which he tossed in his last one on the button. Gianfranco Iaculli isolated in the small blind, and the two were ordered to show down.

Ignacio Cuesta: A♦8♣ All in
Gianfranco Iaculli: A♠J♣

Iaculli's superior ace remained best as the 9♣2♠5♣4♣4♦ runout helped neither player, sending Cuesta to the exit with an extra €1,250 courtesy of the pay jump he reached.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gianfranco Iaculli	242,000 41,000	41,000

Ignacio Cuesta	Busted

Tags: Gianfranco Iaculli Ignacio Cuesta

12-11-2025 13:46 UTC+2

Ponomarev Picks Off Stoica to Double; Mandara Coolers Uzunov

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David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Roman Stoica limped in from the small blind before Nikolay Ponomarev raised to 15,000 in the big blind. Stoica called, and the flop came A♠5♠6♣.

Ponomarev then bet 12,000 and Stoica called. Both players checked the 3♥ turn, and Stoica then moved all in on the 5♥ river. Ponomarev called for his last 66,000.

Stoica showed 9♠4♠ for a missed flush draw, while Ponomarev had K♣K♦ to win the pot and double up.

At another table, Ryan Mandara and Ivan Uzunov arrived at the river on a board of 8♠2♣10♣Q♣5♦ when Mandara bet 160,000 from the big blind. Uzunov called in middle position, and Mandara showed A♣9♣ for the nut flush. Uzunov sent K♣8♣ into the muck, and Mandara raked in the big pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Mandara	880,000 186,000	186,000
Nikolay Ponomarev	190,000 78,000	78,000
Ivan Uzunov	150,000 160,000	160,000
Roman Stoica	70,000 146,000	146,000

Tags: Ryan Mandara Roman Stoica Nikolay Ponomarev Ivan Uzunov

12-11-2025 13:40 UTC+2

Jablonski Busts as Hu Crosses Half-Million Mark

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Frank Visser

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Bartosz Jablonski checked the 10♦A♣8♠K♦4♣ river from the small blind to David Hu in the hijack. With about 100,000 in the pot, Hu put Jablonski all-in for his 75,000 remaining chips.

Jablonski snap-called, but his A♥J♦ was outclassed by Hu's A♠8♣ for two pair, spelling the end of Jablonski's EPT Prague Main Event.