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€5,300 Main Event
Day 4 Completed
2025 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 Main Event
Day: 4
Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 4
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,936,400
Total Entries
1,224
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Entries
45
Players Left
16
Players Left 1 / 1,224
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Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
In 2023, Padraig O’Neill ignited celebrations across the Emerald Isle when he brought the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event title back home to Ireland. Two years on, and an Irishman is once again in pole position for the title after Day 4.
Conor O’Driscoll leads the 16 players who made it through the day and will come back tomorrow chasing a spot at the final table. O’Driscoll catapulted to the top of the leaderboard in two big pots against former chip leader Gianfranco Iaculli, first calling a five-bet shove with ace-king to double up to 1,350,000, and then picking up ace-king once more against king-jack. O’Driscoll ended up with 3,530,000 as he’s making the most of his first-ever EPT Main Event cash. He already has more than $600,000 in live career earnings, including a deep run in the PS Open at EPT Barcelona this summer.
Day 4 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor O'Driscoll | Ireland | 3,530,000 | 71 |
| 2 | Bora Kurtulus | Turkey | 3,355,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Ding Fan | China | 3,220,000 | 64 |
| 4 | Traian Stanciu | Romania | 3,110,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Dimitrios Gkatzas | Greece | 3,060,000 | 61 |
| 6 | Matan Krakow | Israel | 2,705,000 | 54 |
| 7 | Vitezslav Cech | Czechia | 2,585,000 | 52 |
| 8 | Eyal Maaravi | Israel | 2,530,000 | 51 |
| 9 | Thomas Bazin | France | 2,275,000 | 46 |
| 10 | Vasyl Pidhrusnyi | Ukraine | 1,875,000 | 38 |
| 11 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 1,845,000 | 37 |
| 12 | Paawan Bansal | India | 1,835,000 | 37 |
| 13 | Mehdi Senhaji | Morocco | 1,690,000 | 34 |
| 14 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 1,125,000 | 23 |
| 15 | Xiaowen Zhao | China | 1,000,000 | 20 |
| 16 | Filippo Ragone | Italy | 925,000 | 19 |
Bora Kurtulus (3,355,000), Ding Fan (3,220,000), Traian Stanciu (3,110,000), and Dimitrios Gkatzas (3,060,000) round out the top five. Matan Krakow earned the distinction of having the biggest comeback of the day. The Israeli pro was knocked down to just 180,000 when he lost an all in against Chaofei Wang on the penultimate level of the day, but he then doubled up twice before shoving the river in a big pot against Paawan Bansal to climb all the way up to 2,705,000 and sixth place at the end of the night.
Maria Lampropulos’ win in the 2018 PCA isn’t officially credited as an EPT title, but she still has a chance to make history as the last woman remaining in the field. Lampropulos doubled up when she spiked the nut flush on the river and picked off a bluff from Antonio Sciacca. She then coolered Dominique Liebrecht with kings against ace-king to send Liebrecht to the rail in 19th place as she shot up to 1,845,000. Other players still in the hunt include Vitezslav Cech (2,585,000), Bansal (1,835,000), and Tobias Peters (1,125,000).
Day 4 began with 45 players returning to the Hilton Hotel Prague out of 1,224 entries. Marius Kudzmanas (42nd), Matthias Auer (41st), and PS Open third-place finisher Ivan Poroliev (40th) were among the first to depart, while Fahredin Mustafov busted in 34th when he lost a race with two nines while Bansal turned the nut flush.
Leo Worthington-Leese was on the wrong end of several cruel rivers today, including losing with the flopped nut straight to Mehdi Senhaji’s full house, having top two pair outrun by Terry Jordon’s straight, before he was finally all in for 325,000 with two nines and up against Gkatzas’ ace-jack. Worthington-Leese remained in the lead through the turn, but Gkatzas spiked a jack on the river to send the 2023 EPT Monte Carlo third-place finisher to the rail in 32nd place.
Luka Sorainen finished in 30th place for the second year in a row, while the unpredictable Jordon got in his last 940,000 with top two pair, but Thomas Bazin had flopped a set of threes to win the pot and bust the UK pro in 28th. Roman Stoica lost a massive preflop race with two queens against Gkatzas’ ace-king to finish in 27th, while Iaculli, after taking those two big hits against O'Driscoll, lost the rest of his stack on the last hand of the night to fall in 17th place.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €1,019,300 | 8 | €122,400 |
| 2 | €636,405 | 9 | €94,150 |
| 3 | €454,550 | 10-11 | €72,400 |
| 4 | €349,650 | 12-13 | €60,300 |
| 5 | €269,000 | 14-15 | €50,300 |
| 6 | €206,900 | 16 | €41,900 |
| 7 | €159,150 |
The remaining 16 players return Saturday at noon local time to play down to the final table. The action picks up on Level 26 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a 50,000 big blind ante. Everyone remaining has locked up €41,900, while a spot at the final table is worth €122,400. The eventual champion will take home €1,019,300.
PokerNews will be back tomorrow, providing live updates leading to the final table. The action will also be streamed on a 30-minute delay on PokerStars' official YouTube channel.
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
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Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,530,000
930,000
|
930,000 |
|
||
|
3,355,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
||
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3,220,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
3,110,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
3,060,000
320,000
|
320,000 |
|
2,705,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
2,585,000
185,000
|
185,000 |
|
2,530,000 | |
|
2,275,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
1,875,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
1,845,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
1,835,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
||
|
1,690,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
1,125,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
1,000,000 | |
|
925,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Day 4 has ended with 16 players remaining.
Stay tuned for chip counts and a recap of the day's action.
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
On the last deal of the night, Gianfranco Iaculli open-shoved his stack of 415,000 in from under the gun. It folded to Eyal Maaravi in the big blind, who asked for a count before calling.
Gianfranco Iaculli: K♣J♠ 
Eyal Maaravi: 9♠9♥
Iaculli was flipping for his tournament life. The 5♦A♥7♦Q♥ turn brought him some extra outs, but it was not to be as the A♦ river saw Maaravi's nines hold.
Iaculli became the final elimination of Day 4, finishing in 17th place for €41,900.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,530,000
570,000
|
570,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Paawan Bansal opened to 85,000 from the hijack and Matan Krakow three-bet to 255,000 from the button. Bansal called.
The flop came 6♦A♥J♠. Bansal check-called a 200,000 bet from Krakow.
Bansal check-called a 425,000 bet from Krakow on the 8♣ turn. On the K♠ river, Bansal checked and Krakow shoved for 845,000. Bansal mucked and Krakow took down a huge pot without showdown.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,605,000
1,155,000
|
1,155,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,760,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
|
||
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Gianfranco Iaculli raised his button to 80,000 with K♦Q♠. Bora Kurtulus matched the bet in the big blind with Q♣6♠ and bet 80,000 on the 10♣A♣10♦8♣ turn after the flop had checked through.
Iaculli called with his king-high, but he was forced to fold when Kurtulus fired 300,000 on the 7♣ river, which had upgraded him to a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
||
|
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415,000
605,000
|
605,000 |
|
|
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Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Traian Stanciu raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Filippo Ragone called in the small blind.
The flop came 6♥10♠4♥ and Stanciu bet 110,000. Ragone called, and the 4♣ fell on the turn. Stanciu then bet 280,000, and Ragone again called.
The Q♥ fell on the river and Stanciu moved all in. Ragone had around 900,000 remaining and went deep in the tank.
Ragone thought about the decision for so long that Stanciu's friend Andrei Spataru was able to secure a media credential and cross over the tournament ropes to film. Ragone took a few minutes before folding, and Stanciu took the pot to cross 3,000,000.
"If you're not a player, then please leave," Vasyl Pidhrusnyi said to Spataru, who stuck out his tongue at him. "Do I have to get up?" Pidhrusnyi added.
"Don't worry, he's my friend," Spataru said to a tournament official about Pidhrusnyi.
"Not anymore," Pidhrusnyi replied.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,000,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
900,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
Level 25
: Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Tobias Peters made it 80,000 to go under the gun. It folded to big blind Bora Kurtulus, who defended.
The 2♥7♣A♥ flop saw Peters continue for 60,000 and Kurtulus check-call. The 3♥ turn checked through to the J♥ river, where Kurtulus fired a bet of 125,000.
Peters quickly called with 8♥8♦, but Kurtulus had the higher flush with Q♥7♥ and raked in the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,240,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
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1,250,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
