€5,300 Main Event Day 4 | 2025 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-12-2025 22:28 UTC+2

Stanciu Fires Three Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Traian Stanciu limped in from the small blind, and Paawan Bansal checked from the big blind.

The flop came 5♣5♥10♥. Stanciu bet 50,000, and Bansal called.

Stanciu bet 175,000 on the A♠ turn, and Bansal called again.

On the K♦ river Stanciu bet 550,000, and Bansal used a single time bank before mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	2,850,000 770,000	770,000
Paawan Bansal	2,535,000 665,000	665,000

Tags: Paawan Bansal Traian Stanciu

12-12-2025 22:24 UTC+2

David Hu Eliminated in 18th Place (€34,900)

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Ding Fan raised to 80,000 under the gun and David Hu reraised to 290,000 in the big blind, leaving 40,000 behind. Fan moved all in, and Hu took a minute to wait for action at the other tables to finish before committing his last chips.

David Hu: A♣K♦ All in
Ding Fan: K♣K♥

"PokerStars. Same hands. PokerStars edition," Vasyl Pidhrusnyi, coming over to watch from the other table, observed as Fan had Hu at risk with the same cards as Maria Lampropulos used to bust Dominique Liebrechts just a few moments earlier.

The board ran out 6♣4♥2♦10♣10♥ and Hu, just like Liebrechts, couldn't find an ace against Fan's kings, and he was sent to the rail in 18th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ding Fan	2,900,000 300,000	300,000
David Hu	Busted

Tags: David Hu Ding Fan

12-12-2025 22:21 UTC+2

Dominique Liebrechts Eliminated in 19th Place (€34,900)

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Sava Krink

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Paawan Bansal kicked things off with an under-the-gun raise to 80,000. Action folded to Maria Lampropulos on the button, who three-bet to 220,000. The small blind folded, and Dominique Liebrechts in the big blind moved all in for about 750,000. Bansal quickly folded, and Lampropulos snap-called.

Dominique Liebrechts: A♠K♣ All in
Maria Lampropulos: K♠K♦

Liebrechts needed help from the board to stay alive, but it ran out J♥4♠4♦5♥7♦, giving him no room to improve and sending him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paawan Bansal	3,200,000 240,000	240,000

Maria Lampropulos	1,725,000 475,000	475,000
Dominique Liebrechts	Busted

Tags: Dominique Liebrechts Maria Lampropulos Paawan Bansal

12-12-2025 22:21 UTC+2

Kurtulus Shoves Huge

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Bora Kurtulus looked down at A♠K♠ in early position, raising his hand to 80,000. Eyal Maaravi sat in the small blind and three-bet J♠J♣ to 275,000.

Kurtulus then announced an all-in four-bet, putting Maaravi at risk for his stack of over 50 big blinds were he to call.

Maaravi tanked for a bit before he decided to muck his jacks and surrender the pot to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	2,950,000 250,000	250,000

Eyal Maaravi	1,960,000 270,000	270,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Eyal Maaravi

12-12-2025 22:16 UTC+2

Bazin and Maaravin Battle in Blinds

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

It folded to Thomas Bazin in the small blind, who put in a sizable raise to 130,000 with 8♥8♣. Eyal Maaravi called K♠10♦ in the big blind, seeing the dealer fan the J♥5♠3♦ flop.

Bazin continued with a bet of 100,000, and Maaravi floated along to the A♦ turn. Bazin kept betting with his pocket pair, sliding in 260,000 chips.

Maaravi let go of his turned gutshot after some thought, surrendering the pot to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Bazin	2,380,000 190,000	190,000
Eyal Maaravi	2,230,000 270,000	270,000

Tags: Eyal Maaravi Thomas Bazin

12-12-2025 22:10 UTC+2

Fan Three-Bets Cech

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David Salituro

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Vitezslav Cech raised to 80,000 in the cutoff before Ding Fan three-bet to 300,000 in the big blind. Cech called, and they went heads-up to the 10♣9♦9♥ flop.

Fan then bet 175,000, and Cech quickly folded. Fan showed A♥K♦ as he took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ding Fan	2,600,000 315,000	315,000
Vitezslav Cech	2,400,000 400,000	400,000

Tags: Vitezslav Cech Ding Fan

12-12-2025 22:06 UTC+2

Iaculli Still In It

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Gianfranco Iaculli had built up his stack of 775,000 with preflop shoves when Thomas Bazin tossed in a raise to 80,000 in the cutoff with A♣9♥.

Eyal Maaravi wanted to see a flop on the button with 8♠7♠ and called, creating an enticing spot for Iaculli in the small blind with K♥Q♦.

He moved all his chips over the line, receiving two folds for his efforts as he regained a seven-figure stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Maaravi	2,500,000 160,000	160,000
Thomas Bazin	2,190,000 180,000	180,000
Gianfranco Iaculli	1,020,000 605,000	605,000

Tags: Eyal Maaravi Gianfranco Iaculli Thomas Bazin

12-12-2025 22:03 UTC+2

O'Driscoll Crosses Three Million

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Conor O'Driscoll made it 80,000 to go in early position with K♥Q♣. Bora Kurtulus called K♣10♥ in the cutoff, and Eyal Maaravi defended Q♦9♦ in the big blind to create a three-way pot.

O'Driscoll continued for a small bet of 60,000 on the 9♠A♦6♥ flop. Kurtulus added his cards to the muck, but Maaravi called to the 4♣ turn.

After Maaravi checked a second time, O'Driscoll fired a pot-sized bet of 350,000. Maaravi quickly let go of his second pair, sending the pot to the Irishman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	3,000,000 280,000	280,000

Bora Kurtulus	2,700,000 120,000	120,000

Eyal Maaravi	2,660,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Conor O'Driscoll Eyal Maaravi

12-12-2025 22:00 UTC+2

Fan Takes from Stanciu

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Traian Stanciu opened from the button and Ding Fan defended from the big blind.

The flop came K♥6♥3♥, and Fan check-called a 40,000 bet from Stanciu.

Fan check-called a 65,000 bet from Stanciu on the J♥ turn before both players checked the 3♣ river. Fan showed top two pair with K♦J♣ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ding Fan	2,285,000 585,000	585,000
Traian Stanciu	2,080,000 520,000	520,000

Tags: Ding Fan Traian Stanciu

12-12-2025 21:58 UTC+2

O'Driscoll Wins Battle of Aces

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Frank Visser

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Conor O'Driscoll raised to 80,000 in the cutoff. Thomas Bazin called in the big blind and check-called O'Driscoll's continuation-bet of 55,000 on the 6♥K♣8♥ flop.

The Q♣ turn and 5♦ river saw no further betting. Bazin tabled A♥9♦ for ace-high, but O'Driscoll had made a pair with A♣8♦ to rake in the pot.