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

12-12-2025 19:10 UTC+2

Senhaji Shows His Cards and Gets a Penalty

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Pasi Laihinen raised to 50,000 under the gun and Mehdi Senhaji called in the hijack.

The flop came 8♦3♥2♥ and Laihinen bet 75,000. Senhaji then raised to 150,000, and Laihinen called.

Both players checked the 10♥ turn. Laihinen then led out for 275,000 on the 4♥ river, and here is where controversy erupted.

Senhaji turned over his 8♠8♥ as he tried to get a reaction from Laihinen. "I'm just thinking. I'm not raising," Senhaji said.

"What's going on?" Laihinen asked as a tournament official was called over to the table. The hand was allowed to proceed, and Senhaji ended up burning through multiple time banks and taking a few minutes before folding his set.

Senhaji was then given a chip penalty for exposing his hand, one orbit worth of blinds and antes being taken from his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pasi Laihinen	1,400,000 270,000	270,000
Mehdi Senhaji	1,300,000 285,000	285,000

Tags: Mehdi Senhaji Pasi Laihinen

12-12-2025 19:04 UTC+2

Kurtulus Doubles in Set-Up Situation

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Ivan Uzunov made it 50,000 under the gun. Thomas Bazin called in middle position, and Bora Kurtulus defended his big blind.

It checked to Bazin on the 5♣8♥6♦ flop. He bet 80,000, which Kurtulus just called. Uzunov had other plans and raised to 290,000, folding Bazin's J♥9♥ out of the pot.

Kurtulus was not going anywhere, quickly calling to the Q♥ turn. Kurtulus checked, Uzunov fired a bet of 210,000, and Kurtulus instantly moved all in for 600,000. Uzunov double-checked his cards before snap-calling with the covering stack.

Bora Kurtulus: 9♠7♥ All in
Ivan Uzunov: Q♦Q♣

Kurtulus' flopped straight remained the best hand on the K♦ river, earning him a big double-up and leaving Uzunov with roughly 20 big blinds in his stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Bazin	2,500,000 130,000	130,000
Bora Kurtulus	2,050,000 1,085,000	1,085,000

Ivan Uzunov	515,000 940,000	940,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Ivan Uzunov Thomas Bazin

12-12-2025 18:52 UTC+2

Play Resumes

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The remaining 24 players are back in their seats, and action has resumed.

There are 22 minutes remaining in Level 23 with blinds of 10,000/25,000 and a 25,000 big blind ante.

12-12-2025 18:42 UTC+2

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

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Sandra Barbour

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 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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12-12-2025 18:16 UTC+2

Final 24 Chip Counts

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Eyal Maaravi	3,070,000 15,000	15,000
Thomas Bazin	2,630,000
Gianfranco Iaculli	2,490,000 40,000	40,000

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi	2,485,000 5,000	5,000
Filippo Ragone	2,320,000 5,000	5,000
Dimitrios Gkatzas	2,285,000 5,000	5,000
Paawan Bansal	2,120,000

Maria Lampropulos	1,940,000 215,000	215,000
Ding Fan	1,930,000 70,000	70,000
Xiaowen Zhao	1,705,000 105,000	105,000
Mehdi Senhaji	1,585,000 115,000	115,000
Traian Stanciu	1,555,000 25,000	25,000
Ivan Uzunov	1,455,000 35,000	35,000
Vitezslav Cech	1,355,000 170,000	170,000
Pasi Laihinen	1,130,000 20,000	20,000
Bora Kurtulus	965,000 100,000	100,000

David Hu	960,000
Jeffrey Sarwer	955,000 285,000	285,000
Fabian Bartuschk	890,000 10,000	10,000

Conor O'Driscoll	885,000 135,000	135,000

Dominique Liebrechts	630,000 180,000	180,000
Matan Krakow	565,000 10,000	10,000

Chaofei Wang	440,000 10,000	10,000
Tobias Peters	370,000 10,000	10,000

12-12-2025 18:07 UTC+2

Life Outside Poker: Mounir Tajiou Brings No Filter to Life w/ Scotty Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi & Juha Helppi

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Sandra Barbour

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 35th episode, Connor talks with No Filter Poker Series founder Mounir Tajiou about growing up in Sweden, working as a high court judge, playing professional soccer, making a deep run in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and the new No Filter Poker Series, which values fun at the table over poker strategy.

We also hear from 1998 Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen, reigning WSOP champ Michael Mizrachi and Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi about their involvement with the No Filter Poker tour.

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12-12-2025 18:05 UTC+2

Early Break; Updates Going on Delay

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The remaining 24 players are taking a 15-minute break with 22 minutes left in the level while a new feature table is set up.

Updates will be provided on a 30-minute delay from now on to match the live stream. Stay tuned for all the action.

12-12-2025 18:04 UTC+2

Bansal Rises Further

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Frank Visser

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Paawan Bansal made it 55,000 under the gun. David Hu obliged with a call in the small blind, and Thomas Bazin tossed in the extra chips from the big blind.

The K♠5♦8♥5♥ flop and turn were checked to the 2♥ river, where Hu bet 85,000. Bazin's J♦9♦ were quickly mucked, but Bansal called.

Hu tabled A♣8♣ for eights and fives, but Bansal had kings and fives with K♦6♦ and was awarded the small pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thomas Bazin	2,630,000 140,000	140,000
Paawan Bansal	2,120,000 220,000	220,000

David Hu	960,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: David Hu Paawan Bansal Thomas Bazin

12-12-2025 18:04 UTC+2

Nuetzel Comes From Behind to Double; Runs Into Kings the Next Hand

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David Salituro

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Traian Stanciu raised to 50,000 in the cutoff, Fabrizio Nuetzel moved all in for 105,000 in the small blind, and Stanciu called.

Fabrizio Nuetzel: A♥3♣ All in
Traian Stanciu: A♠6♣

The 7♦3♥J♠ flop gave Nuetzel the lead with a pair of threes, and the 5♥ turn and 10♠ river earned him a double up.

The next hand, Pasi Laihinen raised to 50,000 in the cutoff and Nuetzel shoved again, this time making it 260,000 on the button. Xiaowen Zhao called in the big blind. "Nine-ten suited," Laihinen said as he got out of the way.

Fabrizio Nuetzel: A♣J♥ All in
Xiaowen Zhao: K♦K♠

Both players ended up with a full house on the 6♥6♣6♦J♣4♥ board, but Nuetzel couldn't overcome Zhao's kings and was eliminated in 25th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xiaowen Zhao	1,600,000 380,000	380,000
Traian Stanciu	1,530,000 180,000	180,000
Pasi Laihinen	1,150,000 150,000	150,000
Fabrizio Nuetzel	Busted

Tags: Fabrizio Nuetzel Pasi Laihinen Traian Stanciu Xiaowen Zhao

12-12-2025 18:04 UTC+2

Maaravi Raises Iaculli

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

With four players seeing a flop of 4♠2♠7♣ in a single-raised pot, Eyal Maaravi checked from the big blind. Gianfranco Iaculli bet 120,000 from middle position, Ivan Uzunov folded from the cutoff, and Tobias Peters folded from the button.

Iaculli bet 325,000 when checked to on the 10♣ turn. Maaravi check-raised to 850,000, and Iaculli used a time extension before folding.