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

12-13-2025 17:06 UTC+1

Tobias Peters Eliminated in 11th Place (€72,400)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dimitrios Gkatzas opened to 160,000 from under the gun, and Tobias Peters three-bet shoved for 1,345,000 from the small blind. Gkatzas called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Tobias Peters: 9♦9♥ All in
Dimitrios Gkatzas: A♥Q♦

Gkatzas made top pair on the 2♠5♠Q♠ flop, leaving Peters drawing to two outs. The 8♠ river produced some chop outs, but the K♦ river kept Gkatzas' pair of queens in front to eliminate Peters two spots shy of the final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Gkatzas	4,675,000 2,025,000	2,025,000
Tobias Peters	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Tobias Peters

12-13-2025 17:00 UTC+1

Kurtulus Extends Chip Lead as Bansal Bluffs in Blinds

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Frank Visser

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Bora Kurtulus pushed in 190,000 chips for a raise in the small blind. Paawan Bansal looked down at his cards and defended his big blind.

The 8♠8♥5♦ flop saw Kurtulus continue for 160,000 and Bansal call. Kurtulus slowed down on the 7♦ turn, prompting Bansal to fire a bet of 285,000.

Kurtulus was not ready to fold yet, and he matched the bet to reach the 9♣ river. Kurtulus checked again before Bansal piled in a massive bet of 1,220,000, nearly the size of the pot, which Kurtulus called.

"You got it," Bansal stated.

"Straight," Kurtulus then quickly announced as he showed A♠6♦.

Bansal had been bluffing with K♠10♦, seeing the majority of his stack being shipped to his neighbor.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	6,950,000 1,780,000	1,780,000

Traian Stanciu	3,920,000 200,000	200,000
Matan Krakow	3,460,000 160,000	160,000

Thomas Bazin	1,400,000 160,000	160,000
Filippo Ragone	1,160,000 200,000	200,000
Paawan Bansal	1,050,000 1,940,000	1,940,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Paawan Bansal

12-13-2025 16:51 UTC+1

Xiaowen Zhao Eliminated in 12th Place (€60,300)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Dimitrios Gkatzas opened to 160,000 from the button, and Xiaowen Zhao used two time extensions before three-bet shoving for 555,000 from the small blind. Vitezslav Cech called from the big blind with a covering stack, and Gkatzas got out of the way.

"I'll take this as a sign, five-five-five," Cech commented regarding his own hand and the size of Zhao's shove, just before the cards were turned on their backs.

Xiaowen Zhao: Q♥J♥ All in
Vitezslav Cech: 5♣5♦

Cech's pocket fives held up on the 4♦K♠2♣3♠9♥ runout to send Zhao to the rail in 12th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitezslav Cech	4,200,000 630,000	630,000
Dimitrios Gkatzas	2,650,000 570,000	570,000
Xiaowen Zhao	Busted

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Vitezslav Cech Xiaowen Zhao

12-13-2025 16:41 UTC+1

Ragone Mucks Best Hand

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Frank Visser

Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Bora Kurtulus made it 200,000 on the button with 7♥7♦. Filippo Ragone defended Q♦10♠ in the big blind and check-called when Kurtulus tossed in 200,000 on the 6♣5♣Q♥ flop.

Kurtulus kept firing on the 3♥ turn, flicking in 600,000 chips. Ragone decided to fold top pair after spending a time bank, and Kurtulus took down the pot with the lesser hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	4,530,000 520,000	520,000

Filippo Ragone	1,360,000 475,000	475,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Filippo Ragone

12-13-2025 16:23 UTC+1

Eyal Maaravi Eliminated in 13th Place (€60,300)

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Ding Fan opened to 125,000 in early position. Eyal Maaravi committed his last 40,000 in the small blind, and Conor O'Driscoll defended his big blind.

O'Driscoll led out for 100,000 on the 8♦5♠6♠ flop, getting Fan to quickly fold Q♥J♣.

Eyal Maaravi: 9♦3♣ All in
Conor O'Driscoll: 6♦6♣

Maaravi had a gutshot to threaten O'Driscoll's set with, but the 9♠3♠ runout gave him a no-good two pair instead, eliminating Maaravi just before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	4,780,000 170,000	170,000

Ding Fan	4,520,000 50,000	50,000
Eyal Maaravi	Busted

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ding Fan Eyal Maaravi

12-13-2025 16:18 UTC+1

Peters Doubles in Vital Flip

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Tobias Peters opened to 120,000 in middle position. It folded to Eyal Maaravi in the big blind, who moved all his chips over the line. Peters called off to put himself at risk for 1,055,000.

Tobias Peters: 9♦9♣ All in
Eyal Maaravi: A♦K♥

The 6♥4♣10♦2♦5♦ board remained free of aces and kings, awarding the pot to Peters' nines.

"It's so easy to win flips," the Dutchman concluded as he stacked his newly acquired chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	2,200,000 960,000	960,000
Eyal Maaravi	40,000 990,000	990,000

Tags: Eyal Maaravi Tobias Peters

12-13-2025 16:14 UTC+1

Maria Lampropulos Eliminated in 14th Place (€50,300)

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Bora Kurtulus opened to 120,000 from middle position, and Maria Lampropulos three-bet shoved for 620,000 from the big blind. Kurtulus snap-called with a covering stack.

Maria Lampropulos: A♦J♥ All in
Bora Kurtulus: A♥A♠

Lampropulos was drawing dead by the turn against Kurtulus' aces on the 8♠4♣3♦7♥5♣ runout, and she exited the tournament in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	3,600,000 650,000	650,000

Maria Lampropulos	Busted

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Maria Lampropulos

12-13-2025 16:05 UTC+1

Kurtulus Blasts Krakow Off an Ace

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David Salituro

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Maria Lampropulos raised to 120,000 in middle position and Bora Kurtulus called in the cutoff, while Matan Krakow also came along in the big blind.

Action checked around to Kurtulus on the A♥5♦8♥ flop, and he bet 140,000. Only Krakow called.

The turn was the 2♠ and Kurtulus bet another 425,000. Krakow again called, and the A♣ fell on the river. Kurtulus then moved all in for 1,360,000.

"Ace no good?" Krakow asked him as he went deep in the tank. "Good time to show a bluff," he added, turning over the A♠ and tossing it into the muck. Kurtulus returned his cards face down and took in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	3,750,000 550,000	550,000

Bora Kurtulus	2,950,000 950,000	950,000

Maria Lampropulos	700,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Maria Lampropulos Matan Krakow

12-13-2025 15:57 UTC+1

O'Driscoll Regains Chip Lead

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Frank Visser

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Conor O'Driscoll made it 120,000 to go in early position. Dimitrios Gkatzas upped the ante to 350,000 on the button, and O'Driscoll elected to call.

Gkatzas continued with a bet of 400,000 on the 6♠9♦5♠ flop. O'Driscoll kept proceeding with a call to the 7♣ turn.

The turn and J♥ river were then checked to showdown. O'Driscoll tabled Q♠Q♣ for an overpair, beating the A♠J♣ of Gkatzas to conquer the chip lead at the feature table once again.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	4,600,000 1,050,000	1,050,000

Dimitrios Gkatzas	3,190,000 1,020,000	1,020,000

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Dimitrios Gkatzas

12-13-2025 15:14 UTC+1

Lampropulos Comes From Behind to Double Off Stanciu

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David Salituro

Level 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Matan Krakow raised to 120,000 on the button and Maria Lampropulos defended in the big blind.

The flop came Q♠J♥3♥ and Krakow bet 80,000. Lampropulos quickly gave up her hand as she dropped down below 10 big blinds.

The next hand, Lampropulos shoved for 535,000 in the small blind and Traian Stanciu snap-called in the big blind.

Maria Lampropulos: A♣8♦ All in
Traian Stanciu: A♥10♠

Lampropulos found herself dominated and at risk, but the 9♣8♠4♣ flop gave her the lead with a pair of eights. The rest of the board ran out K♥3♥ and Lampropulos doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	4,300,000 100,000	100,000

Traian Stanciu	3,700,000 150,000	150,000
Maria Lampropulos	1,130,000 405,000	405,000

Tags: Maria Lampropulos Matan Krakow Traian Stanciu