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

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Tobias Peters

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Paawan Bansal

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Vitezslav Cech Xiaowen Zhao

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Filippo Ragone

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ding Fan Eyal Maaravi

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Eyal Maaravi Tobias Peters

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Maria Lampropulos

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Maria Lampropulos Matan Krakow

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Dimitrios Gkatzas

Dec 13, 2025

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.

Tags: Maria Lampropulos Matan Krakow Traian Stanciu