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

12-13-2025 14:57 UTC+1

Mehdi Senhaji Eliminated in 15th Place (€50,300)

Frank Visser

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

Ding Fan accidentally opened to a huge size of 355,000 in the cutoff. After spending two time banks, Mehdi Senhaji shoved in his stack of 440,000 from the small blind, which Fan quickly called.

Mehdi Senhaji: A♣J♥ All in
Ding Fan: K♦10♦

Fan took the lead on the 8♠6♣K♠ flop, and no ace emerged from the deck on the 5♣ turn or 3♠ river. Senhaji shook his former opponents' hands before he took his exit from the feature table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ding Fan	4,580,000 560,000	560,000
Mehdi Senhaji	Busted

Tags: Ding Fan Mehdi Senhaji

12-13-2025 14:51 UTC+1

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi Eliminated in 16th Place (€41,900)

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David Salituro

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

Matan Krakow raised to 120,000 in the cutoff and Vasyl Pidhrusnyi moved all in for 415,000 in the big blind. Krakow confirmed the amount before calling.

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi: 9♠9♦ All in
Matan Krakow: 2♣2♦

Pidhrusnyi had Krakow dominated with his nines and was poised for a double up as the board ran out A♠A♦K♥8♣, but Krakow spiked the 2♥ on the river to make a full house.

"Wow," he said as he raked in the pot, while Pidhrusnyi stopped to snap a photo of the board before heading to the exit in 16th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	4,400,000 700,000	700,000

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi	Busted

Tags: Matan Krakow Vasyl Pidhrusnyi

12-13-2025 14:46 UTC+1

Gkatzas Grabs Table Lead

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Frank Visser

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

Ding Fan raised his small blind to 180,000. Dimitrios Gkatzas called in the big blind and called when Fan bet 150,000 on the 5♥Q♣K♥ flop.

Fan increased his sizing to 450,000 on the 2♠ turn. Gkatzas kept sticking around with another call, after which the J♠ river checked to showdown.

Fan tabled A♥9♠ for ace-high, but Gkatzas had rivered a pair with his J♥9♥ to be awarded the sizable pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Gkatzas	4,230,000 780,000	780,000
Vitezslav Cech	3,390,000
Conor O'Driscoll	3,350,000

Ding Fan	3,020,000 780,000	780,000
Tobias Peters	1,500,000
Mehdi Senhaji	1,200,000
Xiaowen Zhao	1,050,000
Eyal Maaravi	1,030,000

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Ding Fan

12-13-2025 14:38 UTC+1

O'Driscoll's Unrelenting Aggression Loses Him Lead

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Frank Visser

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

Dimitrios Gkatzas opened his 10♠10♦ to 125,000 under the gun. Conor O'Driscoll fired a big three-bet to 550,000 in the big blind with K♥8♦, which Gkatzas called after some thought.

O'Driscoll continued with a bet of 450,000 on the 3♥9♦10♣ flop, and Gkatzas just called. The 5♦ appeared on the turn, prompting O'Driscoll to give up and check.

Gkatzas spent a time bank before he moved all in, quickly folding out O'Driscoll's bluff.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Gkatzas	3,580,000 1,095,000	1,095,000
Conor O'Driscoll	3,380,000 1,055,000	1,055,000

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Dimitrios Gkatzas

12-13-2025 14:05 UTC+1

Fan Gets Senhaji Off Same Hand

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Frank Visser

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mehdi Senhaji raised to 100,000 as first to act, holding A♥K♠. Ding Fan three-bet to 375,000 from the small blind with A♦K♣.

Senhaji went deep into the tank, spending two time extensions before flat-calling.

Fan continued for 210,000 on the 2♦7♣9♠ flop. Senhaji quickly called to the 9♦ turn, where Fan moved all in.

Senhaji counted his 1,060,000 remaining chips before he folded his ace-king, and Fan was awarded the pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ding Fan	4,330,000 680,000	680,000
Mehdi Senhaji	1,060,000 460,000	460,000

Tags: Ding Fan Mehdi Senhaji

12-13-2025 13:51 UTC+1

Zhao Doubles in Roller Coaster Runout

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Frank Visser

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Mehdi Senhaji open-shoved once the action had folded to him in the small blind. Big blind Xiaowen Zhao instantly called off his stack of 575,000.

Xiaowen Zhao: 6♠6♥ All in
Mehdi Senhaji: Q♠J♦

Senhaji leapfrogged ahead on the 7♦7♣Q♦ flop, but Zhao retaliated by making a full house on the 6♣ turn. The A♦ river brought no improvement for Senhaji, resulting in Zhao's double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Senhaji	1,520,000 570,000	570,000
Xiaowen Zhao	1,200,000 425,000	425,000

Tags: Mehdi Senhaji Xiaowen Zhao

12-13-2025 13:45 UTC+1

Ragone Doubles Off Bansal

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David Salituro

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Paawan Bansal raised to 125,000 on the button, Filippo Ragone moved all in for his last 325,000 in the small blind, and Bansal called. The two players reached across the table to exchange a fist bump and wished each other luck before turning over their cards.

Filippo Ragone: K♦Q♠ All in
Paawan Bansal: A♣4♠

Ragone picked up a straight draw on the 10♠9♥6♥ flop, while the K♠ turn gave him top pair and the lead. The river was the 3♠ and Ragone earned the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paawan Bansal	2,200,000 300,000	300,000

Filippo Ragone	750,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Filippo Ragone Paawan Bansal

12-13-2025 13:39 UTC+1

Fan Gives O'Driscoll a Taste of his Own Medicine

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Frank Visser

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Ding Fan was first to act and opened to 100,000 with K♦10♦. Conor O'Driscoll saw A♦7♦ in the small blind and three-bet to 275,000, which Fan quickly four-bet to 675,000.

O'Driscoll immediately mucked his suited ace, and the pot was awarded to Fan without any further action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	4,090,000 150,000	150,000

Ding Fan	3,650,000 430,000	430,000

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ding Fan

12-13-2025 13:06 UTC+1

Stanciu Fills Up to Take a Chunk Off Bazin

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David Salituro

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Traian Stanciu raised to 100,000 in early position and Thomas Bazin called in the big blind.

Both players checked to the river on a board of J♦9♣7♣8♦7♥. Bazin then led out for 150,000, but Stanciu came back with a raise to 650,000.

Bazin took a minute before calling, and Stanciu turned over 8♠7♠ for a rivered full house to win the pot as he climbed over 4,000,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	4,300,000 875,000	875,000
Thomas Bazin	1,650,000 750,000	750,000

Tags: Thomas Bazin Traian Stanciu

12-13-2025 13:05 UTC+1

Peters Doubles to Average Stack

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Frank Visser

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Tobias Peters made it 100,000 in the hijack. Dimitrios Gkatzas fancied a flop on the button and called, and Mehdi Senhaji called in the small blind.

Senhaji checked the 6♣5♣6♠ flop to Peters, who continued for 140,000. Gkatzas matched the bet with a call, while Senhaji got out of the way with his 3♠3♣.

The 7♠ turn saw Peters move all in for his remaining 760,000, around a pot-sized bet. Gkatzas spent one of his time extensions before he called with the covering stack.

Tobias Peters: 10♥10♦ All in
Dimitrios Gkatzas: 8♥7♥

Peters faded Gkatzas' outs on the 3♦ river, and he shipped the pot to double up to an average stack.