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

12-13-2025 15:46 UTC+2

Gkatzas Grabs Table Lead

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 15:45 UTC+2

Kurtulus Raises Stanciu

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Traian Stanciu opened to 120,000 from the hijack, and Bora Kurtulus called from the cutoff.

Both players checked the A♦6♦4♦ flop, leading to the A♠ turn. Stanciu bet 150,000, Kurtulus raised to 425,000, and Stanciu folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	4,300,000
Bora Kurtulus	2,960,000 260,000	260,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Traian Stanciu

12-13-2025 15:42 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ding Fan	3,800,000 120,000	120,000
Dimitrios Gkatzas	3,450,000 130,000	130,000
Vitezslav Cech	3,390,000 5,000	5,000
Conor O'Driscoll	3,350,000 30,000	30,000

Tobias Peters	1,500,000 125,000	125,000
Mehdi Senhaji	1,200,000 115,000	115,000
Xiaowen Zhao	1,050,000
Eyal Maaravi	1,030,000 250,000	250,000

Stanciu Gets Paid by Kurtulus

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David Salituro

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

Traian Stanciu raised to 120,000 on the button and Bora Kurtulus called in the small blind.

Both players checked the 5♥3♣2♥ flop. Stanciu then bet 150,000 on the K♣ turn, and Kurtulus called.

The river was the 6♥ and Stanciu bet another 525,000. Kurtulus again called, and Stanciu showed K♥9♥ for a flush to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	4,300,000 790,000	790,000
Bora Kurtulus	2,700,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Traian Stanciu

12-13-2025 15:38 UTC+2

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 15:37 UTC+2

Krakow Leaves Lampropulos Short

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Matan Krakow opened to 120,000 from middle position, Maria Lampropulos called from the cutoff, and Bora Kurtulus defended from the big blind.

The flop came 3♥A♣K♦. Kurtulus checked, Krakow bet 180,000, Lampropulos called, and Kurtulus folded.

Lampropulos check-called a 325,000 bet from Krakow on the 3♠ turn. On the 4♠ river, Lampropulos checked and Krakow shoved, covering Lampropulos who had just over 700,000 behind. Lampropulos used one time extension before folding, leaving herself with roughly 12 big blinds, while Krakow took the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	3,700,000 520,000	520,000

Bora Kurtulus	3,300,000 320,000	320,000

Maria Lampropulos	725,000 645,000	645,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Maria Lampropulos Matan Krakow

Level: 27

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

12-13-2025 15:25 UTC+2

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	4,435,000 125,000	125,000

Ding Fan	3,920,000 10,000	10,000
Bora Kurtulus	3,620,000 220,000	220,000

Traian Stanciu	3,510,000 90,000	90,000
Vitezslav Cech	3,385,000 25,000	25,000
Matan Krakow	3,180,000 330,000	330,000

Paawan Bansal	3,070,000 130,000	130,000

Dimitrios Gkatzas	2,485,000 125,000	125,000
Thomas Bazin	2,050,000 50,000	50,000
Tobias Peters	1,375,000 255,000	255,000
Maria Lampropulos	1,370,000 610,000	610,000
Mehdi Senhaji	1,315,000 5,000	5,000
Xiaowen Zhao	1,050,000 150,000	150,000
Eyal Maaravi	780,000 25,000	25,000
Filippo Ragone	750,000
Vasyl Pidhrusnyi	475,000 175,000	175,000

12-13-2025 15:20 UTC+2

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

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Sandra Barbour

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 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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12-13-2025 15:14 UTC+2