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

12-13-2025 14:36 UTC+2

Gkatzas Wins Small With Big Slick

Frank Visser

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

Dimitrios Gkatzas raised to 200,000 in middle position. Vitezslav Cech three-bet to 275,000 on the button, and Gkatzas decided to call.

The Greek player then check-called Cech's bet of 175,000 on the 8♠8♣10♠ flop, after which the A♥ arrived on the turn. Both players checked, and they did so too when the 3♦ river completed the board.

Gkatzas showed A♦K♣ for a carefully played ace-king, and Cech quickly mucked his K♠Q♣ in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Gkatzas	3,160,000 770,000	770,000
Vitezslav Cech	2,960,000 650,000	650,000

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Vitezslav Cech

12-13-2025 14:36 UTC+2

Bazin Gets Some Chips Back from Stanciu

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Thomas Bazin opened to 100,000 from the cutoff, Traian Stanciu three-bet to 375,000 from the big blind, and Bazin called.

The flop came 10♠A♠5♥. Stanciu bet 225,000, and Bazin called.

Stanciu checked on the 7♦ turn. Bazin bet 325,000 and Stanciu mucked, conceding the pot to Bazin.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	3,600,000 700,000	700,000
Thomas Bazin	2,800,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Tags: Thomas Bazin Traian Stanciu

12-13-2025 14:33 UTC+2

Cech Profits as Maaravi Calls with King-High

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Frank Visser

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

It folded to Vitezslav Cech in the small blind, who made it 165,000 to go. Eyal Maaravi defended in the big blind, after which both players checked the 8♣9♠4♠ flop.

The A♣ landed on the turn, prompting Cech to bet 175,000. Maaravi decided to call, and did so too when Cech sized down to 100,000 on the 8♥ river.

Cech showed A♥J♥ for top pair, outclassing the K♦6♠ of Maaravi, who had called twice with just king-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vitezslav Cech	3,610,000 960,000	960,000
Eyal Maaravi	1,130,000 690,000	690,000

Tags: Eyal Maaravi Vitezslav Cech

12-13-2025 14:25 UTC+2

Gkatzas Shows Winner in Three-Bet Pot

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Frank Visser

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

Tobias Peters looked down at his cards in the hijack and made the minimum raise to 100,000. Dimitrios Gkatzas upped the ante to 275,000 on the button, and Peters called to the 5♠10♣4♦ flop.

Gkatzas continued for 175,000, and Peters check-called to see the 2♦ turn. It checked through to the 2♠ river, on which the duo also tapped the table.

Peters revealed A♣J♣, but Gkatzas played the better ace-high with A♠K♦ and was awarded the six-figure pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dimitrios Gkatzas	2,390,000 450,000	450,000
Tobias Peters	1,630,000 570,000	570,000

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Tobias Peters

12-13-2025 14:20 UTC+2

Pidhrusnyi Falling Fast as Bansal Picks Off a Bluff

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David Salituro

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

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi raised to 100,000 on the button, Bora Kurtulus three-bet to 375,000 in the big blind, and Pidhrusnyi folded.

Pidhrusnyi opened to 100,000 again the next hand, and Paawan Bansal called in the big blind. Pidhrusnyi then bet 75,000 on the Q♣6♣4♣ flop, and Bansal called.

Both players checked the 8♦ turn. Pidhrusnyi then bet 250,000 on the K♣ river, and Bansal called.

Pidhrusnyi showed A♦9♥, but Bansal had 7♣6♥ for a flush to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	3,150,000 275,000	275,000

Paawan Bansal	2,500,000 475,000	475,000

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi	650,000 475,000	475,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Paawan Bansal Vasyl Pidhrusnyi

12-13-2025 14:15 UTC+2

Krakow Back-Shoves Into Pidhrusnyi

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Bora Kurtulus opened to 100,000 from middle position and Matan Krakow called from the cutoff. Vasyl Pidhrusnyi three-bet to 400,000, and Kurtulus folded. Krakow then four-bet shoved for roughly 2,250,000, putting Pidhrusnyi into the tank.

Pidhrusnyi burned through three time extensions before finding the fold, and Krakow took down a nice pot without showdown.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	2,875,000 480,000	480,000

Matan Krakow	2,850,000 625,000	625,000

Vasyl Pidhrusnyi	1,125,000 455,000	455,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Matan Krakow Vasyl Pidhrusnyi

12-13-2025 14:10 UTC+2

Full House vs Flush vs Straight Headlines Big Game on Tour Season Finale

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Sandra Barbour

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

Love was in the air and chips were flying as Luke Moy, the season’s Loose Cannon, wrapped up the final session of The Big Game on Tour. The Brit had promised that if he booked a win, he and his partner Alexi would tie the knot right there in Las Vegas, but did he actually get his dream wedding?

While Moy chased romance, Lex Veldhuis was chasing pots. He took a chunk off of Jason Koon and some chips out of Alan Keating's stack as he searched for his first-ever win in Big Game profit.

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12-13-2025 14:06 UTC+2

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 14:05 UTC+2

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	2,200,000 1,075,000	1,075,000
Dimitrios Gkatzas	1,940,000 1,120,000	1,120,000
Mehdi Senhaji	1,790,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Dimitrios Gkatzas Mehdi Senhaji Tobias Peters

12-13-2025 14:01 UTC+2

Stanciu Triple Barrels

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Traian Stanciu opened to 100,000 from the hijack, and Matan Krakow defended from the big blind.

The flop came 8♣7♥6♥, and Krakow check-called a 100,000 bet from Stanciu.

Krakow check-called a 375,000 bet from Stanciu on the 6♠ turn. On the 9♦ river Krakow checked, Stanciu bet 850,000, and Krakow released his hand to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	3,425,000 725,000	725,000
Matan Krakow	2,225,000 480,000	480,000

Tags: Matan Krakow Traian Stanciu