Xiaowen Zhao flicked in a raise to 100,000 in middle position with A♠8♠. Conor O'Driscoll had Q♠5♠, three-betting it to 225,000.
The short-stacked Zhao saw no option but to fold his holding, sending another pot to O'Dsircoll without showdown.
Vasyl Pidhrusnyi raised to 100,000 in early position and Paawan Bansal three-bet to 310,000 in the cutoff. Pidhrusnyi folded.
"You started with 1.9?" Pidhrusnyi asked.
"Now 2.025," Bansal replied.
"Now it doesn't matter," Pidhrusnyi added.
Thomas Bazin then raised to 100,000 on the button and Pidhrusnyi defended his big blind. Bazin continued for 50,000 on the 10♥10♠8♦ flop, and Pidhrusnyi folded.
The next hand, Maria Lampropulos raised to 100,000 on the button and Traian Stanciu called in the big blind.
The flop came Q♣J♦8♥ and Lampropulos bet another 100,000. Stanciu called, and they both checked the 3♦ turn.
Lampropulos bet 300,000 on the A♥ river, and Stanciu quickly folded.
Vitezslav Cech limped in from the small blind. Eyal Maaravi was in the big blind and raised to 200,000. Cech called to the 2♦5♥10♣ flop, where he check-called Maaravi's continuation-bet of 160,000.
Maaravi sized up to 425,000 on the 7♠ turn, seeing Cech check-call once more. Both players decided to knuckle the table on the J♠ river, forcing a showdown.
Cech turned over A♥7♦ for a pair of sevens, and Maaravi's Q♦8♦ was added to the muck pile.
On the first deal of the day, Vitezslav Cech made it 100,000 to go under the gun after staring down at A♦K♠.
Chip leader Conor O'Driscoll bumped it up to 300,000 in middle position with A♠7♠, which Cech four-bet to 675,000 after spending a time bank.
O'Driscoll made a move by clicking it back to 1,100,000. Cech tossed in another time extension before he let go of ace-king, seeing O'Driscoll's lead increase with a successful five-bet bluff.
Level: 26
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
With the PokerStars Live League reaching its final two stops, David Docherty finds himself perfectly positioned for a late surge.
Just EPT Prague and PokerStars Open Cannes remain, not just for Docherty to overtake Steinn Thanh Du Karlsson at the top of the Low tier, but also there are winners to be crowned in the Medium and High tiers as well.
The 16 returning players have found their seats, and the cards have been sent into the air for Day 5 of the EPT Prague Main Event.
Stay tuned as the live coverage will start on a 30-minute delay to prevent spoiling the live stream.
The bright lights of the final table are the goal for the remaining 16 players when Day 5 of the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event begins at noon local time at the Hilton Prague.
Conor O’Driscoll leads the way into the event’s penultimate day with 3,530,000 as he tries to follow in the footsteps of fellow Irishman Padraig O’Neill, who won this event two years ago. Bora Kurtulus (3,355,000), Ding Fan (3,220,000), Traian Stanciu (3,110,000), and Dimitrios Gkatzas (3,060,000) are the other members of the three-million-chip club at the start of the day.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Conor O'Driscoll | Ireland | 3,530,000 | 71 |
| 2 | Bora Kurtulus | Turkey | 3,355,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Ding Fan | China | 3,220,000 | 64 |
| 4 | Traian Stanciu | Romania | 3,110,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Dimitrios Gkatzas | Greece | 3,060,000 | 61 |
| 6 | Matan Krakow | Israel | 2,705,000 | 54 |
| 7 | Vitezslav Cech | Czechia | 2,585,000 | 52 |
| 8 | Eyal Maaravi | Israel | 2,530,000 | 51 |
| 9 | Thomas Bazin | France | 2,275,000 | 46 |
| 10 | Vasyl Pidhrusnyi | Ukraine | 1,875,000 | 38 |
| 11 | Maria Lampropulos | Argentina | 1,845,000 | 37 |
| 12 | Paawan Bansal | India | 1,835,000 | 37 |
| 13 | Mehdi Senhaji | Morocco | 1,690,000 | 34 |
| 14 | Tobias Peters | Netherlands | 1,125,000 | 23 |
| 15 | Xiaowen Zhao | China | 1,000,000 | 20 |
| 16 | Filippo Ragone | Italy | 925,000 | 19 |
Other top stacks include Matan Krakow (2,705,000), Vitezslav Cech (2,585,000), and Vasyl Pidhrusnyi (1,875,000). It’s been more than a decade since a woman won the EPT, and Maria Lampropulos, already with a PCA title on her resume, is still in the hunt and looking to change that as she comes into the day with 1,845,000. Further down the leaderboard are Paawan Bansal (1,835,000) and Tobias Peters (1,125,000).
The action on Day 5 picks up on Level 26 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a 50,000 big blind ante. Play is scheduled to go down to the final six players today. The remaining 16 have all locked up €41,900 for making it this far out of the 1,224-entry field, while a spot at the final table is worth €122,400. The eventual champion will take home €1,019,300 and the PokerStars Golden Shard trophy.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | €1,019,300 | 8 | €122,400 |
| 2 | €636,405 | 9 | €94,150 |
| 3 | €454,550 | 10-11 | €72,400 |
| 4 | €349,650 | 12-13 | €60,300 |
| 5 | €269,000 | 14-15 | €50,300 |
| 6 | €206,900 | 16 | €41,900 |
| 7 | €159,150 |
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