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

12-13-2025 20:32 UTC+2

Stanciu Trips Up Krakow on the River

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

In a limped pot between the blinds, Traian Stanciu bet 125,000 on a flop of 6♣3♦2♠ and Matan Krakow called.

Both players checked the Q♣ turn. Krakow then led out for 400,000 on the 3♣ river, and Stanciu snap-called.

Krakow showed A♥Q♠ for two pair, but Stanciu had rivered trips holding 5♣3♠ to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	5,330,000 630,000	630,000
Matan Krakow	4,830,000 620,000	620,000

Tags: Matan Krakow Traian Stanciu

12-13-2025 20:30 UTC+2

Kurtulus Continues Domination With King-High Hero Call

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Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Bora Kurtulus opened his button to 200,000. Matan Krakow was in the big blind and defended.

Kurtulus fired a quick continuation-bet of 100,000 on the 2♠10♥9♥ flop, which Krakow check-called.

The 3♣ then checked through to the 3♠ river. Krakow slid in a bet of 450,000. Kurtulus weighed his options for about ten seconds before he assembled calling chips and slid them in the middle.

Krakow could only table queen-high with Q♠8♥. Kurtulus showed K♠7♣ for an amazing hero call with king-high, and he raked in the pot to increase his lead over the field.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	11,490,000 900,000	900,000

Matan Krakow	5,450,000 850,000	850,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Matan Krakow

12-13-2025 20:24 UTC+2

Thomas Bazin Eliminated in 9th Place (€94,150)

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Thomas Bazin moved all in for 645,000 in the cutoff and Bora Kurtulus called in the small blind.

Thomas Bazin: K♣J♣ All in
Bora Kurtulus: A♥10♣

The flop came A♦8♥3♥ to give Kurtulus top pair, and Bazin was left drawing only to running cards to stay alive. The Q♠ turn gave him outs to a straight, but he missed the 7♥ river and was eliminated in ninth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	10,590,000 550,000	550,000

Thomas Bazin	Busted

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Thomas Bazin

12-13-2025 20:16 UTC+2

O'Driscoll Involved in Back-to-Back Pots

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Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Conor O'Driscoll was in late position and raised to 200,000. Dimitrios Gkatzas flatted on the button. After the blinds had folded, the duo saw the Q♥10♣J♠ flop.

O'Driscoll started with a check, and Gkatzas checked back. The 2♦ turn and 7♦ river followed the same recipe. O'Driscoll tabled A♣10♥ for a pair of tens, beating the 6♥6♣ of Gkatzas to chip back up.

On the next deal, O'Driscoll made it 200,000 to go in middle position, with only the 10♥ being picked up by the card reader. Traian Stanciu three-bet to 600,000 in the hijack with Q♥J♥, and O'Driscoll let go of his mystery hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Traian Stanciu	4,700,000 200,000	200,000
Conor O'Driscoll	4,190,000 200,000	200,000

Dimitrios Gkatzas	3,450,000 450,000	450,000

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Dimitrios Gkatzas Traian Stanciu

12-13-2025 20:12 UTC+2

Krakow Picks Up the Aggression

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Bora Kurtulus raised to 200,000 in the hijack before Matan Krakow three-bet to 600,000 on the button with 8♥7♥. Kurtulus folded A♠3♦.

Vitezslav Cech then raised to 200,000 in middle position with K♠J♠, and Krakow again three-bet to 600,000 in the cutoff holding A♠Q♥. Cech called, and they saw a flop of Q♣4♠2♦.

Krakow then bet 400,000 with top pair, and Cech used up two time banks before folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	10,040,000 200,000	200,000

Matan Krakow	6,300,000 1,250,000	1,250,000

Vitezslav Cech	3,700,000 600,000	600,000

Tags: Vitezslav Cech Matan Krakow Bora Kurtulus

12-13-2025 20:04 UTC+2

More for Kurtulus

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Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Vitezslav Cech raised to 200,000 in the hijack. Bora Kurtulus called in the cutoff, and the two went heads up to the A♣10♥J♦ flop.

They both checked, after which the dealer placed the 6♠ on the turn. Cech bet 150,000, and Kurtulus quickly called. The K♥ river was knuckled to showdown, where Cech revealed A♥9♥.

Kurtulus had rivered the better hand with his K♦J♣, however, and crossed the ten-million mark with his two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	10,240,000 600,000	600,000

Vitezslav Cech	4,300,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Vitezslav Cech

12-13-2025 20:02 UTC+2

Cech Surrenders to Krakow on the River

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David Salituro

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Vitezslav Cech raised to 200,000 in the cutoff and Matan Krakow called in the big blind.

Cech continued for 175,000 on the 9♦4♣3♠ flop and Krakow called. Cech then bet 525,000 on the 10♠ turn, and Krakow again called.

Krakow checked to Cech again on the 8♥ river, and this time Cech checked back. Krakow turned over Q♠9♠ for a pair of nines, and Cech mucked A♥K♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matan Krakow	5,050,000 950,000	950,000

Vitezslav Cech	4,650,000 900,000	900,000

Tags: Matan Krakow Vitezslav Cech

12-13-2025 19:59 UTC+2

Kurtulus Nearing Eight Figures as O'Driscoll Bluffs Leader

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Frank Visser

Level 29 : Blinds 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Bora Kurtulus limped in from the small blind, and Conor O'Driscoll checked his option in the big blind.

Kurtulus bet 100,000 on the 7♣10♦Q♣ flop and 200,000 on the Q♥ turn. O'Driscoll called both times, leading to the 8♠ arriving on the river.

Kurtulus again doubled his sizing, firing 400,000 into the pot. O'Driscoll grabbed raising chips, making the total bet 1,400,000. Kurtulus quickly called.

O'Driscoll could only show a missed draw with K♥J♦, leaving Kurtulus to comfortably take the pot with his Q♦3♣ for trip queens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	9,640,000 1,600,000	1,600,000

Vitezslav Cech	5,550,000 180,000	180,000
Traian Stanciu	4,500,000
Matan Krakow	4,100,000

Conor O'Driscoll	3,990,000 1,895,000	1,895,000

Dimitrios Gkatzas	3,900,000 350,000	350,000
Ding Fan	2,460,000 40,000	40,000
Paawan Bansal	1,650,000 50,000	50,000

Thomas Bazin	895,000 250,000	250,000