2025 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Day: 5
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Event Info
2025 PokerStars EPT Prague
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7♦6♦
Prize
€778,255
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€5,936,400
Total Entries
1,224
Places Paid
184
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 5
Entries
16
Players Left
7
Players Left 1 / 1,224
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O'Driscoll Slides Further Down

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Conor O'Driscoll limped in from the small blind, and Ding Fan checked in the big blind.

The flop came 2♠K♥8♠, and O'Driscoll check-called a 100,000 bet from Fan.

The two players checked the 9♠ turn, leading to the 10♥ river. O'Driscoll checked, Fan bet 250,000, and O'Driscoll folded.

Two hands later, O'Driscoll opened to 160,000 from the cutoff, and Bora Kurtulus defended from the big blind.

Kurtulus check-called a 100,000 bet from O'Driscoll on the Q♣6♣5♥ flop, before both players checked the K♦ turn and 8♦ river. Kurtulus showed a pair with 7♠7♦ and O'Driscoll mucked.

Tags: Bora KurtulusConor O'Driscoll

Back-to-Back Monsters for Bazin

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Matan Krakow raised his small blind to 225,000 with 6♥3♥. Thomas Bazin found A♦K♦ in the big blind and moved all in for 1,320,000, to which Krakow quickly folded.

On the next hand, Bazin was dealt A♠A♥ in the small blind. Matan Krakow had opened to 160,000 on the button with Q♥10♣, and was once again forced to fold his cards.

Tags: Matan KrakowThomas Bazin

Cech Picks Off O'Driscoll's Big River Raise

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Vitezslav Cech
Vitezslav Cech

"There are three short stacks. Probably someone busts there soon," Bora Kurtulus told his new tablemates as he came over from the feature table with a massive stack of nearly 7,000,000 to take the seat of the departed Tobias Peters.

"It would be crazy if there's one here," Conor O'Driscoll replied, as all five players at the outer table had above-average stacks.

"We've got to be careful," Kurtulus added.

Vitezslav Cech then limped in from the small blind and O'Driscoll raised to 280,000 in the big blind. Cech called, and they saw a flop of 9♠8♠4♠.

O'Driscoll then bet 150,000 and Cech called. The J♠ turn was checked through, and Cech led out for 300,000 on the A♠ river. O'Driscoll then raised to 950,000, and Cech quickly called.

O'Driscoll showed K♦3♠, but Cech had Q♦10♠ for a better flush to win the big pot.

Tags: Conor O'DriscollVitezslav Cech

Bansal Getting Dangerously Short

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Matan Krakow opened A♠5♠ to 160,000 in the cutoff. Short stack Paawan Bansal defended J♦4♦ in the big blind, but he was forced to give up on the hand when the flop fell 8♣K♠6♣ and Krakow bet 120,000.

Tags: Matan KrakowPaawan Bansal

Tobias Peters Eliminated in 11th Place (€72,400)

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Tobias Peters
Tobias Peters

Dimitrios Gkatzas opened to 160,000 from under the gun, and Tobias Peters three-bet shoved for 1,345,000 from the small blind. Gkatzas called with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Tobias Peters: 9♦9♥ All in
Dimitrios Gkatzas: A♥Q♦

Gkatzas made top pair on the 2♠5♠Q♠ flop, leaving Peters drawing to two outs. The 8♠ river produced some chop outs, but the K♦ river kept Gkatzas' pair of queens in front to eliminate Peters two spots shy of the final table.

Tags: Dimitrios GkatzasTobias Peters

O'Driscoll Hits 5 Million

David Salituro
David Salituro
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Tobias Peters raised to 160,000 under the gun and Conor O'Driscoll called in the big blind.

Peters continued for 135,000 on the K♥J♥4♣ flop and O'Driscoll called. Both players then checked the J♦ turn.

The river was the 9♠ and O'Driscoll led out for 360,000. Peters quickly folded.

Vitezslav Cech then raised to 160,000 in the cutoff and Ding Fan called in the big blind.

Cech bet 110,000 on the Q♥7♦2♦ flop, and Fan quickly folded. Cech showed Q♦J♦ as he took the pot.

"Maybe I have aces," Fan said.

"Please. Please have aces," Cech replied.

Tags: Conor O'DriscollDing FanTobias PetersVitezslav Cech

Kurtulus Extends Chip Lead as Bansal Bluffs in Blinds

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Bora Kurtulus
Bora Kurtulus

Bora Kurtulus pushed in 190,000 chips for a raise in the small blind. Paawan Bansal looked down at his cards and defended his big blind.

The 8♠8♥5♦ flop saw Kurtulus continue for 160,000 and Bansal call. Kurtulus slowed down on the 7♦ turn, prompting Bansal to fire a bet of 285,000.

Kurtulus was not ready to fold yet, and he matched the bet to reach the 9♣ river. Kurtulus checked again before Bansal piled in a massive bet of 1,220,000, nearly the size of the pot, which Kurtulus called.

"You got it," Bansal stated.

"Straight," Kurtulus then quickly announced as he showed A♠6♦.

Bansal had been bluffing with K♠10♦, seeing the majority of his stack being shipped to his neighbor.

Tags: Bora KurtulusPaawan Bansal

Xiaowen Zhao Eliminated in 12th Place (€60,300)

Ryan Lashmar
Ryan Lashmar
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Xiaowen Zhao
Xiaowen Zhao

Dimitrios Gkatzas opened to 160,000 from the button, and Xiaowen Zhao used two time extensions before three-bet shoving for 555,000 from the small blind. Vitezslav Cech called from the big blind with a covering stack, and Gkatzas got out of the way.

"I'll take this as a sign, five-five-five," Cech commented regarding his own hand and the size of Zhao's shove, just before the cards were turned on their backs.

Xiaowen Zhao: Q♥J♥ All in
Vitezslav Cech: 5♣5♦

Cech's pocket fives held up on the 4♦K♠2♣3♠9♥ runout to send Zhao to the rail in 12th place.

Tags: Dimitrios GkatzasVitezslav CechXiaowen Zhao

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Sandra Barbour
Sandra Barbour
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
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Stanciu Takes From Bansal

Frank Visser
Frank Visser
Level 28 : Blinds 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Traian Stanciu opened the action with a raise to 160,000 under the gun, holding A♠10♦. Paawan Bansal called in the cutoff with 7♦7♣, and the dealer fanned a flop of 6♠6♣10♣.

Stanciu continued for 200,000, and Bansal called. The 375,000 Stanciu slid in on the 3♦ turn convinced Bansal to muck his cards, correctly laying down his pocket pair.

Tags: Paawan BansalTraian Stanciu