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

12-13-2025 17:46 UTC+2

Even More for Kurtulus

Frank Visser

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

Bora Kurtulus opened to 160,000 in the cutoff. Matan Krakow called in the big blind, check-calling on the 2♠9♥9♠ flop when Kurtulus bet another 160,000.

The K♦ turn checked through to the 2♦ river, which Krakow also checked. Kurtulus tossed in 200,000 for a bet, and Krakow quickly called.

Kurtulus showed K♠7♠ for kings and nines. Krakow's A♣10♦ was no match, and he added his cards to the muck in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	5,170,000 640,000	640,000

Matan Krakow	3,300,000 595,000	595,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Matan Krakow

12-13-2025 17:41 UTC+2

Ragone Mucks Best Hand

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Frank Visser

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

Bora Kurtulus made it 200,000 on the button with 7♥7♦. Filippo Ragone defended Q♦10♠ in the big blind and check-called when Kurtulus tossed in 200,000 on the 6♣5♣Q♥ flop.

Kurtulus kept firing on the 3♥ turn, flicking in 600,000 chips. Ragone decided to fold top pair after spending a time bank, and Kurtulus took down the pot with the lesser hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	4,530,000 520,000	520,000

Filippo Ragone	1,360,000 475,000	475,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Filippo Ragone

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

12-13-2025 17:24 UTC+2

Chip Counts at Break

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David Salituro

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	4,775,000 5,000	5,000

Ding Fan	4,515,000 5,000	5,000
Bora Kurtulus	4,010,000 90,000	90,000

Matan Krakow	3,895,000 145,000	145,000

Vitezslav Cech	3,570,000 70,000	70,000
Traian Stanciu	3,560,000 60,000	60,000
Paawan Bansal	3,385,000 10,000	10,000

Dimitrios Gkatzas	3,220,000 270,000	270,000
Tobias Peters	2,300,000 100,000	100,000
Filippo Ragone	1,835,000 535,000	535,000
Thomas Bazin	1,240,000 160,000	160,000
Xiaowen Zhao	515,000 30,000	30,000

12-13-2025 17:23 UTC+2

Break Time

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David Salituro

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

The remaining 12 players are going on a 15-minute break.

Level 27 Highlights

12-13-2025 17:23 UTC+2

Eyal Maaravi Eliminated in 13th Place (€60,300)

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Frank Visser

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

Ding Fan opened to 125,000 in early position. Eyal Maaravi committed his last 40,000 in the small blind, and Conor O'Driscoll defended his big blind.

O'Driscoll led out for 100,000 on the 8♦5♠6♠ flop, getting Fan to quickly fold Q♥J♣.

Eyal Maaravi: 9♦3♣ All in
Conor O'Driscoll: 6♦6♣

Maaravi had a gutshot to threaten O'Driscoll's set with, but the 9♠3♠ runout gave him a no-good two pair instead, eliminating Maaravi just before the break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	4,780,000 170,000	170,000

Ding Fan	4,520,000 50,000	50,000
Eyal Maaravi	Busted

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ding Fan Eyal Maaravi

12-13-2025 17:18 UTC+2

Peters Doubles in Vital Flip

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Frank Visser

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

Tobias Peters opened to 120,000 in middle position. It folded to Eyal Maaravi in the big blind, who moved all his chips over the line. Peters called off to put himself at risk for 1,055,000.

Tobias Peters: 9♦9♣ All in
Eyal Maaravi: A♦K♥

The 6♥4♣10♦2♦5♦ board remained free of aces and kings, awarding the pot to Peters' nines.

"It's so easy to win flips," the Dutchman concluded as he stacked his newly acquired chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tobias Peters	2,200,000 960,000	960,000
Eyal Maaravi	40,000 990,000	990,000

Tags: Eyal Maaravi Tobias Peters

12-13-2025 17:15 UTC+2

Kurtulus Calls Down Stanciu

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David Salituro

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

In a limped pot between the blinds, Traian Stanciu led out for 60,000 on a flop of 10♦4♥3♠ and Bora Kurtulus called.

Both players checked the 6♥ turn, and Stanciu then bet 150,000 on the 10♠ river. Kurtulus called and Stanciu showed K♣4♠, but Kurtulus had 9♦6♦ for a pair of sixes to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	4,100,000 500,000	500,000

Traian Stanciu	3,500,000 375,000	375,000

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Traian Stanciu

12-13-2025 17:14 UTC+2

Maria Lampropulos Eliminated in 14th Place (€50,300)

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Ryan Lashmar

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

Bora Kurtulus opened to 120,000 from middle position, and Maria Lampropulos three-bet shoved for 620,000 from the big blind. Kurtulus snap-called with a covering stack.

Maria Lampropulos: A♦J♥ All in
Bora Kurtulus: A♥A♠

Lampropulos was drawing dead by the turn against Kurtulus' aces on the 8♠4♣3♦7♥5♣ runout, and she exited the tournament in 14th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bora Kurtulus	3,600,000 650,000	650,000

Maria Lampropulos	Busted

Tags: Bora Kurtulus Maria Lampropulos

12-13-2025 17:11 UTC+2

Slow-Play Backfires for Gkatzas

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Frank Visser

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

Conor O'Driscoll flicked in a raise to 120,000 with A♠7♠ from the hijack. Dimitrios Gkatzas just flat-called A♦K♠ in the small blind, and Xiaowen Zhao defended his big blind with 8♦5♦.

The trio checked through the 6♠J♥10♠ flop, and Zhao checked again on the 6♥ turn. O'Driscoll aggressed with a bet of 300,000, folding out Gkatzas' Big Slick and Xiaowen's suited two-gapper.

Player	Chips	Progress
Conor O'Driscoll	4,610,000 270,000	270,000

Dimitrios Gkatzas	2,950,000 240,000	240,000
Xiaowen Zhao	545,000 505,000	505,000

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Dimitrios Gkatzas Xiaowen Zhao