Sergey Sergeev of Ukraine is the first seat open. He lost a big pot against Ihar Soika and then raised onto the big blind of Marc Daubach. The Belgian defended to see the flop of and the action was checked through. On the turn, Daubach bet 400 and Sergeev called before the appeared on the river.
Daubach bet 1,500 into a pot of 950 and Sergeev raised to 5,000 with a total stack of 11,000. Daubach moved all in with for two pair and Sergeev called off with the inferior .
PokerStars Team Pro Online Isaac Haxton is off to a great start with nearly 50,000 chips. He seems to be playing a lot of hands in this first level and so far it’s working out for him while he chats to the table about betting on Spanish football.
In a recent hand Haxton had got to the river of a board reading and when he checked he faced a bet of 775. Haxton queried the amount and then flicked in a chip to call. He was shown the and said, “Nice hand.”
On the next hand the same player opened for 250 and Haxton was the sole caller. The flop of was checked and on the turn card Haxton bet 400. This time the pot was his.
Jonathan Little, author of the “Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker.” has brought his notebook today, no doubt looking to add to his wealth of knowledge.
Little was involved in an early hand in the big blind where he called a 350 raise from the player on the button. They went to a flop of and Little check-called a bet of 400. The turn and river were checked and Little showed to take the pot.
Walking through the tournament area, we noticed a board of and Chris Hunichen had 2,400 chips less than he started with after the action was complete. He had defended his big blind and the flop was checked through. On the turn, he committed 425 and the river provided a bet of 775 and a raise to 1,650, which was called. "Big Huni" had a seven, but his opponent for a full house.
Even worse was the start for Steven Watts. In the first hand he picked up pocket queens and three-bet a raise by Tadas Zukauskas from 300 to 800 and was called by the online qualifier on Lithuania. On a board of , he dropped 18,000 in chips to walk into the flopped quads of Zukauskas with .
Welcome to the European Poker Tour Season 11 Prague Poker Festival which is joining forces with the Eureka Poker Tour once more. In total there will be 59 separate tournaments at this year’s festival including the Eureka 4 Prague which enters its final day today after attracting a huge 1,738 entries with a €280,000 first place prize.
The €5,300 EPT Main Event kicks off today at the Hilton Prague Hotel with the first of two Day 1s. Plenty of top names have already been confirmed to play in this tournament including Team PokerStars Pro Online Mickey Petersen, Marc-Andre Ladouceur and Vincente Delgado as well as Team PokerStars Pros George Danzer, Jan Heitmann and Marcin Horecki.
This is the eighth time an EPT has been held at Prague and last year Julian Track, a mature student from Germany, emerged victorious over the 1,007 star studded field to capture the title and the €725,000 first-place prize.
While the Main Event gets underway the Super High Roller has reached the final seven and will play down to a winner today. Leonid Markin is chip leader with 3.35m in chips chasing the first place prize of €771,360. You can follow the PokerNews coverage by clicking here.
There’s a real feeling of Christmas in the air here in Prague, but more importantly today cards are in the air at 12 Noon local time with eight levels of play scheduled, each of them taking 75 minutes to complete. Players sit down with a 30,000 starting stack with blinds kicking off at 50 / 100.
The PokerNews Live Reporting team will bring you all the news of who is playing and action from the tables throughout the day as well as the latest interviews and news from Remko Rinkema and the Video Team. Stay tuned!
and the action was checked through. On the 
turn, Daubach bet 400 and Sergeev called before the 
appeared on the river.
for two pair and Sergeev called off with the inferior 
and when he checked he faced a bet of 775. Haxton queried the amount and then flicked in a chip to call. He was shown the 
and said, “Nice hand.”
was checked and on the turn card 
Haxton bet 400. This time the pot was his.
and river 
were checked and Little showed 
and Chris Hunichen had 2,400 chips less than he started with after the action was complete. He had defended his big blind and the flop was checked through. On the turn, he committed 425 and the river provided a bet of 775 and a raise to 1,650, which was called. "Big Huni" had a seven, but his opponent 
for a full house.
