€5,300 Main Event Day 3 | 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague

12-14-2014 17:36 UTC+2

Early Present For Altman

[user252447]

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Franco Cantarella was tangling with Brian Altman in a pot and shoved the turn of a board reading .

Altman made the call with and was shown the of Cantarella who was drawing dead. The river was the and when Cantarella had left the table another player addressed Altman, “Nice present for you. Early Christmas.”

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Altman	700,000 125,000	125,000
Franco Cantarella	Busted

Tags: Brian Altman Franco Cantarella

12-14-2014 17:34 UTC+2

Nguyen Eliminated by Bertilsson

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Minh Nguyen Quang was all in for his last 40,000 chips with and was called by Anton Bertilsson from one seat over. The Czech had a nice sweat with the flop and even picked up a gutshot on the turn, but the river sent him to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anton Bertilsson	485,000 405,500	405,500
Minh Nguyen Quang	Busted

Tags: Minh Nguyen Quang Anton Bertilsson

12-14-2014 17:32 UTC+2

Pleticha Eliminated by Kitai

Mateusz_Pater

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Davidi Kitai raised to 10,000 from the hijack before Tomas Pleticha moved all in for his remaining 14,000 from the cut off. Eugene Katchalov made the call from the big blind as the decision fell back on Kitai.

He asked if he could raise which received a few laughs from some players at the table as well as the dealer. He was informed he couldn’t, so he made the call.

The flop came down and Katchalov checked. Kitai quickly threw out 12,500 in chips which was enough to get Katchalov to fold.

Kitai:
Pleticha:

Pleticha was in great shape to double up with the higher pair but the board ran out the and to give Kitai a flush and the winning hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Davidi Kitai	875,000 35,000	35,000

Tomas Pleticha	Busted

Tags: Tomas Pleticha Eugene Katchalov Davidi Kitai

12-14-2014 17:25 UTC+2

Players Eliminated 144-159 (€8,970)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The below players have been eliminated in the positions 148 to 159, all receiving the minimum payout of €8,970.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandrine Rousseau	Busted
Shannon Shorr	Busted
Serhat Demiroglu	Busted
Guillaume Rivet	Busted
Ilker Dibekoglu	Busted
Fady Kamar	Busted
Silvestros Chasilas	Busted
Christopher Andler	Busted
Vojtech Horut	Busted
Sergej Choroskov	Busted
Marcin Chmielewski	Busted
Mirko Acksel	Busted
Mickey Petersen	Busted

Tadas Zukauskas	Busted
Adam Martinsson	Busted
Wilfried Harig	Busted

12-14-2014 17:20 UTC+2

Another Former EPT Winner Exits

Webjoker

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Yannick Wrang was just seen exiting the tournament area. On his way to the payout desk, he told us that he pushed over a middle position open with his suited. The initial raiser made the call holding .

Wrang, who won the PokerStars European Poker Tour in Campione back in season 8, flopped a two of the suits he needed for a flush, but the draw stayed a draw and Wrang had to get up from the table and gather his belongings.

Wrang exited in 134th place, netting the former EPT winner €9,610. Liv Boere, Davidi Kitai and Remi Castaignon are the only former winners still left in this tournament, can they become the second two-time winner after Vicky Coren?

Player	Chips	Progress
Yannick Wrang	Busted

Tags: Jannick Wrang

12-14-2014 17:20 UTC+2

Bubble Talk with Shannon Shorr

Happy_Freaked

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

He busted right after the money bubble burst, but on break before that we caught up with him to talk a little bit about his history of bubbling tournaments.

Tags: Shannon Shorr

12-14-2014 17:18 UTC+2

Castaignon Doubles Again

[user252447]

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Remi Castaignon had been all in on the bubble with nines and now all his chips were in the middle again. Rafal Chojecki made the call to put him at risk again, though this time they were both in the money.

Castaignon had found another pair, this time and was against the of Chojecki.

The board ran out and Castaignon doubled up again while Chojecki was left short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Remi Castaignon	124,000 52,000	52,000

Rafal Chojecki	30,000 -117,100	-117,100

12-14-2014 17:15 UTC+2

Haxton Eliminated by Graner

Mateusz_Pater

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Team PokerStars Online Pro Isaac Haxton raised to 10,000 from under the gun plus one. The action folded around to Stephen Graner in small blind who raised it up to 73,000 in chips. The big blind folded as the decision fell back on Haxton. The raise had him covered and he deliberated over his call for a few minutes. Eventually he made the call and the cards where tabled.

Haxton:
Graner:

“Wow! Glad I didn’t fold,” said Haxton, after seeing he was ahead of Graner’s cards.

Unfortunately, the board ran out to see Graner spike a seven on the flop to win the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Graner	930,000 470,000	470,000

Isaac Haxton	Busted

Tags: Stephen Graner Isaac Haxton

12-14-2014 17:13 UTC+2

Grafton Gaining

[user252447]

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Sam Grafton had quite a profitable bubble period, winning a couple of nice pots when he was dealt back to back aces. He joked with the French dealer that he was making it too obvious and he should mix it up a bit and deal him kings from time to time instead.

Grafton had earlier tweeted a picture of the player on his left, Dylan Linde, to find out more about him and then doubled him up. Since then they have been getting on famously but there are no friends at the poker table.

Grafton opened for 11,000 and Linde three-bet to 28,000. It folded back round to Grafton who asked how much he started with and heard it was around 230,000. A short time for Grafton to weigh up his decision and then he flicked his cards away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	380,000 95,000	95,000

Dylan Linde	240,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Sam Grafton Dylan Linde

12-14-2014 17:11 UTC+2

Kamel Doubles Hartmann

Webjoker

Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Tamer Kamel opened to 10,500 from the cutoff and Pascal Hartmann on the button made it 23,000. Both blinds, including a severely short stacked Jannick Wrang, folded, but Kamel pushed all in. Hartmann called if of for 113,000 total and showed . Kamel tabled .

The board didn't help Kamel and he handed 113,000 of his well earned chips to his neighbor.