First Break of the Day
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
According to the tournament screens, there are 306 players out of a 855-entry strong field remaining and they have been sent into the first 20-minute break of the day.
2017 PokerStars Championship Prague
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 PokerStars Championship Prague
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€4,146,750
Entries
855
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Muehloecker Puts Urban Under Pressure
Level 10
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WIth already around 60,000 in the pot, David Urban (CO) and Thomas Muehloecker (BTN) arrived on the river on a 
board. Urban checked and Muehloecker moved all in, putting Urban to the test for his final 48,000.
Urban, one of Slovakia's top players, agonized for nearly five minutes before the clock got called. During his final minute, Urban eventually elected to fold to ship the pot to Muehloecker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 90,800 |
|
48,000 | -17,900 |
Kuzmanovic Chips Up; Mojaverian in the Lead
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
"He simply always had it," WSOP bracelet winner Sebastian Langrock said and referred to Hari Bercovici in the one seat. Bercovici started the day below average and quadrupled up his stack in the first two levels. Just now he lost a pot, though, and it was Boris Kuzmanovic that got back on track as a result.
On the 
turn, Kuzmanovic checked in late position and called a bet of 15,800 by Bercovici in the cutoff. Both checked the 
river and Kuzmanovic's 
won the pot.
Omid Mojaverian has even more than Bercovici and was spotted with a raise to 2,500. Ismael Bojang three-bet to 8,000 and Charles La Boissonniere four-bet all in for 43,000. Mojaverian called and that forced out Bojang.
Charles La Boissonniere: 
Omid Mojaverian:
There was no sweat on the board 
and they chopped it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
290,000 | 20,000 |
|
225,000 | -25,000 |
|
153,000 | 58,000 |
|
125,000 | 41,300 |
|
50,000 | -15,500 |
Merzhvinskiy Busts Lamprecht
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Aleksandr Merzhvinskiy already won a trophy at a PokerStars branded event and it wasn't even long ago when the Russian triumphed on home soil and took down the PokerStars Festival Sochi Main Event. He is also off to a good start here in Prague and knocked out Benjamin Lamprecht.
It was a classic race for Lamprecht, who got his 50,000 in with the 
and Merzvinskiy put him at risk with . The board came 
and that was it for Lamprecht.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 16,200 |
|
Busted |
Big Stacks and More
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000 | 90,000 |
|
|
250,000 | 196,500 |
|
250,000 | 55,000 |
|
220,000 | 80,000 |
|
215,000 | 142,000 |
|
190,000 | 95,000 |
|
185,000 | 45,000 |
|
160,000 | -11,500 |
|
150,000 | 75,800 |
|
140,000 | 115,000 |
|
130,000 | -3,000 |
|
130,000 | -20,000 |
|
130,000 | -6,000 |
|
115,000 | 18,400 |
|
110,000 | 52,100 |
|
105,000 | 34,100 |
|
75,000 | 28,000 |
|
20,000 | -100,000 |
|
Busted |
Ruzicka Busts With a Bluff
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Gavin O'Rourke started the day with just nine big blinds but that has since changed to a ton more, and a failed bluff attempt by Vojtech Ruzicka dded even more to the stack of the Irishman.
It was Ruzicka that raised to 2,800 from under the gun and O'Rourke called, as did Petr Targa in the big blind. The flop fell 
and Targa checked, Ruzicka bet 4,100 and O'Rourke was the only caller. After the turn, Ruzicka bet 9,800 and had around 34,000 behind, O'Rourke called once more.
The 
fell on the river and Ruzicka carefully counted his remaining stack before moving all in. O'Rourke didn't snap call but did so to leave Ruzicka with the head shaking as he tabled for ace-king high. O'Rourke had that beat with 
for top set and raked in a big pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 171,000 |
|
85,000 | -33,700 |
|
Busted |
Manolea Rising
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Luciana Manolea faced a raise to 2,600 by Boris Kolev in the under-the-gun position and three-bet to 7,400 on the button. Kolev clicked it back to 18,600 and Manolea called.
After the flop, Kolev checked and folded to a bet of 17,000 by Manolea.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 | 48,000 |
|
85,000 | 17,800 |
Diverse International Field
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The 855 players in the PokerStars Championship Prague Main Event are from a diverse background and make for a well-rounded international field. France is sporting the biggest number of players under their banner with 69, narrowly edging out the United Kingdom (65) and Russia (58). Germany (57) and Italy (52) complete the top 5, while the Czech Republic as home nation comes in seventh (34).
| Country | Players | % of Field |
|---|---|---|
| France | 69 | 8,07% |
| UK | 65 | 7,60% |
| Russia | 58 | 6,78% |
| Germany | 57 | 6,67% |
| Italy | 52 | 6,08% |
| Poland | 40 | 4,68% |
| Czech Republic | 34 | 3,98% |
| Romania | 28 | 3,27% |
| Spain | 28 | 3,27% |
| Israel | 27 | 3,16% |
| Other | 397 | 46,43% |
Lodge Doubles Through Mrakes
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
While the early stages of Day 2 proved to be very profitable for Michal Mrakes, the start-of-day chip leader just experienced a setback, but remains near the top of the counts.
Mrakes had raised and picked up two callers in Jaroslaw Sikora in the cutoff and Harry Lodge out of the big blind. The flop of 
flop was checked to Sikora, who bet 3,500. Lodge called that and Mrakes check-raised to 11,500. Sikora folded and Lodge called.
On the 
turn, Lodge checked and called the shove of Mrakes for his last 33,000.
Harry Lodge: 
Michal Mrakes: 
The on the river was already a formality, as Lodge had the unbeatable flush and the Brit doubled. This summer, Lodge scored his best result thus far at the World Series of Poker when he finished 3rd in the Crazy Eights Event for a payday of $344,888.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
217,000 | -43,000 |
|
115,000 | 47,200 |
|
70,000 | -37,700 |
Is Martin Kabrhel Really The Bad Boy?
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Martin Kabrhel is a controversial character at the poker tables. PokerNews caught up with him in Prague to get up close and personal about his life and what makes him tick. Is he really the bad boy?