First Break on Day 1a
The players have been sent into a 15-minute break.
The players have been sent into a 15-minute break.
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 25
Joining the action on the turn, Joey Weissman bet 2,100 and Marvin Rettenmaier called before both players checked down the on the river. The German revealed and that was good enough to claim the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marvin Rettenmaier |
43,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
||
Joey Weissman | 22,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Alexander Lakhov |
57,800
800
|
800 |
|
||
Jonathan Little |
49,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
||
David Peters |
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Stephen Chidwick | 30,000 | |
Michael Telker | 30,000 | |
Chris Hunichen | 30,000 | |
Shannon Shorr |
25,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
Alex Goulder |
14,900
-4,100
|
-4,100 |
Iori Yogo |
1,200
-600
|
-600 |
It was a preflop all in between Alex Goulder and George Khoury with the Brit looking forward to reaching the starting stack once again. However, his got cracked by the of Khoury on a board of .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Georges Khoury
|
51,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
Alex Goulder | Busted |
Jonathan Little got moved away from his original table and now faces Chris Hunichen and Michael Telker. The latter bet 4,750 into Little on a flop of and was called before moving all in after the turn. Little would have had to invest half of his stack and instead mucked the cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jonathan Little |
45,000
-4,500
|
-4,500 |
|
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Michael Telker |
36,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
The details of the elimination escaped us, but Iori Yogo's seat is empty. The Japanese only started the third level with eight big blinds and couldn't spin it up anymore. He will be back tomorrow for Day 1b though and now has time to discover the city, as it is the first trip to Europe for Yogo.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Iori Yogo | Busted |
It took only 10 minutes for Chris Hunichen to become the chip leader on Day 1a after sitting down at the start of level three. It was a preflop raising war with fellow American Michael Telker that saw the latter getting into the showdown with pocket eights. Hunichen was all in and at risk for 33,550 with and doubled up with the board running out .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chris Hunichen |
68,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
Michael Telker |
5,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
Emil Mattsson won a €1,000 Speed Tournament at the Master Classics of Poker in Amsterdam last week for € 30,165 and just sat down in the Corinthia hotel for Day 1a of the WPT National Prague.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Emil Mattsson | 30,000 |
Michael Telker continued his very active playing style and won some chips before getting it in preflop with pocket queens against pocket kings. The river was a queen and the American only needs one more double up to get back above starting stack. Below that is now Seth Berger, who got moved to the same table.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Seth Berger |
22,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
Michael Telker |
18,000
13,000
|
13,000 |