Main Event Day 1a | 2015 partypoker World Poker Tour Prague

12-01-2015 16:58 UTC+1

Aido Chips Up Through Pauli

Remko Rinkema

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Our colleague from the WPT just informed us of a hand which saw Sergio Aido chip up nicely through former EPT winner Sebastian Pauli. The board showed when Pauli bet 3,000 into a pot of 4,500 after which Aido made it 8,200.

Pauli made the call and on the river the hit, which was checked by the German pro. Aido moved all in right away for 25,300, and this effectively put Pauli all in for 14,800.

After a while Pauli let go of his hand, and Aido chipped up nicely.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	46,200 16,200	16,200
Sebastian Pauli	14,800 15,200	15,200

Tags: Sebastian Pauli Sergio Aido

12-01-2015 17:15 UTC+1

A Round of Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Wang	49,000 4,000	4,000

Dylan Linde	40,000 10,000	10,000

Anton Bertilsson	36,000 6,000	6,000
Valdemar Kwaysser	34,000 4,000	4,000
Giacomo Fundaro	32,000 2,000	2,000

Stephen Chidwick	28,000 4,000	4,000
Joao Vieira	27,000

Michel Abecassis	27,000 3,000	3,000
Tony Dunst	27,000

Taylor Black	24,000 6,000	6,000

12-01-2015 17:26 UTC+1

Fresh Faces

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3 : 100/200, 25 ante

Sylain Loosli and Simon Deadman have just been spotted in the tournament, and with that Day 1a just got a little bit tougher. Deadman almost won his first WSOP bracelet this year when he finished second in the $5,000 6-max for $391,446, and in 2014 he managed to win the HPO event in Las Vegas for $351,097.

Loosli has had an even better year, as he won the Super High Roller in Barcelona for $1.3 million and, and finished second in a €5,000 event on Malta for $111,447.

Player	Chips	Progress
Simon Deadman	34,000
Sylvain Loosli	30,000

Tags: Simon Deadman Sylvain Loosli

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 50

12-01-2015 17:38 UTC+1

Dunst Takes One Without Showdown

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Remko Rinkema

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Tony Dunst raised to 400 and Joao Vieira called from his direct left, after which the player on the button called, and Sebastian Pauli did so as well from the big blind.

The flop brought out and Pauli checked to Dunst who bet 1,000, and only Vieira folded.

On the turn the hit and all three players checked. The river brought the and Dunst bet 2,800 after Pauli checked, and the button folded right away. Pauli tanked for a bit, but eventually he folded as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Dunst	31,000 4,000	4,000

Joao Vieira	26,000 1,000	1,000

Sebastian Pauli	10,600 4,200	4,200

Tags: Joao Vieira Sebastian Pauli Tony Dunst

12-01-2015 18:03 UTC+1

Three More Players Join

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Remko Rinkema

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

We've just spotted one of the Czech Republic's most successful tournament pros, as Vojtech Ruzicka sat down. Ruzicka has over a million dollars in live tournaments earnings, his biggest score being a victory in the €10k high roller in Deauville for $426,907.

Anton Astapau, from Belarus, is coming off a great stretch in Macau where he finished fourth in the ACOP High Roller and fifth in the Super High Roller. In total Astapau has $1.2 million in career earnings, and that puts him seventh on the Belarusian all-time money list.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka	30,000
Anton Astapau	30,000
Elliot Smith	30,000

Tags: Vojtech Ruzicka Anton Astapau Elliot Smith

12-01-2015 18:26 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	43,000 3,000	3,000

Vojtech Ruzicka	42,000 12,000	12,000
Steve O'Dwyer	41,000
Simon Deadman	38,000 4,000	4,000
Sergio Aido	36,000 10,200	10,200
Tony Dunst	31,000

Anton Astapau	31,000 1,000	1,000
Stephen Chidwick	27,000 1,000	1,000
Joao Vieira	26,000

Elliot Smith	26,000 4,000	4,000
Adrian Mateos	19,000 11,000	11,000

Michel Abecassis	17,100 9,900	9,900
Sebastian Pauli	17,000 6,400	6,400
Yann Dion	14,000 16,000	16,000

12-01-2015 18:30 UTC+1

Break

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Remko Rinkema

Level 4 : 150/300, 50 ante

Play will resume in 15 minutes.

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

12-01-2015 18:55 UTC+1

Ivarsson Clashes with Wang

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Remko Rinkema

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Our WPT colleague just spotted a very interesting pot, and the action went as following.

Alexander Ivarsson just clashed in a big pot with Michael Wang, and the former now sits on a huge stack. With a board showing , and a pot of 14,000, Wang raised Ivarsson's bet to 8,000 after which the Swede moved all in.