€5,300 EPT Main Event Giorno 1b | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

2023-12-12 14:54 UTC+2

Ghashayar Gets the Fold From Cohen

Peter Robinson

Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The action was opened by Simon Brandstrom to 500 and Lucien Cohen made the call only to face a three bet from Iman Ghashayar to 2,100. Both players made the call and the three players went to the flop of 3♣K♠Q♠ that they all checked around.

The turn card brought the Q♦ to pair the board and Cohen led out for 2,000. Ghashayar again did not waste much time in three betting his opponent and Cohen one of the characters of any EPT went into the tank. Eventually Cohen made the fold and Ghashayar chipped up.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Iman Ghashayar	38,500 38,500	38,500
Lucien Cohen	26,500 3,500	3,500

Tags: Iman Ghashayar Lucien Cohen Simon Brandstrom

2023-12-12 14:43 UTC+2

Smith Yearns for the Mines

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Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Michael Smith raised to 400 from middle position before Mikolaj Zawadzki three-bet to 1,900 from the small blind. Smith put in the extra chips and the pair saw a flop of 8♦A♠10♥.

Zawadzki made a continuation-bet of 1,200 and Smith called once more. The 10♣ turn and 7♠ river were then checked by both players, after which Zawadzki showed 9♠8♠ for two pair with tens and eights.

Smith played a higher two pair with his K♠K♥, and the pot was sent his way.

"I was set mining," Smith explained his preflop call while he was stacking his chips.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Mikolaj Zawadzki	48,000
Michael Smith	42,000

Tags: Michael Smith Mikolaj Zawadzki

2023-12-12 14:43 UTC+2

Elias Gutierrez Pulls The Biggest Bounty!

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Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

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2023-12-12 14:39 UTC+2

Kawasaki Claims Pot

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Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Osman Aksu opened to 500 in middle position and the action folded to Michio Kawasaki, who defended the big blind.

Kawasaki checked the J♠7♥3♦ flop to Aksu, who bet 700. Kawasaki called and the dealer flipped the 3♠ turn.

Both players checked and the 6♠ arrived on the river. Another round of knuckles and Kawasaki tabled 4♣4♦ for two pair. Aksu mucked leaving Kawasaki the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Michio Kawasaki	35,000 35,000	35,000
Osman Aksu	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Michio Kawasaki Osman Aksu

2023-12-12 14:34 UTC+2

Mori Makes an Early Exit

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Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Akihito Mori raised to 500 chips from under the gun and Wouter Beltz called on the button. Thomas Haverstad then three-bet to 3,300 from the small blind, and the action went back to Mori.

He promptly shoved all his chips in, for a total of 23,000. Beltz got out of the way but Haverstad called quicker than lightning to put the Japanese player at risk.

Akihito Mori: A♣K♣
Thomas Haverstad A♠A♦

Mori was drawing dead on the turn when the board ran out J♥6♠2♣6♥4♦, and he swiftly sought the exit while Haverstad chipped up in a big way.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Thomas Haverstad	53,000 31,300	31,300
Akihito Mori	Eliminato

Tags: Thomas Haverstad Akihito Mori

2023-12-12 14:34 UTC+2

Csecsetka Makes Persson Fold

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Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

After Peter Csecsetka opened to 700 from under the gun, Kalle Persson was the only one to call from the button.

Csecsetka continued with a bet of 700 on the 6♥7♠J♣ flop and Persson called. Then both players checked on the 7♥ turn.

A third seven came on the board with the river 7♣. Csecsetka asked for 2,500, but Persson chose to fold.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Kalle Persson	28,000
Peter Csecsetka	22,000

Tags: Kalle Persson Peter Csecsetka

2023-12-12 14:33 UTC+2

Fournier Hits the Rail After Aces Cracked

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Peter Robinson

Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

The action was opened to 600 by Viktor Wessman who was then three bet by Samuel Fournier to 3,500, Wessman quickly made the call and the two went to the flop.

The flop came 4♦Q♠9♣ and Fournier continued for 2,500 and quickly got the call from Wessman.

The turn card brought the K♥ and again Fournier bet out to the tune of 6,000 with a quick call from his opponent. The river card was 3♥ and Fournier announced all in and was snapped called by Wessman.

The cards were turned over and Fournier saw the bad news. Wessman held 9♠9♦ for a flopped set of nines that busted Fournier's A♦A♠. Fournier hit the rail and Wessman got a nice early double.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Viktor Wessman	62,500 62,500	62,500
Samuel Fournier	Eliminato

Tags: Samuel Fournier Viktor Wessman

2023-12-12 14:20 UTC+2

Nut Flush for Nakamura

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Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

On a board of K♠J♣10♣K♣, the player in the big blind bet 1,000, and Alvaro Gomez called from the cutoff. However, Ricardo Nakamura decided to raised to 3,000 from the button. It took a few seconds for the big blind to fold, while Gomez made the call.

The 4♥ came on the river, and after Gomez checked, Nakamura bet 4,100. Gomez went into the tank for a long moment, and eventually called. But he ran into Nakamura's nut flush with A♣3♣, so he mucked his cards.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ricardo Nakamura	41,500
Alvaro Gomez	19,700

Tags: Alvaro Gomez Ricardo Nakamura

2023-12-12 14:17 UTC+2

Room Starts to Fill Up

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Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Sam Grafton	30,000 30,000	30,000
Simon Mattsson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Axel Hallay	30,000 30,000	30,000
Paul Newey	30,000 30,000	30,000
Igor Pihela Jr	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kayhan Mokri	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fabian Rolli	30,000
Boris Angelov	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pascal Vos	30,000 30,000	30,000
Danut Chisu	30,000