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

2023-12-12 14:11 UTC+2

Beltz Comes Out Firing

Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

In the final hand of the previous level, Wouter Beltz sat down with a fresh stack of 30,000 chips when he open-raised to 300 from the hijack. Thomas Haverstad then made it 1,100 to go from the cutoff, but Beltz four-bet to 3,700 once the action folded back to him.

Haverstad made the call and Beltz continued for 3,500 on the 7♥2♦2♠ flop. Haverstad called once more and the J♣ was turned.

Beltz sized up to 7,500 and Haverstad thought it over for a minute or so before settling on a fold, surrendering the pot to Beltz.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Wouter Beltz	37,500
Thomas Haverstad	21,700 21,700	21,700

Tags: Thomas Haverstad Wouter Beltz

2023-12-12 14:11 UTC+2

Fischer with the Aggression Gets it Through

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Peter Robinson

Livello 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante

Christos Xanthopoulos opened the action to 500 and was intantley met by a three bet from Manuel Fischer in the next seat. Xanthopoulos made the call and the two went to a flop of 5♠7♣4♠ that both players checked.
The turn came 9♥ and a bet of 1,000 from Fischer got the fold from his opponent.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Manuel Fischer	36,500
Christos Xanthopoulos	28,000

Tags: Christos Xanthopoulos Manuel Fischer

Livello: 2

Bui: 100/200

Ante: 200

2023-12-12 14:01 UTC+2

Toma's Pocket Rockets Don't Get Paid

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Peter Robinson

Livello 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Tsugunari Toma opened the action to 300 and found one caller in Ivan Banic. The flop came Q♣6♣8♦ and Toma continued for 500 and his opponent called.

The turn card was the 4♠ and again Toma led again for a bigger size of 1,200 and Banic made the fold.

Toma showed his A♣A♦ and sighed as he didn't get the action he wanted.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Tsugunari Toma	32,000 32,000	32,000
Ivan Banic	28,500 28,500	28,500

Tags: Ivan Banic Tsugunari Toma

2023-12-12 14:01 UTC+2

Treccarichi Fires Three Barrels

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Livello 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

At Danut Chisu's table, Walter Treccarichi opened to 300 from under the gun and was called by both players in the blinds.

The dealer fanned a flop of 5♦9♣A♣, and Treccarichi continued with a bet of 500. However, as his opponents didn't back down and called, Treccarichi fired a second barrel of 1,200 on the turn 3♣. This time, Nikolaos Iliakis check-folded from the small blind, but Jonathon Genovese Darling kept calling in the big blind.

The 10♠ came on the river, and after Genovese checked, Treccarichi bet 2,700, prompting Genovese to fold.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Danut Chisu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jonathon Genovese Darling	28,000 28,000	28,000
Walter Treccarichi	28,000 2,000	2,000
Nikolaos Iliakis	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Jonathan Genovese Darling Nikolaos Iliakis Walter Treccarichi

2023-12-12 14:00 UTC+2

Sandvik Calls Time on Himself

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Livello 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Arriving on the river with a board of 7♥8♠2♦K♠4♦ spread on the table, Espen Sandvik fired a bet of 4,000 from the big blind into the pot of 8,500 chips.

Tudor Bartha Lazar sat in early position and threw in a raise to 13,500, which sent Sandvik deep into the tank. After a couple of minutes, he called the clock on himself.

Near the end of the countdown, Sandvik folded A♠K♦ face-up, forfeiting the pot to Bartha Lazar.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Tudor Bartha Lazar	38,500
Espen Sandvik	22,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Espen Sandvik Tudor Bartha Lazar

2023-12-12 13:51 UTC+2

Laroche Takes from Silva

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Livello 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Heads-up on a flop of 3♣8♠6♦, Alexis Laroche in the big blind then Pablo Silva in the cutoff both checked.

They found the 5♣ on the turn, and Laroche led out for 1,000. Silva made the call. The 10♦ river then landed on the felt, with Laroche announcing "2,200".

Silva waited a few seconds, but eventually mucked his cards.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Alexis Laroche	32,000 32,000	32,000
Pablo Silva	28,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Alexis Laroche Pablo Silva

2023-12-12 13:51 UTC+2

O'Driscoll in Early Action

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Peter Robinson

Livello 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Conor O'Driscoll opened to 300 and received a call from Ramon Wicki on the big blind.

The flop was 2♣8♠3♠ and O'Driscoll continued for 600 only to be three bet by his opponent to 1,800. O'Driscoll thought about it for a few seconds then pushed his hand in the muck.

O'Driscoll is a Twitch streamer and qualified for the main event online via a last min satalite.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Ramon Wicki	30,900 30,900	30,900
Conor O'Driscoll	29,100 29,100	29,100

Tags: Conor O'Driscoll Ramon Wicki

2023-12-12 13:49 UTC+2

More Players Joining the First Level

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Livello 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Julien Sitbon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Robin Ylitalo	30,000 30,000	30,000

Walter Treccarichi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Pablo Silva	30,000 30,000	30,000
Peter Jorgne	30,000
Espen Sandvik	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antoine Vranken	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jules Dickerson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Mark Roovers	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tobias Peters	30,000 30,000	30,000

2023-12-12 13:45 UTC+2

Kury Avoids Early Disaster

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Livello 1 : Blinds 100/100, 100 ante

Martin Kury and Igor Zolotukhin were heads up to the river on Q♥10♠5♥K♦8♣. With 7,500 chips already in the pot, Kury checked from middle position and Zolotukhin fired a bet of 2,700 from the next seat over.

Kury threw in an immediate call, after which Zolotukhin tabled Q♠Q♣ for a set of queens. Zolotukhin showed A♦K♥ for top pair, which was not good enough to take down the pot.

"What can I do?", lamented Kury, but thanks to the deep structure of the Main Event, he still had plenty of chips left to play with.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Igor Zolotukhin	32,000
Martin Kury	20,500

Tags: Igor Zolotukhin Martin Kury