€5,300 Main Event Ziua 2 | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Nivel: 14

Blinduri: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

2013-12-14 20:02 UTC+2

Fourth Pair Will Do

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Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Team PokerStars Pro David Williams opened under the gun to 4,400 and received calls from a player in middle position, Dmitri Holdeew in the hijack and both blinds. "I'll check blind" the small blind and big blind both announced, but Williams wasn't about to follow their lead. "I'm not" he said with a smile. "Is that a forced bet? asked Eureka Poker Tour winner Holdeew jokingly.

The dealer put on the table and action was directly on Williams. The American Team Pro made a 10,500 continuation bet and the first three players were easy to get rid of. Austrian Christian Golob in the big blind called however and check called another 21,700 when the hit the turn. The river was the and Golob checked for a third time. Williams thought about it, but eventually checked behind.

Golob showed his and you could just feel the rest of the table being curious as to what Williams had. They weren't going to find out though as he double checked his cards and threw them in the muck. Williams still has 216,000 left, Golob plays well over 300,000. "You're a brave man!" said the small blind admiring Golob's play.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
David Williams	234,000	-4,000
Team Pro

2013-12-14 19:58 UTC+2

A Couple of ElkY Hands

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Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier is motoring along nicely so we thought we’d stop by to watch a couple of hands. Here’s how they panned out. Matthew Haugen raised from first position to 4,500, Andrei Demidov called, Grospellier called in the small blind and the big blind folded. Three players saw a flop of and Grospellier decided to test the waters with a bet of 8,000. The waters were just fine and the pot headed his way.

Next hand Grospellier was on the button when Tom Alner opened for 4,000 and called, as did big blind Matthew Haugen. The flop came and it was checked to Grospellier who bet 7,200. Alner called. They both checked a turn and saw the river fall the . Alner paused and tossed out a bet of 8,000 but Grospellier barely shrugged before calling. Alner desperately didn’t want to show and muttered “You were right.” His cards were eventually mucked and Grospellier then didn’t have to show either as the chips went his way. “You river an ace?” Alner wanted to know. “Yeah.” ElkY said, but we’ll never know for sure. This guy should write a book.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier	195,000	5,000
Team Pro

Taguri: Andrei Demidov Bertrand Grospellier Tom Alner

2013-12-14 19:53 UTC+2

There’s No Place Called Home – Ari Engel Making Hay From Life On The Road

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Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Looking for a way to cut your overheads? Try the Engel system, put into practice by former Prague finalist Ari Engel with great success, as reported by the PokerStars Blog.

Taguri: PokerStars Blog

2013-12-14 19:52 UTC+2

Victor Podofedenko Doubles Through Timothy Ulmer

Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Victor Podofedenko was down to just 23,400 and committed them pre-flop with , Timothy Ulmer gave him a spin with but couldn't connect with the board and Podofedenko doubled up to around 50,000.

Taguri: Victor Podofedenko Timothy Ulmer

2013-12-14 19:48 UTC+2

Vamplew Can't Work His Magic

Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

EPT7 London champion David Vamplew has just been eliminated, with Jesper Winzerling doing all the damage and Mateusz Zbikowski finishing him off.

Vamplew opened to 4,000 in early position, Morten Klein flat called, Bernard Lattouf did likewise and Winzerling then squeezed to 11,000 on the button. Back on Vamplew he asked Winzerling for a count of his stack (around 54,000) and he then moved all-in. Klein and Lattouf folded but Winzerling snap called.

Vamplew:
Winzerling:

The flop was Lattouf shot out of his seat and indicated that he'd folded and Klein said he'd folded jacks. So a potential blood bath avoided then and the river meant ultimately that had the other two stuck around that they'd still have lost to Winzerling's aces as he rivered the nuts.

After that stacks were counted down it was established that Vamplew had just a solitary 500 chip left, 300 of which went in as the ante and 200 in the big blind. The next hand Zbikowski raised the button, the small blind folded and the two were heads-up, Vamplew had , Zbikowski and the latter's hand held on the board to eliminate Vamplew.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
David Vamplew	Eliminat

Taguri: David Vamplew Jesper Winzerling

2013-12-14 19:40 UTC+2

13% Russian, 10% German

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Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

There were 1,007 entrants for the EPT Prague Main Event from 60 countries. Russia dominated the field with 127 players (13%).

Country	Players	%
Russia	127	13%
Germany	104	10%
UK	66	7%
USA	51	5%
France	48	5%
Italy	47	5%
Sweden	35	3%
Czech Republic	34	3%
Romania	34	3%
Canada	32	3%
Lebanon	28	3%
Greece	25	2%
Denmark	24	2%
Bulgaria	23	2%
Finland	23	2%
Poland	23	2%
Spain	22	2%
Netherlands	19	2%
Israel	18	2%
Hungary	16	2%
Belgium	15	1%
Ukraine	15	1%
Ireland	14	1%
Norway	14	1%
Austria	12	1%
Lithuania	11	1%
Portugal	11	1%
Switzerland	11	1%
Belarus	10	1%
Brazil	9	1%
Others	86	4%

2013-12-14 19:37 UTC+2

They Continue to Fall

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Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Tigran Yazychyan	Eliminat

Cristinel Dumitru	Eliminat

Benjamin Juhasz	Eliminat

Viacheslav Goryachev	Eliminat

Mikhail Surin	Eliminat

Andreas Wiese	Eliminat

Serge Matta	Eliminat

Jiachen Gong	Eliminat

Gianluca Rullo	Eliminat

Eduards Kudrjavcevs	Eliminat

Maksim Semisoshenko	Eliminat

Jonas Lauck	Eliminat

Ioannis Apostolidis	Eliminat

Nikolaus Teichert	Eliminat

Toni Judet	Eliminat

Josef Antos	Eliminat

Aleksandr Gofman	Eliminat

Kharis Kamaletdinov	Eliminat

Dominik Panka	Eliminat

Olivier Busquet	Eliminat

Seredyuk Sergiy	Eliminat

Bryan Paris	Eliminat

Maximilian Bassil	Eliminat

Emil Mattsson	Eliminat

Ramil Boyazitov	Eliminat

Citeşte tot

2013-12-14 19:36 UTC+2

€889,000 For the Winner

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Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

With €4.883.950 in the prize pool there's €889,000 reserved for the winner. Making the final table will guerantee you €66.050, min cashing in 151st place will net you €8.600.

Position	Prize
1	€889.000
2	€536.700
3	€378.000
4	€283.800
5	€218.300
6	€160.200
7	€118.200
8	€84.600
9	€66.050
10 - 11	€54.900
12 - 13	€49.200
14 - 15	€44.300
16 - 17	€39.400
18 - 19	€34.500
20 - 23	€29.600
24 - 27	€24.900
28 - 31	€21.200
32 - 39	€18.400
40 - 55	€15.600
56 - 71	€13.200
72 - 95	€11.100
96 - 119	€9.900
120 - 143	€9.000
144 - 151	€8.600

2013-12-14 19:20 UTC+2

Russian Philosophy

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Nivel 13 : 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Ramil Boyazitov from Russia and Simon Harig a PokerStars player from Australia got it all in pre-flop. Boyazitov with the pair , Harig with the pretty . The board ran out and a crippled Boyazitov was fairly philosophical. Left with just 6,000 he shrugged, folded the next hand and awaited his fate.

Jucător	Fise	Progres
Simon Harig	58,000

Ramil Boyazitov	Eliminat

Taguri: Ramil Boyazitov