€5,300 Main Event Jour 4 | 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague

2016-12-17 15:27 UTC+2

Charette on the Ropes

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Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Gang Wang got his last 308,000 in and was at risk against Simon Charette, holding against Charette's . Wang flopped two pair as hit the felt, and Charette was in need of a whole lot of help. Bricks on the turn and river reduced him to a few big blinds and he's now in desperation mode.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Gang Wang	640,000 290,000	290,000
Simon Charette	76,000 -221,000	-221,000

Tags: Gang Wang Simon Charette

2016-12-17 15:26 UTC+2

Maxim Lykov Eliminated With Snowmen

Jaxon

Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Maxim Lykov's hopes for a second EPT Main Event title were recently dashed. Back in 2009, the Russian poker player won the EPT 6 Kiev Main Event during the tour's only stop to Ukraine for €330,000.

Konstantin Uspenskiy opened the action from early position before deep stacked Apostolos Bechrakis three-bet and Maxim Lykov declared himself to be all in. Uspenskiy got out of the way and Bechrakis quickly called.

Lykov:
Bechrakis:

Lykov was ahead on the flop, however, Bechrakis picked up more outs with a queen appearing on the turn or river able to complete a straight. The on the turn was another safe card for Lykov, however, he was eliminated from the tournament after the completed the board on the river giving Bechrakis a straight.

Bechrakis was hovering around 2 million chips after the last break, however, lost a hand before this one and just rebounded in this hand back up to 1,750,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Apostolos Bechrakis	1,750,000 -210,000	-210,000
Konstantin Uspenskiy	426,000 116,000	116,000
Maxim Lykov	Eliminé

Tags: Apostolos Bechrakis Konstantin Uspenskiy Maxim Lykov

2016-12-17 15:25 UTC+2

Ramos Gets a Sweat

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Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Dick Postel raised to 33,000 in middle position, and Felipe Ramos shoved all in from the small blind. Postel thought awhile and seemed pained but decided to call for his 305,000.

Postel:
Ramos:

It was a brutal spot for Postel but he found a shot on the flop.

"Please," he pleaded with the dealer.

It wasn't to be, as an turn was followed by a river.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Felipe Ramos	830,000 268,000	268,000

Dick Postel	Eliminé

Tags: Dick Postel Felipe Ramos

2016-12-17 15:22 UTC+2

Zawadzki Survives; Gordillo and Guilbert Bust

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Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Mikolaj Zawadzki pushed all in from the button. It was 146,000, and Martin Kabrhel came over the top all in to offer Johan Guilbert a chance to risk his stack of 250,000 or so. Guilbert decided to call.

Guilbert:
Kabrhel:
Zawadzki:

Guilbert saw a beautiful hit the felt, and he seemed poised to nearly triple up. On the turn, he stayed best with two pair, but the river busted him and allowed Zawadzki to survive with the chop.

At another table, Pablo Gordillo went bust.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Martin Kabrhel	590,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	227,000 52,000	52,000
Pablo Gordillo	Eliminé
Johan Guilbert	Eliminé

Tags: Pablo Gordillo Mikolaj Zawadzki Johan Guilbert Martin Kabrhel

2016-12-17 15:06 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts (complet)

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Niveau 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
David Peters	2,091,000 55,000	55,000
Apostolos Bechrakis	1,960,000 924,000	924,000
Cristinel Dumitru	1,640,000 1,136,000	1,136,000
Andrew Hulme	1,575,000 275,000	275,000
Janos Kurtosi	1,368,000 68,000	68,000
Kent Roed	1,200,000 474,000	474,000
Arne Kern	1,105,000 5,000	5,000
Marius Gierse	1,020,000 -30,000	-30,000
Hirokazu Kobayashi	990,000 126,000	126,000
Sergei Petrushevskii	970,000 -30,000	-30,000
Stefan Fabian	945,000 245,000	245,000
Friedrich Meyer	902,000 152,000	152,000
Jasper Meijer van Putten	838,000 33,000	33,000
Borge Sandsgaard	830,000 326,000	326,000
Marton Czuczor	830,000 -67,000	-67,000
Jukka Paloniemi	825,000 -75,000	-75,000
Darren Delahunty	823,000 4,000	4,000
Fabrice Soulier	820,000 291,000	291,000
Aleksandr Nemtcov	800,000 -13,000	-13,000
Stoyan Obreshkov	770,000 -586,000	-586,000
Kyosti Isberg	745,000 -233,000	-233,000
Anton Hrabchak	708,000 -67,000	-67,000
Viteszlav Pesta	660,000 60,000	60,000
Aleksey Ponakov	650,000 275,000	275,000
Kiryl Radzivonau	650,000 -180,000	-180,000

Lire Plus

Niveau: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

2016-12-17 14:47 UTC+2

Break #1

Jaxon

Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Players are on their first 20 minute break of the day.

Sarah has some food for thought while you wait.

https://www.pokernews.com/video/how-bitb-staking-is-taking-a-completely-different-approach-10678.htm

2016-12-17 14:41 UTC+2

Vidovic Doubles His Short Stack

Jaxon

Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

There was a shout by the dealer of an all in and a call on Table 2. Josip Vidovic was all in for his remaining 180,000 chips holding and needed some help from the board after Demosthenes Kiriopoulos turned over .

Depending on how you look at it, help maybe came on the flop of . Even though Kiriopoulos hit top pair, Vidovic gained another out for a straight draw. The on the turn didn't improve either player's hand, however, the on the river handed Vidovic a double-up with the nut straight.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	500,000 49,000	49,000
Josip Vidovic	412,000 111,000	111,000

Tags: Demosthenes Kiriopoulos Josip Vidovic

2016-12-17 14:40 UTC+2

Kurtosi Eliminates Belyaev

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Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Janos Kurtosi opened under the gun for 25,000, and Viacheslav Belyaev shoved all in for 263,000. Action folded to the big blind, who tanked awhile and folded. Kurtosi snap-called.

Kurtosi:
Belyaev:

The big blind said he folded nines, and someone told him "good fold" after the flop came . The turn and river kept Kurtosi best and eliminated Belyaev.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Janos Kurtosi	1,300,000 274,000	274,000
Viacheslav Belyaev	Eliminé

Tags: Janos Kurtosi Viacheslav Belyaev

2016-12-17 14:38 UTC+2

Ponakov Mucks the End

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Niveau 20 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Aleksey Ponakov checked from the small blind with a massive pot of over 500,000 in the middle between he and Marius Gierse. The board read , and Gierse asked to see his opponent's stack before announcing all in. It was a bet to put Ponakov at risk for about 375,000, and he sighed and folded after a couple of minutes.

"What hands can you tank with there?" Martin Kabrhel asked.

Someone suggested pocket eights, and Kabrhel said that would be a snap-call.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Marius Gierse	1,050,000 305,000	305,000
Aleksey Ponakov	375,000 -143,000	-143,000

Tags: Aleksey Ponakov Marius Gierse Martin Kabrhel