€10,300 EPT High Roller | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

2018-12-18 11:51 UTC+2

EPT Prague High Roller : Field de rêve pour le Final Day, Alex Reard en demi-finales

AaronMcBride

Today at the Hilton Prague another PokerStars European Poker Tour High Roller champion will be crowned with 18 players still in contention of winning the €503,700 first-place prize.

Former EPT Prague Main Event champion Jasper Meijer Van Putten will sit down as the chip leader when the action gets underway at 12:30 pm but will have tough competition from a host of High Roller regulars still in the pack.

Henrik Hecklen (1,512,000), Niall Farrell (1,404,000), Alexandre Reard (1,133,000), and Max Silver (912,000), who won the €10,300 EPT Barcelona High Roller in August for €600,924, complete the top five stacks, with the likes of Michael Addamo (815,000), Ole Schemion (702,000), and Daniel Dvoress (622,000) looking for forge their way to the top of the leaderboard today.

Danny Tang, who won this event under the PokerStars Championship banner last year, has a shot at an incredible back-to-back title defense and will start the day in the middle of the pack with 696,000.

Charlie Carrel, who cashed in the €50,000 No Limit Hold'em event this week but just missed out on a place in the money in both the €25,000 High Rollers, comes into play with the most work to do after he was only able to bag 97,000.

Blinds will begin in level 21 at 10,000/20,000/20,000 big blind ante.

The 30-second shot clock will once again be used, with each players giving fresh 30-second time-extension cards at the start of play.

Join us back here at 12:30 pm local time as the PokerNews team, as always, bring you all the coverage from the EPT Prague High Roller final day.

Tags: Alexandre Reard Charlie Carrel Daniel Dvoress Danny Tang EPT Prague Henrik Hecklen Jasper Meijer van Putten Max Silver Michael Addamo Niall Farrell Ole Schemion

2018-12-18 13:54 UTC+2

Hon Cheong Lee Eliminated in 16th Place (€30,900)

AaronMcBride

Niveau 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Daniel Dvoress raised to 40,000 from early position, and Hon Cheong Lee moved all in for 330,000 from the next seat. The rest fo the table folded and Dvoress called.

Hon Cheong Lee:
Daniel Dvoress:

Board:

Lee needed help from the board after he saw Dvoress held pocket kings. Lee picked up the nut flush on the flop which gave him hope, but the board bricked, and Lee was eliminated in 16th place for €30,900.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Dvoress	1,550,000	300,000
Hon Cheong Lee	Eliminé

Tags: Daniel Dvoress Hon Cheong Lee

2018-12-18 14:05 UTC+2

Stefan Mattsson Eliminated in 15th Place (€34,670)

AaronMcBride

Niveau 21 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

The action folded around to Danny Tang on the button, and he moved all in for around 550,000. Dimitar Yosifov folded from the small blind before Stefan Mattsson checked his hand from the big blind.

"I've only looked a one so far," said Mattsson, before he slowly peaked at his second card and called.

Danny Tang:
Stefan Mattsson:

Board:

Tang had Mattsson covered, but his hand was dominated. However, the flop gave Tang the lead with a pair, and he also picked up the nut flush draw.

The king of hearts on the turn sealed the pot in Tang's favor, and Mattsson was eliminated in 15th place for €34,670.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Danny Tang	975,000	400,000
Stefan Mattsson	Eliminé

Tags: Danny Tang Dimitar Yosifov Stefan Mattsson

2018-12-18 14:46 UTC+2

Bahram Chobineh Eliminated in 13th Place (€38,440)

will_shill

Niveau 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Jasper Meijer van Putten opened to 60,000 from under the gun and Alexandre Reard called in the next position.

Bahram Chobineh was on the button and three-bet all in for 721,000. Van Putten used a time extension before calling, with Reard lifting up for his rail to see before folding.

Jasper Meijer van Putten:
Bahram Chobineh:

Board:

Chobineh had run into the aces of overnight chip leader Van Putten, who moved back atop the counts with this hand.

"I was so confused," said tablemate Henrik Hecklen to Van Putten. "I didn't see [Reard] was in the hand, so I was like 'Why did he slow-roll?'"

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jasper Meijer van Putten	2,200,000	750,000
Bahram Chobineh	Eliminé

Tags: Alexandre Reard Bahram Chobineh Henrik Hecklen Jasper Meijer van Putten

2018-12-18 15:16 UTC+2

Dimitar Yosifov Eliminated in 12th Place (€38,440)

AaronMcBride

Niveau 22 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

The action folded around to Danny Tang in the small blind, and he completed. Dimitar Yosifov was in the big blind and raised, which resulted in Tang moving all in, and Yosifov calling.

Danny Tang:
Dimitar Yosifov:

Board:

Yosifov's hand was dominated, and he was in danger of elimination. The board ran clean for Tang and Yosifov, who had held the lead during the final three tables on Day 2, was sent to the rail in 12th place for €38,440.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Danny Tang	1,300,000	475,000
Dimitar Yosifov	Eliminé

Tags: Danny Tang Dimitar Yosifov

2018-12-18 16:07 UTC+2

Niall Farrell Eliminated in 11th Place (€43,970)

AaronMcBride

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Niall Farrell moved all in for 230,000 from the hijack, and Michael Addamo asked for a count from the cutoff. Addamo then folded, and Anton Yakuba called on the button before Ole Schemion folded from the big blind and showed the .

"Ah no!" said Farrell, after Schemion had shown.

Niall Farrell:
Anton Yakuba:

"I will just have to hit a jack then" joked Farrell.

The flop fell , and Farrell's top pair was behind to Yakuba's set.

"Ah come on! This is bullshit" laughed Farrell after seeing the flop.

The turn and river were no help to Farrell, and he departed in 11th place for €43,970.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Niall Farrell	Eliminé

Tags: Anton Yakuba Michael Addamo Niall Farrell Ole Schemion

2018-12-18 16:47 UTC+2

Max Silver Eliminated in 10th Place (€43,970)

AaronMcBride

Niveau 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The action folded to Max Silver in the small blind and he raised for a large percentage of his stack, and left himself with a little behind.

Michael Addamo moved all in from the big blind and Silver called.

Max Silver:
Michael Addamo:

Board:

"That hand is garbage!" said Silver, referring to earlier on in the day when ace-queen had been seen to be a losing hand for many players.

Addamo hit top pair on the flop, but Silver did have outs. But the turn and river bricked for the 2018 EPT Barcelona €10,300 EPT High Roller winner Silver, and the Brit saw his chances of back-to-back EPT High Roller final tables come to an end.

Silver exits with €43,970 for his efforts.

The final table of nine is now set, and a redraw will be made.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Michael Addamo	1,650,000	950,000
Max Silver	Eliminé

Tags: Max Silver Michael Addamo

2018-12-18 17:43 UTC+2

Anton Yakuba Eliminated in 9th Place (€52,510)

AaronMcBride

Niveau 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

It was always going to be hard for Anton Yakuba to make a comeback at the final table after his hand with Alexandre Reard left him with just three big blinds.

Despite finding an early double up, and moving all in from under the gun which got no caller, Yakuba has seen his fight come to an end.

Daniel Dvoress raised to 80,000 from the cutoff, and Yakuba moved all in for 310,000 from the button, which Dvoress called after the players in the blinds had folded.

Daniel Dvoress:
Anton Yakuba:

Board:

Yakuba had found himself in a good spot for a double, but Dvoress hit top pair on the flop. Dvoress also found the flush draw on the turn, which decreased Yakuba's outs, and the river sealed Yakuba's exit in 9th place for €52,510.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Daniel Dvoress	3,300,000	300,000
Anton Yakuba	Eliminé

Tags: Alexandre Reard Anton Yakuba Daniel Dvoress

2018-12-18 18:02 UTC+2

Hecklen Hits Trips to Leave Addamo Short

AaronMcBride

Niveau 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Michael Addamo raised to 80,000 from the cutoff and saw both Danny Tang, on the button, and Henrik Hecklen, in the big blind, call.

The flop fell , and Hecklen bet out 90,000, which Addamo called before Tang folded.

The turn was the , and Hecklen's 180,000 bet was again called by Addamo.

The river card fell the and Hecklen bet three-streets, this time for 535,000.

Addamo was sat with a 900,000 stack and thought for 25 seconds before he reluctantly threw a calling chip into the middle.

Hecklen revealed for trips and Addamo mucked, which left him on just ten big blinds.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Henrik Hecklen	2,700,000	1,100,000
Michael Addamo	375,000	-625,000

Tags: Danny Tang Henrik Hecklen Michael Addamo

2018-12-18 19:29 UTC+2

Michael Addamo Eliminated in 8th Place (€63,310)

AaronMcBride

Niveau 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Henrik Hecklen opened the action with a raise to 125,000 from middle position, and when it was Michael Addamo's turn to act from the big blind, he moved all in for 700,000.

Hecklin made the call, and Addamo was in a race for his tournament life.

Henrik Hecklen:
Michael Addamo:

Board:

Hecklen hit a set on the flop, and it was all over by the turn after Hecklen improved to a full house and had Addamo drawing dead.

The Australian follows up his third and fourth-place finishes in both the €25,000 Single-Day High Rollers with an eighth-place finish here in the EPT High Roller for €63,310.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Henrik Hecklen	3,000,000	700,000
Michael Addamo	Eliminé

Tags: Henrik Hecklen Michael Addamo