€5,300 EPT Main Event Jour 4 | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

2018-12-16 23:14 UTC+2

EPT Prague : Paul Michaelis en tête à 16 left, Ugo Faggioli dans le Top 5

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Niveau 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Cinq niveaux de 90 minutes ont été disputés lors du Day 4 du Main Event PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague à 5300€ l'entrée. Durant ce laps de temps, le field est tombé de 44 à 16 joueurs tous assurés d'un gain de 45.000€. Parmi eux, le Français Ugo Faggioli, membre du Top 5 provisoire.

C'est l'Allemand Paul Michaelis qui est en tête avec 5,315,000. Il avait 12 blindes en début de journée mais a terminé fort, passant de 1 à 5 millions durant les 2 derniers niveaux de jeu. Le spécialiste du cash-game high-stakes Liviu Ignat complète le podium avec 4,550,000.

Diego Zeiter complète le podium avec 3,905,000 jetons. Le streamer Parker Talbot a collecté 3,250,000 et reste donc en piste pour son premier titre EPT. Vainqueur de l'EPT San Remo en 2011 pour près de 700.000€, Andrey Pateychuk est d'ailleurs le dernier ancien vainqueur encore en lice. Evangelos Bechrakis (2,170,000) compte bien peser au Jour 5.

Le Français Ugo Faggioli a remporté un gros pot durant le 4e niveau de la journée après avoir ouvert avec . Guenter Halak a shove 14 big blinds et Evangelos Bechrakis a call avant de payer encore sur le tapis de Faggioli. Le tricolore a hold face aux de Bechrakis pour s'emparer brièvement du chiplead. Le vainqueur du BPT Deauville reviendra avec 3,500,000 lundi.

La journée de dimanche a été fatale à Tobias Peters, Henrik Hecklen, Natalie The, Joris Ruijs, Michal Schuh and Anton Wigg. Les 16 survivants reviendront lundi à midi avec 5 minutes à jouer dans le niveau 20000-40000 (40000), l'action est à suivre sur PokerNews.

Le jeu devrait se poursuivre jusqu'à la constitution de l'ultime table à 6 joueurs.

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Andrija Robovic Anton Wigg Artem Kobylynskyi Diego Zeiter Evangelos Bechrakis Guenter Halak Henrik Hecklen Joris Ruijs Konstantin Farber Liviu Ignat Michal Schuh Parker Talbot Paul Michaelis Tobias Peters Ugo Faggioli Xixiang Luo

2018-12-16 22:10 UTC+2

Clash of the Greeks

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Niveau 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Dimitrios Michailidis (L) and Andriy Mertengren

Dimitrios Michailidis shoved from the cutoff for 735,000 and was called by Evangelos Bechrakis in the big blind with the slightly bigger stack.

Dimitrios Michailidis:
Evangelos Bechrakis:

The board ran out for Bechrakis to flop a pair of aces and improve to two pair on the river to eliminate Michailidis in 17th place for €44,920.

With five minutes left on the clock, the 16 remaining players have bagged their chips and will return at noon tomorrow, Monday, December 17, for the penultimate day of the Main Event.

The full chip counts and a recap of today's action is to follow.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Evangelos Bechrakis	1,670,000	-85,000
Dimitrios Michailidis	Eliminé

Tags: Dimitrios Michailidis Evangelos Bechrakis

2018-12-16 21:25 UTC+2

Ignat Hits Massive Double

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Niveau 25 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Liviu Ignat opened under the gun to 80,000, Konstantin Farber made it 250,000 on the button and Ignat came back with 680,000. Farber moved all in and Ignat flicked in a chip to call.

Konstantin Farber:
Liviu Ignat:

Ignat's kings held on the board, and Farber had to send over 2,2350,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Liviu Ignat	4,570,000	1,970,000
Konstantin Farber	805,000	-2,195,000

Tags: Konstantin Farber Liviu Ignat

2018-12-16 20:22 UTC+2

Faggioli Eliminates Halak and Doubles Through Bechrakis

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Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ugo Faggioli raised to 70,000 from under the gun and Guenter Halak shoved from the hijack. Action folded to Evangelos Bechrakis in the big blind who asked for a count. The dealer confirmed Halak had 410,000 in total and Bechrakis called. Faggioli shoved too for almost 2,000,000 and Bechrakis snap-called.

Guenter Halak:
Ugo Faggioli:
Evangelos Bechrakis:

The board ran out for Faggioli's pocket aces to eliminate Halak in 20th place and double up through Bechrakis. The dealer counted out Faggioli's stack and confirmed Bechrakis needed to pay up a total of 1,930,000 which makes Faggioli the new chip leader.

The 19 remaining players have just gone for a 20-minute break.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ugo Faggioli	4,315,000	2,380,000
Evangelos Bechrakis	1,745,000	-1,975,000
Guenter Halak	Eliminé

Tags: Evangelos Bechrakis Guenter Halak Ugo Faggioli

2018-12-16 19:56 UTC+2

Zeiter Coolers, Busts Luo

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Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Evangelos Bechrakis opened for 60,000 under the gun and got calls from Diego Zeiter on the button and Xixiang Luo in the small blind. The flop came and Bechrakis continued for 105,000. Zeiter made it 350,000 and Luo shoved all in for around 1.1 million. Bechrakis mucked and Zeiter called right away, turning over for middle set.

"Oh my God," groaned Luo, standing up and slapping down .

The turn brought an and Luo asked for a nine or a six. The river was the though, and Zeiter had him slightly covered.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Diego Zeiter	2,650,000	1,200,000
Xixiang Luo	Eliminé

Tags: Diego Zeiter Evangelos Bechrakis Xixiang Luo

2018-12-16 19:03 UTC+2

Mette Eliminated by Talbot

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Niveau 24 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Parker Talbot raised to 75,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Armin Mette in the big blind who shoved for around 450,000. Talbot snap-called.

Armin Mette:
Parker Talbot:

The board ran out for Talbot to turn the pair of aces and improve to two pair to eliminate the Day 1B chip leader in 25th place for €28,130.

The 24 remaining players will be redrawn for the final three tables.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Parker Talbot	2,840,000	690,000
Armin Mette	Eliminé

Tags: Armin Mette Parker Talbot

2018-12-16 18:19 UTC+2

Former Leader Teh Busted

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Niveau 23 : 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Xixiang Luo opened for 50,000 in middle position, Natalie Teh stuck her remaining 65,000 in and Henrik Hecklen called in the big blind. The board read and Hecklen bet 45,000. Luo called and both players checked the .

Hecklen showed and Teh tabled . Luo had gotten there on the river with .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Xixiang Luo	1,275,000	-75,000
Natalie Teh	Eliminé

Tags: Henrik Hecklen Natalie Teh Xixiang Luo

2018-12-16 16:02 UTC+2

Wigg Won't Win a Second EPT

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Niveau 22 : 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Anton Wigg shoved for 410,000 from the cutoff and action folded to Tobias Peters in the big blind. Peters asked for a count and made the call after about ten seconds.

Anton Wigg:
Tobias Peters:

The board ran out for them both to flop the pair of aces but no nine came on the rest of the board to save Wigg's attempt in winning his 2nd EPT after he won his first in 2010 in Copenhagen for DKr 3,675,000 ($672,818).

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Tobias Peters	1,010,000	310,000
Anton Wigg	Eliminé

Tags: Anton Wigg Tobias Peters

2018-12-16 14:14 UTC+2

Bechrakis Rockets to the Top

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

Evangelos Bechrakis in the small blind and Grzegorz Grochulski in middle position built a pot of about 250,000 and the flop came . Bechrakis fired 250,000 and Grochulski called. On the turn, Bechrakis used a time bank then slid 500,000 in. Grochulski took his turn to use time extensions — two of them — then called. On the river, Bechrakis quickly jammed for 635,000 and Grochulski used another extension then called.

Bechrakis turned over and it Grochulski winged his cards to the muck. The dealer retrieved them and turned over .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Evangelos Bechrakis	3,000,000	1,280,000
Grzegorz Grochulski	475,000	-1,181,000

Tags: Evangelos Bechrakis Grzegorz Grochulski

2018-12-16 14:00 UTC+2

Three-Way All-In Goes to Mette

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

Armin Mette raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and was called by Maciej Rogacki on the button and Marcin Kreft in the big blind.

The flop came , Kreft checked, Metter bet 45,000 which Rogacki called. Kreft now decided to shove for 199,000 in total. Mette also shoved for 340,000 in total and Rogacki snap-called,

Marcin Kreft:
Armin Mette:
Maciej Rogacki:

Kreft and Mette had both flopped top pair with Mette holding the higher kicker while Rogacki had the overpair.

The turn was the to give Mette two pair and have Kreft drawing dead. Rogacki needed an ace, six or four to have the higher two pair and eliminate both Mette and Kreft.

The river completed the board with the for Mette to hold on to his lead and double up through Rogacki and take Kreft's last chips.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Armin Mette	924,000	482,000
Maciej Rogacki	390,000	-236,000
Marcin Kreft	Eliminé

Tags: Armin Mette Maciej Rogacki Marcin Kreft