The remaining 21 players are heading on another 15-minute break.
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

In a pot of around 200,000, Yuan Li checked to Stephen Chidwick who bet 185,000.
Li used two time extensions before calling but looked disappointed when Chidwick revealed for a rivered pair of queens.
Chidwick moves above one million in chips just before the second break of the day.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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1,165,000 | |
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310,000 |

Sam Greenwood opened to 20,000 from under the gun and was called by Derek Ip in the cutoff and Kahle Burns in the small blind. Juan Pardo three-bet to 90,000 in the big blind and all three players called.
The flop of was spread across the felt and the action checked to Ip who shipped all in for 71,000. Burns and Pardo both called and Greenwood got out of the way.
The turn brought the and both Burns and Pardo checked to the
on the river. Burns tossed in a small bet of 60,000 to create a side pot and Pardo looked him up. Burns tabled
for trip fours while Pardo showed
. Ip was holding
which mean Burns collected everything and Ip was eliminated.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
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1,210,000
720,000
|
720,000 |
|
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455,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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440,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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Eliminé |

Michael Soyza raised to 16,000 in early position and was called by Stephen Chidwick and Ben Heath in the blinds. The flop came and the blinds checked to Soyza who bet 20,000. Chidwick called and Heath stepped aside.
The turn was the and Soyza fired out another 31,000. Chidwick jammed all in and Soyza called off his stack of around 140,000. Chidwick showed
for a combo draw while Soyza held
for two pair.
The river was the and Chidwick made his flush to eliminate Soyza from the tournament.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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610,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
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Eliminé |


Seth Davies opened to 16,000 and Adrian Mateos flat-called. Sergio Aido three-bet all in for 144,000 and Davies folded. Mateos called.
With a chuckle, Aido showed and was flipping against his compatriot's
.
The board ran out and Aido was eliminated.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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830,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
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Eliminé |
Seth Davies raised it up to 16,000 in the hijack and Bryn Kenney defended from the big blind. The flop came and Kenney check-called a bet of 20,000 from Davies.
The turn was the and both players checked to the
on the river. Kenney led out for 20,000 and Davies obliged with a call. "A four," Kenney announced but Davies turned over
to earn the pot.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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715,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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468,000
37,000
|
37,000 |

Seat | Table 1 | Chip Count | Table 2 | Chip Count | Table 3 | Chip Count |
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1 | Yuan Li | 675,000 | Steve O'Dwyer | 345,000 | Bertrand Grospellier | 170,000 |
2 | George Wolff | 130,000 | Derek Ip | 95,000 | Timothy Adams | 700,000 |
3 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | 380,000 | Kahle Burns | 490,000 | Seth Davies | 650,000 |
4 | Stephen Chidwick | 495,000 | Mikita Badziakouski | 755,000 | Chin Wei Lim | 600,000 |
5 | Ben Heath | 480,000 | Juan Pardo | 580,000 | Adrian Mateos | 650,000 |
6 | Danny Tang | 290,000 | Sam Greenwood | 480,000 | Sergio Aido | 165,000 |
7 | Michael Soyza | 185,000 | Daniel Dvoress | 245,000 | Bryn Kenney | 505,000 |
8 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 440,000 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 930,000 | Tsugunari Toma | 330,000 |
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
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930,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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755,000
311,000
|
311,000 |
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700,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
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675,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
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650,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
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650,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
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600,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
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580,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
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505,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
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495,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
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490,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
||
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480,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
||
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480,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
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440,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
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380,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
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345,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
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330,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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290,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
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245,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
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185,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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170,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
||
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165,000 | |
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130,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
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95,000
215,000
|
215,000 |

With the elimination of Juha Helppi, the tournament is now redrawing around three tables with 24 players remaining.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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Eliminé |
Mikita Badziakouski opened to 17,000 and Sergio Aido re-raised to 42,000 on the button. The blinds folded and Badziakouski moved all in for 212,000. Aido quickly called and the cards were on their backs.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Sergio Aido:
It was a coin flip and Badziakouski took the lead on the flop. The
on the turn left Aido drawing to two outs and the
on the river was not one of them.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
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444,000
164,000
|
164,000 |
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165,000
28,000
|
28,000 |


Defending champion Matthias Eibinger was all in for 53,000 and had been called by Day 1 chip leader Kahle Burns.
Matthias Eibinger:
Kahle Burns;
The offered a little bit of everything. Burns had flopped top pair and the nut flush draw, but was still behind to the bottom set of Eibinger.
The turn completed Burns' flush draw.
"Oh come on," said Eibinger, imploring the river card to pair the board, but it came the and he was eliminated.
Here are the chip counts for his table, with Thorel still leading with over 900,000 in chips.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
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915,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
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775,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
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670,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
||
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250,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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200,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
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Eliminé |