More Day 1a Pictures
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2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Jours 1a
Ayras Turns Up the Heat
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Finnish high staker Pauli Ayras was clashing with Cristinel Dumitru with the board already wrapped up, reading 
. Dumitru had 11,000 in front of him, about the size of the pot, and Ayras subsequently went all in for 38,000.
Dumitru took the better part of six minutes before getting the clock called on him. The seconds ticked away and with Dumitru also unable to make a decision during the extra thirty seconds, his hand was rendered dead on the spot.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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76,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
57,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
55,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
33,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
24,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
23,000
-9,500
|
-9,500 |
|
16,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
16,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Buhler Runs Into Kings
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
EPT Sochi Main Event champion Arsenii Karmatckii raised to 1,000 from under the gun and Thomas Boivin in the cutoff made it 3,500 to go. Henri Buhler moved all in out of the big blind for around 17,000 and Karmatckii isolated by moving all-in himself, Boivin folded.
Henri Buhler: 
Arsenii Karmatckii: 
The board came 
and Buhler found no help.
"Good luck on Twitch, I am always rooting for you," another player at the table remarked. Buhler, who can be found on Twitch under his alias Buehlero, has been a regular and very popular poker streamer for some time already and slowly finds his way onto the live poker scene also.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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54,000 | |
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33,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Simko On a Short Stack
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Milan Simko opened the action with a raise to 800 and was called by Martin Kury from one seat over and Jean-Noel Thorel. The flop brought 
and Simko checked, Kury bet 1,500 and Thorel folded while Simko called.
After the 
fell on the turn, Simko checked and folded when facing a bet worth 7,000.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
7,300
7,300
|
7,300 |
A Whole Lot of Counts
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
148,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
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74,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
67,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
65,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
65,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
62,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
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55,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
45,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
42,000 | |
|
37,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
34,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
33,000
11,500
|
11,500 |
|
31,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
28,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
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27,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
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26,000 | |
|
25,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
10,100
-16,400
|
-16,400 |
|
6,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Recent Day 1a Casualties
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
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Aido Gets There on the River
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Sergio Aido bet the 
turn when the action checked to him and made it 6,000 to go. His opponent called and both checked the 
on the river. Aido was first to show and revealed the 
for a flush, his opponent mucked and accidentally exposed the 
.
The table also features Etienne Fortin and Andrey Kotelnikov.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
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58,000
58,000
|
58,000 |
|
43,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
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29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
Calamusa Folds King-High
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
Pierre Calamusa opened to 1,000 in the cutoff and Marc Radgen three-bet to 4,500 in the big blind.
"How much are you playing?" Calamusa asked and Radgen replied "now over 30k." Calamusa tossed in calling chips and Radgen won the pot with a bet of 6,500 on the 
.
"I had king-high," Calamusa replied and Radgen fired back a "yeah and you were thinking about it." With a dry voice, Calamusa added "king high is a good hand."
The Frenchman has been on fire today so far with more than four times the starting stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
129,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
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63,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
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46,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
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36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
32,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
13,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
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Eliminé | |
Assorted Counts in Level 5
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
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63,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
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|
62,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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48,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
42,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
32,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
31,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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29,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
27,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
24,000
-8,000
|
-8,000 |
|
21,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
16,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
14,000
-13,300
|
-13,300 |
|
9,200
-20,800
|
-20,800 |
Small Pot for Teh
Niveau 5
: 200/400, 400 ante
A small pot emerged between Natalie Teh and Paul Hoefer, and the board showed 
. Teh faced a bet of 1,400 by Hoefer and her raise to 5,400 forced an instant fold.
Defending champion Paul Michaelis can also be afound at the table along with WSOP bracelet winner Artur Rudenkov, and the former has climbed back above the starting stack.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
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31,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
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27,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
10,500
10,500
|
10,500 |