€5,300 EPT Main Event Jour 1b | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

2019-12-12 13:41 UTC+2

A Table Filled With Notables

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Niveau 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Table 34 seems to be one to watch as it features several notables right off the bat. Among others, Thomas Pettersson, Julien Martini, Harry Ross, 2019 EPT National Barcelona winner Markku Koplimaa and 2017 PokerStars Championship Barcelona winner Sebastian Sorensson can be found there.

Martini and Ross have some history from the 2019 World Series of Poker Europe not long ago and the former already lost a chunk.

Just now, Koplimaa opened to 400 in the small blind and Sorensson called from the big blind. The flop of brought a continuation bet worth 300 and Sorensson called. After the turn, Koplimaa check-called a bet of 600 and they checked the on the river.

Koplimaa tabled for tens and eights, which won the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Harry Ross	40,000 40,000	40,000
Markku Koplimaa	31,000
Sebastian Sorensson	30,600 30,600	30,600
Thomas Pettersson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Julien Martini	19,500 19,500	19,500

Tags: Harry Ross Julien Martini Markku Koplimaa Sebastian Sorensson Thomas Pettersson

2019-12-12 13:34 UTC+2

Norden Chips Up Against Refos

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Another early big pot was brewing and this time it was Alexander Norden and Raoul Refos that were at it. They had created a pot of 9,000 and the board showed . Norden made it 5,800 to go and that ended up winning the pot without any showdown, as Refos reluctantly folded.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Alexander Norden	34,500 34,500	34,500
Raoul Refos	25,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Alexander Norden Raoul Refos

2019-12-12 13:30 UTC+2

More Familiar Faces at the Tables

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Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Piotr Wiecek	30,000
Jonathan Bussieres	30,000
Vlastimil Pustina	30,000
Georgios Vrakas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Daniel Rezaei	30,000 30,000	30,000
Marcin Lesniewski	30,000
Salim El Boustani	30,000
Gregory Armand	30,000
Johan Guilbert	30,000 30,000	30,000
Chris Da-Silva	30,000
Mihai Manole	30,000
Grzegorz Wyraz	30,000
Vlada Stojanovic	30,000
Andrey Andreev	30,000

2019-12-12 13:28 UTC+2

Buhler and Stuer Back For More

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Henri Buhler and Julian Stuer both took part on Day 1a without being able to bag up chips and can now be found at the same table on Day 1b. Another familiar face of the German-speaking poker community is seated with them in Markus Durnegger and Stuer lost a first minor pot when his ended up second-best to in a checked down board of .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Henri Buhler	30,000 30,000	30,000
Markus Durnegger	30,000 30,000	30,000
Julian Stuer	29,500 29,500	29,500

Tags: Henri Buhler Julian Stuer Markus Durnegger

2019-12-12 13:24 UTC+2

More Notables Enter

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Among others, 2018 EPT Barcelona champion Piotr Nurzynski has been spotted in the field and a previous EPT runner-up is also in contention in Georgios Karakousis.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Vitaliy Li	32,000 32,000	32,000
Mikolaj Zawadzki	30,000 30,000	30,000
Viktor Katzenberger	30,000 30,000	30,000
Michael Kane	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jerry Odeen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Omar Eljach	30,000 30,000	30,000
Piotr Nurzynski	30,000 30,000	30,000

Paul Newey	30,000 30,000	30,000
Masato Yokosawa	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jean-René Fontaine	30,000 30,000	30,000
Antoine Vranken	30,000 30,000	30,000
Aristeidis Moschonas	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alin Grasu	30,000 30,000	30,000
Georgios Karakousis	30,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Georgios Karakousis Piotr Nurzynski

2019-12-12 13:22 UTC+2

Michot Forces Out Jozonis

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A pot of more than 11,000 emerged until the river in a battle Tomas Jozonis (cutoff) and Laurent Michot (button). Jozonis opted to check and Michot bet nearly the size of the pot for 11,000. Jozonis spent more than two minutes in the tank and folded.

"Bluff?" he inquired and Michot replied with a "sometimes" while raking in the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Laurent Michot	36,000
Tomas Jozonis	24,500 24,500	24,500

Tags: Tomas Jozonis Laurent Michot

2019-12-12 13:18 UTC+2

Zheng Busts In First Minute

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Wei Zheng was seen leaving the tournament area and the dealer on Table 16 yelled: "Seat open!"

Jiayu Ruan was stacking up chips while the dealer wiped the board but he was kind enough to relay what had happened:

According to Ruan (small blind), he had raised with and Zheng (big blind) three-bet. Ruan four-bet, Zheng five-bet, Ruan six-bet-shoved and Zheng called with suited.

The board ran out .

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jiayu Ruan	60,000 60,000	60,000
Wei Zheng	Eliminé

Tags: Jiayu Ruan Wei Zheng

2019-12-12 13:07 UTC+2

First Batch of Notables on Day 1b

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Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Jesper Hansen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Surinder Sunar	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alexander Ivarsson	30,000 30,000	30,000
Morten Mortensen	30,000 30,000	30,000
Marco Regonaschi	30,000 30,000	30,000
Majid Ejlal Noubarian	30,000 30,000	30,000
Alisa Sibgatova	30,000 30,000	30,000
Quan Zhou	30,000 30,000	30,000
Wilhelm Isaak	30,000 30,000	30,000
Carl Shaw	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kevin Smiley	30,000 30,000	30,000
Terry Jordon	30,000 30,000	30,000
Valerii Lubenets	30,000 30,000	30,000
Raphael Wimmer	30,000 30,000	30,000
Stefan Fabian	30,000 30,000	30,000
Andrey Bondar	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tsugunari Toma	30,000 30,000	30,000
Anton Siden	30,000 30,000	30,000

2019-12-12 13:05 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

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The players have been welcomed to the tables and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal with the button in Seat 7 if they have 3 or more players at their table.

Niveau: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0