41 Return at Noon for Day 4 of the EPT Prague Main Event
Another day, another noon starting time for Day 4 of the €5,300 Main Event at the 2019 PokerStars European Poker Tour in the Hilton Prague. Out of 1,54 entries, a mere 41 hopefuls will return to the felt to try and make an even deeper run than they have already made. They are all already guaranteed at least €17,460 but will all have their sights set on that amazing first-place prize of €1,005,600.
Coming into the day with the chip lead is Luigi Shehadeh with 2,287,000 in chips. He is followed by Gaby Livshitz, Norbert Szecsi, Akin Tuna, and Alessio Di Cesare. But former EPT Champions Mikalai Pobal, Dominik Panka, and current World Champion Hossein Ensan are also still in the running to try and follow in the footsteps of Victoria Coren Mitchell to become a two-time winner.
When the players return, they will play Level 21 which features a small blind of 8,000, big blind of 16,000, and a big blind ante of 8,000. Player bagged the time bank cards they had left and will receive an additional five at the start of the day. Play will continue until there are sixteen players left and the expectation is that around six levels will be played.
Day 4 Structure
| Level | Duration | Small Blind | Big Blind | BB Ante |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 90 | 8,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 22 | 90 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 23 | 90 | 10,000 | 25,000 | 25,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 24 | 90 | 15,000 | 30,000 | 30,000 |
| Break | 20 | |||
| 25 | 90 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 40,000 |
| Break | 30 | |||
| 26 | 90 | 25,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
The PokerNews live reporting team will be there from the first squeak of the chair until the final chip has been bagged, so stick around to see who will make it to Day 5 here in Prague.
Day 4 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Counts | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Ricardo Da Rocha | Brazil | 735,000 | 46 |
| 1 | 3 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | 798,000 | 50 |
| 1 | 4 | Vlastimil Pustina | Czech Republic | 642,000 | 40 |
| 1 | 5 | Markus Durnegger | Austria | 321,000 | 20 |
| 1 | 6 | Erdal Gulseven | Turkey | 980,000 | 61 |
| 1 | 7 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 1,500,000 | 94 |
| 1 | 8 | Laurent Michot | France | 540,000 | 34 |
| 2 | 1 | Boris Kuzmanovic | Croatia | 428,000 | 27 |
| 2 | 2 | Akin Tuna | Germany | 1,919,000 | 120 |
| 2 | 3 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 520,000 | 33 |
| 2 | 4 | Roland Chassing | France | 312,000 | 20 |
| 2 | 5 | Jean-Philippe Piquette | Canada | 208,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 7 | Alessio Di Cesare | Italy | 1,682,000 | 105 |
| 2 | 8 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | 989,000 | 62 |
| 3 | 2 | Aleksandr Sheshukov | Russia | 500,000 | 31 |
| 3 | 4 | Norbert Szecsi | Hungary | 1,978,000 | 124 |
| 3 | 5 | Mikalai Pobal | Belarus | 1,394,000 | 87 |
| 3 | 6 | Jakub Oliva | Czech Republic | 1,027,000 | 64 |
| 3 | 7 | Pieter Aerts | Belgium | 255,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 8 | Stefan Jedlicka | Austria | 701,000 | 44 |
| 4 | 1 | Wing Sang Lee | Hong Kong | 563,000 | 35 |
| 4 | 2 | Gaby Livshitz | Israel | 2,053,000 | 128 |
| 4 | 3 | Gaelle Baumann | France | 370,000 | 23 |
| 4 | 4 | Sylvain Loosli | France | 715,000 | 45 |
| 4 | 6 | Denys Shafikov | Ukraine | 739,000 | 46 |
| 4 | 7 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Russia | 525,000 | 33 |
| 4 | 8 | Ranno Sootla | Estonia | 380,000 | 24 |
| 5 | 1 | Morten Hvam | Denmark | 1,176,000 | 74 |
| 5 | 2 | Luke Marsh | UK | 562,000 | 35 |
| 5 | 3 | Giuseppe Zarbo | Italy | 525,000 | 33 |
| 5 | 4 | Francesco Candelari | Italy | 226,000 | 14 |
| 5 | 5 | Roman Herold | Germany | 509,000 | 32 |
| 5 | 6 | Stefan Egermann | Germany | 236,000 | 15 |
| 5 | 8 | Gab Yong Kim | South Korea | 1,458,000 | 91 |
| 6 | 2 | Andrei Stoenescu | Romania | 263,000 | 16 |
| 6 | 3 | Fidan Zahiti | Sweden | 1,120,000 | 70 |
| 6 | 4 | Philipp Zukernik | Canada | 982,000 | 61 |
| 6 | 5 | Luigi Shehadeh | Italy | 2,287,000 | 143 |
| 6 | 6 | Dominik Panka | Poland | 559,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 7 | Sorin Flutur | Romania | 1,276,000 | 80 |
| 6 | 8 | Tomas Paiva | Portugal | 767,000 | 48 |
and Loosli missed out on the additional flush draw to become the second casualty of the day.
for Chassing to hit top pair but for Tuna to pick up the flush draw while also hitting a pair of fives.
for Tuna to hit the flush to send Chassing to the rail in 39th place for €20,450.
turn, which made the 
river a formality.
flop giving Marsh the lead, and he picked up an 
to go with it on the turn. Herold could still hit a six on the river, but it was the 
turn and 
flop and the turn was the 
and Zukernik continued for 130,000, which Szecsi raised up to 350,000.
turn. Zukernik opted to check this time and Szecsi bet 225,000, the call of Zukernik followed.
river, Zukernik checked with just shy of 700,000 behind and Szecsi announced a bet of 750,000.
for Ensan to hit a pair of jacks but Marsh hit a straight. Ensan checked again and Marsh fired a 85,000 bet into the pot. Ensan counted out his stack and then decided to raise to 185,000 after using a time bank card. Marsh looked at the bet and called.
