| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Istvan Pilhofer | Hungary | 1,970,000 | 49 |
| 1 | 2 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 290,000 | 7 |
| 1 | 3 | Javier Gomez Zapatero | Spain | 3,720,000 | 93 |
| 1 | 4 | Ionut-Flavius Voinea | Romania | 2,570,000 | 64 |
| 1 | 6 | Fabrice Bigot | France | 2,980,000 | 75 |
| 1 | 7 | Petar Kalev | Bulgaria | 2,035,000 | 51 |
| 2 | 1 | Benjamin Lebor | United Kingdom | 2,800,000 | 70 |
| 2 | 3 | Jordan Saccucci | Canada | 2,605,000 | 65 |
| 2 | 5 | Paul-Adrian Covaciu | Romania | 765,000 | 19 |
| 2 | 6 | Rui Milhomens | Portugal | 1,905,000 | 48 |
| 2 | 7 | Laurent Cessy | France | 515,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 8 | Jun Obara | Japan | 4,800,000 | 120 |
| 3 | 1 | Antoine Saout | France | 2,175,000 | 54 |
| 3 | 3 | Parker Talbot | Canada | 1,500,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 4 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 895,000 | 22 |
| 3 | 6 | Simon Lofberg | Sweden | 3,095,000 | 77 |
| 3 | 7 | Luigi D'Alterio | Italy | 3,095,000 | 77 |
| 3 | 8 | Maksim Shornikau | Belarus | 595,000 | 15 |
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
Two out of potentially six levels have concluded and the field has already been whittled down to the final 18 players, who have been sent into a scheduled 20-minute break.
Javier Gomez Zapatero ![]()
opened to 60,000 from the cutoff and only Fabrice Bigot ![]()
made the call in the small blind.
The flop came down ![]()
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. Bigot checked, and Gomez continued for 45,000. Bigot made the call with his king.
The turn brought the
. and Bigot checked again. Gomex bet again, this time for 180,000. Once more, Bigot called.
The river fell the
, Bigot checked the final street. Gomez fired the final barrel, betting 625,000. Bigot thought for about 30 seconds before making the call to take down the big pot.
Luigi D'Alterio raised to 60,000 on the button and Antoine Saout three-bet to 235,000 from the big blind. D'Alterio called and the dealer spread the flop of ![]()
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.
Saout continued with a bet of 165,000 and D'Alterio called to see the
on the turn. Saout fired out another bet of 360,000 and D'Alterio still called. The
hit the river and both players tapped the table. Saout turned over ![]()
for a rivered two pair and D'Alterio couldn't beat it.
Milan Simko was down to the last 140,000 and moved all-in.
"You finally found something?" Benjamin Lebor inquired in table chat while in the big blind.
Rui Milhomens then three-bet to 325,000 in the cutoff. Lebor wiggled his time banks in jest when it was his turn to act before checking the cards and snap-folding.
Milan Simko: ![]()
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Rui Milhomens: ![]()
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Lebor predicted a six on the turn for Simko to double but then changed his mind to clubs on the ![]()
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flop. The
turn provided an additional gutshot but the
river was a blank.
"Almost," Lebor concluded as Simko headed to the payout desk to collect €36,150 for the efforts.
Maksim Shornikau raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and Parker Talbot three-bet to 195,000 in the small blind. Shornikau used one time bank extension and let the extra time run down to three seconds before folding.
One hand later, Paulius Vaitiekunas raised to 60,000 on the button and Simon Lofberg called in the small blind. Luigi D'Alterio then three-bet to 245,000 in the big blind and both opponents folded.
Istvan Pilhofer ![]()
opened to 65,000 from early position. On the button, Javier Gomez Zapatero three-bet to 190,000. In the big-blind, Fabrice Bigot ![]()
found a four-bet to 450,000.
Pilhofer folded his hand, and Zapatero thought about it for about 30 seconds. Eventually, he did fold, despite holding the dominating queen.
Jun Obara raised to 60,000 on the button and was called by Benjamin Lebor in the small blind. Jordan Saccucci three-bet to 175,000 in the big blind and only Lebor called.
The flop came ![]()
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and Lebor led out with a bet of 100,000. Saccucci raised to 225,000 and Lebor called. The turn brought the
and Lebor check-called a bet of 255,000 from Saccucci.
The
landed on the river, putting four cards to a straight on the board. Lebor sized up a bet of 400,000 which put Saccucci in the tank for a minute before laying his hand down.
Arie Kliper pushed his short stack of 195,000 into the middle from the cutoff. Simon Lofberg tossed in a chip to call on the button and the blinds stepped aside.
Arie Kliper: ![]()
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Simon Lofberg: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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to give both players a pair but Lofberg's was the bigger of the two. The turn was the
and the river was the
which sent Kliper to the rail in 20th place.
Two medium-sized pots were played at the same time on the outer tables.
In the first one, Benjamin Lebor called a raise by Jun Obara and then bet the ![]()
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flop for 100,000 and the
turn for 150,000 when checked to. Obara check-called twice and they checked the
on the river. The ![]()
of Lebor was the best hand and he jumped out of the seat to fist pump.
Over on the other table, Simon Lofberg bet the ![]()
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turn in a battle of the blinds with Luigi D'Alterio. The latter called and Lofberg checked the
river. D'Alterio fired a bet worth 600,000 and his opponent folded.