€5,300 EPT Main Event Jour 1a | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

2023-12-11 18:47 UTC+2

Shimizu Wins With Ace-Four

DegenOnTour

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Nozomu Shimizu just split a pot with Ax4x when he got involved in another pot with his neighbor Stanislav Tishkevich.

Tishkevich sat under the gun and saw a A♦5♦3♠ flop with Leo Worthington-Leese in the cutoff and Nozomu Shimizu in the big blind.

Tishkevich bet 1,500 after Shimizu checked and Worthington-Leese got out of the way. Shimizu called.

The turn was the 8♠ and both players checked. The Q♣ river completed the board and both checked again.

Shimizu showed down A♥4♣ (again) and that won him the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Leo Worthington-Leese	52,000 6,000	6,000
Nicola Grieco	34,800
Nozomu Shimizu	24,200
Stanislav Tishkevich	21,700

Tags: Leo Worthington-Leese Nozomu Shimizu Stanislav Tishkevich

2023-12-11 18:46 UTC+2

Diaz Takes One Down at Showdown

peter_robinson

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Christopher Nguyen opened to 1,100 and found one caller in Adria Diaz.

The two players went to the flop of 4♥5♠J♠ and Nguyen continued for 1,300 and Diaz made the call.

The turn card was the 4♠ and both players checked to see 10♣ hit the river.

Again both players checked and Diaz showed 7♠5♣ to take down the pot with a pair of fives.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Christopher Nguyen	29,500 29,500	29,500
Adria Diaz	28,000 28,000	28,000

Tags: Adria Diaz Christopher Nguyen

2023-12-11 18:46 UTC+2

€2M and Counting...

jnoy

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The field has seen 385 entrants so far on Day 1a. Along with the 46 players already registered for Day 1b tomorrow, the prize pool has climbed above the €2,000,000 mark.

Late registration for the €5,300 EPT Main Event remains open until the start of Day 2.

2023-12-11 18:41 UTC+2

Kreft Puts Wiciak Under Pressure

DegenOnTour

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

The board read 9♥7♣6♣5♦ and there was about 20,000 in the middle already when Marcin Kreft bet enough to put 2023 EPT Barcelona champion Simon Wiciak all in. Wiciak had 18,500 behind and after some thought he let go of his hand.

Conor Beresford is seated at the same table and he's doing well so far with a stack of about 70,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Conor Beresford	70,000 40,000	40,000
Marcin Kreft	60,000 35,000	35,000
Simon Wiciak	18,500 -20,000	-20,000

Tags: Conor Beresford Marcin Kreft Simon Wiciak

2023-12-11 18:29 UTC+2

Dogan Increases His Stack

peter_robinson

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Ulter Dogan opened the action to 1,200 and faced a three bet from Aram Sargsyan to 3,800 that he called.

The flop came 4♣4♥4♠ and Sargsyan continued for 1,500 and got the call.

The turn came K♦ and again Sargsyan continued with a 3,500 bet. After a small pause Dogan announced all in putting Sargsyan at risk. After a minute of thinking Sargsyan made the fold.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ulter Dogan	47,000 47,000	47,000
Aram Sargsyan	19,000 19,000	19,000

Tags: Aram Sargsyan Ulter Dogan

2023-12-11 18:28 UTC+2

Maragheh Raises the Preflop Price

jnoy

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Giuliano Bendinelli opened to 1,000 from the hijack and found calls from Mikey van Putten in the cutoff and Barny Boatman in the small blind.

Khashayar Maragheh then slid out a three-bet of 4,500. Bendinelli took some time before laying down his hand, while van Putten and Boatman mucked quickly.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mikey van Putten	58,200
Giuliano Bendinelli	33,000 5,000	5,000

Barny Boatman	30,500 -9,000	-9,000

Khashayar Maragheh	29,200

Tags: Barny Boatman Giuliano Bendinelli Mikey van Putten Khashayar Maragheh

2023-12-11 18:23 UTC+2

Welcome to EPT Prague

DegenOnTour

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

2023-12-11 18:19 UTC+2

Sixes Good For van der Swaluw

jnoy

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Alexander van der Swaluw opened to 1,100 in middle position and found a call from Yvan Breccolini in the cutoff.

Action slowed down after the initial raise, as both players checked all the way through the 9♠3♥8♣10♠A♥ runout.

Van der Swaluw showed down 6♠6♦ and his pair was good as Breccolini mucked.

The big stack at the table is Suhan Guler, who has cracked the 100,000 chip mark.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Suhan Guler	113,000
Alexander van der Swaluw	33,500 33,500	33,500
Yvan Breccolini	23,800 23,800	23,800

Tags: Alexander van der Swaluw Suhan Guler Yvan Breccolini

2023-12-11 18:11 UTC+2

Wiciak Wins a Small One

peter_robinson

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Simon Wiciak opened to 1,000 and found two callers in the blinds.

The flop came 9♣8♣8♥ and Wiciak continued for 1,300 and got one call from Axel Hallay.

The turn brought the 4♣ and again Wiciak continued the betting to 3,500 and got the fold from Hallay.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Simon Wiciak	38,500 38,500	38,500

Axel Hallay	29,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Axel Hallay Simon Wiciak

2023-12-11 18:07 UTC+2

Kim Applies Pressure

jnoy

Niveau 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Action was heads up to the 4♦5♦5♣ flop, where Gab Yong Kim checked in the small blind.

Gerard Cortes fired a bet of 1,000, but was soon facing a check-raise from Kim to 3,500. Cortes did not take long to find the fold, as Kim raked in the pot.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Gab Yong Kim	46,300 46,300	46,300
Gerard Cortes	27,800 27,800	27,800

Tags: Gab Yong Kim Gerard Cortes