Craig McCorkell's quest to win a European Poker Tour Main Event has to wait until at least the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure because he's crashed out of the Prague Main Event at the hands of Charlie Carrel.
A preflop raising war between Carrel, McCorkell, and Avramidis Makarios, resulted in McCorkell jamming his stack into the middle, Makarios folding and Carrel snap-calling the all-in bet.
McCorkell:
Carrel:
No help arrived for McCorkell's kings on the board, McCorkell said his goodbyes and Carrel climbs to the top of the chip counts by some margin.
Neil Blumenfield raised to 275 from the cutoff and Yung Hwang called from the small blind to see a flop. Hwang check-called a bet of 500, and the led out for 1,000 on the turn. Blumenfield called and the completed the board on the river.
Hwang bet again, this time 2,700, and Blumenfield called with the for a straight. Hwang then tabled the for the same hand.
"You're supposed to have a five," Blumenfield joked.
Romania's Alexandru Gavrilut opened for 250 under the gun and the early chip leader, Charlie Carrel, three-bet to 800 from the button. Both blinds folded, Gavrilut called, and it was heads-up action to the flop. Gavrilut checked, Carrel bet 1,100, and Gavrilut folded.
Anton Dmitriev got the better of John Kitchen earlier in Level 1, but the latter just got payback.
It happened when Kitchen raised to 250 from middle position and then called when Dmitriev three-bet to 550 from the button. The flop saw Kitchen check-call a bet of 600, and then check-call one of 1,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Kitchen checked for a third time and Dmitriev bet 2,400.
Kitchen snap-called and waited for his opponent to show. However, Dmitriev opted to just muck, which meant Kitchen won the pot without having to show down.
Just before the level went up, with 6,800 already in the pot and a board reading , Portugal's Sergio Da Silva Veloso checked from the big blind and Neil Blumenfield did the same from the cutoff. When the completed the board on the river, Veloso led out for 2,450, and Blumenfield made a quick call only to muck when his opponent rolled over the for two pair.
The Day 1a waters have grown more shark-infested with the arrival of two former European Poker Tour champions.
Anton Wigg won the Season 6 edition of EPT Copenhagen while Martin Finger of Germany is a former EPT Prague Main Event champion, having emerged victorious in the Czech Republic during Season 8.
The action folded to Max Silver in the small blind and he limped in. Lars Tungel raised to 400 and Silver called
Both players checked the all-diamond flop before Silver fired a bet of 500 on the turn. Tungel called, then faced a 750 bet on the river. Tungel folded, leaving Silver to add a few more chips to his stack.
board, McCorkell said his goodbyes and Carrel climbs to the top of the chip counts by some margin.
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flop. Hwang check-called a bet of 500, and the led out for 1,000 on the 
turn. Blumenfield called and the 
for a straight. Hwang then tabled the 
for the same hand.
flop. Gavrilut checked, Carrel bet 1,100, and Gavrilut folded.
flop saw Kitchen check-call a bet of 600, and then check-call one of 1,000 on the 
turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Kitchen checked for a third time and Dmitriev bet 2,400.
, Portugal's Sergio Da Silva Veloso checked from the big blind and Neil Blumenfield did the same from the cutoff. When the 
turn. Tungel called, then faced a 750 bet on the 
river. Tungel folded, leaving Silver to add a few more chips to his stack.