€5,300 Main Event Dia 1a | 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

2015-12-10 14:45 UTC+2

A Reunion For Two November Niners

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Today's seat draw has reunited two men who met a couple of months ago at the final table of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event final table.

Pierre Neuville, a regular on the European Poker Tour, bust from the WSOP Main Event in seventh place for $1,203,293 with Neil Blumenfield eventually falling in third place for a $3,398,298 score.

With the duo having locked horns for hours at that particular final table, it will be interesting to see if their history creates some crazy dynamic between them.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pierre Neuville	30,000	30,000
Neil Blumenfield	30,000	12,500

Tags: Neil Blumenfield Pierre Neuville

2015-12-10 14:48 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mikita Badziakouski	Eliminado
Joseph Mouawad	Eliminado
Kostiantyn Tupalo	Eliminado
Andrey Andreev	Eliminado

John Kitchen opened for 325 under the gun and Dominik Nitsche defended from the big blind to see an flop. Nitsche checked, Kitchen bet 375, and Nitsche check-raised to 1,300. Kitchen made the call and then both players checked the turn as well as the river.

Kitchen tabled the for a flopped two pair, and it was good as Nitsche mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dominik Nitsche	35,000	-1,600
John Kitchen	24,500	1,500

Tags: Dominik Nitsche John Kitchen

2015-12-10 15:04 UTC+2

Carrel Continues to Play Big-Stack Poker

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Alexandru Waleed Gavrilut opened for 400 in early position and the mustache-free Mike Watson called. Charlie Carrel then three-bet to 1,500 from the small blind, the player in the big called, and Gavrilut four-bet to 4,100. Watson folded, and action was back on Carrel, who thought for a bit before making it 9,000 to go.

The player in the big blind quickly folded, and Gavrilut thought long and hard before conceding the hand. Carrel then showed just the .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Charlie Carrel	60,000	5,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel Alexandru Waleed Gavrilut

2015-12-10 15:06 UTC+2

Hruby Loses a Small One

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Team PokerStars Pro Martin Hruby, who hails from here in the Czech Republic, raised from the button only to have Romania's Adrian Ioan Ionescu three-bet to 1,000 from the small blind. Hruby made the call, the flop came down , and Ionescu continued for 1,100. That's all it took as Hruby released his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Martin Hruby	27,000	-3,000

Tags: Martin Hruby Adrian Ioan Ionescu

2015-12-10 15:09 UTC+2

I Needed to See a Diamond

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Luigi De Carli raised to 425 from middle position and Neil Blumenfield called from a couple of seats across. The flop saw a 700 bet from De Carli and a call from Blumenfield.

De Carli kept up the aggression with a 1,000 bet on the turn, but it wasn't enough to shake Blumenfield from his tail. The bet didn't slow De Carli down, and he bet 1,500. Blumenfield called.

It was for De Carli for a pair of aces, and Blumenfield revealed the stating, "I needed to see a diamond."

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Neil Blumenfield	7,200	-22,800

Tags: Neil Blumenfield Luigi De Carli

2015-12-10 15:14 UTC+2

De Carli Takes from Metaal

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Italy's Luigi De Carli opened for 400 from the hijack and Govert Metaal called from the cutoff. Pierre Neuville came along from the big blind, and three players watched the flop fall . Neuville checked, De Carli continued for 800, and only Metaal called to see the turn, which both players checked.

Action repeated itself on the river, and De Carli tabled the , which prompted Metaal to muck.

Despite losing that hand, Metaal is up a bit from the starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Govert Metaal	32,500	2,500
Pierre Neuville	25,000	-5,000

Tags: Luigi De Carli Pierre Neuville Govert Metaal

2015-12-10 15:19 UTC+2

Latka Overbet Costs Silver 25K Chips

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Max Silver's good start to this tournament has been wiped out as he finds himself down to 11,500 chips.

Joining the action on a flop, Jan Latka of Slovakia led for 10,000 with only around 3,000 chips in the pot. The overbet puzzled Silver, who looked genuinely pained in his decision making.

After approximately two minutes, Silver raised to 30,000, which set Latka all-in. Latka stacked all of his remaining chips on top of each other and pushed them over the betting line.

Latka:
Silver:

The on the turn locked up the hand for Latka, with the river coming too late for Silver.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jan Latka	60,000	60,000
Max Silver	11,500	-18,500

Tags: Jan Latka Max Silver

2015-12-10 15:37 UTC+2

Minieri Wins One

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Dario Minieri plays a style of poker that sees his stack yo-yo up and down whenever he's at the table. He's kept true to form during the first two levels of play, dropping more than 10,000 chips, but now back to 20,500.

Anton Wigg checked from the big blind on the flop, a player four seats to the left of Wigg checked, Minieri bet 575 and Wigg folded. The other player check-raised to 2,100 and Minieri called.

Both players checked the river, Minieri's winning the pot as his opponent could only muster the .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dario Minieri	20,500	20,500

Tags: Anton Wigg Dario Minieri

2015-12-10 15:38 UTC+2

Jones Sitting on Twice the Starting Stack

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Rhys Jones has chipped up nicely during the first two levels and now sits on twice the starting stack.

In a recent hand, Jones raised to 350 from under the gun and Charlie Carrel popped it to 1,000 from the hijack. The player in the cutoff then four-bet to 2,650, Avramidis Makarios called from the button, and both blinds folded. Jones thought long and hard before five-betting to 7,800, Carrel and the player in the cutoff folded, and Makarios called to see the flop.