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

2015-12-11 22:30 UTC+2

The Last of the Level 6 Eliminations

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Igor Devkin	Eliminado
Simeon Naydenov	Eliminado
Ognyan Dimov	Eliminado

Mads Smith Hansen	Eliminado
Martins Adeniya	Eliminado
Diogo Cardoso	Eliminado
David Valone	Eliminado
Denis Sapozhnikov	Eliminado
Alen Bilic	Eliminado
Maximilian Hester	Eliminado
Dmitry Shchepkin	Eliminado
Manuel Nunez	Eliminado
Payam Ansarian	Eliminado
Dmitriy Rumyantsev	Eliminado
Konrad Reyhe	Eliminado
Kiryl Radzivonau	Eliminado
Igor Pihela	Eliminado
Bartosz Ziolkowski	Eliminado
Dany Kreidieh	Eliminado
Friedrich Meyer	Eliminado
Serdar Demiroglu	Eliminado
Mariano Martiradonna	Eliminado
Boutros Naim	Eliminado
Igor Kotan	Eliminado

2015-12-11 23:01 UTC+2

Akenhead Soaring

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

James Akenhead, former World Series of Poker Main Event and WSOP Europe Main Event finalist, is up past 100,000 chips and cruising along here in Prague.

Arne Kern opened to 1,100 from under the gun, two players folded, and BlazeJ Przygorzewski put in a raise of his own to 3,400. One player folded and James Akenhead four-bet to 7,900. The action passed to Kern and he folded. Przygorzewki asked the dealer to confirm Akenhead's bet size and once armed with the information, let his hand go.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
James Akenhead	103,000 73,000	73,000

Tags: Arne Kern BlazeJ Przygorzewski James Akenhead

2015-12-11 23:02 UTC+2

Selbst Gives It Up on the Turn

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Action folded to Darrell Goh in the cutoff and he raised to 1,100, which Rui Ferreira called from the button. Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst then three-bet to 3,800 from the small blind, Goh got out of the way, and Ferreira called to see the flop, which came down .

Selbst continued for 4,300, Ferreira called, and the dealer burned and turned the .

Selbst slowed down with a check, and Ferreira fired out 9,400. Selbst hit the tank for several minutes and ultimately released her hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vanessa Selbst	75,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst Rui Ferreira

2015-12-11 23:04 UTC+2

Say Goodbye to...

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Zhao Wei	Eliminado
Michael Magalashvili	Eliminado
Marian Copilu	Eliminado
Robin Hegele	Eliminado
Stefan Jedlicka	Eliminado
Viktor Kavestam	Eliminado
Andrew Hulme	Eliminado
Nir Levy	Eliminado
Alexandru Lapusneanu	Eliminado
Kristo Klaaseen	Eliminado
Mikkel Lokkegaard Hansen	Eliminado
Ismael Bojang	Eliminado
Marco Caza	Eliminado
Andrei Grigoras	Eliminado
Shalev Halfa	Eliminado

2015-12-11 23:07 UTC+2

Novitckii Catches a Lucky Turn

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Vladimir Novitckii is up to 74,000 after catching an ace on the turn in a pot with Wael Sarkis.

A raising war broke out that resulted in Novitckii push all-in for around 30,000, a bet that sent Sarkis into the tank for more than two minutes. He eventually emerged with a call, turning over a he did so. Novitckii showed and looked in bad shape on the flop. However, the turn changed his fortunes, and when the landed on the turn, Novitckii's double was complete.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Vladimir Novitckii	74,000

Tags: Vladimir Novitckii Wael Sarkis

2015-12-11 23:12 UTC+2

Popov Takes a Big Hit

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

After a player in early position raised to 1,100, Gaspare Nastasi three-bet all in for 12,550 from the cutoff. Thomas Popov then four-bet all in from the big blind for 21,000, and the original raiser folded.

Nastasi:
Popov:

The flop gave both players a set, but of course Nastasi's was best. Neither the turn nor river changed anything, and Nastasi shipped the double while Popov was left with just 9,000.

Tags: Thomas Popov Gaspare Nastasi

2015-12-11 23:14 UTC+2

Tedeschi Puzzled By Hansen's Preflop Call

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Vladas Tamasauskas made it 1,100 to go from early position, Soren Hansen made it 2,700 a couple of seats along, before Paul Tedeschi four-bet to 7,200. Tamasauskas folded, but Hansen called.

Despite the exciting preflop, the duo checked down the board, and Hansen won with when Tedeschi mucked.

Tedeschi seemed perplexed at Hansen's preflop call and turned around to chat to his fellow Frenchman, Adrien Allain, about the hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Paul Tedeschi	24,700

Tags: Adrien Allain

2015-12-11 23:32 UTC+2

When PokerStars Pros Go to the Christmas Market

Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Sarah tags along while Theo Jorgensen and Chris Moneymaker explore the Prague Christmas market.

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Theo Jorgensen

2015-12-11 23:39 UTC+2

Another Team PokerStars Pro Down

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Dermot Blain opened for 1,200 from the cutoff and was met by a three-bet to 2,800 from Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano on the button. Both blinds folded, Blain three-bet big, and Pagano opted to call off for roughly 17,000.

Pagano:
Blain:

It was a flip, but Pagano was the one that needed to improve to stay alive. That proved easier said than done though as the board ran out a clean .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Dermot Blain	46,000 9,500	9,500
Luca Pagano	Eliminado

Tags: Luca Pagano Dermot Blain

2015-12-11 23:42 UTC+2

Aido on Life Support

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Nível 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Sergio Aido raised from the cutoff — how much we're not sure — and Cheng-Wei Yin defended the big blind to see an flop. Yin proceeded to check-call a bet of 500 and then check-called one of 2,500 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Yin checked for a third time and Aido slowed down by checking behind.

Yin tabled the , and it was good as Aido mucked his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Cheng-Wei Yin	95,000
Sergio Aido	5,700 -15,300	-15,300

Tags: Cheng-Wei Yin Sergio Aido