€5,300 Main Event Dia 2 | 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague

2015-12-12 20:23 UTC+2

"I Really Don't Believe You Have the Flush!"

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Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

As we arrived at table 24 we witnessed two Dutch players battling it out. The board was and David Boyaciyan in the big blind had bet out 12,000. Abdelhakim Zoufri on the button raised it up to 27,600 and Boyaciyan went into the tank.

Boyaciyan, who finished 2nd in this event to Martin Finger back in 2011 for €535,000 and 3rd to Sotirios Koutoupas (2nd) and Ramzi Jelassi (1st) in 2012 for €310,00, said "I really don't believe you have the flush!"

"Pay and you'll see!" Zoufri replied with a tiny smile.

Boyaciyan wasn't so sure yet and continued to tank. "We never played before huh?" Boyaciyan asked his country man. "We did, but I never made an impression apparently" Zoufri said.

After a little while longer, Boyaciyan made the call and Zoufri took one last look at his cards before tossing them into the muck. A player at the table tried to convince Boyaciyan to show his cards, but the rounded Boyaciyan slid them face down into the muck. Boyaciyan up to well over the 200,000 mark, Zoufri down to just over 100,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
David Boyaciyan	240,000 83,000	83,000
Abdelhakim Zoufri	105,000 -75,000	-75,000

Tags: David Boyaciyan Abdelhakim Zoufri

2015-12-12 21:03 UTC+2

Charlie Carrel Sent Home

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Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Charlie Carrel opened the action with a raise and Mikolaj Zawadzki made the call from the button. Samuel Vousden came along from the big blind and the flop came . The big blind checked and Carrel bet one-third of the pot. Both Zawadzki and Vousden called.

The fell on the turn and now Vousden lead out for one-third of the pot. Carrel and Zawadzki called.

The river came the and Vousden bet 58,000, more than Carrel had. He tanked for quite some time, and at one point a player at the table asked if Zawadzi was thinking at the same time because he didn't want to do this waiting thing twice. Another player called the clock on Carrel and the Brit called with about 40 seconds left. Zawadzi instantly called as well.

Charlie Carrel:
Mikolaj Zawadzki:
Samuel Vousden:

The trips of Carrel were beaten by the straight from Vousden and full house from Zawadzki.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Mikolaj Zawadzki	350,000 314,700	314,700
Samuel Vousden	280,000 100,000	100,000
Charlie Carrel	Eliminado

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2015-12-12 21:14 UTC+2

Moneymaker Loses Two Huge Pots in a Row

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Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Action folded to Chris Moneymaker on the button and he opened for 5,000. Simon Persson in the small blind three bet to 13,000 and the big blind immediately folded. Moneymaker wasn't willing to do the same and four bet to 25,000. Persson five bet to 50,000 and Moneymaker called.

The flop came and Persson bet 36,500. Moneymaker raised to 75,000 and Persson moved all in for 106,200 more.

"I got myself in a pickle here" Moneymaker exclaimed. "I was gonna go all in pre, now I maybe have to call"

Persson wasn't saying anything and just sat there silently. Moneymaker eventually called. "I have a five" Persson said with an almost embarrassed voice. It was good...

Chris Moneymaker:
Simon Persson:

The on the turn paired both and Moneymaker gained some outs, but the on the river wasn't one of them.

The next hand there was a raise from early position and a call from Nicolas Chouity. Moneymaker was right back at it and flatted in position. The flop came and the initial raiser checked. Chouity made a bet, Moneymaker called, the initial raiser shoved all in, Chouity called all in for 50,000, and Moneymaker called as well.

Initial raiser:
Chris Moneymaker:
Nicolas Chouity:

The on the turn and on the river were both blanks and Chouity tripled while Moneymaker and the initial raiser chopped the small side pot.

"Nice table change" Moneymaker said with a sarcastic voice, "Nice two hands!" he followed up that statement.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Simon Persson	470,000 361,600	361,600
Nicolas Chouity	160,000 103,000	103,000

Chris Moneymaker	70,000 -257,000	-257,000

Tags: Chris Moneymaker Nicolas Chouity Simon Persson

2015-12-12 21:56 UTC+2

Tremzin Bags Day 2 Lead; Farrell & Chartier Bag Big While Footballer [Removed:30] Falls

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Nível 14 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

The start of Day 2 at the European Poker Tour Season 12 Prague Main Event brought about the close of registration, and with nine players taking advantage of late registration, the total field was driven up to 1,044 players — down just a tad from last year's 1,107, but still the second-largest EPT Prague Main Event ever!

That created a prize pool of €5,063,400 that'll be distributed to the top 151 finishers with a min-cash being worth €8,910. Meanwhile, a hefty €921,540 is reserved for the winner. After six 75-minute levels of play on Day 2, the field was whittled down to 250 with Gleb Tremzin and his stack of 610,500 leading the way.

Others to bag big were EPT12 Malta champ Niall Farrell (547,000), Simon Persson (468,300), Colin Lovelock (458,200), and start-of-the-day chip leader Sam Chartier (444,000).

Of course not everyone was so fortunate. Among the hundreds to hit the rail on Day 2 were Faraz Jaka, Stephen Chidwick, Ivan Luca, Steve O'Dwyer, and Ole Schemion.

Likewise, Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Eugene Katchalov, Martin Hruby, Vanessa Selbst, Natalie Hof, Theo Jorgensen, George Danzer, Andre Akkari, and Jamie Staples all hit the rail, as did frequent PokerNews reporter Marc Convey.

Convey was taking a shot in his first-ever EPT Main Event, but unfortunately for the reigning European Poker Media Person of the Year, his time ran out in Level 10 (500/1,000/100) by Sebastian Pauli.

It happened when Convey, a former EPTLive commentator, opened for 2,200 from middle position and Pauli three-bet to 5,400 from the button. The blinds both folded, and Convey thought for a few moments before four-betting all in for what looked to be 21,000. Pauli snap-called and Convey seemed to know he was in trouble.

Convey:
Pauli:

Indeed, Convey was dominated, and he began to get up put of his chair. The flop didn't do him any favors, and while the turn delivered him a flush draw, the river failed to complete it.

Another player to fall was [Removed:30], a French-born Malian footballer who is currently a free agent (he most recently spent time playing for Crystal Palace). On a flop, Chartier bet and Kebe raised to 22,000. Chartier responded by moving all in. Kebe called off for what looked to be 60,000 and the cards were turned up.

Kebe:
Chartier:

Chartier held top pair, but Kebe was drawing to hearts. The turn have Kebe an added gutshot, but the river proved useless. With that, the winger was sent to the rail while Chartier chipped up to just over 500K.

While hundreds fell, plenty of notables made it through to Day 3 including Sam Greenwood (365,500), Adrian Mateos (346,000), Juha Helppi (199,800), Kitty Kou (180,000), Day 1a chip leader Anton Astapau (147,700), Fabrice Soulier (57,600), and Mike "Timex" McDonald (37,400). They will be joined by several members of Team PokerStars including Matthias De Meulder (185,000), Ivan Demidov (151,800), Johnny Lodden (148,500), Chris Moneymaker (93,700), and Mickey Petersen (76,700).

Moneymaker was primed to finished the night as one of the big stacks, but two huge hands back-to-back saw him chopped down. You can read about those by clicking here.

Day 3 will kick off at Noon local time on Sunday with the plan of playing five levels, which will be upped from 75 minute to 90. The PokerNews Live Reporting Team will be there every step of the way. Until then, here's some info on the nationality breakdown of the Main Event…

Amongst the 1,044 participants in the EPT12 Prague Main Event, Germany had the strongest representation with 82 players, nearly eight percent of the field. France and the UK were tied in second, both having 75 players (7%) and Russia ranked fourth with 74. The EPT12 Main Event attracted players from 75 different countries.

Tags: Gleb Tremzin