Luuk Gieles opened for 2,500 and Vladimir Troyanovskiy made the call. Jeff Rossiter squeezed to 9,200 and Juha Helppi cold four bet to 28,700. Gieles and Troyanovskiy both folded but Rossiter had bigger plans and moved in for 109,700. "I decided to raise to call, but I don't like it." Helppi said.
Rossiter showed the while Helppi had to do with . The board came an uneventful and Rossiter was back to starting stack while Helppi dwindled to just about half of that.
While the EPT12 Prague €50,000 Super High Roller is getting all our attention, there's actually another event playing out across the tournament room — the Eureka 5 Prague Main Event.
That tournament, which drew a record-breaking 1,893 entries (438 on Day 1a, 1,453 on Day 1b plus two no-shows), features a €1,836,210 prize pool that'll be divvied up between the top 279 players. Meanwhile, the eventual champ will take €311,000.
Among the massive field, 68 countries were represented. Germany had the strongest representation with 164 players (8.7%) followed by France (122), Russia (121), Israel (103) and Poland (101). The home country was in fifth with 94 participants. Have a look:
The EPT 12 Prague Poker Festival will feature a record 97 tourneys at the Hilton Prague from December 5-16.
Today's lineup obviously includes Day 1 of the €50k Super High Roller, but also taking place is Day 2 of the record-obliterating €1,100 Eureka Main Event.
In addition, today's schedule includes the €1,000 PL Omaha event at 1 p.m. followed by the first-ever EPT Quintuple Draw Event (featuring A-5 Triple, 2-7 Triple, Badugi, Badacey, Badeucey - 6 Handed) starting at 2 p.m. There is also a €2,000 NL Turbo at 4 p.m. and €500 NL Hyper Turbo at 6 p.m. On top of that, there are three Full Tilt Flipout tournaments running in the evening, while the day will wrap with a last minute €5,000 satellite for the Super High Roller, which allows reentries and late entry until the start of Day 2.
Anton Astapau opened under the gun and defending champion Leonid Markin made the call from the small blind. Fedor Holz came along for the ride from the big blind and the three of 'em took a flop of .
Three checks later the on the turn was seen for free. Markin checked again before Holz bet 5,700. Astapau called, Markin folded.
The completed the board and Holz checked. Astapau carefully picked 13,200 and slid them forward. Holz called by tossing in 13,000 and added the 200 after mucking upon seeing Astapau's . Despite the loss, Holz is still up for the day with a stack of 265,000. Astapau is up to almost 300,000 after the first hands few hand of his tournament.
On a flop reading and with more than 7,000 chips in the pot, Ole Schemion check-called a 4,500 bet from Mikita Badziakouski. Schemion check-called again, this time a 14,000 bet on the turn, leading the dealer to place the onto the river.
Schemion checked again. Badziakouski peeked at his hole cards before banging the table to indicate a check.
Schemion flipped over for top pair, and Badziakouski mucked.
Mikita Badziakouski opened for 3,500 from the cutoff and Thomas Muehloecker called from the button. Timothy Adams came along from the big blind, and three players took a flop of . Adams checked, Badziakouski continued for 4,000, and only Muehloecker called to see the turn, which both players checked.
Action repeated itself on the river, and Badziakouski tabled the for the nut-no-pair. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Muehloecker held a pair with the .
Anthony Zinno was the first to act and he raised to 2,700. Zinno, who has the chance to become the 2015 Global Poker Index Player of the Year, was called by both Chistoph Vogelsang (small blind) and Stephen Chidwick (big blind).
All three players checked on the flop, and again on the turn. However, when Vogelsang checked the river, Chidwick took a 6,000 stab at the pot. Zinno instantly folded, but Vogelsang sat pondering his options for 30-seconds or so before calling with . It turned out to be a good call because Chidwick mucked his hand.
while Helppi had to do with 
. The board came an uneventful 
and Rossiter was back to starting stack while Helppi dwindled to just about half of that.
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on the turn was seen for free. Markin checked again before Holz bet 5,700. Astapau called, Markin folded.
completed the board and Holz checked. Astapau carefully picked 13,200 and slid them forward. Holz called by tossing in 13,000 and added the 200 after mucking upon seeing Astapau's 
. Despite the loss, Holz is still up for the day with a stack of 265,000. Astapau is up to almost 300,000 after the first hands few hand of his tournament.
and Adams opted to check-call a bet of 3,500.
hit and both players checked. The river completed the board with the 
and Adams check-folded to a bet of 7,100.
and with more than 7,000 chips in the pot, Ole Schemion check-called a 4,500 bet from Mikita Badziakouski. Schemion check-called again, this time a 14,000 bet on the 
turn, leading the dealer to place the 
onto the river.
for top pair, and Badziakouski mucked.
. Adams checked, Badziakouski continued for 4,000, and only Muehloecker called to see the 
turn, which both players checked.
for the nut-no-pair. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Muehloecker held a pair with the 
. It turned out to be a good call because Chidwick mucked his hand.