Eleven Levels of Play (or Down to 16 Players)
The title says it all, the plan is to play 11 levels total or down to two tables, whichever comes first.
The title says it all, the plan is to play 11 levels total or down to two tables, whichever comes first.
Paul Hoefer cut out a bet of 68,500 in a battle of the blinds with sitting on the felt. Big blind Patrick Serda peeked over at his remaining stack and saw just around 30,000. He dropped in some calling chips, and Hoefer tabled for a flush. Serda whipped his cards into the muck and paid it off, muttering to himself afterward.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Paul Hoefer |
246,000
109,000
|
109,000 |
Patrick Serda |
131,500
81,500
|
81,500 |
Ole Schemion was under the gun and called a bet of 23,000 from big blind Yang Zhang on a board of . Zhang looked at his cards again and then turned over for a straight. Schemion couldn't beat that, and he's down to just a few blinds.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Yang Zhang |
177,000
119,800
|
119,800 |
Ole Schemion |
36,000
6,100
|
6,100 |
Paul-Francois Tedeschi opened the hijack to 8,000 and over on the button it was Farid Yachou who three-bet to 21,000. Both blinds released, Tedeschi called.
Tedeschi check-called a bet of 24,000 on before both of them checked the on the turn. The completed the board and Tedeschi checked again. Yachou bet 37,000 and Tedeschi folded after some time in the tank.
Yachou showed while raking in the chips.
"One time only," Yachou said, "I always do this one time!"
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Farid Yachou |
405,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Paul-Francois Tedeschi |
123,000
-37,000
|
-37,000 |
With an average stack of 179,000 (45 big blinds).
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jens Lakemeier |
605,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Alexandru Papazian |
400,000
216,700
|
216,700 |
Adrian Mateos |
375,000
287,000
|
287,000 |
|
||
Igor Yaroshevskyy |
354,000
332,700
|
332,700 |
[Removed:17] |
340,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Asi Moshe |
340,000
140,100
|
140,100 |
Stephen Chidwick |
332,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
||
Patrick Leonard |
254,000
99,300
|
99,300 |
|
||
Ari Engel |
208,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
Bart Lybaert |
138,000
40,600
|
40,600 |
Sebastian Malec |
131,000
-8,800
|
-8,800 |
|
||
Isaac Haxton |
120,000
-101,400
|
-101,400 |
|
Dmitry Yurasov opened the cutoff for 9,000 and saw William Kassouf three-bet all-in from the button for 81,000. Both blinds released and Kassouf meant to start a speech to Yurasov about him not calling and what not but was met by a swift insta-call from his neighbor so the table chat halted at that. Kassouf did, however, have by far the best hand.
William Kassouf:
Dmitry Yurasov:
The board ran out and Kassouf doubled up.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
William Kassouf |
172,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
Dmitry Yurasov |
152,000
-88,000
|
-88,000 |
Patrick Serda bet 28,000 from the big blind on a board of , and Aleksey Ponakov called from a middle position. Serda moved all in on the river, putting Ponakov to the test for his last 76,000. Ponakov folded fairly quickly.
Serda showed the bluff: .
"Good runout," Ponakov said.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Patrick Serda |
450,000
318,500
|
318,500 |
Aleksey Ponakov |
76,000
-193,000
|
-193,000 |
Matas Cimbolas was warning his tablemates not to raise his big blind. He proclaimed that he felt great power in his hand, and action did fold to the small blind, where Marc-Olivier Perrault peeked at his cards, thought a bit, and flicked his T5,000 that represented the blind in for a call. Cimbolas declared himself all in and Perrault snap-called.
"Ace," Cimbolas announced proudly, showing .
Perrault, however, had two aces: .
The flop came , and Cimbolas started enthusiastically rooting for a six. Two tens completed the board thought, and he shipped 61,000 to his right.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Marc-Olivier Perrault |
125,500
19,700
|
19,700 |
Matas Cimbolas |
79,000
-47,400
|
-47,400 |
Break in the EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller as 100 players remain. Play resumes in 20 minutes with level 15 (2,500/5,000 and 500-ante).
Have a look at what is going on in the Main Event while you wait.