€5,300 EPT Main Event Dia 1a | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

2018-12-12 16:38 UTC+2

Carrel Crushing

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Nível 4 : 100/300, 300 ante

It's a fantastic start for Charlie Carrel, who might be the only player in the room north of 100,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Charlie Carrel	130,000	55,000
Kenny Hallaert	40,000	10,000
Luc Greenwood	36,000
Yuri Martins	30,500
Akin Tuna	27,000	12,500
Maya Geller	18,200
Robin Hegele	17,000
Stefan Huber	11,500	4,000

Nível: 4

Blinds: 100/300

Ante: 300

2018-12-12 16:21 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kfir Ivgi	85,000
Charlie Carrel	75,000	12,000
Pim Gieles	65,000	10,700
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek	58,000	-6,000
Juha Helppi	44,200	12,200
Ben Dobson	39,000
Lucas Reeves	35,000
Kalidou Sow	35,000
Joao Vieira	34,000	10,300
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	31,600
Jasper Meijer Van Putten	31,200	1,200
Ognyan Dimov	31,000
Kenny Hallaert	30,000
Jack Sinclair	30,000
Jean-Noel Thorel	25,000
Juan Pardo	25,000	-5,000
Asi Moshe	9,800	-1,900
Stefan Huber	7,500	-22,500

Markus Durnegger opened on the button and called a three-bet to 2,000 from his neighbor in the small blind. On the flop, the small blind bet 1,500 and Durnegger made it 4,000. The small blind called and the turn was the . Durnegger bet 6,000 this time. After a tank of around two minutes, the small blind released.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Markus Durnegger	27,000	-3,000

Tags: Markus Durnegger

2018-12-12 16:00 UTC+2

€10K Champ Tuna Among Recent Entries

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jonas Lauck	66,000
Charlie Carrel	63,000	-4,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	53,000	23,000
Paul Michaelis	50,000
Max Silver	39,500	5,000
Niall Farrell	37,000	14,000
Sylvain Loosli	30,000
Sam Greenwood	30,000
Tomas Jozonis	30,000
Francois Billard	28,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	20,500
Uri Reichenstein	15,000
Akin Tuna	14,500
Conor Beresford	7,500

2018-12-12 15:40 UTC+2

Photos: 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event Day 1a

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Photos by Neil Stoddart.

Charlie Carrel (L) and Orpen Kisacikoglu

2018-12-12 15:30 UTC+2

Gieles Doubles Through Fatehi

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Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Ali Reza, pictured in the super high roller.

Ali Reza Fatehi has been firing away at a table on the stage, amassing a stack of about 60,000 before a recent slide. First, he paid off a river bet by a player who flopped a set and rivered a full house.

Then, Pim Gieles bet 3,000 on a board of out of the small blind and Fatehi called. On the river, Gieles shoved all in for 21,000. Fatehi called fairly quickly but couldn't beat .

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pim Gieles	54,300
Ali Reza Fatehi	31,000	1,000

Tags: Ali Reza Fatehi Pim Gieles

Nível: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

2018-12-12 15:06 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts at Break

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Nível 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Players are on break for 20 minutes.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Martin Finger	39,000
Thomas Muehloecker	39,000
Colin Robinson	20,500
Saar Wilf	15,600	-14,400

2018-12-12 14:58 UTC+2

Former Champ Arrives

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Nível 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Dutchman Jasper Meijer Van Putten, who won this event in 2016, the last time it was under the EPT banner, has taken a seat at the same table as Thomas Boivin. He just played a pot where he fired a bet of 800 on and a player in the small blind check-called him. Both players checked the and and Meijer Van Putten couldn't beat .