€5,300 EPT Main Event Dia 2 | 2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

2019-12-13 13:28 UTC+2

Calamusa Approaching Half a Million

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Aidan Hynes three-bet jammed his short stack from the button and he was called by chip leader Pierre Calamusa in the hijack.

"Please don't tell me you have queen-jack," Hynes said and tabled his . Calamusa was ahead with and Hynes added "that's fair, I'll take it."

The flop gave Calamusa top pair and the nut flush draw, and he held onto the lead on the turn and river.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pierre Calamusa	470,000	13,000
Aidan Hynes	Eliminado

Tags: Aidan Hynes Pierre Calamusa

2019-12-13 13:25 UTC+2

Perelta Doubles Dimov

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Eugenio Peralta had missed the first few hands and arrived late. Right after that he was involved in an all-in with former EPT champion Ognyan Dimov and had the best of it with versus .

However, the board came to give Dimov an unlikely straight.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Eugenio Peralta	72,000	-31,100
Ognyan Dimov	62,000	32,000

Tags: Eugenio Peralta Ognyan Dimov

2019-12-13 13:23 UTC+2

Kuznetcov Wins With Check-Raise

Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Anatolii Zyrin was in early position and opened to 3,200. He received a call from Ferenc Deak in middle position as well as Nikita Kuznetcov, who was in the small blind, and action went three ways to a flop of . Kuznetcov checked to Zyrin, who put out a T5,000 chip and announced a continuation-bet of 3,500. Deak called.

Action was then back on Kuznetcov and he put in a check-raise to 14,000. Zyrin sent his cards to the muck and Deak followed suit shortly thereafter.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Nikita Kuznetcov	154,500	16,200
Ferenc Deak	120,500	-9,100
Anatolii Zyrin	40,200	-10,900

Tags: Anatolii Zyrin Ferenc Deak Nikita Kuznetcov

2019-12-13 13:22 UTC+2

Hvam Wins From Cygan

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

In a three-bet pot between Lukasz Cygan (under the gun) and Morten Hvam (under the gun +1), it was the latter that bet 6,500 on an flop. Cygan check-raised to 14,000 and Hvam called. Both the turn and were rapidly checked by both players.

Cygan showed but Hvam tabled for the second nuts to win it with ease, which prompted a few remarks from the table.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Stefan Egermann	323,500	37,900
Jonathan Therme	230,000	-26,400
Morten Hvam	173,000	26,900
Sylvain Loosli	163,000	-3,000
Lukasz Cygan	123,000	-37,100

Tags: Lukasz Cygan Morten Hvam

2019-12-13 13:22 UTC+2

Tsai Among First to Depart; Holodiuk Jams Into Warris

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Ting Yi Tsai was among the first players to head to the rail and two tables over more action was provided.

Markus Durnegger defended out of the big blind against a raise to 3,200 by Giuseppe Carbone and check-folded the flop when facing a bet of 4,000.

Asif Warris also defended and check-called a bet on the flop when facing Serhii Holodiuk. Warris checked the turn and reluctantly folded the face up when Holodiuk had moved in for 24,600.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Giuseppe Carbone	77,000	5,000
Markus Durnegger	77,000	-3,500
Serhii Holodiuk	44,000	13,000
Asif Warris	23,300	-9,000
Ting Yi Tsai	Eliminado

Tags: Asif Warris Giuseppe Carbone Markus Durnegger Serhii Holodiuk Ting Yi Tsai

2019-12-13 13:17 UTC+2

18 New Entries for Day 2

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Another 18 players have entered before the cards went in the air for Day 2 to boost the field to 1,154 entries. The prize pool information will be released as soon as it has been published.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Stefan Heizmann	30,000	30,000
Bao Qiang Ho	30,000
Matthias Eibinger	30,000
Laurynas Levinskas	30,000
Parker Talbot	30,000	30,000
Ramin Hajiyev	30,000
Markus Grewe	30,000
Urmo Velvelt	30,000
Freek Scholten	30,000	30,000
Jose Quintas	30,000	30,000
Andreas Klatt	30,000	30,000
Timothy Adams	30,000
Ludovic Geilich	30,000	30,000
[Removed:431]	30,000
Daniel Dvoress	30,000
Pascal Vos	30,000	30,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	30,000	30,000
Onur Unsal	30,000

2019-12-13 13:14 UTC+2

Macnamara Doubles Right Away

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Mihai Manole was all in from the hijack for his last 20,100 and Fionn Macnamara was all in from the cutoff with less. Macnamara had 17,000 in front of him and they opened up after the others folded and Macnamara was at risk with against the of Manole.

The board ran out and Macnamara managed to win the flip.

Manole was left with just two big blinds and the original platinum pass winner has some work to do.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Fionn Macnamara	38,000	21,000
Mihai Manole	3,100	-17,000

Tags: Fionn MacNamara Mihai Manole

2019-12-13 13:13 UTC+2

Gulseven Gets Branco on First Hand

Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Erdal Gulseven was in the cutoff and opened to 3,500. He was three-bet all in by Carlos Branco in the small blind and asked for a count, which was totaled to be 17,600, and then thought for a few moments before making the call.

Carlos Branco:
Erdal Gulseven:

Branco went from being in great shape for a double to being on his way out as the flop left him drawing dead. The turn and river completed the runout and the pot was shipped Gulseven's way.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Erdal Gulseven	82,500	19,000
Carlos Branco	Eliminado

Tags: Carlos Branco Erdal Gulseven

Nível: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

2019-12-13 11:49 UTC+2

Day 2 of the €5,300 EPT Main Event Kicks Off at Noon

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Both of the starting days of the €5,300 Main Event are wrapped up at the European Poker Tour Prague and Day 1a and 1b managed to get a combined 1,136 entries. Registration is still open for those who haven't fired two bullets yet until noon local time when cards will be in the air for Day 2. At least 395 players are returning for Day 2 of the Main Event.

Players that register before the start of Day 2 will receive a fresh stack of 30,000 chips which will be worth a little under 20 big blinds. They will have a lot of work cut out for them if they want to get close to start of day chip leader Pierre Calamusa. Calamusa managed to bag a very impressive 457,000 on Day 1a of the tournament. Bart Lybaert ended as Day 1b chip leader after finishing the day with 333,400.

Others that will try to run up a stack on Day 2 of the Main Event include PokerStars Ambassador Kalidou Sow (79,000). Sow is the only player left in the field that is repping the Red Spade and he has a stack of about 50 big blinds to start the day as they will start in level 11 with blinds at 800/1,600 and with a 1,600 big blind ante.

Others that made it through with a stack of over 100 big blinds include Gab Yong Kim with 220,800, Steve O'Dwyer (206,400), Yake Wu (197,200), Bryn Kenney (180,700), and Dario Sammartino (168,000). They will all play five 90-minute levels today with a break after every level. There will be a 20-minute break after all levels except for after level 14. That break will be 30 minutes long.

Day 2 Structure

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	BB Ante
11	90	800	1,600	1,600
Break	20
12	90	1,000	2,000	2,000
Break	20
13	90	1,000	2,500	2,500
Break	20
14	90	1,500	3,000	3,000
Break	30
15	90	2,000	4,000	4,000

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Tags: Bart Lybaert Bryn Kenney Dario Sammartino Gab Yong Kim Kalidou Sow Pierre Calamusa Steve O'Dwyer Yake Wu