Gaby Livshitz opened to 60,000 and Tomas Paiva called in the small blind. Jakub Oliva three-bet all in for 390,000 from the big blind. Livshitz folded and Paiva called.
Tomas Paiva:
Jakub Oliva:
Livshitz wagged his finger at Paiva whose trap had worked perfectly, and the board ran out sending Oliva to the rail.
The tournament is now redrawing around two tables.
Dietrich Fast found in the small blind and completed it. Akin Tuna found in the big blind and raised to 110,000 in the big blind. Fast three-bet to 385,000 and Tuna glanced at Fast's stack and called.
The flop came for Fast to hit a full house. Fast bet 150,000 and Tuna called.
The turn brought them the , they both checked to the on the river. Fast used a time bank and then bet 1,000,000. Tuna shoved with the bigger stack, putting Fast all-in for 1,430,000. Fast looked at his cards once more, mumbled and then made the call to double up.
Aleksandr Sheshukov had all but the last T-100,000 chip in the middle when he was involved in a battle of the blinds with Luke Marsh and checked the flop. Marsh pushed all in and Sheshukov called.
Aleksandr Sheshukov:
Luke Marsh:
Sheshukov sighed and called for a seven, which never came on the turn and river run out. Sheshukov has been eliminated in 15th place and takes home €50,090 for his efforts.
Stefan Egermann was the initial raiser from under the gun and picked up a call by Tomas Paiva in the big blind.
Paiva bet the turn for 125,000 and was called by Egermann, they then headed to the river. Paiva slid forward a bet o 425,000 and that sent Egermann deep into the think tank. He used four time bank extensions and moved all in for 1,100,000.
Paiva gave it just short consideration and tossed in a single chip for the call.
Egermann tabled for a bluff gone wrong and Paiva scored the knockout with the for a flush.
On a flop both Morten Hvam and Luke Marsh checked. The turn was the and Hvam bet 80,000. Marsh raised to 275,000 and Hvam used a time extension before shoving for around 1.1 million.
Marsh called with and the pair shook hands as Hvam turned over and was drawing dead. The completed the board and Hvam was eliminated.
With 12 players left, tournament officials have taken the decision to pause the clock and to end Day 4 here in order to balance the amount of play between the remaining days.
Hungarian Norbert Szecsi enjoyed a day to remember, as he dominated proceedings to bag the chip lead with 12 players remaining in the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event here at the Hilton Prague.
Szecsi came into the day third in chips behind Luigi Shehadeh and Gaby Livshitz, and he hardly put a foot wrong and will be the clear chip leader with two days left.
Sitting third on the Hungarian all-time money list, Szecsi is a regular on the European Poker Tour, with his biggest career cash coming last year in Barcelona where he finished second in the €10,300 High Roller for €626,357 after a heads-up deal. He's also used to poker success in here in the Czech Republic, winning his first WSOP bracelet a little over a year ago just 90 minutes down the road.
EPT Prague Main Event Seat Draw
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Counts
Big Blinds
1
1
Gaby Livshitz
Israel
3,925,000
98
1
2
Norbert Szecsi
Hungary
6,715,000
168
1
3
Vlastimil Pustina
Czech Republic
460,000
12
1
4
Erdal Gulseven
Turkey
400,000
10
1
5
Dietrich Fast
Germany
3,650,000
91
1
7
Dominik Panka
Poland
1,070,000
27
2
1
Ricardo Da Rocha
Brazil
2,830,000
71
2
2
Laurent Michot
France
830,000
21
2
4
Luke Marsh
United Kingdom
4,380,000
110
2
5
Gab Yong Kim
South Korea
3,050,000
76
2
6
Tomas Paiva
Portugal
4,405,000
110
2
8
Mikalai Pobal
Belarus
2,780,000
70
Tournament officials had initially announced that the tournament would play down to 16 players, however, midway through the day this was changed to playing five full levels. Then, due to the pace of eliminations, this was revised further to a hard stop at 12 players which was reached at approximately 20:30 local time.
The remaining 12 players are all guaranteed €55,690 and will return tomorrow at midday for the penultimate day. They will play down to six players ahead of the final day on Tuesday.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize (in EUR)
Prize (in USD)
1
€1,005,600
$1,118,277
2
€598,880
$665,985
3
€421,450
$468,673
4
€316,780
$352,275
5
€241,230
$268,260
6
€177,420
$197,300
7
€134,610
$149,693
8
€96,100
$106,868
9
€74,770
$83,148
10-11
€62,070
$69,025
12
€55,690
$61,930
Day 4 Action
The pace at the start of the day was in stark contrast to what would later transpire, with all 41 players who started the day surviving for the first 40 minutes. However, after the elimination of Andrei Stoenescu, that precipitated a flurry of bustouts with the likes of Sylvain Loosli, Giorgiy Skhulukhiya, Day 2 chip leader Roman Herold, Gaelle Baumann and Philipp Zukernik all gone by the first break.
Zukernik fell at the hands of Norbert Szecsi in a hand where the Canadian made four-flush holding ace-king and called all in for his last 40 big blinds, only for the Hungarian to have rivered a full house.
This elimination had Szecsi atop counts, with start-of-day chip leader Luigi Shehadeh and Gaby Livshitz the only other players above three million in chips.
Upon resumption, the tournament lost its biggest name, as former EPT Prague winner and World Champion Hossein Ensan bowed out in 28th place. He got it in with ace-jack and was ahead of Luke Marsh who held king-queen. A jack on the turn gave Ensan a pair, but it improved his opponent to a straight and Ensan was gone.
Szecsi still led, but after Aleksandr Sheshukov doubled through him, it was Akin Tuna who was the big stack at the three table redraw. The pair traded the chip lead over the course of the next level as the eliminations began to slow.
Start-of-day chip leader Shehadeh suffered a disappointing day, getting his chips in with ace-king against the tens of Richardo Da Rocha. A king on the flop saw him take the lead, but Da Rocha spiked a ten on the turn to send him out in 19th place.
By the next break, Szecsi had broken the five million chip mark with only Livshitz attempting to close the gap behind him. Dietrich Fast's stack received a boost when he flopped a full house with pocket queens to crack the aces of Akin Tuna.
But by the end of the day it was Szecsi who stands alone, almost 2.5 million chips ahead of his nearest rival.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of the EPT Main Event and the€10,300 High Roller which got underway today. We will bring you live coverage of both over the final two days of the EPT Prague festival.