With around 115,000 in the pot on a board showing the , Ramon Colillas in middle position checked to Martin Kabrhel, who was on the button. Kabhrel bet 58,000 and was called.
On the river, Colillas checked again but snap-called for his tournament life when Kabrhel put him all-in.
Colillas tabled his for a set of sixes before Kabrhel turned his cards over one at a time. He first showed the before turning over the , which was good for a straight.
The PSPC champ busted in 177th place to put the tournament into hand-for-hand play for the stone cold bubble.
Martin Kabrhel opened to 8,000 from under the gun and only Masato Yokosawa called from the big blind to see the flop.
Yokosawa check-raised to 48,000 after Kabrhel bet 10,000. Kabrhel called which brought in the river. Yokosawa slowed down with a check and Kabrhel took the lead with a bet of 46,000.
Action checked through on the river with Yokosawa tabling the for a full house which was the winner.
Valentino Konakchiev raised to 10,000 from early position. It folded to the big blind, Henrique Gois who had only 4,000 left behind after posting the big blind and the big blind ante. He thought and waited for a long time as onlookers started to gather around the table. Eventually, he tossed in the four chips for the call.
The players waited until the cameras and the floor came over until they revealed their cards to the surrounding crowd.
Henrique Gois:
Valentino Konakchiev:
Gois had the lead and would need to dodge a ten to avoid being the bubble boy. But the flop came the to fulfil that nightmarish vision. The turn was the and the river came the to end his tournament on the stone bubble as he became the only player in the room to not join in the shared joy of everyone making the money.
Jareth East called a raise and Keith Lehr did so as well out of the blinds. On a flop of , Lehr open-jammed for more than 100,000 to force out the initial raiser while East quickly called with the covering stack.
Keith Lehr:
Jareth East:
The gutshot and one overcard for Lehr missed on the turn and river to send Lehr to the payout desk.
Day 2 of the PokerStars EPT Prague €5,300 EPT Main Event in King's Casino at the Hilton Hotel Prague has come to a close after six levels of play. When the late registration period was over, there were officially 1,190 entries.
It is the second-largest field for an EPT Prague Main Event, just falling shy of the 1,192 entries that took place in 2016. This year's field generated a total prize pool of €5,771,500, with the top 175 players making the money.
Those who survived the bubble all locked up a payday of at least €8,830 and while the Main Event is a few days away from crowning its latest champion, those who made it through to Day 3 will do everything they can to take home the winner's prize of €1,033,520. All remaining 119 survivors have locked up a payday of €11,140 so far.
Ezequiel Waigel
Day 2 of the Main Event saw the survivors of Day 1a and Day 1b combine into a single field, and they were joined by a host of late entrants to take the number of players at the begging of the day to 453. When play finished, just 119 players remained with Ezequiel Waigel as the Day 2 chip leader with a stack of 955,000 ahead of Dawid Kuliberda (909,000) and David Huspeka (871,000). The overnight top ten also feature former WSOP Europe Main Event champion Alexandros Kolonias (812,000) and Piotr Nurzynski (617,000).
Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Place
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Ezequiel Waigel
Argentina
955,000
159
2
Dawid Kuliberda
Poland
909,000
152
3
David Huspeka
Czech Republic
871,000
145
4
Andreas Boelling
Germany
836,000
139
5
Alexandros Kolonias
Greece
812,000
135
6
Leonardo Romeo
Italy
804,000
134
7
Andrea Cortellazzi
Italy
655,000
109
8
Piotr Nurzynski
Poland
617,000
103
8
Manuel Labous
France
617,000
103
10
Robert Heidorn
Germany
585,000
98
Nurzynski is one of five former EPT Main Event champions still in contention to join Victoria Coren-Mitchell and Mikalai Pobal as the only two-time champions thus far. Hossein Ensan (510,000), Adrian Mateos (434,000), Dimitar Danchev (332,000) and Dominik Panka (245,000) will all be back for Day 3.
Rafael Moraes is the only PokerStars ambassador with chips at his disposal and bagged up 224,000. Steve Enriquez was among the early casualties on Day 2 while Alejandro "Papo MC" Lococo fell right before the dinner break. Former PSPC champion Ramon Colillas was eliminated by Martin Kabrhel just shy of the money bubble.
Day 2 Recap
Players such as Joni Jouhkimainen, Nick Petrangelo, Chris Brewer and 2021 WSOP Main Event champion Koray Aldemir were early Day 2 casualties.
Among those to finish in the money were the former EPT Main Event champions Sebastian Malec and Davidi Kitai, Gianluca Speranza, Robert Cowen, Niklas Astedt, Georges Hanna, Keith Lehr, Aleksandar Tomovic, Jason Wheeler, Alex Kulev, and Andy Wilson.
What's Next?
The 119 Day 2 survivors return for Day 3 on Sunday, March 13, picking up on Level 17 where the blinds will be 3,000/6,000 with a 6,000 ante.
Play begins again at 12 p.m CET and the tournament's featured table will stream live on a 30-minute delay beginning at 12:30 p.m. on PokerStars TV.
Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews team all weekend long for live updates from the floor of the €5,300 Main Event at EPT Prague.
, Ramon Colillas in middle position checked to Martin Kabrhel, who was on the button. Kabhrel bet 58,000 and was called. 
river, Colillas checked again but snap-called for his tournament life when Kabrhel put him all-in. 
for a set of sixes before Kabrhel turned his cards over one at a time. He first showed the 
before turning over the 
, which was good for a straight. 
flop. 
river. Yokosawa slowed down with a check and Kabrhel took the lead with a bet of 46,000. 
river with Yokosawa tabling the 
for a full house which was the winner.
to fulfil that nightmarish vision. The turn was the 
and the river came the 
to end his tournament on the stone bubble as he became the only player in the room to not join in the shared joy of everyone making the money.
with pocket nines holding the hard way, rivering a straight to send both opponents to the rail.
turn and 
river to send Lehr to the payout desk.
