€10,200 NL Hold'em I Dia 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

2023-12-07 01:04 UTC+2

Daubaris and Silva Dominate Day 1 of EPT Prague €10,200 NL Hold'em

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Nível 8 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

The first day of the 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague is nearly over, with play nearing its conclusion in the two opening flights of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event. Alongside that tournament, Day 1 of €10,200 NL Hold'em also took place, and the proceedings from the first stage of the event have all wrapped up inside the Hilton Hotel, Prague.

The first eight levels of play saw 17 entries create the €164,900 prize pool, with the likes of PokerStars ambassador Ramon Colillas, online crusher Niklas Astedt (90,500) and 2023 PSPC champ Aliaksandr Shylko (67,000) all in attendance.

Unfortunately for Colillas, he was one of the first casualties of the day and opted not to take advantage of the unlimited reentries bowed out after one bullet. Astedt started off strong but found himself at the registration desk after being eliminated following an incorrect hero call. Shylko also got off to a hot start, picking up aces and kings in quick succession, but he failed to prolong his momentum following the hopeful early stages. Astedt and Shylko did, however, find a bag. Both will be looking for a monumental spin-up as they will both come into Day 2 with less than a starting stack.

Ending the day as the biggest stack was Deividas Daubaris (553,500). The Lithuanian poker pro with just over $300,000 in live earnings had a bit of a shaky start, but after his first double-up, he went on an absolute heater and will start tomorrow's session as the chip leader.

Pablo Brito Silva's (384,000) run to the upper echelons of the chip counts mirrored Daubaris as the Brazilian saw his stack peak and fall in the first few levels before ending the day second in chips. The duo were on separate tables throughout Day 1 and hoovered up as many chips as they could. They were the only players to bag more than 100 big blinds, with Hwany Lee (215,000) rounding out the top three chip counts.

Robbie Toan (153,000) and Teun Mulder (126,000) were the only other players to add to the initial 100,000 they started with. Mulder was a late edition in the day and picked up a big pot off of Yulian Bogdanov (53,000), who props up the Day 1 survivors along with Steve O'Dwyer (59,000).

There were several other players who joined Colillas on the wrong side of the rail. The likes of Pavels Spirins, Paul Newey, Elias Abussamra, Jules Dickerson and Tsugunari Toma all saw their stacks go to someone else, however all hope is not lost as the late registration period is open for the first two levels of Day 2.

The second stage of the event will begin on Thursday, December 7 at 12:30 p.m. CET and will resume at Level 9, where the blinds will be 1,500/3,000 along with the 3,000 big blind ante.

End of Day 1 Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Deividas Daubaris	Lithuania	553,500	185
2	Pablo Brito Silva	Brazil	384,000	128
3	Hwany Lee	South Korea	215,000	72
4	Robbie Toan	Ireland	153,000	51
5	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	126,000	42
6	Niklas Astedt	Sweden	90,500	30
7	Aliaksandr Shylko	Belarus	67,000	22
8	Steve O'Dwyer	Ireland	59,000	20
9	Yulian Bogdanov	Bulgaria	53,000	18

As always, keep it locked in with PokerNews and return for Day 2, where the winner will be crowned.

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Deividas Daubaris Hwany Lee Niklas Astedt Pablo Brito Silva Robbie Toan Steve O'Dwyer Teun Mulder Yulian Bogdanov

2023-12-06 23:45 UTC+2

Astedt and Bogdanov Put on Their Capes

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Nível 7 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Niklas Astedt limped in from the small blind and Pablo Brito Silva checked his option from the big blind.

On the 7♥6♠4♦ flop, Astedt check-called for 4,000 and did the same for 17,000 on the Q♦ turn. Astedt, with around 37,000 behind, checked for a third time after the 9♦ river completed the board. Silva put out 125,000, leaving Astedt to make a decision for his tournament life. After some time in the tank, Astedt slid his stack into the middle.

Silva tabled his 8♦5♠ for a nine-high straight while Astedt put on his cape and revealed A♦8♠.

As Astedt left the table, Teun Mulder collected a double-up from Yulian Bogdanov.

With around 44,000 in the pot on the 8♠8♥2♣4♣4♦ board, Bogdanov checked from the cutoff before Mulder jammed for 42,500 from the button. Bogdanov thought it over for several moments. If he called and were incorrect, he would only have around 12,000 left in his stack. In the end, he put in the chips, and the cards went on their backs.

Teun Mulder: 2♠2♦
Yulian Bogdanov: AxKx

Bogdanov, like Astedt, had called with ace-high. And like his Swedish counterpart, he ran into a big hand as Mulder had a full house, with his deuces full of eights.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Pablo Brito Silva	310,000 109,500	109,500
Teun Mulder	134,000 34,000	34,000
Yulian Bogdanov	12,000 -203,000	-203,000
Niklas Astedt	Eliminado

Tags: Niklas Astedt Pablo Brito Silva Teun Mulder Yulian Bogdanov

2023-12-06 23:19 UTC+2

Thin Value for Shylko

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Nível 6 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Aliaksandr Shylko opened to 4,000 from the button and Elias Abussamra defended his big blind.

The 7♦7♣5♠ flop checked through to the 3♥ turn, where Abussamra led out for 10,500. Shylko called.

Abussamra then checked when the board became double-paired on the 5♥ river. Shylko bet 6,000 and Abussamra gave it some thought for a while before flicking in a call.

Shylko tabled A♠K♥ for sevens and fives, with an ace kicker. Abussamra couldn't beat that and mucked.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Aliaksandr Shylko	80,000 22,000	22,000
Elias Abussamra	49,000 16,000	16,000

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Elias Abussamra

2023-12-06 23:02 UTC+2

Momentum with Daubaris

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Nível 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Deividas Daubaris limped in from the small blind and checked his option in the big blind.

Action checked through to the river for the final board to read A♣8♣2♣5♣Q♠. Daubaris bet 3,000 and was called. The chip leader tabled 7♣5♠ for a flush, and his opponent mucked.

The following hand, Aliaksandr Shylko opened to 4,500 from the cutoff and called when Daubaris three-bet to 12,000 from the button.

Shylko check-called for 15,000 and 30,000 on the flop and turn for the board to show the 5♦7♥2♦3♦3♥. The river then checked through to showdown.

Shylko tabled 6♣6♥ but was bested by Daubaris' K♥K♠.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Deividas Daubaris	365,000 111,000	111,000

Aliaksandr Shylko	58,000 -74,000	-74,000
Elias Abussamra	33,000 -8,000	-8,000

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Deividas Daubaris

2023-12-06 22:58 UTC+2

Newey Runs into Queens

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Nível 5 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Paul Newey moved all in for around 25,000 from the button and was quickly called by Steve O'Dwyer, who was in the big blind.

Paul Newey: K♠J♣
Steve O'Dwyer: Q♣Q♠

O'Dwyer's queens remained best as the board ran out with the 7♣6♣3♣2♠10♠.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Steve O'Dwyer	78,000 21,000	21,000

Paul Newey	Eliminado

Tags: Paul Newey Steve O'Dwyer

2023-12-06 22:11 UTC+2

Shylko Gets Two River Callers

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Nível 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

There was around 40,000 in the middle on the 9♣8♥5♣6♣9♦ completed board.

Deividas Daubaris and Elias Abussamra checked from the blinds before Aliaksandr Shylko made an overbet of 50,000. Daubaris quickly called before Abussamra went into the tank. The Brazilian used three time bank cards and ended up calling to create a 190,000 pot.

Daubaris immediately tabled his 5♥5♦ for fives fill of nines and both of his opponents mucked. The Lithuanian, who was once the short stack, goes into the break as the chip leader.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Deividas Daubaris	250,000 120,000	120,000

Aliaksandr Shylko	160,000 -80,000	-80,000
Elias Abussamra	40,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Aliaksandr Shylko Deividas Daubaris Elias Abussamra

2023-12-06 22:01 UTC+2

Shylko Wakes Up with Monsters; Colillas Out

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Nível 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

After doubling up Deividas Daubaris, Pavels Spirins was a short stack and he had the last of his chips in the middle preflop and was at risk to Aliaksander Shylko.

Spirins had 9x9x while Shylko had KxKx. The cowboys remained best on the runout and Spirins was the first casualty of the day.

Soon after, Elias Abussamra opened to 3,000 from middle position and called when Shylko made it 9,000 from the hijack.

Abussamra check-called for 4,000 on the A♦J♦7♠ flop before the 3♥ turn checked through to the Q♠ river. Abussamra led out for 20,000, leaving around 44,500 behind. Shylko moved all in as the bigger stack and sent his opponent into the tank. Abussamra used up two time banks before making the one chip call.

Shylko tabled A♠A♥ for a set of aces, while Abussamra turned over his A♣4♣. The latter then quickly reentered and has a fresh starting stack.

A third elimination soon followed as Ramon Colillas was sent to the wrong side of the rail on the other table.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Aliaksandr Shylko	240,000 114,000	114,000
Elias Abussamra	100,000
Ramon Colillas	Eliminado

Pavels Spirins	Eliminado

Tags: Deividas Daubaris Elias Abussamra Pavels Spirins Ramon Colillas

2023-12-06 21:50 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Takes His Squeak-Free Seat

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Nível 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

One more crusher has taken his seat in the tournament to boost the field to 14 entries.

Steve O'Dwyer, with nearly $40 million in live earnings, has hopped into the mix and finds himself on the direct left of PokerStars ambassador Ramon Colillas.

O'Dwyer has had some massive influence at EPT Prague, after successfully ending his crusade against the famous Prague chair squeak.

For most of the stop's history, the "eeeeeek" that would follow anytime someone needed to leave their chair became one of the biggest pet peeves. Steve O'Dwyer was one of those players, and he had been on a crusade to get the problem fixed for the best part of ten years.

“It’s always been my biggest complaint here in Prague is the chairs causing psychic damage,” O’Dwyer told the Poker in the Ears Podcast last year. “It’s not a squeak. It’s the loudest, most painful screech you could possibly imagine, with those bare metal bottoms of the chairs ripping into the tile floor every time one of the 500 people in the room slightly shifts their weight a little bit.”

Thankfully, the solution was found at PokerStars' last trip to Prague, where ferules (chair caps) were added to the feet of the chair legs, and thankfully, those ear-piercing squeaks are a thing of the past!

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Steve O'Dwyer	100,000

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer

2023-12-06 20:57 UTC+2

Colillas on Half a Stack

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Nível 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

It's been a rough start for PokerStars ambassador Ramon Colillas, who has already lost half of his stack after just a few hands.

Niklas Astedt had opened to 2,500 from the cutoff and picked up a call from Pablo Brito Silva from the small blind. Colillas three-bet to 11,000 from the big blind and Astedt was the only caller.

Colillas continued for 7,500 on the A♥Q♠8♥ flop and was called. The 10♦ turn then checked through to the K♥ river. With his shot clock nearly at zero, Colillas fired out 11,000 but snap-folded when Astedt moved all in as the bigger stack.

Once Astedt scooped in the pot, Tsugunari Toma took his seat at the table to bring the field to 13 players.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Niklas Astedt	175,000 35,000	35,000
Tsugunari Toma	100,000 100,000	100,000
Pablo Brito Silva	63,500 -6,500	-6,500
Ramon Colillas	50,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Niklas Astedt Pablo Brito Silva Ramon Colillas Tsugunari Toma

2023-12-06 19:11 UTC+2

Time to Get Ready for €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em at EPT Prague

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The 2023 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague kicked off earlier in what's arguably the biggest month of live poker the industry has ever seen.

Festivities are already underway at the Hilton Prague, with the opening flight of the €1,100 Eureka Main Event currently in session. Now, it's time to get ready for the first five-figure buy-in event of the stop with the €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em kicking off at 7 p.m. local time.

Plan for Day 1

Entrants will receive a 100,000 starting stack and will need to navigate eight 30-minute levels to make it through to Day 2, which plays out on Thursday, December 7, at 12:30 p.m.

Late registration is open for the first ten levels, with the entry period coming to a close around 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. During that time, players can fire as many bullets as they would like, as the tournament permits unlimited reentries.

Level	Duration (Mins)	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
1	30	500	1,000	1,000
2	30	500	1,000	1,000
3	30	1,000	1,500	1,500
4	30	1,000	1,500	1,500
		20-minute break
5	30	1,000	2,000	2,000
6	30	1,000	2,000	2,000
7	30	1,000	2,500	2,500
8	30	1,000	2,500	2,500

Looking Ahead to 2024

The Prague stop also marks the final EPT event of the year, but fear not as the schedule for 2024 has already been unveiled.

The 2024 European Poker Tour will host five destinations and sees the return of EPT Paris and EPT Cyprus, much to the delight of the players after making their debuts earlier this year.

EPT Paris is the first stop of the 2024 EPT season. It takes place February 14-25 at a new venue. The stunning Le Palais des Congres has a 120-table capacity, meaning there will be a more extensive schedule for the festival.

Check out the full schedule

As always, keep it locked in with PokerNews to keep up with all the action from the final EPT stop of the season.