A raising war between Boris Kolev from under the gun and Jean-Noel Thorel in the big blind saw both players invest 13,000 each to see a flop of and Thorel instantly moved all in for more than two times the pot. Kolev called as quickly and both players turned over their cards.
Boris Kolev:
Jean-Noel Thorel:
The turn and river were both blanks and Kolev doubled for 48,775 while the decent start of Thorel has all but vanished.
Jan Subik opened the action with a raise to 550 and Koray Aldemir called out of the small blind. Steve O'Dwyer in the big blind three-bet to 2,500 and forced a fold from Subik, while Aldemir called. On the flop both players checked before Aldemir bet the turn for 4,000, O'Dwyer called.
The fell on the river and Aldemir bet once agai, this time for 17,000 and more than the size of the pot. O'Dwyer reluctantly called and mucked when he was shown for trips sevens.
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William Kassouf - EPT Prague 2016 €10,300 High Roller Winner
The final High Roller of the 2017 PokerStars Championship Prague festival kicks off at 12.30 p.m. local time at the Hilton Hotel Prague with Day 1 of the €10,300 High Roller. One year ago, the EPT13 gathered a record field of 407 entries for this very event and created a prize pool of €3,947,900. Master of speech play William Kassouf claimed the trophy and €532,500 after cutting a deal with Patrick Serda, who walked away with a payday of €719,000.
It is also the last PokerStars Championship High Roller title up for grabs after PokerStars announced the return to the European Poker Tour brand as of 2018, and some of the biggest names in poker are expcted to battle it out over the next three days. Day 1 will feature a total of 10 levels of 60 minutes each and all participants receive 50,000 in chips. A single re-entry is available during the registration period, and players can join the action until the cards are back in the air for Day 2.
Day 1 Level Structure
Level
Duration
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
60 min
100
200
25
2
60 min
100
200
25
Break 20 min
3
60 min
150
300
50
4
60 min
200
400
50
Break 20 min
5
60 min
250
500
75
6
60 min
300
600
100
Dinner Break 75 min
7
60 min
400
800
100
8
60 min
500
1,000
100
Break 20 min
9
60 min
600
1,200
200
10
60 min
800
1,600
200
Previous PokerStars Championship High Roller winners in 2017 include Luc Greenwood, Irish / American poker icon Steve O'Dwyer, Sosia Jiang,Julian Stuer and Ronny Kaiser. Back in August, Kaiser emerged on top of a field of 557 entries after cutting a deal with Markus Durnegger and 2017 WSOP Main Event finalist Benjamin Pollak to take home €735,000 for his efforts.
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and Thorel instantly moved all in for more than two times the pot. Kolev called as quickly and both players turned over their cards.
turn and 
river were both blanks and Kolev doubled for 48,775 while the decent start of Thorel has all but vanished.
flop both players checked before Aldemir bet the 
turn for 4,000, O'Dwyer called.
