The livestream for the European Poker Tour Prague event has started. Watch a star stacked feature table live via PokerNews.com. Headlining the feature table are EPT champs Steve O'Dwyer and Jake Cody.
Dutchman Tobias Peters is on somewhat of a tear in 2013. He already has numerous cashes this year across the globe and he's looking to win the Dutch Player of the Year ranking. He just finished runner-up in the High Roller of the PokerStars Belgian Poker Challenge in Namur last month but was off to a bad start here in Prague dropping down hard.
Just now he won a little bit back as we saw him check-call a 1,000 bet on a 
flop. He check-called another bet of 2,300 on the 
-turn and checked the 
on the river as well. His opponent, Portugese regular Michel Dattani, checked behind and mucked as Peters showed rivered trips with his 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900 | -28,100 |
An interesting hand developed on Table 9 as three players tangled over a sizable pot. They had reached the turn with the board showing 
. Anton Wigg on the button, who is a Swedish PokerStars player, bet 1,500 when the other two players in the blinds had checked to him. Small blind Ivan Glushkov called and big blind Andreas Chalkiadakis, an online qualifier from Greece, made a strong move check-raising to 3,225. This didn’t deter the other two players though and they both made the call. The three players saw the river fall the 
putting a straight on board. Both Glushkov and Chalkiadakis checked and Wigg decided to put them to the test with a bet of 12,850.
Glushkov called fairly quickly but Chalkiadakis took his time and asked to see the stack size of Wigg. Undeterred he too made the call. It was small blind Chalkiadakis who had the best of it though, his 
giving him a higher straight and neither of his opponents could best him.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | 20,000 |
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50,000 | 20,000 |
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44,000 | 1,000 |
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33,000 | -50 |
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29,000 | -1,000 |
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27,000 | -3,000 |
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26,500 | -3,500 |
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23,000 | -7,000 |
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23,000 | |
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23,000 | -7,000 |
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22,700 | |
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20,000 | -4,800 |
|
14,000 | -16,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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Eliminado | |
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Eliminado | |
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Eliminado | |
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Eliminado |
Albert Daher hasn’t had the best first two levels and is sitting on a stack of 5,400. He doesn’t seem unduly worried about busting out anytime soon though as he is having a massage at the table and biding his time. Facing an early position raiser Daher elects to call the 425, and with the blinds folding the two players see a flop of 
. Daher calls a bet of 575 and they see the turn card 
. Now when it is checked to him Daher bets 700, enough to win the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
6,700 | -11,300 |
Dragan Kostic opened under-the-gun plus one to 525 and he received a call from his next door neighbor Greek qualifier Ioannis Triantafyllakis. The cutoff came along for the party as well, and so did Jeffrey Hakim in the small blind. A big pot was already building but things were about to get even bigger as JC Alvarado squeezed for 3,700 from the big blind. Kostic made the call and behind him Triantafyllakis reluctantly went all in for 9,300. Action quickly folded to Alvarado who was informed how much it was to him. Now Alvarado announced all in and Kostic folded with a smile.
Bad news for Alvarado since his 
was in bad shape against Triantafyllakis' 
. Things would soon change though as the dealer put out the 
flop giving Alvarado a set. Triantafyllakis would be drawing dead by the time the turn was out as the hit the table making Alvarado quads. The useless completed the board but by that time Triantafyllakis was already gone.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | 22,000 |
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|
Eliminado |
Portugal's Henrique Pinho, who just so happens to be a Team PokerStars Pro, opened for 525 and received a call from Bulgaria's Boyan Asenov in the hijack. The rest of the field folded, the flop came down 
, and both players checked. They did the same on the 
turn, and then Pinho bet a modest 300 on the 
river. Asenov made a quick call and Pinho revealed the 
for a flopped pair of queens. Unfortunately for him, he waited too long to bet as Asenov caught up on the river with his 
to steal the pot.
Despite losing that hand, Pinho is still sitting pretty with 40,000.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 10,000 |
The small blind made it 500 and Jeff Sarwer in the big blind called to see a flop. 
as community cards and the small blind bet 500. Sarwer called again and bet 1,200 himself when his neighbor checked to him once the 
appeared. The small blind made the call and both players quickly checked the 
on the river. "Pair" said Sarwer with a face full of hope. That hope would soon be gone as the small blind showed 
for second pair.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
17,900 | -12,100 |
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