Somar Al-Darwich, a German PokerStars player tangled in an early hand with Ryan Spittles from the UK. They were heads up on the flop and Spittles had position on the button. Al-Darwich checked and on a flop of Spittles bet 600 and got called. The on the turn went check, 1,800 from Spittles and again a call. River card and now Al-Darwich took the initiative, betting 2,700. Spittles acknowledged the good bet and folded.
Level 1 is coming to a close, and both Gerard Santamaria and Britt Petersen have hit the rail. We missed the former's exit, but we stumbled upon the latter's.
The action escaped us, but Petersen was snapping a photo for evidence of her demise. The board read and she had the laid out in front of her. Unfortunately for her, EPT9 Barcelona champ Mikalai Pobal held the . We're not positive, but it would appear the money went in on the action flop.
We didn't come across the hand until things had played out, but we do know that Italy's Mustapha Kanit held the on a board. Lefrancois looked a bit disgusted, chucked his cards to the muck, and then made a hasty exit from the tournament floor.
As we neared table 55 the turn was already out on the table: | . Both Ankush Mandavia in the big blind and Yaacoub Jihad in the hijack checked to Paul Volpe in the cutoff, who bet out 2,025. Mandavia quickly folded but Jihad made the call. The river brought the to the table and Jihad checked once more. Volpe bet out, what looked like, 3,700 and received a lightning fast all from his neighbor.
Volpe tabled for runner runner fullhouse and Johad slammed his on the table with a big smile. "Lucky Boy from Philadelphia!" he said to Volpe who showed remorse but in the meantime was stacking the chips. Table 55 is a tough table, besides Volpe and Mandavia also Manig Loeser and Thomas Muhlocker are seated in that corner of the room.
James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton have arrived in Prague (finally) and are ready to do some work. If you count *this* as doing some work. You can watch them at @EPTLive and see them horsing around here.
Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov checked it over to German qualifier Markus Ross on a board of . Ross bet 625 and faced a check raise to 2,700. Ross looked briefly startled but pulled his hood around his neck and made the call. on the turn and Katchalov checked again. Ross gave it some thought and pushed out a bet of 2,525. The aggression of Katchalov faded and he folded his cards.
We ran into a couple of former EPT Champions and saw Ole Schemion just sit down. Schemion isn't an EPT champion yet but the way he's running that can't be long.
The EPT Main Event hasn't been the only big tournament going on in Prague, the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event - a €1,100 buy-in event - played to its finale yesterday and a couple of players who went really deep are back for more today. Ami 'UhhMee' Barer, who was runner-up in that event is in the field today as is the highest finishing Czech player from that tournament, Jaroslav Peter, he finished fourth.
And Team PokerStars Pro Matti De Meulder, who finished 28th of the 1,315 runners, is another who's hoping his deep run hasn't been and gone. Someone who knows a thing or two about deep runs in Prague is Martin Finger, who won this event in 2011, he's just shown up. He was involved in a great game of EPT champion roulette as he weaved between tables looking for his seat. Eventually his ball landed on Table 49 and he sat down.
Spittles bet 600 and got called. The 
on the turn went check, 1,800 from Spittles and again a call. River card 
and now Al-Darwich took the initiative, betting 2,700. Spittles acknowledged the good bet and folded.
and she had the 
laid out in front of her. Unfortunately for her, 
. We're not positive, but it would appear the money went in on the action flop.
on a 
to the table and Jihad checked once more. Volpe bet out, what looked like, 3,700 and received a lightning fast all from his neighbor.
for runner runner fullhouse and Johad slammed his 
on the turn and Katchalov checked again. Ross gave it some thought and pushed out a bet of 2,525. The aggression of Katchalov faded and he folded his cards.
