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2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

€5,300 Main Event
Dias: 2
Event Info

2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

Resultado Final
Vencedor
Mão Vencedora
1010
Prémio
€725,700
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,883,950
Entradas
1,007
Informações sobre o nível
Nível
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Ladies’ Man Nitsche

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Dominik Nitsche opened the first hand for 1,800 in early position and found a caller in Oleksii Kovalchuk sat directly to his left. The blinds folded and they saw a flop of {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}. Nitsche checked and Kovalchuk bet 1,600 which was called. Nitsche now began his trademark stare at his opponent, trying to glean any response from his face as the turn card {j-Clubs} hit the felt. Nitsche again checked and faced a second bet from Kovalchuk, a more significant 4,200. Nitsche took his time and after some thought made the call. Another stare and a river card {q-Diamonds}. A third check from Nitsche and a check behind from Kovalchuk. Whether Kovalchuk had been ahead until the river we’ll never know as he mucked his cards when Nitsche turned over the {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} for a rivered set.

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Dominik Nitsche
41,500
6,800
6,800
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Oleksii Kovalchuk
17,800

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Chen Beneficiary of Aces Versus Kings

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

A big hand just took place on the feature table between Artem Pilkevich and Andrew Chen. The latter doubled through the former in an aces-versus-kings hand. Chen held the {a-Clubs}{a-Spades} and was well out in front of Pilkevich's {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}. We're not sure when the money went in — it was either preflop or on the flop — but the board read an uneventful {9-Clubs}{3-Spades}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Needless to say, it was a nice start to Day 2 for Chen.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
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Andrew Chen
91,400
46,100
46,100

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Peters Empties a Clip (of Blanks)

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

David Peters opened to 2,300 from the small blind and Dutch pokerstarsplayer Zdravko Duvnjak made the call from the big blind. Peters was ready for action and would soon proove that with a 2,700 bet on {6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Duvnjak wasn't impressed yet though and made the call. The same scenario played out on the {J-Clubs} turn; Peters bet (6,200) and Duvnjak called. The river brought the {4-Spades} on the table and with 23,100 in the middle, Peters bet out a mere 7,000. That didn't necessarily make the decision easier for Duvnjak of course, a small bet can be just as frightening as a bigger one in this game. After some consideration the Dutchman made the call though, forcing Peters to show his {9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. Ten high wasn't going to be enough this time, Duvnjak showed his poker craftsmanship with the ace-high call; {A-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. Peters appears to still have 73,000 left, indicating that he won some before this hand played out.

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David Peters
73,000
-3,000
-3,000

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Win a Skrill VIP Weekend Package to Monte Carlo at PokerStars!

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

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Shuffle Up and Deal!

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Players are still scrambling to their seats, but cards are in the air here on Day 2! It's shaping up to be quite the day as throngs of players are bound to hit the rail. Plus, the field has eclipsed 1,000 players, making it the first four-figure EPT Prague Main Event ever!

The Calm Before The Storm

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

We all know the start of Day 2 sees players bust out at a rate of knots but what about the 20 minutes or so before the start of a Day 2, is that positively serene in contrast?

Clock watch: 17 minutes until the start of Day 2
Daniel Negreanu is in a side room doing an interview with a member of the press whilst downstairs in the tournament room the number of dealers far outweigh the number of players. The 63 dealers in the Main Event are already seated, but only seven players are in their seats. Early arrivals include Aliaksandr Posled and Henrique Pinho.

Clock watch: 15 minutes until the start of Day 2
The pace picks up, Benny Spindler is the first EPT champion to arrive. Outside of the tournament room there are seven cash games on the go, late finishers and early risers alike. Elvis is in the building as he's called to a 100-200 (Czech Koruna) game.

Also outside in the foyer players huddle around an electronic board showing the Day 2 seat draw, their name spotted they wander off to find it. A players walks past me deep in conversation, "I have super little chips, I really can't miss anything. Hopefully I'm still in when you arrive."

Clock watch: 10 minutes until the start of Day 2
Tournament director Teresa Nousiainen takes to the microphone to give the players their 10 minute warning. The number of players now exceeds the number of dealers but table 29 is still empty. Chip leader Amir Lehavot arrives, he weaves his way to his seat and with eight minutes 40 seconds on the clock and takes a seat at table 29. He opens his bag but the dealer stops him as he needs to wait for another player to arrive before he can stack his chips.

Another player arrives at Lehavot's table and he can start stacking his chips, he won't finish stacking them until just five minutes and 36 seconds are left on the clock. Dermot Blain arrives, "I'm doing good today," he tells me. "I got some sleep, in Barcelona I was on two hours a night." The dealer then asks for ID and Blain hands him his passport. "I love this event," Blain continues. "It's great having so many tournaments in the same city at once. It's a great city too, this and Barcelona are my favourite stops.

Clock watch: Three minutes until the start of Day 2
At this point the players are streaming into the room so I head to the exit, Daniel Negreanu, interview over, is one of those who walks in.

Tags: Amir LehavotBenny SpindlerDaniel NegreanuDermot BlainHenrique Pinho

Nível: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

EPT Prague Day 2 Begins at Noon

Tournament Room
Tournament Room

A record number of players for an EPT event in Prague was set yesterday with the total number of entrants standing at 998. With registration still open until noon today we could still break the magic four figures.

Amir Lehavot from the USA, who finished third in the WSOP Main Event in November this year, is the clear chip leader finishing at the top of the pack on Day 1b with 239,300. He is ahead of Day 1a leader Tiberu-Florian Georgescu who has 191,100, followed closely behind by Sigurd Eskeland (184,600) and Ari Engel (172,800).

Team PokerStars Pros have made a very strong showing so far in the Main Event and leading the way for them is Luca Pagano with 137,600 chips. Pagano really had to tough it out yesterday but came through strongly in the end to remain in contention. Other remaining Team PokerStars pros are Player of the Year Daniel Negreanu (74,600), Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier (79,700), Christophe De Meulder (40,100), Matthias De Meulder (25,200), Eugene Katchalov (81,900), Dag Palovic (79,900), and Jonathan Duhamel (16,100).

Some of the other well know players that we’ll be keeping an eye on include former EPT Prague champion Martin Finger (58,600), Ireland’s Steve O'Dwyer (60,200), Shannon Shorr (40,400), Juha Helppi (34,400), Max Silver (87,100), and rising star Sergio Aido (81,200).

We begin with 549 players who have made it through to Day 2 and they face six levels of play today. There will be no dinner break, so it will be a relatively early night. There’s sure to be some interesting dynamics early on as the big stacks seek to exert some pressure, and the short stacks look to get an early double up to give themselves a chance of staying ahead of those ever increasing blinds.

Join your PokerNews reporting team right here for all the updates throughout the day as we bring you bust outs, drama, interviews and more. You can also follow live action from the feature table with commentary from the dynamic duo James Hartigan and Joe Stapleton at Pokerstars.tv.