€5,300 Main Event Dia 2 | 2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague

2013-12-14 13:28 UTC+2

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 and was well out in front of Pilkevich's . We're not sure when the money went in — it was either preflop or on the flop — but the board read an uneventful . Needless to say, it was a nice start to Day 2 for Chen.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andrew Chen	91,400	46,100

Tags: Artem Pilkevich Andrew Chen

2013-12-14 13:30 UTC+2

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 . 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 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 . 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 for a rivered set.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dominik Nitsche	41,500	6,800
Oleksii Kovalchuk	17,800

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Oleksii Kovalchuk

2013-12-14 13:38 UTC+2

“Let’s Gamble”

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Serge Matta opened from early position for 1,800 saying to the table, “Ok, come on let’s gamble.” Negreanu was on the same table and in a very energetic mood responded, “Oh, you got good cards? Now you want to gamble?” Onur Guvan put the chips in for a call, Negreanu folded, PokerStars player Thomas Brader called from the small blind and the big blind folded. Three players saw a flop of . Brader checked and Matta continued for 2,800 prompting Guvan to fold but Brader made the call. Turn card , another check from Brader and a bigger bet of 6,200 this time from Matta. The river was the and now Brader led out for 14,000. Matta hesitated, clearly not liking this turn of events, but it didn’t take him very long to release his hand to the dealer.

2013-12-14 13:40 UTC+2

Tough Table

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Table 12 is definitely not a dime a dozen as it's probably the toughest in the room. Seated around the same oval orf baize are this motley crew:

Seat	Player	Chips
1	Przemyslaw Misztel	73,400
2	Marc-Etienne Mclaughlin	26,100
3	Carlos Egea	43,800
4	Marc Macdonnell	98,200
5	Ryan Franklin	23,100
6	Shannon Shorr	40,400
7	Craig Mccorkell	37,500
8	Nicolas Levi	40,200

There's a bracelet winner, a November Niner, EPT Final Tablists and although Shannon Shorr doesn't have an outright win in a major tournament he's won a $10,000 event and has over $3,000,000 in lifetime earnings. Tough table for sure.

What's also interesting is that none of the main protagonists have an above average stack. Marc MacDonnell, who has final tabled a UKIPT event, is the biggest stack at the table.

As I was observing the table Shorr and Marc-Etienne Mclaughlin tangled in a pot. The former opened to 1,600 from early position, Mclaughlin three-bet to 4,000 total but folded after Shorr made it 7,500 to play with around 26,600 back. Pot to Shorr.

2013-12-14 13:42 UTC+2

Somar Al-Darwich Eliminated

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Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Somar Al-Darwich, who finished 38th in the WSOP Main Event this year for $185,694, just got eliminated at the hand of Martin Prager. Prager had opened the hijack to 1,600 and saw Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov three bet from the button to 4,000. Al-Darwich, looking sharp as ever, pushed all in from the big blind for 17,100. Danish player Prager made the call, Katchalov frowned and folded. Prager had ace-king and was well in front of Al-Darwich's ace-jack. The board was of no help to the German player and he exited the tournament area soon after.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Somar Al-Darwich	Eliminado

Tags: Somar Al-Darwich

2013-12-14 13:45 UTC+2

De Meulder Drops Some

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

A bad start for Matthias De Meulder as he's down to 20,000 after losing a pot to Lasell King. Defending champion Ramzi Jelassi folded from under-the-gun+1, next to act King raised to 1,700 and De Meulder took a break from the game he was playing on his iPad to make the call from the big blind.

On the flop King continuation bet 2,100 and De Meulder smooth called, both players checked the turn and the completed the board. First to act De Meulder fired out a bet of 5,100 but in swift order King raised to 14,000 and De Meulder turbo mucked his hand.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mattias De Meulder (Matthias De Meulder)	20,000	-10,000

Tags: Matthias De Meulder

2013-12-14 13:53 UTC+2

Hoedemaker Loses, Still Profits

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Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Dutch longtime grinder Micha Hoedemaker just lost an all in, but still managed to make some profits as the side pot was bigger than the main pot. It was a three way preflop all in where Hoedemaker had Albert Mykhaylyuta and one more player covered. Mykhaylyuta took to battle, the shortstack had and Hoedemaker showed up with . For a moment it looked like Hoedemaker would eliminate two players at once as the flop came down . The turn was the though, giving the shortstacked player new life. The river made no difference and Mykhaylyuta threw his tournament slip on the table in despair before leaving the table. The shortstack high fived someone on the rail and Hoedemaker and the dealer figured out the side pot to go on to the next hand a minute later.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Micha Hoedemaker	79,000

Tags: Micha Hoedemaker

2013-12-14 14:00 UTC+2

Early Day 2 Eliminations

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Emin Aghayev	Eliminado
Natan Lecht	Eliminado
Niko Mykkanen	Eliminado
Oleksii Kovalchuk	Eliminado
Gunter Fortkord	Eliminado
Paul Varano	Eliminado
Dmitry Yurasov	Eliminado
Slobodan Ruzicic	Eliminado
Zoltan Purak	Eliminado
Viktor Chiginev	Eliminado
Matej Marinovic	Eliminado
Andrea Dato	Eliminado
Kuljinder Sidhu	Eliminado
Toby Lewis	Eliminado
Timo Isotalo	Eliminado
Waldemar Peter	Eliminado
Robert Zipf	Eliminado
Yulius Sepman	Eliminado
[Removed:172]	Eliminado
Claude Marbleu	Eliminado
Eli Bohbot	Eliminado
Joseph El Khoury	Eliminado
Micah Raskin	Eliminado
Alessandro Monticciolo	Eliminado
Eric Lenoir	Eliminado

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2013-12-14 14:12 UTC+2

Table Boss

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Nikov Dobromir Georgiev from Bulgaria seems to like his table and has certainly been getting the best of it in the last half hour. When small blind Elfad Mammadov opened for 1,800 Georgiev moved all-in from the big blind for just over 20,000. It took a minute but Mammadov folded. Next hand Georgiev opened from the small blind for 2,400 and the big blind, Miklos Zsuffa, made the call with what seemed like slightly shaky hands. They saw a flop of which Georgiev felt confident enough to bet 3,500 on. He was right and got the fold.

Eduards Kudrjavcevs, a PokerStars player from Latvia, was next to try his luck opening for 1,800. A three-bet from Georgiev to 4,000 made the blinds fold and saw Kudrjavcevs release his hand. A couple of hands later Georgiev opened to 1,600 and it took a raise of 3,000 from former EPT Prague winner and PokerStars player Ramzi Jelassi to take a pot away. Jelasi’s neighbour congratulated him on putting a stop to the table boss.

Tags: Dobromir Nikov Elfad Mammadov Ramzi Jelassi

2013-12-14 14:17 UTC+2

An Orbit w/ WSOP Europe Main Event Champ Adrian Mateos

Nível 9 : 400/800, 100 ante

Back in October, a 19-year-old Spaniard by the name of Adrian Mateos defeated a stacked final table to win the 2013 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event for €1,000,000! Mateos did so by defeating accomplished pro Fabrice Soulier in heads-up play. Others Mateos outlasted were Dominik Nitsche (3rd - €400,000), Ravi Raghavan (5th - €176,000) and Benny Spindler (6th - €126,000).

“[With] more money I can play more events,” said an elated Mateos after the win. “You will see me more... Next year I can’t [go to Vegas], I have to wait, but I will be there.”

While Mateos has to wait to go to Vegas, he doesn't to play on the EPT. Mateos is in action today (you only have to be 18 to play in Prague), and we decided to spend an orbit with the young superstar.

Hand #1 (Middle Position): An under-the-gun player opened for 1,800 and Mateos made the call. Russia's Alexander Lakhov came along from the big blind and three players saw a flop of . The original raiser checked, Mateos bet 3,400, and Lakhov called. The under-the-gun player folded and it was heads-up action to the , which both players checked.

When the completed the board on the river, Mateos checked and then folded to a bet of 8,000 by Alexander Lakhov.

Hand #2 (UTG+1): The under-the-gun player folded and so did Mateos.

Hand #3 (Under the Gun): Mateos was first to act and folded.

Hand #4 (Big Blind): The under-the-gun player opened for 1,700 and was met by a three-bet to 4,200 by Lakhov. When action reached Mateos, he folded.

Hand #5 (Small Blind): Sean Prendiville raised to 1,800 from the hijack and Mateos folded.

Hand #6 (Button): Lakhov opened for 2,000 under the gun and everyone folded, including Mateos.

Hand #7 (Cutoff): Mateos opened the pot for 1,700 and received a call from Lakhov in the big blind. Lakhov proceeded to check-call a bet of 2,000 on the flop and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Lakhov led out for 2,100 and Mateos folded.

Hand #8 (Hijack): A player opened for 1,700 and Mateos folded.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Adrian Mateos	52,000	-6,000

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alexander Lakhov