€5,300 Main Event
Dia 6 Iniciado
€5,300 Main Event
Dia 6 Iniciado
Still 6 players are in contention for the coveted 2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague €5,300 Main Event title, with Ilkin Amirov in the lead. The Azerbaijani was already going strong when he knocked out no less than three people in one hand to go from 13 to 10 players in one swoosh. That hand, dubbed one of the wildest hands in EPT history, speeded things up, but it still took for just after midnight to finish the penultimate day.
The final table starts at 1 om local time today (in about an hour), but live coverage on PokerNews.com doesn't start till 2 pm as we don't want to spoil anything for the live stream. There's still some 23 minutes left in level 30 (50,000/100,000 with a 10,000 ante), which gives chip leader Amirov 100 big blinds while short stack Olivier Ferrero starts with only 18 big blinds.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
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1 | Hossein Ensan | Germany | 2,715,000 | 27 |
2 | Ilkin Amirov | Azerbaijan | 9,975,000 | 100 |
3 | Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | 3,640,000 | 36 |
4 | Thomas Butzhammer | Germany | 5,490,000 | 54 |
5 | Gleb Tremzin | Russia | 7,785,000 | 78 |
6 | Olivier Ferrero | France | 1,745,000 | 18 |
Don't forget to also keep your eye on our €10,300 High Roller coverage as 18 players battle it out for a first prize of €594,000 at 12:30 pm (in about half an hour). Kevin MacPhee leads that tournament with the likes of Vanessa Selbst, Daniel Cates and Davidi Kitai also still in contention.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Ilkin Amirov | 9,975,000 | |
Gleb Tremzin | 7,785,000 | |
Thomas Butzhammer | 5,490,000 | |
Slaven Popov | 3,640,000 | |
Hossein Ensan | 2,715,000 | |
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Olivier Ferrero | 1,745,000 |
Nível: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 10,000
With 23 minutes and 13 seconds left in the level, play is underway.
Get to know the final six players.
Hand #1: Ilkin Amirov raised under the gun plus one with to 205,000 and he picked up the pot. This hand puts Amirov over 10 million chips, about 2.5 million more than Gleb Tremzin, who's in second place.
Hand #2: Ilkin Amirov raised under the gun with to 205,000 and Slaven Popov woke up with on his direct left. Popov called, and the other players folded. The flop came down and Popov flopped quads! Amirov continued for 175,000 and Popov made the call.
On the turn the hit, giving Amirov a pair, but he was already drawing dead against the quads of his opponent. Amirov bet 255,000 and Popov stared at the board before making it 660,000 total. Amirov went into the tank for quite some time before calling, and the river was the .
This time Amirov checked, and Popov bet 1,195,000 with 2,290,000 in the middle. Amirov folded rather quickly and Popov picked up the first big pot of this six-handed final table.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Ilkin Amirov |
9,120,000
-855,000
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-855,000 |
Slaven Popov |
4,870,000
1,230,000
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1,230,000 |
Hand #3: Gleb Tremzin opened the cutoff with for 240,000. Hossein Ensan in the big small three-bet to 465,000 with and Tremzin made the call. The flop came , hitting both players pretty hard. Ensan bet 450,000 into the million chip pot and Tremzin called to bump the pot to 1,990,000.
The hit the turn and Ensan, with 1.68 million behind, checked. Tremzin checked behind. The completed the board and Ensan bet 600,000. Tremzin called, won the pot with trips, and left Ensan with just 1.08.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Gleb Tremzin |
9,300,000
1,515,000
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1,515,000 |
Hossein Ensan |
1,080,000
-1,635,000
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-1,635,000 |
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Hand #4: Gleb Tremzin looked down on under the gun plus one and he raised to 220,000. Ilkin Amirov found in the small blind and he made the call. Slavan Popov sat on in the big blind and he called as well, creating a three-way pot.
The flop brought out and Popov hit top pair, jumping ahead of Tremzin's kings. Tremzin bet 155,000 after Amirov and Popov checked, and the latter was the only caller of this bet.
The turn brought the and Popov checked again, getting Tremzin to bet 175,000. Popov made the call again, and the river was the . Both players checked and Popov showed the winner with ace-queen.
Hand #5: Ilkin Amirov raised with from the button and Thomas Butzhammer called from the big blind wth . The flop brought out and both players checked, putting the on the turn. Butzhammer lead out for 330,000 on the turn and he picked up the pot.
Nível: 31
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 20,000
Hand #6: Ilkin Amirov in the cutoff opened for 250,000 with another big hand; . Slaven Popov made the call on the button with . Gleb Tremzin in the big blind over called with .
Three way to the flop: . Amirov was still ahead with his jacks but the ace on the flop had Tremzin and him check. Popov, in position, bet 330,000 and Tremzin called with second pair, Amirov folded the best hand. on the turn and Tremzin checked. Popov, now with a 3% hand, checked behind.
The fell on the river and Tremzin bet a mere 365,000 into the 1,590,000 pot. Popov just about instantly folded.
Hand #7: Action folded to Slaven Popov in the cutoff and he made it 240,000 with . Short stack Olivier Ferrero found in the big blind but didn't defend. Pot to Popov.
Hand #8: Popov with the went for two in a row and opened to 240,000 from early position. It was short stacked Hossein Ensan in the big blind but he too had a nothing hand () and folded.
Hand #9: for Gleb Tremzin in the cutoff with two shorties behind him. He opened to 265,000 nonetheless. Olivier Ferrero with on the button moved in for 1,255,000 and Hossein Ensan called all in for 860,000 with from the blinds. Tremzin folded.
It was a pure coinflip, but that all changed after the flop! Ensan was now leading, and he didn't get in trouble anymore with the on the turn and on the river. Double up for Ensan, Ferrero down to just 3 big blinds.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Hossein Ensan |
2,225,000
1,145,000
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1,145,000 |
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Olivier Ferrero |
395,000
-1,350,000
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-1,350,000 |
Hand #10: With just three big blinds left, Olivier Ferrero folded and it was Hossein Ensan who raised with from the button to 265,000. Slavan Popov called from the big blind with .
The flop brought out and Popov checked to Ensan who bet 300,000 and Popov folded.
Hand #11: Olivier Ferrero moved all in for 355,000 holding under the gun plus one. Thomas Butzhammer made the call from the big blind with and the showdown went as follows.
The flop brought out and Butzhammer hit trips right away. On the turn Ferrero was knocked out, and the river completed the board with the . The tournament is now down to its final five.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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Olivier Ferrero | Eliminado |