Day 4 of the 2016 PokerStars EPT Season 13 Prague Main Event kicks off at noon local time with 65 players still in contention for the title from the original field of 1,192 entrants. Today will feature five 90-minute blind level and finish at the end of Level 24 or the day could end sooner if the field narrows down to 16 players.
David Peters heads into the day with a significant chip lead of 2,036,000. While he has yet to add an EPT Main Event title to his resume, the Ohio native with almost $7 million in career live tournament cashes recorded by The Hendon Mob, he did have a big EPT win last year when he shipped the €10,000 EPT Malta High Roller for €597,000.
Two other players begin the day with a seven digit chip count including Stoyan Obreshkov with 1,356,000) and Andrew Hulme with 1,050,000), Rounding out the top five heading into Day 4 are Apostolos Bechrakis with 985,000 and Kyosti Isberg with 960,000.
Other notable players still competing for the last ever EPT Main Event title include Matas Cimbolas, PokerStars Team Pro Felipe Ramos, Martin Kabrhel, Maxim Lykov, Salvatore Bonavena, Simon Charette, Fabrice Soulier and Benjamin Pollak.
PokerNews will be with you the entire way, from the first flop till the last river. Also, don't forget it's the start of the three-day €10,000 High Roller today - a tournament we'll be covering as well.
Martin Kabrhel and Marius Gierse had a pile of chips in the middle on a board of . Kabrhel wanted to add more to it, so he shoved all in from under the gun.
"Threes or sevens, huh?" Gierse said. "I guess ace-seven maybe."
Gierse did call the 295,000 with but was indeed trailing . Kabrhel improved to quads on the river and dragged the massive pot. Gierse wondered if he could fold, but Kabrhel insisted he couldn't on that turn.
Mihai Manole jammed all-in for his short-stack of 264,000 and Marius Gierse flat called. Fabrice Soulier went in over the top and also declared himself to be all-in for 550,000 before Gierse called him as well.
Manole:
Soulier:
Gierse:
Gierse had the lead before the flop and never looked back as the board ran out to eliminate both Manole and Soulier in the same hand. Meanwhile, Gierse's stack soared to 2,100,000.
Pedro Lamarca opened under the gun to 50,000 and got two callers before big blind Viteszlav Pesta jammed for 126,000. Lamarca reshipped after some thought for about 500,000, and Jukka Paloniemi announced a call from middle position. The last player folded.
Lamarca:
Paloniemi:
Pesta:
Paloniemi stayed best as flopped to give him a straight draw to boot. However, a turn gave Lamarca some outs to a flush. The river was a , improving Paloniemi to a straight and knocking out two players.
Salvatore Bonavena raised the action to 65,000 from early position before Sergei Petrushevskii called from the button.
The action went heads-up to the flop, which both players checked. Bonavena bet 105,000 when the hit the turn, which Petrushevskii called. The board completed with the on the river and Bonavena checked. Petrushevskii thought for a minute before jamming all in for 1,100,000, which had Bonavena's remaining stack of 405,000 covered.
Bonavena quickly called and turned over , which was dominated by his opponent's for a set. Bonavena was the last remaining prior EPT Main Event champ and was eliminated in 24th place for €27,200.
With EPT 13 Prague being the last EPT in history, Victoria Coren Mitchell will remain in the record books for being the only two-time EPT Main Event Winner.
Tim Cerkvenik opened in the cutoff and called when Kiryl Radzivonau put him all in from the big blind for about 600,000.
Cerkvenik:
Radzivonau:
Cerkvenik's jacks were still a hair ahead after the flop but he was in a lot of danger against a flush draw and an overcard. The turn was a , and that was all for Cerkvenik as he had no way of beating the nut flush.
Stoyan Obreshkov shoved all in from the cutoff for 325,000 after Stefan Fabian opened it up on his right. Fabian called with and had Obreshkov's dominated. The board ran out clean for Fabian and Obreshkov took his leave in 21st.
Jasper Meijer Van Putten opened in the cutoff and then checked down a board of board with Darren Delahunty, who was in the big blind. On the river, Delahunty shoved all in and Meijer Van Putten snap-called for about 400,000.
Delahunty:
Meijer Van Putten:
The rivered set was good for the knockout, and Delahunty headed to payouts.
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos got his last 400,000 or so in with needing to hold against the of David Lopez Llacer. It didn't happen, as a board of meant aces and jacks were a winner for Llacer.
Kiryl Radzivonau opened to 90,000 under the gun and got action from Stefan Fabian in the cutoff before Martin Kabrhel took his time in the big blind. Radzivonau called a clock eventually, and the tournament director was down to 10 seconds before Kabrhel called. On the flop, Kabrhel tanked again. Radzivonau tried calling a fast clock, expressing irritation at Kabrhel's tanking. He said he was going to call the clock every time and asked the tournament director when he was allowed to call it. The tournament director said it hadn't been a reasonable time, but eventually the clock was put on Kabrhel again. He bet 250,000 just before the countdown ended and got two fast folds.
After the hand, the TD told Kabrhel he was near having a permanent clock on him.