David Peters and Felipe Ramos in Contention as Day 5 Starts with 18 Remaining
In two hours from now at 12 p.m. noon local time, Day 5 of the record-breaking 2016 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event will get underway. After four tournament days and 25 levels, the massive field of 1,192 entries has been whittled down to the last 18 and Jasper Meijer van Putten is leading the hopefuls with a stack of 3,770,000.
The Dutchman has already secured the biggest payday of his career with €34,630 locked up, but all eyes are set on the first-prize of €774,600 and the last chance to become an EPT Main Event champion. The popular tournament series is rebranding in 2017 and in less than a month from now, the first ever PokerStars Championship will take place in the Bahamas with online satellites already underway.
Marius Gierse follows in second place with 3,375,000 while David Peters is third with 2,985,000. Marton Czuczor already had several deep runs in EPT Main Events and is aiming to reach his first final table; the Hungarian comes into Day 5 with a healthy stack of 2,935,000. Other notables still in include EPT regular Kiryl Radzivonau (2,590,000), Andrew Hulme (2,205,000), 2015 World Series of Poker Europe runner-up David Lopez Llacer (2,200,000) and Sam Cohen (2,065,000).
The other two big names in contention will return with the shortest stacks. Martin Kabrhel has been very vocal at the tables and made it to Day 5, while Felipe Ramos is the last remaining PokerStars Team Pro and has 525,000. This represents just over 10 big blinds for level 26 with blinds of 25,000/50,000 and a running ante of 5,000.
Day 5 Seat Assignments
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | 640,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Kiryl Radzivonau | Belarus | 2,590,000 |
| 1 | 3 | David Lopez Llacer | Spain | 2,200,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Jukka Paloniemi | Finland | 1,100,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Stefan Fabian | Romania | 2,635,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Sam Cohen | United States | 2,065,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Marton Czuczor | Hungary | 2,935,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Cristinel Dumitru | Romania | 1,400,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Janos Kurtosi | Hungary | 1,635,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Andrew Hulme | United Kingdom | 2,205,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Apostolos Bechrakis | Greece | 1,515,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Jasper Meijer van Putten | Netherlands | 3,770,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Marius Gierse | Germany | 3,375,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Sergei Petrushevskii | Russia | 1,945,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Josip Vidovic | Croatia | 705,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Felipe Ramos | Brazil | 525,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Gang Wang | China | 1,500,000 |
| 3 | 7 | David Peters | United States | 2,985,000 |
The goal of the day is the final table of the last six for cards-up coverage on Monday and two further redraws will take place - with two tables left and once the tournament is down to the last nine hopefuls. The PokerNews live reporting team will be there to cover all key hands until a winner is crowned. You can also follow the updates of the record-breaking €10,300 High Roller as well, which is scheduled to determine the last ever EPT High Roller champion within the next two days.
was checked through, not without any table talk by Kabrhel though. He moved his hippo over to the middle of the table and said "smells like Ace high there. Is there any chance you fold?" before eventually checking behind.
turn to set Kabrhel all in. "That is not correct. Minimum bet is 50,000, right?" Kabrhel inquired again and talked for another two minutes. Kabrhel then called all in and the cards were tabled.
river was a blank and Kabrhel was eliminated in 18th place for €34,630. Once all was done and the Czech had left the table, Kiryl Radzivonau said "thank you" to Fabian.
and Cohen hit top pair, leaving Paloniemi drawing very thing. On the 
turn, the Finn picked up some outs and Cohen asked for the eight of clubs. It was the 
on the river instead and Paloniemi was eliminated in 17th place. The remaining 16 players will now redraw to the last two tables.
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flop and Fabian check-called a bet of 210,000 on the 
turn. The 
river completed the board and Fabian checked again.
and Fabian lost with queens after losing the massive pot to pocket queens right before. He takes home €44,430 for his efforts and there are now 13 players remaining.
and the Greek was drawing dead by the turn to bow out in 13th place for €44,430.
, Lopez Llacer had the 
for aces and fives to scoop the huge pot. Wang takes home €57,450 for his efforts.
