€5,300 EPT Main Event Dia 1a | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

2018-12-12 14:19 UTC+2

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Guenter Castro	45,000
Charlie Carrel	40,000 10,000	10,000
Andrei Konopelko	39,500
Marton Czuczor	39,000
Norbert Szecsi	39,000 9,000	9,000
Dimitar Danchev	31,700

Goran Mandic	30,000
Joao Vieira	23,700 -6,300	-6,300

On a board of , three players had already built a pot of around 15,000. Asi Moshe bet 6,800 from the small blind and got called by both his under-the-gun opponent and a player in the cutoff. The river was the and Moshe checked. Rabah Ait Abdelmalek bet 11,000, the cutoff immediately folded and Moshe smiled and shook his head.

"So lucky," he said, mucking .

Ait-abdelmalek tabled and raked in the pot.

"Nice hand," Moshe said.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek	64,000
Asi Moshe	11,700 -18,300	-18,300

Tags: Asi Moshe Rabah Ait Abdelmalek

2018-12-12 14:43 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

Nível 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

New arrivals include high roller participants Patrik Antonius and Pavel Plesuv, the latter having just busted in fourth earlier today in the €50K for €220,870.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Charlie Carrel	67,000 27,000	27,000
Patrik Antonius	36,500 36,500	36,500

Max Silver	34,500 4,500	4,500
Antoine Labat	33,000 3,000	3,000
Thomas Boivin	31,900 1,900	1,900
Pavel Plesuv	30,000 30,000	30,000
Gianluca Speranza	30,000 30,000	30,000
Niall Farrell	23,000 -7,000	-7,000

Farid Yachou	21,500 -8,500	-8,500

2018-12-12 14:49 UTC+2

Ivarsson Torments Neighbor Again

Nível 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Alexander Ivarsson certainly appears to be torturing his opponent on the right, as after already besting him in one pot he just got the better of him again in a bigger pot.

This time, Ivarsson bet 2,800 into 3,300 from the button on and his opponent called. On the river, the first player checked and Ivarsson bet 6,800. He was again called after some thinking time, and he showed down to win with two pair.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Alexander Ivarsson	41,000 11,500	11,500

Tags: Alexander Ivarsson

2018-12-12 14:58 UTC+2

Former Champ Arrives

Nível 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Dutchman Jasper Meijer Van Putten, who won this event in 2016, the last time it was under the EPT banner, has taken a seat at the same table as Thomas Boivin. He just played a pot where he fired a bet of 800 on and a player in the small blind check-called him. Both players checked the and and Meijer Van Putten couldn't beat .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jasper Meijer Van Putten	30,000

Tags: Jasper Meijer van Putten

2018-12-12 15:06 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts at Break

Nível 2 : 100/100, 100 ante

Players are on break for 20 minutes.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Martin Finger	39,000

Thomas Muehloecker	39,000
Colin Robinson	20,500
Saar Wilf	15,600 -14,400	-14,400

Nível: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 200

2018-12-12 15:30 UTC+2

Gieles Doubles Through Fatehi

Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Ali Reza, pictured in the super high roller.

Ali Reza Fatehi has been firing away at a table on the stage, amassing a stack of about 60,000 before a recent slide. First, he paid off a river bet by a player who flopped a set and rivered a full house.

Then, Pim Gieles bet 3,000 on a board of out of the small blind and Fatehi called. On the river, Gieles shoved all in for 21,000. Fatehi called fairly quickly but couldn't beat .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Pim Gieles	54,300
Ali Reza Fatehi	31,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Ali Reza Fatehi Pim Gieles

2018-12-12 15:40 UTC+2

Photos: 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event Day 1a

Photos by Neil Stoddart.

Charlie Carrel (L) and Orpen Kisacikoglu

2018-12-12 16:00 UTC+2

€10K Champ Tuna Among Recent Entries

Nível 3 : 100/200, 200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jonas Lauck	66,000
Charlie Carrel	63,000 -4,000	-4,000
Steven van Zadelhoff	53,000 23,000	23,000
Paul Michaelis	50,000

Max Silver	39,500 5,000	5,000
Niall Farrell	37,000 14,000	14,000

Sylvain Loosli	30,000
Sam Greenwood	30,000
Tomas Jozonis	30,000
Francois Billard	28,000
Vojtech Ruzicka	20,500
Uri Reichenstein	15,000
Akin Tuna	14,500
Conor Beresford	7,500