Courtesy of Neil Stoddart.
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
The flop read ![]()
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with 21,000 in the middle already.
Jans Arends checked in mid-position and Raman Afanasenka bet 10,000 from the hijack. Arends took a few seconds before making the call.
The turn was the
, Arends checked again and Afanasenka now shoved, having Arends covered. Arends tanked for a while but opted to fold in the end.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
120,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
44,000
55,900
|
55,900 |
Jussi Nevanlinna opened the hijack for 4,500 and small blind Matteo Abatino shoved for 18,000. The big blind folded, Nevanlinna called.
Jussi Nevanlinna: ![]()
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Matteo Abatino: ![]()
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The ![]()
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flop was a blow to Abatino and he was drawing dead after the
hit the turn. The
on the river was there just for good measures and Nevanlinna started stacking.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
185,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
Eliminado |
The player in the under-the-gun position raised to 4,500 and Maxime Chilaud shoved in mid-position for 41,000 in total. Hon Cheong Lee did the same from the hijack with the bigger stack. The initial raiser contemplated for a bit before folding.
Maxime Chilaud: ![]()
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Hon Cheong Lee: ![]()
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The flop came ![]()
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for Chilaud to hit a pair of kings to take the lead.
The turn was the
for both of them to pick up a straight draw.
The river completed the board with the
to keep Chilaud ahead to double up through Lee.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
91,500
60,600
|
60,600 |
|
|
63,500
13,700
|
13,700 |
Evangelos Bechrakis opened the action with a raise to 4,500 from middle position. It folded to Muskan Sethi in the small blind who committed her last 37,000 by shoving all in. The big blind folded and Bechrakis, though not overly excited, called right away.
Muskan Sethi: ![]()
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Evangelos Bechrakis: ![]()
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The flop brought ![]()
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pairing Bechrakis twice. The
on the turn brought Sethi some fresh outs but the
on the river wasn't one of the cards she was looking for.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
225,000
93,500
|
93,500 |
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Eliminado | |
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With just 3% of the field coming from the Czech Republic, this is a very international event. 89 French players make for the biggest contribution tot he total amount of players, with Germany (55), Russia (53), United Kingdom (51), Italy (46), Poland (33), and Spain (31) all with a bigger contingents than the Czech Republic (30).
Ognyan Dimov raised to 4,000 from the early position and only Kees van Brugge made the call from the big blind.
The flop came ![]()
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, Van Brugge check-shoved when Dimov continued with a bet of 3,000 and Dimov snap-folded.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
455,000
263,100
|
263,100 |
|
|
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|
|
110,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
61,500
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
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|
|
39,000
49,900
|
49,900 |
|
|
21,500
46,900
|
46,900 |
|
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With Muskan Sethi eliminated not too long ago, Fatima Moreira de Melo was Team PokerStars Pro's last hope. Well, those hopes are now squashed as she too has hit the rail.
Moreira de Melo told us how she opened the hijack to 4,500 holding ![]()
. The player in the cutoff three-bet to 15,500 and the button and both blinds gave up. Moreira de Melo shoved for around 60,000 or so and the cutoff called.
The cutoff showed ![]()
and hit a queen right on the flop. Moreira de Melo received no help on the turn or river and packed her things and made her exit.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Eliminado |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
301,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
|
290,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
262,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
230,000
86,000
|
86,000 |
|
|
210,000
86,800
|
86,800 |
|
|
140,000
38,400
|
38,400 |
|
|
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|
|
128,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
|
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|
|
110,000
8,800
|
8,800 |
|
|
101,000
23,700
|
23,700 |
|
|
100,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
75,000
18,300
|
18,300 |
|
|
50,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
|
|
50,000
16,300
|
16,300 |
The 264 remaining players have been sent for their second 20-minute break of the day.