€5,300 EPT Main Event Dia 3 | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

2018-12-15 13:56 UTC+2

Already Eliminated Today

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

The following players have already been eliminated today and cashed for €9,790:

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ondrej Drozd	Eliminado
Uri Reichenstein	Eliminado
Ondrej Vinklarek	Eliminado
Alexander Lukyanov	Eliminado
Alex Papazian	Eliminado
Danilo Velasevic	Eliminado
Maxime Chilaud	Eliminado
Markku Koplimaa	Eliminado

2018-12-15 13:50 UTC+2

Peters Doubles Through Blomqvist

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Niklas Blomqvist raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Tobias Peters three-bet to 37,500 from the button. The blinds folded for Blomqvist to four-bet shove with the bigger stack. Peters snap-called for the 159,500 he had behind.

Tobias Peters:
Niklas Blomqvist:

The board ran out for Peters to turn a higher pair with the queens. Peters just needed to avoid another heart on the river and that's just what he did to double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Tobias Peters	331,500	162,500
Niklas Blomqvist	116,000	-166,500

Tags: Tobias Peters Niklas Blomqvist

2018-12-15 13:45 UTC+2

Bedell Takes From Ruijs

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Tom-Aksel Bedell raised to 11,000 from the hijack and Joris Ruijs three-bet to 33,000 from the button. Action folded back to Bedell who called.

They both checked through the flop to the on the turn. Bedell now bet 37,500 and Ruijs called.

The river completed the board with the , Bedell barreled another bet over the line, now for 47,000. Ruijs contemplated for about twenty seconds before he made the call. Ruijs quickly mucked though when he saw Bedell had .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Tom-Aksel Bedell	504,000	70,500
Joris Ruijs	413,500	-78,500

Tags: Joris Ruijs Tom-Aksel Bedell

2018-12-15 13:41 UTC+2

Hasson Waves the White Flag

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Gary Hasson opened cutoff and Luc Greenwood defended big blind and check-called 11,000 on . He check-called 28,000 on the turn and the river was a . Greenwood checked a final time and Hasson looked ready to fire a shell before he opted to check back.

Greenwood opened and it was good.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gary Hasson	290,000	-113,500
Luc Greenwood	272,000	77,500

Tags: Gary Hasson Luc Greenwood

2018-12-15 13:36 UTC+2

Sereika's Four-Bet Wins

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

A player opened to 11,000 in middle position, the small blind made it 40,000 and Karolis Sereika cold four-bet to 88,000. The opener mucked, as did the three-bettor, and Sereika took it down without a fight.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Karolis Sereika	585,000	12,000

Tags: Karolis Sereika

2018-12-15 13:25 UTC+2

Teh Four-Bets, Wilson Folds to Bechrakis

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Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Markus Durnegger raised from the button, Evangelos Bechrakis three-bet to 35,000 in the small blind. Natalie Teh looked at their bets from the big blind and decided to four-bet to 85,000. Both Durnegger and Bechrakis quickly folded.

The hand after, Daniel Wilson raised to 11,000 from early position and was called by Bechrakis on the button.

The flop came , Wilson continued with a bet of 9,000 which Bechrakis called again.

The turn brought them the , Wilson now check-folded when Bechrakis bet 26,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Natalie Teh	820,000	34,000
Evangelos Bechrakis	705,000	-25,000
Arthur Conan	670,000	-35,000
Serdar Demircan	425,000	25,000
Markus Durnegger	206,000	-52,500
Daniel Wilson	190,000	-30,000

Tags: Daniel Wilson Evangelos Bechrakis Markus Durnegger Natalie Teh

2018-12-15 13:15 UTC+2

Maslak Busto Early

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

After an early open to 11,000 from Aliaksei Ivanou, Konstantin Maslak shoved all in from the next seat for what looked like around 80,000. Ivanou called when action folded back to him, showing . Maslak was in big trouble with but did flop some equity as hit. The turn gave him a worthless flush draw and the river sealed the bracelet winner's fate.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Aliaksei Ivanou	310,000	103,000
Konstantin Maslak	Eliminado

Tags: Konstantin Maslak

2018-12-15 13:12 UTC+2

Michailidis Hits 700K

Nível 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Levente Szabo bet 12,000 from the button on a board of and Dimitrios Michailidis made it 49,000 on a check-raise from his right. Szabo continued to the river and Michailidis bet 88,000. Szabo thought awhile and gave it up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Dimitrios Michailidis	700,000	69,000
Levente Szabo	181,000	-124,000

Tags: Dimitrios Michailidis Levente Szabo

Nível: 16

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 5,000

2018-12-15 12:00 UTC+2

Day 3 of The EPT Main Event Starts at Noon

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Welcome back to the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague and Day 3 of the €5,300 EPT Main Event here in the Hilton Prague. After two starting flights and Day 2, 137 surviving players out of 1,174 entries will return at noon to battle it out on the felt to see who will make it into Day 4. All returning players have already secured a cash of at least €9,790.

Natalie Teh claimed the chip lead last night with 786,000 but is closely followed by Parker Talbot who bagged 773,500 and Evangelos Bechrakis with 730,000. Actually, if you look at the seat draw, Teh and Bechrakis have been drawn on the same table, together with another top 5 chip stack, Arthur Conan (705,000). Other notable players on that table include Markus Durnegger and Serdar Demircan.

Talbot’s table also features Michal Schuh who lost a huge pot to Teh last night for the chip lead. Anton Wigg is fourth in the chip counts with 708,500 and is seated at the same table as Tomas Jozonis, Jia Tang, and Christopher Andler. Patrik Antonius is sharing table space with Danilo Velasevic.

Luc Greenwood will be sparring with Xixiang Luo, Henrik Hecklen, Gary Hasson, Sylvain Loosli, and Guoliang Wei. Former EPT Champion Andrey Pateychuk has Jason Wheeler, Simon Pedersen, and Markku Koplimaa on his starting table. And the list of interesting tables goes on and on.

Another five levels of 90 minutes each have been scheduled today with a 20-minute break after each level. This is how today will go:

Level	Duration	Small Blind	Big Blind	Big Blind Ante
16	90 minutes	2,500	5,000	5,000
	20-minute break
17	90 minutes	3,000	6,000	6,000
	20-minute break
18	90 minutes	4,000	8,000	8,000
	20-minute break
19	90 minutes	5,000	10,000	10,000
	20-minute break
20	90 minutes	6,000	12,000	12,000

Tags: Andrey Pateychuk Anton Wigg Arthur Conan Christopher Andler Danilo Velasevic Evangelos Bechrakis Gary Hasson Guoliang Wei Henrik Hecklen Jason Wheeler Jia Tang Luc Greenwood Markku Koplimaa Markus Durnegger Michal Schuh Natalie Teh Parker Talbot Patrik Antonius Sylvain Loosli Tomas Jozonis Xixiang Luo