€1,100 EPT National
Dia 3 Iniciado
€1,100 EPT National
Dia 3 Iniciado
At noon local time, the final 32 players out of a field of 2,452 entries will return to their seats in the Hilton Prague for the penultimate day of the 2019 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €1,100 EPT National and they all have €7,390 locked up. However, the eyes are set on making it through another day to secure as big a slice as possible of the €2,353,920 prize pool, and the winner can look forward to a payday of €375,000.
Leading the field into the penultimate day is Germany's Philipp Heinke, who will return to a stack of 5,855,000, good enough for 73 big blinds at 40,000-80,000 with a big blind ante of 80,000. Second in chips is 2016 EPT Prague Main Event champion Jasper Meijer Van Putten (5,135,000) followed by Jussi Mattila (4,980,000) in third place.
Nine different nationalities are represented in the top 10 heading into Day 3 and other notables with above-average stacks include Nikita Kuznetcov (3,935,000), Gregory Armand (3,225,000), Andrei Konopelko (3,150,000), Alexandre Viard (2,900,000), 2019 EPT Open Sochi runner-up Giorgiy Skhulukhiya (2,860,000), and Jakub Oliva (2,580,000).
Also in contention are such familiar faces as Narcis Nedelcu (2,265,000), Micha Hoedemaker (1,900,000), Pierre Calamusa (1,300,000) and Grzegorz Wyraz (1,225,000), and they will all aim to reach the final table. Day 3 is scheduled to play a maximum of 10 levels of 60 minutes each or down to the final six players, whichever of the two comes first.
You can follow the action from start to finish as of noon local time right here on PokerNews to find out who will claim the trophy in the second-biggest EPT National in Prague history.
EPT National Prague Day 3 Seat Draw
Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | Micha Hoedemaker | Netherlands | 1,900,000 | 24 |
1 | 2 | Alexandre Viard | France | 2,900,000 | 36 |
1 | 3 | Sergei Koliakov | Russia | 820,000 | 10 |
1 | 4 | Luigi Lavigna | Italy | 1,110,000 | 14 |
1 | 5 | Narcis Nedelcu | Romania | 2,265,000 | 28 |
1 | 6 | Nazar Buhaiov | Ukraine | 2,625,000 | 33 |
1 | 7 | Gregory Telman | Israel | 3,680,000 | 46 |
1 | 8 | Jussi Mattila | Finland | 4,980,000 | 62 |
2 | 1 | Nikita Kuznetcov | Russia | 3,935,000 | 49 |
2 | 2 | Fidan Zahiti | Sweden | 3,815,000 | 48 |
2 | 3 | Patrick El Kallas | Jordan | 1,455,000 | 18 |
2 | 4 | Andrei Konopelko | Belarus | 3,150,000 | 39 |
2 | 5 | Philipp Heinke | Germany | 5,855,000 | 73 |
2 | 6 | Jakub Oliva | Czech Republic | 2,580,000 | 32 |
2 | 7 | Lyudmil Ivanov | Bulgaria | 1,803,000 | 23 |
2 | 8 | Yin Liu | China | 1,330,000 | 17 |
3 | 1 | Grzegorz Wyraz | Poland | 1,225,000 | 15 |
3 | 2 | Marcin Lesniewski | Poland | 1,485,000 | 19 |
3 | 3 | Emile Baroudi | Lebanon | 505,000 | 6 |
3 | 4 | Timo Laasonen | Finland | 2,870,000 | 36 |
3 | 5 | Gregory Armand | United States | 3,225,000 | 40 |
3 | 6 | David Katav | Israel | 1,010,000 | 13 |
3 | 7 | Rafael Alkhouri | Sweden | 1,200,000 | 15 |
3 | 8 | Sergey Perelygin | Russia | 1,555,000 | 19 |
4 | 1 | Giorgiy Skhulukhiya | Russia | 2,860,000 | 36 |
4 | 2 | Bartosz Stasiewicz | Poland | 2,160,000 | 27 |
4 | 3 | Giulio Mascolo | Italy | 865,000 | 11 |
4 | 4 | Vojtech Susta | Czech Republic | 1,245,000 | 16 |
4 | 5 | Jasper Meijer Van Putten | Netherlands | 5,135,000 | 64 |
4 | 6 | Semen Kravets | Russia | 1,310,000 | 16 |
4 | 7 | Pierre Calamusa | France | 1,300,000 | 16 |
4 | 8 | Michael Kramer | Netherlands | 1,225,000 | 15 |
Nível: 28
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 80,000
The players have been welcomed back to the tables and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal with the button in Seat 8.
Yin Liu shoved from the button in the first hand of the day while still opening his bag. Action was on Fidan Zahiti who asked how much the all-in was for and Liu showed his bag. Zahiti contemplated for a bit before making the call.
Yin Liu:
Fidan Zahiti:
The board ran out for Liu to hit the river to double up with immediately.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Yin Liu |
2,800,000
1,470,000
|
1,470,000 |
Fidan Zahiti |
2,395,000
-1,420,000
|
-1,420,000 |
Jussi Mattila raised to 180,000 from the cutoff and Sergei Koliakov shoved in the big blind for his last chips which Mattila quickly called.
Sergei Koliakov:
Jussi Mattila:
The flop came which didn't help Koliakov.
The turn was the which now gave Koliakov a shot to split the pot but the turn was the to end Koliakov's tournament run in 32nd place.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jussi Mattila |
5,840,000
860,000
|
860,000 |
Sergei Koliakov | Eliminado |
Jasper Meijer van Putten raised to 175,000 in middle position, Pierre Calamusa three-bet shoved two seats to his left and Meijer van Putten snap-folded once back on him.
The EPT13 Prague champ then opened two hands later to 175,000 in early position. The French pro once again flicked it in, this time for 1,620,000, but Meijer van Putten was ready this time and called it off directly as soon as the action returned.
Pierre Calamusa:
Jasper Meijer van Putten:
Not a sweat in sight for the Dutchman on a board to make Calamusa the second bust of the day.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jasper Meijer van Putten |
6,630,000
1,495,000
|
1,495,000 |
Pierre Calamusa | Eliminado | |
|
On the first hand, Michael Kramer shoved from under the gun for 1,300,000 and action folded to Semen Kravets in the big blind who called for 1,230,000.
Semen Kravets:
Michael Kramer:
The flop came to keep Kramer ahead. The turn was the which didn't change things and Kravets got up from his chair already but the river completed the board with the for Kravets to stay alive.
The hand after, Kramer was forced all-in in the big blind for his last 70,000. Action folded to Kravets in the small blind who made the call.
Michael Kramer:
Semen Kravets:
The flop came to give them both a pair with Kravets holding the bigger one. The turn was the which didn't help Kramer and the on the river only improved Kravet's hand to a flush to eliminate the Dutchman in 30th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Semen Kravets |
2,610,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
||
Michael Kramer | Eliminado |
Lebanon's Emile Baroudi started the day already on fumes and got his final 345,000 in the middle in a blind-on-blind battle with Timo Laasonen.
Emile Baroudi:
Timo Laasonen:
The king popped up on the flop to give Laasonen the lead, and he held up to eliminate Baroudi in 29th after the board ran out .
At the same table, Sergey Perelygin lost almost all his chips with against Rafael Alkhouri's in an earlier blind battle to leave the former with scraps.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Timo Laasonen |
2,720,000
-150,000
|
-150,000 |
Rafael Alkhouri |
2,300,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
Sergey Perelygin |
260,000
-1,295,000
|
-1,295,000 |
Emile Baroudi | Eliminado |
Sergey Perelygin shoved from the hijack for his last 215,000 and action folded to David Katav in the big blind who tanked for a while before making the call in the end.
Sergey Perelygin:
David Katav:
The board ran out for Katav to flop a pair of deuces and end up with two pair to send Perelygin to the rail in 28th place.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
David Katav |
1,165,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
Sergey Perelygin | Eliminado |