Down to the last handful of big blinds, [Removed:551] was at risk holding the 
. Aleksandras Rusinovas had him pipped with the 
and [Removed:552] was denied a chop on the 
board as Rusinovas paired the superior kicker.
Two of Joe "Staples" Stapleton's favorite victories on the European Poker Tour have come here in Prague, with Hossein Ensan's victory in 2015 accompanied by Mikalai Pobal's victory in 2019.
PokerNews spoke with him in the run-up to this year's EPT Prague about the return of the tour and of course the return of EPT Live.
"I'm really excited about is doing live streams again with live poker players," he told PokerNews. "And to be able to sit next to James [Hartigan] and have that sort of chemistry again, to be in the same room with him is something I'm looking forward to.”
Jovan Kenjic moved all-in for 27,500 from the button and was snap-called by Petr Setka in the big blind.
Jovan Kenjic: 
Petr Setka: 
Kenjic was still in front after the 
flop and sealed the check mark on the 
turn. The river was the 
and Kenjic raked in the pot.
PokerStars Ambassador Rafael Moraes started the day with 27,800 and had chipped up to over 100,000. He's fallen back somewhat and now sits with around 30 big blinds or 80,000.
At his table are Juan Pardo and Jorryt van Hoof, along with Marcin Dziubdziela who is the table chip leader with 340,000.
Bruno Lopes had carefully waited for a spot to get his short stack all-in and did so for the last 28,500, which was called by Demetrio Caminita.
Lopes held the while Caminita took the flip with the 
. On a board of 
, Lopes turned the nut straight and secured the double.
Nível: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
According to the screens, there are 262 players out of 1,190 entries remaining and they have been sent into a scheduled 20-minute break.
A preflop raising war got the chips of Ali Cataldegirmen into the middle and he was looked up by Giuliano Bendinelli, who had the superior stack by some margin.
Ali Cataldegirmen: 
Giuliano Bendinelli:
The clash of two pocket pairs favoured Cataldegirmen and he remained ahead through the 
board to celebrate the double-up for 104,500.
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