Sylwester Fortuna raised to 600 from early position, Niklas Astedt called, then Mounir Tajiou moved all in for 4,500. Fortuna isolated and Astedt folded to leave two players to flip their cards.
Mounir Tajiou: Q♠9♦ 
Sylwester Fortuna: A♠10♠
The board ran out 7♠10♦8♣4♠J♠ with the river bringing a straight for Tajiou, but also a flush for Fortuna. Tajiou was eliminated as Fortuna dragged in the pot.
Armin Rezaei opened to 1,300 from middle position. Andras Nemeth on the button was the only one to call.
On a board of J♣J♦K♠K♦, Nemeth bet 1,200, then fired a second barrel of 3,500. Rezaei check-called both times.
After Rezaei checked again the 6♣ river, Nemeth bet 8,000. Rezaei made the call with A♣Q♥ and it was good enough to scoop the pot because Nemeth was bluffing with 7♥5♥.
Martin Sedlak raised under the gun to 1,200, Koyes Miah called from the cutoff and Alessandro Pichierri called in the big blind.
Action checked around on a flop of 5♦10♣Q♥. Pichierri led when the 7♣ hit the turn for 3,000 but was quickly raised to 8,500 by Sedlak. Miah folded then Pichierri called.
Pichierri checked when the 5♣ completed the board and Sedlak checked back. Pichierri tabled Q♣8♠ and took the pot.
Janne Nevalainen raised to 1,300 from early position, Simas Karaliunas three-bet to 4,000 from the button and Nevalainen called.
Nevalainen checked on the 4♥J♠9♥ flop and Karaliunas checked behind. The turn was the 10♥ and Nevalainen led for 7,000, which Karaliunas called.
The river came the 9♠ and Nevalainen used a time bank before pushing in a stack of blues worth 30,000, which was more than half of his stack. This sent Karaliunas into the tank himself before he made the call.
Nevalainen tabled 9♦9♣ for quad nines. His opponent nodded in approval as he mucked and Nevalainen won the pot.
Romain Stoica opened to 1,200 from middle position. Peteris Enders in the hijack called, but Leo Worthington-Leese in the cutoff three-bet to 5,200. The button and the blinds folded, as well as Stoica, but Enders called.
Worthington-Leese continued for 3,200 on the 6♦A♦10♣ flop and was called, then he checked back the 2♦ turn.
Both players checked again the 9♦ river and Enders flipped over A♣J♣ for top pair, while Worthington-Leese cards' went into the muck.
Nível: 5
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 600
Players in the EPT High Roller are heading for their second 20-minute break of the day. There are now 185 entries and 151 players remaining.
Nenad Dukic open-raised to 1,000 from under the gun, leaving himself just 500 behind. He picked up two calls, one from Ilya Nikiforov, before Arthur Thiriart three-bet to 5,200 from the small blind. Dukic put the rest of his chips in and Nikiforov also called.
The flop came 4♥10♣7♥ and Thiriart continued for 5,600, which Nikiforov called. Both players checked it back on the K♠ turn.
The river was the 7♦ and Thiriart fired out a bet of 9,500 and Nikiforov used two time bank cards before making the call. Players revealed their hands.
Nikiforov had A♠J♥ for ace-high. Dukic had A♣3♦ and also had ace-high. Thiriart turned over Q♣Q♠ for pocket queens, two pair with the sevens on board to win the pot. Dukic busted and Nikiforov took a blow to his stack.
The road to PokerStars European Poker Tour glory always has plenty of twists and turns, and the record-breaking 2023 EPT €5,300 Prague Main Event was no exception.
Jon Kyte, who had led the tournament from Day 3, entered the finale with 229 big blinds and a historic chip lead, one that was assumed to be unassailable. Padraig O'Neill had other ideas and was unexpectedly awarded the final EPT Trophy of the 2023 season after overcoming the Norwegian in heads-up play.
Known affectionately as "Smidge" in the Irish poker community, O'Neill came into the day as the shortest stack and turned his 12 big blinds into a €1,030,000 payout. With the victory, he became Ireland's second-ever EPT Main Event champion, 11 years after Steve O'Dwyer reigned supreme in Monte Carlo.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Padraig O'Neill | Ireland | €1,030,000 |
| 2 | Jon Kyte | Norway | €643,000 |
| 3 | Umberto Ruggeri | Italy | €459,240 |
| 4 | Cheng Zhao | China | €353,240 |
| 5 | Adam Wagner | Czechia | €271,660 |
| 6 | Grigorii Rodin | Russian Federation | €209,000 |
| 7 | Govert Metaal | Netherlands | €160,750 |
| 8 | Marle Spragg | United States | €123,600 |
| 9 | Vincent Meli | France | €95,000 |
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