Within a matter of only 10 minutes according to his Twitter feed, Quentin Lecomte benefited from a fortunate setup in pocket queens versus pocket jacks and boosted his stack all the way up to 200,000 in chips.
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200,000
66,500
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66,500 |
Charles Chattha got moved to the feature table and shoved in the first hand with pocket kings for 36,000, a player called on the button with jacks and the player in the small blind found pocket aces. The jacks won it all.
Amir Mozaffarian was all in with 
on a flop of 
and got called by 
. The turn changed nothing, but a king on the river gave Dimitar Yosifov the better pair.
Other big names to hit the rail include Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen, Dragan Kostic, Sam Cohen, EPT Vienna champion Oleksii Khoroshenin and Stephen Chidwick, who finished third in the Super High Roller here in Prague.
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The action started with Eugene Katchalov raising to 5,000 from middle position. Anirudh Seth made the call from the blinds and the pair watched the flop come down 
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Seth checked before Katchalov threw out a continuation bet of 6,000. Seth call and checked once more when the delaer produced the 
on the turn.
Katchalov reached for his chips and bet out another 12,000 in chips. Seth thought about his decision for a minute before raising it up to 31,600. Katchalov called moments later.
The 
on the river prompted Seth to move in almost instanty. The bet totalled 160,000 which had Katchalov well covered. The Ukrainian Team Pro went into the tank for several minutes, noticeably agonising over his decision.
He finally mucked his hand and Seth was awarded the pot.
“I changed my mind like 20 times,” joked Katchalov after the hand, suggesting he was on the verge of calling on numerous occasions.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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250,000
164,000
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164,000 |
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75,000
-27,000
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-27,000 |
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The player in the hijack opened to 5,000 and two positions over at the button it was Shannon Shorr who made it 12,000. Both blinds folded, the hijack made the call.
The flop came 
and the hijack checked to Shorr. Shorr made a bet of 7,500 and instantly called the shove that followed for 47,000. The hijack was in a world of pain holding 
, Shorr showed 
.
The 
on the turn was of no interest to both parties involved, but the 
on the river made all the difference. Shorr still has lots of chips left, no reason for concerns just yet.
Shorr's neighbor Bram Haenraets, who did well in both EPT's this year (9th in Barcelona for €92,800, 21st in London for £17,300), isn't having such a good day. He started out with a decent stack but hasn't won many hands so far he told us. The table might be of concern to the Dutch player as well, besides Shorr it's also the table where the likes of Olivier Busquet, Thomas Muehloecker, and Alexander Roumeliotis play their hands.
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280,000
-20,000
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-20,000 |
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25,000
-68,100
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-68,100 |
They have come from far and wide to play EPT Prague, with 42 of the 50 countries in Europe represented. Who has missed out? PokerStars Blog takes a look.
Mustapha Kanit was stacking a mountain of chips when we passed his table and he gave us some vague details on how he had just acquired them. Upon further investigation and with the help of a Russian blogger, it all became apparent.
Kanit opened to 4,500 and Mickey Petersen as well as one further player called. Sergii Baranov squeezed to 24,000 and Kanit as well as the other player called to see the three-way flop of 
. Baranov bet 28,000 and only Kanit called to see another 
on the turn. Baranov moved all in for 140,000 chips with 
and Kanit had an easy call with 
for the nut flush.
This brings the Italian up to 450,000 and he is the new chip leader.
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450,000
260,000
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260,000 |
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Russel Thomas moved all in for just under 20 big blinds over a raise and ran with pocket nines into pocket aces, The former November Niner could not improve on a king-high board and was last seen texting with his mobile phone in the lobby in front of the tournament area.
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Eliminado |
Candido Goncalves raised to 4,000 with pocket aces and Roch Robert Genoud called with 
to see an ace-high flop. Goncalves checked the flop and then things went terribly wrong, as the Frenchman left the table rambling and out of chips after he got his set of aces cracked.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
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320,000
266,200
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266,200 |
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On a board of 
we saw Anirudh Seth push all in. His opponent was Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov who called instantly. Seth showed 
for a flopped set but that hand would soon be facedown in the muck. Katchalov tabled 
for a back doored flush and got the pot, plus the 55,800 he called all in for times two.
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190,000
115,000
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115,000 |
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Maximiano Goncalves raised to 5,100 from middle position before Robert Schulz moved all in for his remaining 24,500 in chips from the button. The blinds got out of the way and Goncalves called.
Goncalves: 
Schulz: 
Schulz was dominating with the higher kicker and welcomed the double up when the board ran out 
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54,700
1,900
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1,900 |
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51,000
9,200
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9,200 |
