€5,300 Main Event Dia 2 | 2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague

2014-12-13 17:18 UTC+2

Badziakouski Rivered

Mateusz_Pater

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We arrived at the table just as the player in middle position raised it up to 2,500 in chips. Mikita Badziakouski made the call from the button before Andreas Berggren bumped it up to 4,900 from the small blind. The original raiser then four bet to 9,400. Badziakouski quickly moved all in for almost 170,000 in chips and was snap called by Berggren who had 67,300 in chips. The player in middle position folded his hand.

Badziakouski:
Berggren:

The board ran out to see Berggren catch running cards to make a straight and double up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andreas Berggren	150,000 88,600	88,600
Mikita Badziakouski	100,000 46,800	46,800

Tags: Andreas Berggren

2014-12-13 17:20 UTC+2

Chip Counts and Bustouts

zedmaster84

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Quite a few familiar names have had a big stack such as Bruno "Kool Shen" Lopes, Chino Rheem and Bryn Kenney, but they have all been sent to the rail. Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof could not spin up her middle-stack and joined them as well. Furthermore, below are the updated chip counts of other notables and big stacks in the field.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Chris Hunichen	310,000 106,000	106,000

Tamer Kamel	290,000 155,000	155,000
Sergey Lebedev	215,000 93,200	93,200
Christopher Andler	200,000 133,900	133,900
Artem Metalidi	107,000 26,100	26,100
Jannick Wrang	95,000 50,800	50,800

Zo Karim	83,000 23,200	23,200
Oleksii Khoroshenin	68,000 -82,500	-82,500

Russell Thomas	65,000 26,700	26,700
Martin Jacobson	34,000 13,400	13,400
Jussi Nevanlinna	30,000 -23,500	-23,500
Bryn Kenney	Eliminado
Bruno Lopes	Eliminado

Harrison Gimbel	Eliminado

Jonathan Roy	Eliminado
Chino Rheem	Eliminado

Natalie Hof	Eliminado

Connor Drinan	Eliminado

Tags: Bruno Lopes Bryn Kenney Chino Rheem Natalie Hof

2014-12-13 17:28 UTC+2

Lodden Cracks Aces To Double

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Johnny Lodden had called a 5,600 three-bet from big blind Patryk Poterek and they went heads up to a flop of .

Poterek checked and when Lodden bet 5,500 Poterek check-raised him to 12,000. Lodden moved all in and Poterek called to put him at risk.

Lodden had flopped two pair with his and Poterek could only table in despair.

The turn and river didn’t leave Poterek with many chips, but it gave Lodden the Double up he craved.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Johnny Lodden	70,000 -23,000	-23,000

Patryk Poterek	13,100 -44,900	-44,900

Tags: Johnny Lodden

2014-12-13 17:40 UTC+2

Danzer Lays Down

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

George Danzer opened for 3,500 but when Jeffrey Hakim raised him to 8,000 he had a decision on his hands.

Danzer mucked and asked Hakim, “Were you suited?”

Hakim didn’t give a straight reply but asked in response, “Guess it was eights or nines?”

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
George Danzer	38,000 -12,000	-12,000

2014-12-13 17:41 UTC+2

Aces Versus Kings

Mateusz_Pater

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We arrived at the table just in time to see a player throw out a four bet to 25,700 in chips from under the gun plus one. His opponent was Lukasz Tomecki in the blinds who raised once again to 46,500. A few minutes passed before an all in was announced and Tomecki snap called the shove for his tournament life.

Tomecki:
Opponent:

The board ran out to see Tomecki rake in a monster pot with his pair of aces.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Lukasz Tomecki	238,200 151,900	151,900

2014-12-13 17:41 UTC+2

Hakim Wins Huge 3-Way All In

Webjoker

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

From one of our colleagues we heard about a huge hand where Jeffrey Hakim won a three way all in. We headed over to Hakim and asked for some details.

Hakim told us that Arianna Son had opened under the gun, Hakim had flatted with and the big blind squeezed. Son made a four bet, Hakim five bet, the big blind six bet all in, Son called it off, and Hakim did the same.

Jeffrey Hakim:
Arianna Son:
Big blind:

The board was full of blanks and Hakim busted Son and crippled the big blind. Hakim, the Lebanese internet sensation who finished 8th in Season 10's EPT Deauville (€60,000) now plays around 270,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Jeffrey Hakim	270,000 177,700	177,700
Arianna Son	Eliminado

Tags: Arianna Son Jeff Hakim Jeffrey Hakim

2014-12-13 17:41 UTC+2

Chidwick Shoves Turn

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

In a blind on blind confrontation over a flop of the player in the small blind checked to Stephen Chidwick who put out a bet of 6,000 and got a call.

The turn was the and it was checked to Chidwick who had another look at his hole cards and moved all in covering his opponents remaining 30,000.

His opponent took nearly five minutes thinking time, shifting around in his seat, looking all around the room, back at his cards and then at Chidwick who sat motionless, eyes closed. In the end he mucked and whispered a, “Nice hand.” getting a “Thank you.” in response.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Stephen Chidwick	86,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Stephen Chidwick

2014-12-13 17:52 UTC+2

Zaichenko Busts ElkY

zedmaster84

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

It was a dire day for Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, as the French Team PokerStars Pro dropped all the way down to his last five big blinds and then moved all in after a raise of start-of-the-day chip leader Andrey Zaichenko. The pocket jacks of the Russian held in the showdown against and ElkY quickly headed out of the tournament area.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Andrey Zaichenko	205,000 -32,600	-32,600
Bertrand Grospellier	Eliminado

Tags: Andrey Zaichenko Bertrand Grospellier

2014-12-13 17:55 UTC+2

Jacobson Doubles

zedmaster84

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Martin Jacobson first defended his big blind against a 3,200-raise of Gerald Karlic and then folded on a flop of to the continuation bet of the Austrian. Karlic has been running over the table as of lately and got paid off with pocket kings, it would however be Darren Rabinowitz that put Jacobson to the rest.

In the next hand, Rabinowitz raised from the button to 3,200 and Jacobson got his remaining 15,000 chips in with . Rabinowitz had and couldn't get there on a board of .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Gerald Karlic	210,000 168,000	168,000
Darren Rabinowitz	145,000 77,700	77,700
Martin Jacobson	32,600 -1,400	-1,400

Tags: Darren Rabinowitz Gerald Karlic Martin Jacobson

2014-12-13 17:58 UTC+2

Dovidaitis Eliminated by Karim

Mateusz_Pater

Nível 12 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We arrived at the table just as Egidijus Dovidaitis checked from the small blind on a flop. Zohair Karim then bet out before Dovidaitis came over the top announcing all in for 29,600. Karim thought about his decision before making the call.

Dovidaitis:
Karim:

Dovidaitis was at risk with his flush draw behind to Karim’s pair of jacks. He would find no help as the dealer produced the and on the turn and river to see his day end.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Zo Karim	80,000 -3,000	-3,000
Egidijus Dovidaitis	Eliminado