€5,300 Main Event
Dia 5 Concluído
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
€5,300 Main Event
Dias: 5
Event Info
Resultado Final
Event Info
Informações sobre o nível
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,535,000
Entradas
1,107
Nível
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Stephen Graner Leads Final Seven of 2014 EPT Prague Main Event
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
The penultimate day of the 2014 PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague Main Event saw 22 players from a record-breaking field of 1,107 entries return to the tables of the Hilton Prague Hotel. Fabio Sperling led when play resumed, and five 90-minute levels later the field was cut down to the final seven.
Stephen Graner will return for the final day as a commanding chip leader with 12,405,000, and the American is looking to improve his career-best result of $273,854 after coming sixth in the "Millionaire Maker" at the 2014 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas this past summer.
Frenchman Remi Castaignon, who will return as shortest stack, may become the first male player and second overall to win two EPT Main Events after emerging victorious in Deauville last year. Currently, only Victoria Coren Mitchell has two EPT titles.
Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Name | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anton Bertilsson | Sweden | 7,740,000 | 77.40 |
| 2 | Simon Mattsson | Sweden | 2,130,000 | 21.30 |
| 3 | Jonathan Wong | UK | 1,900,000 | 19.00 |
| 4 | Stephen Graner | USA | 12,405,000 | 124.05 |
| 5 | Bjorn Wiesler | Germany | 3,285,000 | 32.85 |
| 6 | Remi Castaignon | France | 1,030,000 | 10.30 |
| 7 | Fabio Sperling | Germany | 4,710,000 | 47.10 |
The eliminations came in quickly at the start of Day 5, and within the first level of play the field was reduced to 15. Nandor Solyom was the shortest stack to begin and the first on the rail after failing to improve with the 
against the 
of Davidi Kitai. Next to follow was Roman Pavliuk when he ran the 
into the 
of start-of-the-day chip leader Sperling. Then, Pascal Pflock fell in 20th place when his shove with the 
was called by Stephen Graner with the 
and the board ran out 
.
Eureka Poker Tour Prague Main Event champion Balazs Botond called the four-bet shove of Jakub Slemr with the 
only to see the Czech improve to a full house with the 
on a board of 
. Artem Metalidi also got it in preflop with a four-bet shove and his stayed second best to the 
of Anton Bertilsson. Sergey Lebedev turned a flush with the 
and called the all-in bet of Simon Mattsson only for the Swede to reveal the 
for the higher flush. Then, just when the clock was stopped to redraw for the final two tables after the bustout of the Russian, Thomas Butzhammer lost a flip with the 
to the 
of Andras Nemeth.
Down to 15, it would take another hour to lose Tamer Kamel and Vanessa Selbst from the field in short succession. Kamel lost a flip with the against Kitai's 
, and Team PokerStars Pro Selbst failed to improve with the against Bjorn Wiesler's 
.
It was at this point that Nemeth stormed to the top of the leader board, but then lost a massive flip for 7,300,000 chips with the to the of Graner. The Hungarian couldn't recover from that and busted in 11th place. In between, Francesco Grieco was sent to the rail in 13th place, and Sam Grafton fell in 12th.
One of the two remaining former EPT champions would then bow out in 10th place, with three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner Kitai busting out. The Belgian was all in preflop with the and got called by 2013 EPT Deauville champion Castaignon with the 
. Kitai improved on the 
board going to the river, but the sent him to the rail.
With the unofficial final table of nine in place, on the very first hand of Level 29 local hero Slemr lost a coin flip with the 
against the of Bertilsson on a board of 
to bust in ninth place. Play then resumed until the end of the level, when in the second-to-last hand, Graner would dish out the final bustout to Miltiadis Kyriakides in a battle of the blinds. The of the American was behind preflop versus the of Kyriakides, but the board ran out 
to reduce the field for the final day of the Main Event down to its last seven competitors.
The remaining players are guaranteed at least €129,390, but they'll all be gunning for the €969,000 top prize. Graner is the favorite to win, but there's still plenty of poker to be played.
The action will resume at 12:00 CET with blinds at 50,000/100,000 and an ante of 10,000. The live stream with hole cards shown will run on a one-hour delay, and the PokerNews Live Reporting team will bring you all crucial moments right here in the live blog. Be sure to return on Wednesday as this tournament plays down to its champion.
Don't forget, you can also follow along with PokerNews' live coverage from the record-breaking EPT Prague €10,300 High Roller by clicking here.
Final Chip Counts End-Of-Day
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
After the elimination of Miltiadis Kyriakides, Stephen Graner took down the last hand of the day by raising from the small blind and then making a successful continuation bet on a flop of 
against Bjorn Wiesler.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
12,405,000 | 2,375,000 |
|
7,740,000 | 640,000 |
|
4,710,000 | 900,000 |
|
3,285,000 | -245,000 |
|
2,130,000 | -845,000 |
|
1,900,000 | -220,000 |
|
1,030,000 | -20,000 |
Miltiadis Kyriakides Eliminated In 8th Place (€92,610)
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
On the penultimate hand of the day, Miltiadis Kyriakides limped the small blind and Stephen Graner in the big blind raised to 275,000.
Kyriakides moved all in and Graner called.
Kyriakides was the player at risk but had the superior against the of Graner.
The cards ran out with Graner coming from behind to take the lead on the flop and staying there to eliminate Kyriakides.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Graner Shoves On Mattsson
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Stephen Graner made it 160,000 under the gun and Simon Mattsson made it 425,000 from the button.
Graner moved all in and Mattsson mucked.
Nut Flush For Sperling
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Stephen Graner opened for 160,000 and Fabio Sperling made the call from the cut-off. Heads up to a flop of .
Graner checked and Sperling made it 185,000. Graner called to see the turn card come the .
Both players checked to see the river card 
. Another check from Graner and Sperling went for a bet of 375,000.
Several minutes ticked by before Graner called and the nut flush of Sperling took the pot.
Bertilsson versus Graner
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Simon Mattsson was the initial raiser for 175,000 from under the gun and the Swede received a call from Stephen Graner in the hijack and Anton Bertilsson in the big blind to see the three-way flop of 
. The action was checked to Graner and the chip leader bet 225,000. Bertilsson called whereas Mattsson got out of the way.
The dealer burned and turned the and both opponents checked. With the as final community card, Bertilsson bet 775,000 and Graner released his cards pretty quickly.
Raise and Take It
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Fabio Sperling raised to 175,000 from under the gun and short-stack Remi Castaignon stacked his chips in the big blind, yet mucked his cards. The Frenchman would move all in out of the small blind the very next hand and grab the big blind and antes.
Pots for Bertilsson and Graner
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Anton Bertilsson raised to 160,000 from the hijack seat and claimed the blinds and antes.
The next hand, the action was folded to Stephen Graner in the small blind and he made it 220,000 to go. Bjorn Wiesler made the call out of the big blind and they went heads-up to the flop of 
. Graner continued for 245,000 and Wiesler folded.
Updated Chip Counts
Nível 29
: 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,030,000 | 1,045,000 |
|
|
7,100,000 | -620,000 |
|
|
3,810,000 | -750,000 |
|
|
3,530,000 | 465,000 |
|
|
2,975,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
2,600,000 | 680,000 |
|
|
2,120,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
1,050,000 | -125,000 |