Juha Helppi opened the hijack to 80,000 and his next door neighbor Ivan Soshnikov three bet to 205,000 from the cutoff. Brian Roberts folded his button but Leonid Markin in the small blind had far bigger plans. Markin four bet to 475,000 and Troyanovskiy quickly folded his big blind.
Action was on Helppi who didn't need much time to make up his mind; all in for 2,025,000. Soshnikov folded and Markin asked for a count. After a minute or three of thinking he folded, throwing open into the muck.
For the past two days, the Hilton Prague Hotel has played host to the European Poker Tour Season 11 Prague €50,000 Super High Roller, an event that drew 42 unique players that accounted for nine re-entries to create a prize pool of €2,448,765. Seven of those players remain in contention for the €771,360 first-place prize, with each guaranteeing themselves at least a minimum payday of €128,565.
The man best positioned to make a run at the title is Leonid Markin, who leads the final table with 3,350,000. On the flip side, Brian Roberts will start as the short stack with 275,000. Other still in contention are Vladimir Troyanovskiy, Juha Helppi, Ivan Soshnikov, Paul Newey, and Stephen Chidwick.
Play will resume in Level 17 (20,000/40,000/5,000), so expect the action to begin right from the start of proceedings.
EPT 11 Prague Super High Roller Final Table
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Stephen Chidwick
660,000
16.5
2
Paul Newey
1,510,000
37.8
3
Juha Helppi
2,030,000
50.8
4
Ivan Soshnikov
1,925,000
48.1
6
Brian Roberts
275,000
6.9
7
Leonid Markin
3,350,000
83.8
8
Vladimir Troyanovskiy
3,000,000
75
Action will kick off at 12:00pm local time so be sure to join us then as we bring you all the action and eliminations from the €50,000 Super High Roller here in Prague! In the meantime, check out the profiles of the seven finalists.