2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

�2,200 EPT National High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
109
Prize
€342,810
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€1,862,400
Entries
970
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
125,000 / 250,000
Ante
250,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
143
Players Left
1

D'Alterio Doubles Through Schwippert Again

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Luigi D'Alterio opened for 160,000 under the gun and Jan Schwippert shoved in the small blind. D'Alterio took a deep breath and quickly called.

D'Alterio: {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}
Schwippert: {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}

Both paired up on the {k-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} flop but D'Alterio's kings kept him ahead. The {2-Spades} and {j-Hearts} were bricks and Schwippert sent over most of his own stack.

Player Chips Progress
Luigi D'Alterio it
Luigi D'Alterio
3,880,000
2,510,000
2,510,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
405,000
-1,995,000
-1,995,000

Tags: Jan SchwippertLuigi D'Alterio

Tal Takes One Down

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Alexandre Reard opened to 175,000 in middle position and was called by Lior Tal on the big blind. The two saw a flop of {3-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} and Reared made a continuation-bet of 205,000. Tal called.

Action then checked through the turn {7-Diamonds} as well as the river {a-Diamonds} and the hand went to showdown.

Reard showed {j-Spades}{8-Spades} and Tal turned over {q-Spades}{10-Spades}, taking down the pot with his pair of queens, surpassing 3 million along the way.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
3,430,000
-240,000
-240,000
Lior Tal il
Lior Tal
3,280,000
850,000
850,000

Tags: Alexandre ReardLior Tal

Two Shoves Get Through for Fontaine

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

After an early open to 125,000 at the previous level and a call from Robbie Toan, Jean-Rene Fontaine shoved for 830,000 in the small blind. The opener tanked briefly and folded, and Toan didn't need long before letting {7-Spades}{7-Clubs} go.

The next hand, at the new level, Toan opened to 200,000 in middle position. Fontaine again ripped it in and again got through, roughly doubling his stack from his first shove.

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Ren¨¦ Fontaine fr
Jean-Ren�� Fontaine
1,600,000
675,000
675,000

Tags: Robbie ToanJean-Rene Fontaine

Losev Doubles Through Liperis

Level 28 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Alexey Losev
Alexey Losev

Right at the time the staff announced that the level was going up, it was Alexey Losev who had an announcement for himself. Losev pushed his chips forward from the cutoff to signal he was all in. The bet was for 660,000.

Button Yiannis Liperis thought about it for a minute before announcing all in as well for about 1,200,000. The players in the blinds got out of the way and they opened up.

Alexey Losev: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Yiannis Liperis: {q-Spades}{j-Spades}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{7-Spades} and Losev cheered out loud after realizing he just doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Alexey Losev ru
Alexey Losev
1,400,000
900,000
900,000
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
520,000
-1,065,000
-1,065,000

Tags: Alexey LosevYiannis Liperis

Level: 28

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000

Sam Grafton Eliminated in 16th Place (�15,140)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Sam Grafton
Sam Grafton

Sam Grafton raised to 800,000 in middle position and action folded around to Robbie Toan in the small blind, who called to take action heads up to a flop of {4-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}.

"How much have you got there?" asked Toan. Grafton told him he had 50,000 and Toan put out two T25,000 chips. Grafton stood up and looked over at the clock for a quick second.

"Did you flop the nuts?" Toan asked. Grafton threw in the last of his chips and the two hands were tabled.

Sam Grafton: {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Robbie Toan: {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

Toan saw that Grafton did not have the nuts, but ceded that he was ahead as he tabled his own hand. The turn came {7-Diamonds} to leave Grafton one card away from a double, but the river {k-Clubs} fell behind it to fill up Toan to Broadway.

"Boom, baby!" said Toan in a playful tune.

"Nice hand," Grafton congratulated him in a sincere manner from across the table. Toan regained form quickly.

"Thank you," he replied and continued stacking his chips as Grafton left to go to the payout desk after finishing the tournament in 16th place.

Player Chips Progress
Robbie Toan ie
Robbie Toan
2,900,000
720,000
720,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
Busted

Tags: Robbie ToanSam Grafton

Losev Lets Luck Decide

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Jan-Eric Schwippert raised from early position to 120,000 and it folded to Alexey Losev in the cutoff. He had less than ten big blinds in front of him and flipped a coin to decide his next move.

He caught the coin mid-air and looked at the result before he folded his hand. The button and both blinds then got out of the way as well before Schwippert tabled {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} to show that Losev had lady luck on his side while flipping the coin.

That's one way to win a coin flip!

Player Chips Progress
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
2,400,000
160,000
160,000
Alexey Losev ru
Alexey Losev
500,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Alexey LosevJan Eric Schwippert

Reard Wins With River Bet

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Sam Grafton was under the gun and made it two big blinds to go, totaling 120,000. Maryna Khatskevich was next to act on his direct left and called before action folded around to Alexandre Reard in the big blind, who defended.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and all three players checked. Reard bet out 225,000 on the turn {5-Diamonds} and Grafton called. Khatskevich folded to bring the river {j-Clubs} on board, and Reard fired out another 475,000.

Grafton went into the tank for about 40 seconds and then shot his cards forward across the felt to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
3,670,000
570,000
570,000
Maryna Khatskevich by
Maryna Khatskevich
1,210,000
-90,000
-90,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
980,000
-335,000
-335,000

Tags: Alexandre ReardMaryna KhatskevichSam Grafton

Two Table Redraw

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Table 1PlayerChipsTable 2PlayerChips
1Alexey Losev540,0001Alexandre Reard3,100,000
2Yiannis Liperis1,585,0002Sam Grafton1,315,000
3Potito Martire910,0003Maryna Khatskevich1,300,000
4Vladimir Bozinovic1,150,0004Christoforos Chrysochoidis2,975,000
5Josip Vidovic2,900,0005Lior Tal2,430,000
6Jan-Eric Schwippert2,240,0006Robbie Toan2,180,000
7Piotr Wiecek1,640,0007Jose Quintas1,900,000
8Luigi D'Alterio1,370,0008Jean-Ren�� Fontaine925,000
Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Reard fr
Alexandre Reard
3,100,000
300,000
300,000
Christoforos Chrysochoidis gr
Christoforos Chrysochoidis
2,975,000
175,000
175,000
Josip Vidovic hr
Josip Vidovic
2,900,000
-100,000
-100,000
Lior Tal il
Lior Tal
2,430,000
830,000
830,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
2,240,000
40,000
40,000
Robbie Toan ie
Robbie Toan
2,180,000
-220,000
-220,000
Jose Quintas pt
Jose Quintas
1,900,000
-80,000
-80,000
Piotr Wiecek pl
Piotr Wiecek
1,640,000
-5,000
-5,000
Yiannis Liperis cy
Yiannis Liperis
1,585,000
265,000
265,000
Luigi D'Alterio it
Luigi D'Alterio
1,370,000
-70,000
-70,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
1,315,000
125,000
125,000
Maryna Khatskevich by
Maryna Khatskevich
1,300,000
-315,000
-315,000
Vladimir Bozinovic rs
Vladimir Bozinovic
1,150,000
-95,000
-95,000
Jean-Ren¨¦ Fontaine fr
Jean-Ren�� Fontaine
925,000
-90,000
-90,000
Potito Martire it
Potito Martire
910,000
-155,000
-155,000
Alexey Losev ru
Alexey Losev
540,000
-125,000
-125,000

Julien Martini Eliminated in 17th Place (�15,140)

Level 27 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante
Julien Martini
Julien Martini

Jan-Eric Schwippert raised from the button to 120,000 and he was called by big blind Julien Martini. The flop was dealt {7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Clubs} and Martini opted to lead out with a bet of 90,000. Schwippert raised all in for effectively a little over 800,000 and Martini called.

Julien Martini: {8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Jan-Eric Schwippert: {q-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The turn was the {j-Spades} and the river the {2-Diamonds} and Martini wasn't able to improve to a better hand than Schwippert's pair of queens.

The 2019 PSPC runner-up had to settle for 17th place and �15,140.

Player Chips Progress
Jan-Eric Schwippert de
Jan-Eric Schwippert
2,200,000
1,010,000
1,010,000
Julien Martini fr
Julien Martini
Busted

Tags: Jan Eric SchwippertJulien Martini