2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

�2,200 Eureka High Roller
Day: 1a
Event Info

2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
64
Prize
€474,510
Event Info
Buy-in
€2,200
Prize Pool
€2,837,760
Entries
1,478
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
1,062
Players Left
159

Flop Action Sees Lankinen Go Broke

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

A modest pot of 4,500 chips was in the middle of the table, along with a flop of 2?Q?7?. Avihai Smadga had put 2,500 chips more in the pot from the cutoff before Tommi Lankinen raised all-in to 11,600.

Andraz Gognjavec then three-bet to 23,400, his entire stack. Smadga asked for a count but elected to fold his hand once he received it, leaving the other two players to battle it out.

Tommi Lankinen: K?10?
Andraz Gognjavec: K?Q?

Lankinen paired his ten on the 10? turn, giving him some outs in addition to his flush draw. However, Gognjavec's top pair would hold on the 6? river, and he was shipped the pot while Lankinen quickly headed to the exit.

Player Chips Progress
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Avihai Smadga
47,000
Profile photo of Andraz Gognjavec si
Andraz Gognjavec
42,000
Profile photo of Tommi Lankinen fi
Tommi Lankinen
Busted

Tags: Andraz GognjavecAvihai SmadgaTommi Lankinen

Borlan Hits and Busts Souaid

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Dan Borlan raised from late position and Karim Souaid three-bet to 3,900. Borlan moved all in and Souaid made the call with the shorter stack. Players flipped over their cards.

Karim Souaid: A?J?
Dan Borlan: A?K?

The board ran out 7?8?6?K?4?. Borlan improved to a pair of kings on the turn. He won the pot and Souaid was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Dan Borlan
47,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Karim Souaid fr
Karim Souaid
Busted

Tags: Dan BorlanKarim Souaid

Berger Snaps Off Jorgne

Level 4 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Patrick Berger
Patrick Berger

The pot stood at approximately 13,000 with two players looking at a board that read 2?6?K?6?.

Peter Jorgne, in the big blind, bet out for 6,500 into opponent Patrick Berger, who was under the gun. Berger called.

The 3? river saw Jorgne empty the clip, moving all in for 10,200. Berger almost beat him into the pot as he made the call. Jorgne tabled A?Q? for ace-high, while Berger sent him to the rail with A?K?, for top pair.

Player Chips Progress
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Patrick Berger
47,200
32,200
32,200
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Peter Jorgne
Busted

Tags: Patrick BergerPeter Jorgne

Einbinder Eliminates Attias

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Jean Autran raised to 1,000 from early position and Vahe Ter-Khachatryan called from the cutoff. Reouven Attias then jammed all in for 10,400 from the small blind, leaving the action on David Einbinder in the big blind.

Einbinder rejammed for 25,000 chips, which forced the other two players out of the pot and created a heads up showdown.

Reouven Attias: A?10?
David Einbinder: 10?10?

Attias turned some extra outs on 2?6?J?Q?, but the 2? river bricked out and saw him depart early from the Eureka High Roller.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jean Autran fr
Jean Autran
67,500
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of David Einbinder il
David Einbinder
37,800
37,800
37,800
Profile photo of Vahe Ter-Khachatryan am
Vahe Ter-Khachatryan
26,300
26,300
26,300
Profile photo of Reouven Attias fr
Reouven Attias
Busted

Tags: David EinbinderJean AutranVahe Ter-KhachatryanReouven Attias

"Happy Birthday" for Chazal-Martin

Level 3 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Marc Chazal-Martin and Valentin Oberhauser were caught up in a preflop raising battle, with Oberhauser firing out a reraise of 13,000 before Chazal-Martin moved all in. Oberhauser called with the shorter stack and players flipped their cards.

Valentin Oberhauser: A?9?
Marc Chazal-Martin: A?A?

The board ran out K?9?8?10?J?. Chazal-Martin held with his pocket aces to win the pot and near-double his stack. Oberhauser was sent to the exit early.

"Congratulations, happy birthday!", said a neutral player as Chazal-Martin scooped over the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Marc Chazal-Martin
64,000
Profile photo of Valentin Oberhauser fr
Valentin Oberhauser
Busted

Tags: Marc Chazal-MartinValentin Oberhauser

Powalka Flops Full House, Busts Sammour

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante
Andrzej Powalka
Andrzej Powalka

Andrzej Powalka raised to 800 from under the gun, Andre Sammour three-bet to 1,800, Julien Sitbon called in late position, and Powalka called.

The flop came Q?9?Q?. Action checked to Sitbon, who bet 2,000. Both Powalka and Sammour called.

The turn was the 10?. Powalka checked and Sammour bet 6,000. Sitbon had a think before folding, then Powalka check-raised all in for 21,000. Sammour made the call and was covered as players turned their cards.

Sammour showed A?Q? for trip queens. Powalka, however, flipped Q?9? for a flopped full house.

The river came the 7?. Powalka held to win the pot and near-double his stack, while Sammour was eliminated early.

"Nice flop!", said Sitbon.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrzej Powalka
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Julien Sitbon fr
Julien Sitbon
31,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Andre Sammour lb
Andre Sammour
Busted

Tags: Andre SammourJulien Sitbon

Kashiwabara Reenters

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

On a completed board of 7?10?A?A?9?, Masato Kashiwabara bet 11,000 chips from the small blind into the pot of 17,000. Jean Autran was the opponent and he pushed all in, playing only slightly more than Kashiwabara.

Kashiwabara quickly called and showed A?5? for trip aces.

That was crushed by Autran's 10?10? for a full house, however, and he doubled up while Kashiwabara took the most direct route to the reentry desk.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jean Autran fr
Jean Autran
64,000
Profile photo of Masato Kashiwabara jp
Masato Kashiwabara
30,000

Tags: Jean AutranMasato Kashiwabara

Banic Flips for His Tournament Life

Level 2 : Blinds 100/300, 300 ante

PokerNews caught the action at the tail end of a preflop-raising war that concluded with Ivan Banic, in the hijack, being all in and at risk for this last 22,000, against Michael Rahm, in the cutoff.

Ivan Banic: J?J?
Michael Rahm: A?K?

The board ran out 5?A?4?2?8?. This classic flip fell in the favour of Rahm as he paired his ace on the flop, ultimately eliminating Banic.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Rahm
66,000
66,000
66,000
Profile photo of Ivan Banic hr
Ivan Banic
Busted
Run It Once

Tags: Ivan BanicMichael Rahm