Pokerstars.com EPT Prague: Day 1B - At A Glance

[Chili]

Antony Lellouche  29,000
Stuart Rutter  3,000
Mark Friedman  32,000
Sunny Chattha  2,000
Trond Erik Eidsvig  18,600
Peter Meere  4,600
Yannic Mulder  34,000
Luca Pagano  5,500
Steve Devlin  37,400
Praz Bansi  27,000
Priyan De Mel  12,400
DM Mikkelsen  28,000
Juha Helpi  12,500
Dario Minieri  7,200
Tony Phillips  27,300
Michael Keiner  14,700
Jani Sointula  12,100
Mike McDonald  7,200
Karl Mahrenholz  6,100

[NoflopsHomer]

Age Spets is OUT, as are EPT Champions Andreas Hoivold and Peter Jepsen.

Dag Martin Mikkelsen raises to 800, Thomas Wahlroos makes it 2,100 from the button. Dag calls.

Flop:



Check check.

Turn:



Check from Dag, 'The Eggman' tries 3,300. Dag calls after a think.

River:



Check check. Dag's pocket Eights are good as Wahlroos mucks.

[Chili]

Updates on moorman please, i secured myself a little piece of his action. If karma exsists let it be now, one Moor Time!

Karma is Chris's mate at the moment, he's got 28,500




Nicky Power - 28,000
Mike Ellis - 6,300 (and that is after beating AA with JJ and a straight)
BA Kildalen - 30,600

[NoflopsHomer]

Dag Martin Mikkelsen and Thomas Wahlroos who have already had some little duels, just got it all-in a big pot.

The board was and Wahlroos had moved all-in over the top of Dag's bet, (I'm guessing it was re-raised preflop). Dag though for a while before saying, "Ok, I'll call." Walhroos flipped his , but didn't like it too much when Dag turned over .

Turn:



River:



The Finn is out, and DM Mikkel is the recipient of a 60k pot and tying for the lead with Leo Kam, (who Elky has been bleeding chips to all day apparently)

[NoflopsHomer]

Stephen Chidwick is OUT with Tens vs Ace King.

Moorman has dropped down to 15k with Queens against Ace King, but not AIPF as some might think. He raised from early position and just flat-called the re-raise. The flop came three low rags that both checked, Moorman bet out on the turn when a fourth raggy card appeared and was flat-called. The river brought another rag, but a third club, Moorman moved all-in, (he called it a 'value-shove' ) thinking that Jacks and Tens would call him, but unluckily his opponent was holding for the rivered nuts.

[NoflopsHomer]

Sunny Chattha is reading this, so we think he's out. Tens vs 8-5 on a 9-7-6 board costing most of his stack.

Stuart Rutter is also out, he turned trip nines but ran into a slow played nut-flush. He then had A-J vs Sixes.

[NoflopsHomer]

Cristiano Blanco shakes his head after paying off a 6k river bet on a board when his opponent shows a rivered set of Sevens.

Another exit that I forgot to mention earlier was that of Paul Gourlay who was going ok, then got moved to another table, raised with Kings first hand and bet 2,500 on a 6-8-9 before passing for his remaining 7,500 or so, reasoning that he wasn't going be bluffed because he was unknown to the other players. Next hand, there were a couple of limpers and he decided not to raise his A-Q in the big blind. The flop came a fantastic A-Q-5, and he check/called a bet before leading out on the 3 turn, he was set-in and quickly called only to find a set of slowplayed Aces against him to knock him out to the rail.

[Chili]

Sunny Chattha is reading this, so we think he's out. Tens vs 8-5 on a 9-7-6 board costing most of his stack.

Stuart Rutter is also out, he turned trip nines but ran into a slow played nut-flush. He then had A-J vs Sixes.

Yep out, how's Praz, Karl and Priyan getting on?

Mixed emotions - Praz is cool on 40,000

Priyan just knocked out a player flat calling a raise with AJ.  The board was J 8 6 Priyan made a 1,600 bet and mateyboy shoved in holding KK.  The turn came another J and the river an A.  Priyan runs good on 29,800.

Karl Mahrenholz on the other hand was only down to his last 5,700 when I arrived at his table.  With him in the small blind, it had passed round to the button who just limped.  Karl made his move and shoved and then the big blind decided to dwell it up now!  He made the call in the end and the button passed.

Does this look like the face of a guy who is glad his all in bet has just been called?

 

Karl 
Matey 

No King or miracle for Karl and very unlucky that a great move had to have the big blind wake up with something.

[NoflopsHomer]

Mike McDonald has made a major recovery, and is back up to close to 20k.

He called 3k on the turn of a board before both checked the river. Holding pocket Fives, his Tens full of Fives, (Or Fives Full of Tens too) scooping the pot.

Praz is adding to his stack, his scandinavian opponent bet out 1,650 on a flop before Praz made it 3,500 which was called. Both checked the turn. On the river, the scandinavian checked again and Praz bet out 8k and won the pot. He's raised two hands since then and saw and flops but check/folded both times to Leo Kam and Peter Meere.

Andrew Feldman, who was a late, late entry to the tournament is struggling along with around just 4k.

[Chili]

Tony Phillips is quickly turning into my favourite player to update on.  If I am anywhere near his table he just shouts to me his chip count - I wish every player did that.  Life would be a breeze in update land.

Tony Phillips - 27,000

Chris Moorman ran into trouble - In an intricate hand that I totally missed he lost a 50k pot with QQ v AK post flop.  THEN there was a 15 min break but Chris didn't come back for 30 mins because he thought it was an hour dinner break, so a couple of K went astray there.  He is currently on 7,500.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jani Sointula is OUT. A-Q vs Jacks.

Steve 'Allinstevie' Devlin still looks to be far and away the chip leader with over 100k...

[NoflopsHomer]

Nicky Power -- 30k
Chris Moorman -- 23k (Just doubled up with Tens against Ace Queen)

They're now playing the final six hands of the day and the clock has been stopped with all the media being kicked out of the area now for the labourious bag 'n' tag time.

Maria is just doing a final couple of hands whilst we wrap everything up.

[NoflopsHomer]

Mike McDonald has continued his surge backup the poker ladder, he re-raised an UTG raise, and found a player pushing behind him. The initial raiser passed and Mike called as you'd guess, with Aces, the all-in stack showed A-K, the board coming Q-J-2-9-5. There was a slight wince in the face from the original raiser who claimed Queens or Jacks. McDonald has around the 60k mark now.

[Chili]

Very interesting hand now just developed between a scandielad, Praz Bansi & Peter Meere.  It started with a raise from scandie to 1,800, a call from Praz on the button and a call from Meere in the big blind.  Flop:

    

Meere checked, scandielad bet 2,900 and Praz reraised to 7,500.  Now Peter Meere is clearly pained and can't decide for a good while what to do.  He counts his chips to see probably if he has enough to get Praz off the hand but he really has one move left which is all in.  He does decide on the all in BUT doesn't announce it and puts his stack ove the line in two separate motions.  So the movement is deamed as a call only leaving Meere with 4,600 behind.  The original raiser and flop better passed and left Praz and Meere to it.

They see the turn:      with Meere to act first he does put the rest of his stack over the line to make it 4,600 to Praz.  Praz announces "oops" and smiles.  It's just with so much in the pot can he really pass?  Praz says "I can beat 9 10."  He calls the extra and we eagerly get to see.  I suspected someone had 9 10 but which one of them?

Meere 
Praz 

With a 2 on the river and no help for Meere his is eliminated at this late stage of the evening by Praz making an awesome call in my opinion.  Meere was not happy and repeated something with a 4 in it!

[NoflopsHomer]

We're finished now.

Play restarts from 12pm (11am UK time) and we'll do it all again with the remaining players.

See you there.