The 15 remaining players have been sent for their dinner break and will return at 8:21 PM local time to continue on Level 27 which features a small blind of 30,000, big blind of 60,000, and a big blind ante of 60,000.
2018 PokerStars EPT Prague
Ben Jones shoved from the hijack for 565,000 in total and so did Martynas Vitkauskas on the button with the bigger stack. Everyone else folded.
Ben Jones:
Martynas Vitkauskas:
The flop came for Vitkauskas to hit a pair of aces on the flop.
The turn was the for Jones to hit a set to leap ahead.
The river completed the board with the to now give Vitkauskas a full house to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Jones |
1,255,000
590,000
|
590,000 |
Martynas Vitkauskas |
330,000
-1,270,000
|
-1,270,000 |
Phachara Wongwichit raised to 100,000 from early position and chip leader Evangelos Bechrakis moved all in from the button, covering the players in the blinds and the initial raiser. Wongwichit called and was not happy to see as he had himself.
The board brought and Wongwichit was eliminated in 16th place, earning himself €15,050.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Evangelos Bechrakis |
6,400,000
2,560,000
|
2,560,000 |
Phachara Wongwichit | Busted |
Table #1 | Player | Table #2 | Player | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Marc Klausen | 1 | Bryan Paris | |
2 | Masatoshi Tanaka | 2 | Ben Jones | |
3 | Pascal Hartmann | 3 | Evangelos Bechrakis | |
4 | Yaniv Peretz | 4 | Martynas Vitkauskas | |
5 | Pasi Sormunen | 5 | Ad Schaap | |
6 | Serdar Demircan | 6 | Gergely Bartos | |
7 | Dong Guo | 7 | Phachara Wongwichit | |
8 | Sonny Franco | 8 | Emmanouil Chrysovergis |
Just an hour ago Pasi Sormunen had the biggest stack in the room and it was not even close. Right now he lost yet another pot and he is back to just over the tournament average.
Marc Klausen raised all in from early position with and he was called by Sormunen out of the big blind with .
The board ran out and Klausen doubled up with a full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pasi Sormunen |
2,130,000
-1,190,000
|
-1,190,000 |
Marc Klausen |
1,775,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Sonny Franco raised to 105,000 from under the gun and Mario Llapi shoved for around 1,400,000 in the hijack. Action folded back to Franco who snap-called.
Mario Llapi:
Sonny Franco:
The board ran out for Franco's pocket queens to hold and eliminate Llapi in 17th place for €15,050.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sonny Franco |
4,275,000
1,825,000
|
1,825,000 |
Mario Llapi | Busted |
Martin Olali shoved from the cutoff for 300,000 and Salomon Sebban did the same on the button for 450,000. Pedro Ventura was sitting in the small blind and asked for a count, the dealer confirmed and Ventura decided to also shove. Evangelos Bechrakis asked for a count of Ventura's stack, the dealer counted it all out and determined that Ventura had 1,450,000 in front of him. Bechrakis took a few seconds and then decided to call. All the other players who weren't in a hand flocked to the table to see what was happening.
Martin Olali:
Salomon Sebban:
Pedro Ventura:
Evangelos Bechrakis:
The board ran out for Bechrakis' pocket queens to hold to eliminate the three other players and provide the remaining players with a pay jump.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Evangelos Bechrakis |
3,840,000
1,940,000
|
1,940,000 |
Martin Olali | Busted | |
Salomon Sebban | Busted | |
Pedro Ventura | Busted |
Pasi Sormunen raised to 110,000 from mid-position and Yaniv Peretz shoved from the big blind. Peretz tanked and then shoved. Sormunen asked for a count and the dealer confirmed Peretz had 945,000 behind.
"You know I open light," Sormunen said to Peretz. "Okay, I call."
Yaniv Peretz:
Pasi Sormunen:
The flop came to keep Peretz ahead and picking up the flush draw.
The turn was the for Peretz to complete his flush draw and have Sormunen drawing dead.
The on the river was just a formality to complete the board as Peretz scored the double-up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pasi Sormunen |
3,320,000
-955,000
|
-955,000 |
Yaniv Peretz |
1,965,000
1,090,000
|
1,090,000 |
Colin Lovelock moved all in from the under-the-gun position for 900,000 and Sonny Franco moved all in himself one seat over. The other players got out of the way and they went to showdown.
Colin Lovelock:
Sonny Franco:
The flop brought and Lovelock needed runner-runner sevens, but that did not happen as the turn was the and the river the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sonny Franco |
2,450,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Colin Lovelock | Busted |
Marc Klausen just doubled up for 325,000 through Pasi Sormunen.
Marc Klausen:
Pasi Sormunen:
The board ran out for Klausen to hit the higher two pair on the turn to double up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Pasi Sormunen |
4,275,000
-825,000
|
-825,000 |
Marc Klausen |
775,000
525,000
|
525,000 |