Level: 11
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
€25,000 Single-Day High Roller I
Day: 1
Event Info
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jun Obara check-called 60,000 from Daniel Dvoress on a 
board and the pair checked the river.
Obara showed 
and took down the pot. Dvoress had jumped into an early lead, but is now the short stack at his table with 18 players left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
|
435,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
320,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
275,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
265,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
110,000
-212,000
|
-212,000 |
|
||
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The action folded around to Bryn Kenney in the small blind who ripped all in for 72,000. Scott Margereson snapped him off from the big blind and was in good shape.
Scott Margereson: 
Bryn Kenney: 
The flop of 
gave Margereson a pair of queens but Kenney picked up the lone flush draw. The 
paired the board on the turn but it was the 
on the river that gave Kenney a flush and a double up.
Margereson got some redemption a couple of hands later when he eliminated Kitson Kho.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
121,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ben Heath opened and Michael Soyza flat-called the 16,000 on the button. Laurynas Levinskas three-bet all in for 131,000 from the small blind and Heath four-bet all in for 296,000. Soyza folded.
Ben Heath: 
Laurynas Levinskas: 
"I folded the third best hand," said Soyza as the flop came 
.
The turn 
gave Heath a set, however, and Levinskas was eliminated on the 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
580,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
450,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Ben Heath opened to 16,000 in early position and Danny Tang shoved all in for around 75,000 on his left. The action folded back to Heath who instantly called.
Ben Heath: 
Danny Tang: 
The flop of 
gave both players a pair but Tang's was in the lead. The turn was the and the river was the to give Heath two pair and eliminate Tang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
290,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
The numbers have been finalized and with a total of 50 entries, there will be €1,200,500 up for grabs today. The prizepool will be spread across seven players with a min-cash earning €63,020 and the winner taking home €378,160.
| Place | Prize (EUR) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | €378,160 | $420,321 |
| 2nd | €273,120 | $303,570 |
| 3rd | €174,070 | $193,477 |
| 4th | €132,055 | $146,778 |
| 5th | €102,040 | $113,416 |
| 6th | €78,035 | $86,735 |
| 7th | €63,020 | $70,046 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Luuk Gieles limped in middle position and Kitson Kho raised all in for 19,000. Scott Margereson three-bet all in from the button and the blinds and Gieles folded.
Kitson Kho: 
Luuk Gieles: 
The 
looked like giving Gieles the pair he needed, but the queen on the river completed a flush for Kho and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
200,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
185,000
-155,000
|
-155,000 |
|
170,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
|
145,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
140,000
81,000
|
81,000 |
|
80,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
|
|
45,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Scott Margereson raised to 12,000 in the hijack and Timothy Adams just called from the big blind. The flop fell 
and Adams checked to Margereson who bet 9,000. Adams check-raised to 22,000 and Margereson called.
The turn was the and Adams used a time bank before betting 16,000, leaving just 32,000 behind. Margereson also used a time bank but decided to lay his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
136,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
59,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Level 9
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
On a 
flop, Michael Soyza, Chin Wei Lim and Ben Heath all checked. The turn was the and Soyza bet 16,000. Lim called and Heath folded.
The river was the 
. Soyza used a time extension before betting 15,000. Lim called.
Soyza showed for a pair of jacks and Lim took down the pot with 
"Yes!" said Soyza. "Good block!"
"No," piped up Danny Tang. "Just bomb. And then he might fold. Instead of losing 15k you might win it all!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
575,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
390,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
320,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
250,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
220,000
-21,000
|
-21,000 |
|
165,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
150,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
95,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |