On the button, Patrick Renkers opened the pot to 62,000, and Yann Brosolo three-bet to 160,000 in the big blind. Renkers considered for a long while, then reraised to 285,000 total. After a spell in the tank of his own, Brosolo shoved all in, and that finally coaxed a fold from Renkers.
Brosolo showed ace-ten, and it sounded like Renkers admitted he'd folded ace-jack.
Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth has just met his demise. It came in two back-to-back hands that saw him first lose chips to Andreas Wiese and then get eliminated by Patrick Renkers. Here's how it went down.
On the first hand, action folded to Ainsworth in the small blind and he put in a min-raise to 60,000. In the big blind was Andreas Wiese. He three-bet to 155,000. After some time spent tanking, Ainsworth four-bet to what looked to be 255,000. Wiese quickly stuck all of his money in and Ainsworth snap-folded.
That left Ainsworth with under 700,000 in chips before losing the rest on the very next hand.
From the button, Ainsworth raised to 62,000 with 624,000 behind. Renkers was in the big blind and three-bet to 135,000. Ainsworth studied the situation and then called, opting to see a flop in position with 551,000 behind.
The pot stood at 313,000 and the flop produced the . Renkers tossed out a bet of 145,000. Ainsworth didn't take too long before raising all in for 551,000. Renkers snapped and tabled the . Ainsworth held the for top pair.
Ainsworth was behind the overpair for Renkers and stayed behind after the turn brought the . He was looking for another lucky six on the river, or an ace. He could also chop the pot if a seven fell. The peeled off and that wasn't what Ainsworth needed. The Team Pro sent over his chips to Renkers, who assumed the chip lead once again with that pot.
His final hand began with a raise to 65,000 from Yann Brosolo under the gun. Chris Moorman had about 360,000 chips left, and he shoved them all in on a three-bet. Once Brosolo learned the amount, he made the call to put Moorman at risk.
Showdown
Brosolo:
Moorman:
The board, please:
Despite flopping a good miss, Moorman could not catch up. Jacks and sixes send the pot to Brosolo, and Moorman has been run out of the room in 15th place. It was his first-ever EPT Main Event cash, and this one comes with a consolation prize of €23,000.
From the hijack seat, Patrick Renkers raised to 50,000. Danyel Boyaciyan called from the big blind to see the flop. Both players checked and the turn was he . Boyaciyan bet 65,000 and Renkers called.
The river completed the board with the and Boyaciyan checked. Renkers bet 125,000 and Boyaciyan made the call.
Renkers tabled the , but his tens went down to Boyaciyan's .
Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 47,000 under the gun, and Kimon Lehmann made the call out of position in the big blind. They checked through the flop, and Lehmann checked again on the turn. Now Ruzicka continued out with 102,000, and Lehmann made the call. The river came the , and Lehmann check-called one last bet of 157,000.
At showdown, Ruzicka's was an airball, and Lehmann's was good enough to take the pot. Ruzicka was left with about 260,000.
On the very next hand, Ruzicka got that remainder into the middle with , and Guillem Cavaller ended up forcing everyone else out of the pot to look him up with . The board ran , and Ruzicka has run out of checks.
With his exit, we've run out of Czechs, too. He was the last man standing from the host nation, and it'll be a foreigner stealing the EPT trophy in Prague tomorrow.
When we arrived at the table, Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth fired 250,000 into the pot on the board of . His opponent, Yann Brosolo, tanked for a bit, but then gave it up and Ainsworth won the pot.