€10,300 EPT High Roller Giorno 1 | 2023 PokerStars EPT Prague

2023-12-16 00:35 UTC+1

Astedt Continues to Chip Up

Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jules Dickerson opened to 1,200 and was reraised by Christopher Nguyen to 2,600. Niklas Astedt three-bet to 5,200 and was then four-bet to 18,000 by Simon Mattsson. Dickerson and Nguyen folded and Astedt made the call.

The flop came K♠J♥5♠, which Astedt checked. Mattsson bet 7k and Astedt called. Astedt checked again on the A♥ turn. Mattsson went into the tank and used a timebank before checking back.

Both players knuckled the J♣ river and Astedt tabled A♦Q♦ for top two pair. Mattsson mucked and Astedt scooped the pot.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Niklas Astedt	250,000 15,000	15,000
Simon Mattsson	150,000 18,000	18,000
Jules Dickerson	125,000 125,000	125,000
Christopher Nguyen	120,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: Christopher Nguyen Jules Dickerson Niklas Astedt Simon Mattsson

2023-12-16 00:43 UTC+1

Berger Takes one Down

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Action started with Juan Carlos Vecino opening to 2,500 and getting three-bet by Patrick Berger. Vecino made the call and the two went to the flop of K♠10♣2♦. A continuation bet from Berger to the tune of 4,000 got the fold from his opponent.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Patrick Berger	65,000 -3,000	-3,000
Juan Carlos Vecino	43,000 43,000	43,000

Tags: Juan Carlos Vecino Patrick Berger

2023-12-16 00:44 UTC+1

Labat Chipping Up

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Nozomu Shimizu raised to 2,400 from late position, Antoine Labat called on the button, and the big blind came along.

The flop came 4♥8♦9♦. Action checked to Labat, who bet 2,700, which only Shimizu called. The turn the 5♣. Shimizu checked and Labat bet 9,000, which Shimizu called.

The river was the 10♣. Shimizu checked again and Labat bet 25,000. Shimizu folded his hand and Labat took the pot, bringing his stack to around 280,000.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Antoine Labat	280,000 65,000	65,000
Nozomu Shimizu	33,000 33,000	33,000

Tags: Antoine Labat Nozomu Shimizu

2023-12-16 00:44 UTC+1

Four More Hands

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

There will be four more hands played tonight.

2023-12-16 00:53 UTC+1

Beresford Doubles and Seire Busts

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Casimir Seire raised to 2,400 from late position and Conor Beresford pushed all in from the button for 28,500. Seire called and had exactly the same stack as the players flipped their cards.

Casimir Seire: A♣10♦
Conor Beresford: A♥J♠

The board ran out 5♦4♦6♣2♦4♥. Beresford held with his ace-jack high and the fours on board. He doubled up to around 60,000 and Seire was eliminated right before Day 1 came to an end.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Conor Beresford	60,000 8,000	8,000
Casimir Seire	Eliminato

Tags: Casimir Seire Conor Beresford

2023-12-16 00:55 UTC+1

Chan Busts Schwippert

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Juan Pardo opened to 3,000 from the hijack and Tsz Him Chan three-bet to 8,000. Jan-Eric Schwippert four-bet to 22,000 from the big blind. Pardo folded and Chan called.

Schwippert led the A♦10♣10♥ flop for 10,000 and Chan called. Schwippert continued barreling the 6♦ turn for 12,000 and Chan called again.

The 7♠ river drew a third barrel from Schwippert for 26,300. Chan wasted no time shoving to put Schwippert all in. Schwippert made the call and tabled A♥J♣ for top two pair before Chan showed 8♥9♥ for a straight.

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Juan Pardo	380,000 95,000	95,000

Tsz Him Chan	375,000 60,000	60,000
Jan-Eric Schwippert	Eliminato

Tags: Jan-Eric Schwippert Juan Pardo Tsz Him Chan

2023-12-16 01:01 UTC+1

Players Bag and Tag

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Play has halted for the day and the remaining 86 players have bagged and tagged. End-of-day chip counts and a recap will follow shortly.

2023-12-16 01:08 UTC+1

The Most Memorable & Unexpected Moments from PokerStars EPT Prague

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

2007 was the first year that the PokerStars European Poker Tour visited Prague, and the Czech capital city has since woven a rich tapestry of poker history.

There have been a plethora of memorable and unexpected moments over the last 16 years, and as PokerStars gears up for the 2023 edition of EPT Prague, PokerNews thought it'd be fun to look back at some of the epic tales that have taken place at the stop.

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2023-12-16 02:10 UTC+1

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (completo)

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Livello 10 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Giocatore	Chip	Avanzamento
Juan Pardo	380,000

Thomas Eychenne	327,500 110,500	110,500
Antoine Labat	302,000 22,000	22,000
Tsz Him Chan	269,500 -105,500	-105,500
Niklas Astedt	268,000 18,000	18,000
Salih Atac	257,500 57,500	57,500
Marcelo Manfredini	246,000 246,000	246,000
Viktor Jensen	242,500 33,500	33,500
Andrii Derzhypilskyi	219,500 94,500	94,500
Tarmo Tammel	215,500 37,000	37,000
Stefan Dimitrov	215,500 95,500	95,500
Oleg Vasylchenko	214,000 26,200	26,200
Pavels Spirins	207,000 102,000	102,000
Aram Sargsyan	200,000 108,000	108,000
Anatoly Korochenskiy	192,000 42,000	42,000
Juha Helppi	188,000 83,000	83,000
Patrik Jaros	186,000 186,000	186,000
Christopher Nguyen	181,000 61,000	61,000
Aliaksei Boika	179,000 24,000	24,000

Jean-Vincent Lehut	172,500 172,500	172,500
Jonas Hagstrom	170,000 20,000	20,000
Pascal Hartmann	163,500 163,500	163,500
Tomas Jozonis	161,500 161,500	161,500
Markkos Ladev	160,500 -4,500	-4,500
Diogo Coelho	158,000 158,000	158,000