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MAIN EVENT
Very first hand and action!
In very first hand of the final day Slovakian player Jan Bendik shoved from the button and Manuel Bevand called from the big blind.
Bendik: A:s 6:c
Bevand: K:d Q:h
Board: A:c Q:c J:s 9:c J:h
Bendik doubled up and Bevand is crippled to about 100,000. He pushed from the button again and both leaders Horecki and Leonzio called from the blinds. Every street there were checks from blinds and when we saw whole board: 4:h 5:d 5:h J:c J:h dealer ask for showdown:
Bevand: Q:h J:d
Horecki: Q:c 3:c
Leonzio: A:h K:d
Bevand doubled up to about 300,000.
Jan Bendik
MAIN EVENT
Roberto Nulli eliminated in 8th place (€54,550)
That was simple action. Roberto Nulli shoved from under the gun and Marcin Horecki called:
Nulli: A:h T:c
Horecki: Q:h Q:s
On flop T:h Q:d 3:h Nulli was in big trouble and he was hoping for runner runner miracle to crash Horecki's set. When 4:d hit the turn Roberto was drawing dead. Dealer showed us J:c on the river but that card couldn't change nothing. We are down to 7 players and with over 4,000,000 Marcin Horecki is now closer to the chipleader Leonzio!
Roberto Nulli
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Manuel Bevand eliminated in 7th place (€71,000)
Very short-stacked Manuel Bevand shoved for 300,000 preflop and Roberto Romanello decided to re-shove. Action folded around and:
Bevand: K:d 2:d
Romanello: T:c T:d
Board: 8:s 7:h 3:c A:d 7:s
Now we're down to six players!
Manuel Bevand
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Jan Bendik eliminated in 6th place (€100,000)
We have crazy action in first 40 minutes. Jan Bendik is out of the tournament after another preflop all-ins. Slovakian raised to 150,000 and then action passed to Peter Skripka. He checked his cards and moved large tower of chips behind the line. Bendik called and:
Bendik: A:c K:d
Skripka: 9:c 9:h
Flop J:c K:h T:c was good for Bendik. He caught top pair and a gutshot Broadway draw. But then … 9:d came down on the turn and Russian take the lead in this hand. Bendik was preying for a queen in the last street but there was only the blank 4:s and he's out of the tournament.
Jan Bendik
MAIN EVENT
Shuffle up and deal!
Blind level: 28
Blinds: 30,000 / 60,000 ante 5000
Initial Stack: 30,000
Entries: 563
Players remaining: 5
Average stack:3,378,000
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
Bubble time and a deal!
High Rollers event has reached a bubble time. Four players are left and cYde is still in. They decided to make a deal for €100,000 by the chipcount and they will continue to play for the rest of the prize pool. I will provide you with details as soon as possible!
Players in High Rollers Event are making a deal on the bubble
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Romanello has his momentum!
Two hands and Roberto Romanello became a chipleader. First he raised from the cut off to 125,000 and only Leonzio called from the big blind. We saw T:c A:d 2:s on flop and both players checked. When 6:h came down on turn, Leonzio decided to take a lead and bet 230,000. Roberto called and we saw T:h on the river. Then Leonzio made a very quick pot bet for 700,000. Romanello was cool. Just counted chips and made a call. Leonzio mucked his hand and Romanello reveald 9:h and said very serious: “I've said it before in this tournament. Do not bluff the Romanello.” Emilliano Bono looks confused and then Marcin Horecki eased tension and said: “Let's tell him in Italian in case he don't understand.”
After this hand Romanello was up to 2,625,000
Short after Roberto won a biggest pot in the tournament so far. Skripka has been very active before this hand. He opened lot of hands and took down lot of small pots. Anyway, he raised from the button to 170,000 and Roberto made a huge 3-bet to 605,000 from the small blind. Skripka then lookedd down on his stack and announced all-in. Roberto snap called:
Skripka: 3:h 3:s
Romanello: K:d K:h
Board: 7:c 5:s 8:d 4:h T:c
No help for Skripka and Roberto made a huge double up to 5,480,000 and now he's leading the field.
Roberto Romanello at the Final Table
MAIN EVENT
The power of believe
You don't have to be a good player to win a one tournament. Emilliano Bono has been classified by media and other players as a biggest fish standing in the tournament. But he has cards and he never loose a flip – that's enough to win the tournament. He's won another coin flip to double up.
Action folded around to Bono on the small blind and he pushed for 859,000. Horecki on the big blind ask then: “Do you want me to call?” Then Bono said: "I play for wins tournament, only this," - and he really means that! He believes as much as in God. Horecki called:
Bono: 4:d 4:h
Horecki: A:s 6:d
The window card was the A:h, but another two saw: Q:c and … 4:c giving Italian a set. When K:c felt down on the turn Polish Team PokerStars.com Pro was drawing dead. River was the 9:s and Bono doubled his stack up to around 2,000,000. Horecki is down to 2,450,000.
Emiliano Bono at the 2010 PokerStars.com EPT Prague Final Table
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
Break
11. level come to the end and players went on 15 minutes break. There is good news as well. Black Member cYde went on a break as a chipleader. There is lot of very aggressive moves at the table. After button open raised, the chipledaer put a 3-bet from the small blind and then cYde decided to 4-bet from the big blind. Button folded but chipleader shipped all his chips into the pot. cYde made a snap call with Big Slick A-K and the race against pocket 9-9 had started. Flop blanked but Kx on the turn gave cYde a pair and double up to over 200,000. Before the break Black Member lost some chips and now he has almost 200,000.
I have all details about a deal. €100,000 has been shared between all players by the chipcount:
John: €27,100
Nichlas: €26,600
Victor: €23,600
Alex (cYde): €22,700
Now, players are fighting for €158,000 left in the prize pool, so cYde has secured two buy-ins for now and we have bubble time.
Rest of the prize pool payouts:
1. €77,400
2. €46,400
3. €31,000
MAIN EVENT
Blinds up!
Players was on 15 minutes break after 27th level come to the end. Now blinds up:
Blind level: 28
Blinds: 40,000 / 80,000 ante 10,000
Initial Stack: 30,000
Entries: 563
Players remaining: 5
Average stack:3,378,000
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
Bubble bursts!
Field is down to three players. The shortest stacked guy raised with pocket J-J and got called from the blind. Flop was 8:s 4x 2:s and both players went all-in. Called showed A:s 4:s with a nut flush draw and another spade hit the turn to eliminate pocket Jacks holder.
Black Member cYde has lost his lead and now he is the shortest stack in the tournament. I saw an action in the turn when board showed: K:s 5:s 6:c 3:s and cYde bet 15,000. Opponent check-called and the river was A:c. Both players checked and cYde revealed K:c J:s with a second pair. That was enough to scoop the pot.
cYde has now about 80 BB, so the shortest stack doesn't mean a shortstack
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
Action!
Black Member cYde is up to 160,000 (100 BB) and he has second stack. First Nichlas clashed with John. He raised from the button to 4000 and John called from the Big Blind. Flop was Q:h J:s 6:c and John check-called 6200 from Nichlas. Turn was 9:s and John made another check call for 12,400. When the K:d hit the river both players checked and Nichlas showed 9:h 8:h. Then John revealed J:c 5:c to scoop the pot and extends a massive chiplder with almost 300,000.
Short after than Nichlas lost another few chips in clash with cYde. Our Black Member raised from the button to 4000 and Nichlas called from the Big Blind. On flop 6:s A:c 6:h Nichlas check-called continuation bet for 5500 and dealer showed us Q:d on the turn. Both players checked and 9:s felt down on the river. Nichlas made another check and then called 11,500 from cYde. Black Member showed A:s 7:h and Nichlas mucked.
In the very next hand Nichlas folded from the button and cYde raised to 4800. John called and we saw K:c 4:s 6:h on flop. Alex made a continuation bet for 6300 and folded when John put a raise to 155,000.
So, Nicklas is getting shorter all the time, cYde is trying to play and he's chipping up but he has very tough play with leading John on his left.
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
Blinds up and shoort break
12th level come to the end and the tournament director decided to make 10 minutes break. John is currently a massive chipleader with over 400,000. He is very active and plays almost every hand. Niklas is the shortes stack with about 110,000 and cYde is in the middle with around 160,000. Black Member has no easy play without cards. He admitted that there is no problem playing with John without position, problem is card dead.
Blind level: 13
Blinds: 1000 / 2000 ante 200
Initial Stack: 25,000
Entries: 26
Players remaining: 3
Average stack:216,666
Totaln Prize pool: €254,000
Deal prize pool: €100,000 - shared between 4 players
Prize Pool left: €154,000
Payouts:
1. €77,400
2. €46,400
3. €31,000
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
cYde won 65,000 pot
John raised from the button to 5000 and cYde decided to put a pressure on chipleader from the big blind and he 3-bet to 16,000. John called and we saw 3:c 6:h 7:h on flop. Alex made continuation bet for 18,000 and got called. Then very nasty 4:s came down on turn but cYde didn't look sad and put 15,800 bet. After some deliberating John folded and cYde scooped the pot.
He's now up to almost 200,000 and John dropped below 400,000.
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
Action is dead
There is no action on the table. John is still very active preflop and most of hands are finished without board or on flop. Alex has still no cards and he lost something and dropped back to 160,000.
HIGH ROLLERS EVENT
Blinds up
Action is still dead … nothing more to say but blinds up so, maybe this time ...
Blind level: 14
Blinds: 1200 / 2400 ante 300
Initial Stack: 25,000
Entries: 26
Players remaining: 3
Average stack:216,666
Totaln Prize pool: €254,000
Deal prize pool: €100,000 - shared between 4 players
Prize Pool left: €154,000
Payouts:
1. €77,400
2. €46,400
3. €31,000