€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
2024 PokerStars EPT Prague
Buy-in
€5,300
Prize Pool
€7,071,300
Entries
1,458
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
923
Players Left
318
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The prestigious European Poker Tour Prague continues to operate on all cylinders with another successful Day 1 flight of the €5,300 EPT Main Event. The Hilton Prague welcomed a new field of 923 entries, all striving for their place in EPT history.
After ten levels of play, 316 survived to advance to the Day 2 restart, tomorrow, December 11 at 12 p.m. local time. This brings the total Day 2 field size to 464, but with registration still open until the start of play, this number is only expected to swell.
As the dust settled, the front runner of Day 1b was Jacob Amsellem of France, who managed to accumulate an impressive sum of 316,000 by the conclusion of play. This result puts Amsellem out in front of Day 1a chip leader Gianfranco Iaculli (294,000), ensuring he will be the largest stack in the room at the start of Day 2.
Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Amsellem | Israel | 316,000 | 211 |
| 2 | Ignacio Sole Aparicio | Spain | 267,000 | 178 |
| 3 | Darko Percic | Germany | 261,000 | 174 |
| 4 | Anton Bergstrom | Sweden | 253,500 | 169 |
| 5 | Pascal Vos | Netherlands | 247,000 | 165 |
| 6 | Vasyl Pidhrusnyi | Ukraine | 245,000 | 163 |
| 7 | Vidar Oie | Norway | 234,000 | 156 |
| 8 | Patrik Jaros | Czech Republic | 232,000 | 155 |
| 9 | Marian Virlanuta | Romania | 230,500 | 154 |
| 10 | Marco Di Persio | Italy | 229,500 | 153 |
Action of the Day
PokerStars Team Pros and their affiliate ambassadors came out in full force, showing exactly why they earned their place on the PokerStars roster.
Sam Grafton fired a single bullet in today’s Main Event, successfully converting his starting stack of 30,000 into a final sum of 133,000. Grafton's tournament journey was turbulent, losing some of his earnings to Birger Larsen who’d successfully bluffed the Team Pro member out of a sizable pot in Level 5. However, Grafton’s persistence paid off, continually retaining a top-ten stack through the day’s play, finally finding a bag by the night's end.
Those to rejoin Grafton on the felt tomorrow include the likes of Padraig O'Neill, Jason Wheeler, Leo Margets, and Alexane Najchaus. In 2023, O'Neill dispatched Jon Kyte in heads-up play to take the EPT Prague Main Event trophy, title and €1,030,000, meaning his stack of 133,000 firmly keeps the campaign for a title defense alive.
Benjamin Spragg was quick to show no fear, boasting a big bluff during Level 5. Although Spragg’s commitment of chips showed heart, the two pair of Lucia Navarro sent him to the rail on his first bullet. Spragg wasn’t able to spin his single reentry into a deep run, fizzling into a quiet exit in Level 8, while Navarro bagged a final sum of 82,000.
Simon Wiciak, Ramon Colillas and Parker Talbot all soon followed Spragg to the rail. A sickening set-over-set cooler was the demise of the online streamer; Talbot snap-called a turn raise for his tournament life and failed to improve to the unlikely hand of quads, allowing Marco Di Persio to claim the entirety of his stack.
Wiciak's departure came painfully on the last level of the day as his pocket tens had run into the kings of Stefan Egermann, ending his campaign for two EPT main event titles.
Play will recommence on Level 11 with blinds at 1,000/1,500 with a 1,500 big blind ante. Those to find their way to the felt will enjoy elongated levels of 90 minutes with a 20-minute break at the end of each level.
Remaining Schedule
| Date | Day | Time | Blind Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| December 11 | Day 2 | 12 p.m. | 90 minutes |
| December 12 | Day 3 | 12 p.m. | 90 minutes |
| December 13 | Day 4 | 12 p.m. | 90 minutes |
| December 14 | Day 5 | 12 p.m. | 90 minutes |
| December 15 | Day 6 | 12:30 p.m. | 90 minutes |
The PokerNews live reporting team will return to bring you more coverage of the EPT Prague Main Event, so stay tuned.
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
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Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
316,000
136,000
|
136,000 |
|
||
|
267,000
147,000
|
147,000 |
|
261,000
261,000
|
261,000 |
|
253,500
83,500
|
83,500 |
|
||
|
247,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
|
245,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
234,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
232,000
91,700
|
91,700 |
|
230,500
182,500
|
182,500 |
|
229,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
223,000
131,000
|
131,000 |
|
221,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
213,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
207,500
207,500
|
207,500 |
|
205,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
203,500
103,500
|
103,500 |
|
198,000
-19,300
|
-19,300 |
|
||
|
195,500
125,500
|
125,500 |
|
194,500
194,500
|
194,500 |
|
192,500
62,500
|
62,500 |
|
192,500
88,100
|
88,100 |
|
185,500
185,500
|
185,500 |
|
184,000
184,000
|
184,000 |
|
182,000
182,000
|
182,000 |
|
181,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Play has concluded for the night. Stay tuned for a recap of the day and full chip counts to follow.
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
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Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Action was on the flop on a board of 6♣J♠2♦ with around 10,000 in the pot. Isabella Lemoscosta moved all in for 9,300. There were three more players left in the pot, but Dorian Decauche was the only one to make the call.
Lemoscosta had J♣8♦ for a pair of jacks, but Decauche turned over A♣J♦ for a pair of jacks with ace kicker.
The turn was the 5♦ and river the 9♥. Decauche held and Lemoscosta busted with just minutes to go on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
108,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
There were roughly 20,000 chips in the pot on K♦2♠J♥. Alberto Cigliano on the button bet 5,000 which was quickly called by Ran Shahar in middle position.
Shahar led for 15,000 when the 9♥ hit the turn, but was quickly raised to 47,000. Shahar called.
With over 100,000 chips in the middle, Shahar checked to Cigliano, who shoved all in for 94,000 on the 6♠ river.
Shahar was in the tank for many minutes, then threw his 2♣2♦ into the middle face up. Cigliano slowly mucked his hand while refusing to show.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
233,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
The tournament director has announced that there will be five more hands played on Day 1b of the Main Event.
Level 10
: Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante
Siarhei Alontsau raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Avraham Shavit moved all in for 15,600 from middle position. Boris Progner called all in from the big blind for a little less than his opponent, then Alontsau also called with both players covered to make it a three-way all in.
Boris Progner: 10♣10♦ 
Avraham Shavit: A♥Q♥
Siarhei Alontsau: A♦J♣
The board ran out 5♣K♥A♠5♥2♥ and the ace on the flop gave both Shavit and Alontsau a pair of aces. Both players made two pair with the fives on board and king kicker, so they chopped up Progner's stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
30,000
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
Busted |