€10,300 EPT High Roller Day 2 | 2018 PokerStars EPT Prague

€10,300 EPT High Roller

Day 2 Completed

12-18-2018 01:58 UTC+1

Jasper Meijer Van Putten Leads Heading in the €10,300 EPT Prague High Roller Final Day

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jasper Meijer Van Putten will return for the final day of the €10,300 EPT Prague High Roller as the chip leader after he bagged 2,297,000.

When the action gets backs underway at 12:30 pm on Tuesday, December,18, at the Hilton Prague there will be 18 players taking their seats with a shot at the €503,700 first-place prize.

Henrik Hecklen (1,512,000), Niall Farrell (1,404,000), Alexandre Reard (1,133,000), and Max Silver (912,000), who won the €10,300 EPT Barcelona High Roller in August for €600,924, complete the top five stacks.

Michael Addamo (815,000), Ole Schemion (702,000), Daniel Dvoress (622,000) and short stack Charlie Carrel (97,000) will alsp be a part of the stella Day 3 line-up.

"The variance is with me here!" Van Putten told PokerNews after bagging up. "I started with 20 bigs today and blasted off from there. There was a huge hand when someone shoved four times the pot with a straight into my full house."

The hand in question occurred when the board was down jack-ten-eight-jack, and Johnny Nedved moved all in for 280,000 and Van Putten snap-called. Nedved held queen-nine for the flopped nut straight, but Van Putten had turned the house with pocket tens.

"From there I just went straight up," he said with a smile. "The cards that I got were all it took, nothing more nothing less."

Van Putten is no stranger to success in Prague having won the 2016 EPT Main Event for €699,300, as well as a gold medal in the €10,300 No-Limit Hold'em event in 2017 for €150,000 and a runners-up spot in the €2,200 No-Limit Hold'em event for €111,600 just two days ago!

"I love playing in EPTs here in Prague and Barcelona. That's where the Dutchies can play tax-free, so that's why I'm only going to these two stops."

Danny Tang, who took down last year's PokerStars Championship Prague €10,300 High Roller, will also return with the chance of completing an incredible back-to-back win. Tang secured a vital double up in the final orbit of the day after Tomas Paiva shoved into Tang on the river holding king-jack for two pair, only to see Tang call with a set of fours.

Action of the day

Day 2 got underway with 99 players returning, but with late registration available up until the play began, several players rejoined including Steve O'Dywer and brought the total entrants for the event up to 259.

Thomas Boivin, who took down the first €25,000 Single-Day High Roller of the festival for €375,520, secured a double up within the first few hands of the day but was unable to build on that momentum and departed just an hour later.

Also heading to the exit early on was Akin Tuna, who won the €10,300 No-Limit Hold'em Opener at the Hilton Prague for €125,330 his week, and he was followed out the door by Michael Soyza and O'Dwyer.

Gianluca Speranza started the day as the chip leader but was among the list of departures shortly after the second break of the day. Speranza was all in pre-flop and saw both Joao Vieira and Simon Pedersen call. After Pedersen had pressured Vieira into folding on the river, Speranza saw that his seven-nine was no good against Pedersen's pocket sixes.

The players returned from their dinner break knowing that just three of the remaining 42 would not find a place in the money, and hand-for-hand play began. Throughout the hour, Jussi Nevanlinna and Scott Margereson had departed meaning it was time for the stone-cold bubble.

And the unlucky man was to be Krasimir Yankov.

Yankov opened to 20,000 and Hon Cheong Lee three-bet all in for around 250,000 from the small blind. Yankov called and was all in. The cards were turned over, with Yankov in a good position for a double with pocket kings against Lee's ace-queen.

But the flop came ace-ace-ace giving Lee quads and leaving Yankov drawing dead and confirmed as the bubble boy.

As expected there was then a flurry of departures within a short space of time with Sam Grafton, Patrik Antonius, Joao Vieira, Timothy Adams and Joao Barbosa among those to miss out on a place at the final three tables.

Andrija Robovic, Tomas Jozonis, Ran Ilani, Andre Lommel, Davidi Kitai, and Zhong Chen were then unable to last until the end of all ten levels and missed out on a place in the final day.

PokerNews as always will be bringing you all the final day coverage right down to the crowning of the winner, so be sure to check back in with us from 12:30 pm local time.

Tags: Akin Tuna Alexandre Reard Charlie Carrel Daniel Dvoress Danny Tang Davidi Kitai EPT Prague Gianluca Speranza Henrik Hecklen Jasper Meijer van Putten Joao Vieira Johnny Nedved Jussi Nevanlinna Max Silver Michael Addamo Niall Farrell Ole Schemion Patrik Antonius Sam Grafton Timothy Adams

12-18-2018 01:10 UTC+1

End of Day 2 Chip Counts (full)

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jasper Meijer van Putten	2,297,000 197,000	197,000

Henrik Hecklen	1,512,000 -268,000	-268,000
Niall Farrell	1,404,000 104,000	104,000

Alexandre Reard	1,133,000 243,000	243,000
Max Silver	912,000 112,000	112,000
Michael Addamo	815,000 -75,000	-75,000
Ole Schemion	702,000 -98,000	-98,000
Danny Tang	696,000 -4,000	-4,000

Daniel Dvoress	622,000 -78,000	-78,000

Dimitar Yosifov	480,000 -113,000	-113,000
Stefan Mattsson	419,000 259,000	259,000
Anton Yakuba	392,000 -96,000	-96,000
Jan Nader Zadeh	388,000 38,000	38,000
Serdar Demircan	370,000 -180,000	-180,000
Bahram Chobineh	350,000 250,000	250,000
Hon Cheong Lee	282,000 -118,000	-118,000
Tomas Paiva	211,000 -289,000	-289,000
Charlie Carrel	97,000 -233,000	-233,000

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12-18-2018 01:08 UTC+1

Day 2 Concluded

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The play has concluded in Day 2 with 18 players bagging chips for the final day.

A full list of end-of-day chip counts followed by a recap of the day's action will be available shortly.

12-18-2018 01:06 UTC+1

Nader Zadeh Doubles Through Paiva

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The action folded to Jan Nader Zadeh on the button, and he moved all in for 165,000. Charlie Carrel folded in the small blind, and Tomas Paiva called from the big blind.

Jan Nader Zadeh:
Tomas Paiva:

Board:

Nader Zadeh had found himself in an unfortunate situation and on the verge of elimination in the dying minutes of Day 2.

But when the flop came ace-high, he hit top pair and held to secure a vital double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tomas Paiva	500,000 -150,000	-150,000
Jan Nader Zadeh	350,000 -133,000	-133,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel Jan Nader Zadeh Tomas Paiva

12-18-2018 01:03 UTC+1

Tang Doubles Through Paiva

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The flop was down , and Charlie Carrel checked from the blinds. Tomas Paiva bet 22,000 and Danny Tang called before Carrel folded.

The turn was the , and Tang called a 100,000 bet from Paiva, leaving himself with 190,000 behind.

The river was the , and after Paiva asked to see Tang's stack, he placed 500,000 into the middle.

Tang snap-called and Paiva revealed for top two pair. Tang revealed for the set and secured a full double up to 700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Tang	700,000 300,000	300,000

Tomas Paiva	650,000 -320,000	-320,000

Tags: Charlie Carrel Danny Tang Tomas Paiva

12-18-2018 00:39 UTC+1

Chobineh Calls Down Schemion

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

On a board Bahram Chobineh check-called 120,000 from Ole Schemion and the river brought the .

Chobineh checked again and Schemion moved all in for 225,000. Chobineh used two time extensions before calling.

Bahram Chobineh:
Ole Schemion:

Schemion had flopped a set and rivered a full house and doubled to well over 800,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ole Schemion	825,000 555,000	555,000
Bahram Chobineh	160,000 -270,000	-270,000

Tags: Bahram Chobineh Ole Schemion

12-18-2018 00:26 UTC+1

Chen Eliminated by Farrell

AaronMcBride

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Zhong Chen moved all in for 168,000 from the hijack and saw Niall Farrell call from the small blind before Max Silver folded in the big blind.

Zhong Chen:
Niall Farrell:

Board:

Farrell took the lead on the flop after he hit top pair, and held as the board completed.

Chen made his way to the cash desk and claimed his €27,130 prize money for a 19th place finish in the EPT Prague High Roller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Niall Farrell	1,300,000 200,000	200,000

Zhong Chen	Busted

Tags: EPT Prague Max Silver Zhong Chen

12-18-2018 00:20 UTC+1

More Eliminations Late on Day 2

Will Shillibier

Level 20 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Andre Lommel is the latest player to bust the €10,300 High Roller at the hands of Max Silver. It's unclear when it went in, but Lommel's was good on a flop against Silver's , and on the turn. However the river swung things the direction of Silver who sent Lommel to the rail.

Meanwhile big stack Jasper Meijer Van Putten had shoved from the small blind with Davidi Kitai and his 150,000 stack in the big blind. Kitai called and the cards were turned over.

Davidi Kitai:
Jasper Meijer Van Putten:

The flop gave Kitai a gutshot straight draw and the turn gave him a flush draw as well. However, he failed to hit anything on the river and he was eliminated.