€5,300 EPT Main Event Day 3 | 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague

€5,300 EPT Main Event

Day 3 Completed

03-13-2022 21:45 UTC+1

Kim Leads 42 Survivors After Day 3; Three Former EPT Champions In Contention

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The 2021 PokerStars EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event is one step closer to crowning a champion. After five levels of 90 minutes each, the 1,190 entry strong field has been cut down to the final 42 hopefuls in the King's Casino at the Hilton Hotel Prague. Three EPT champions of the popular live poker circuit remain in contention to potentially become the third two-time winner and this also includes Hossein Ensan, who lifted the coveted trophy back in 2015.

However, it is South Korea's Gab Yong Kim at the top of the leaderboard with a stack of 2,300,000. Kim knows what it takes to run deep in the marquee event in the capital of the Czech Republic as he finished 9th for €74,770 in the last live edition back in 2019. Trailing Kim by only five big blinds is Dawid Kuliberda (2,200,000) while Demetrio Caminita follows not far behind with 1,850,000.

EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts

Position	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Gab Yong Kim	South Korea	2,300,000	115
2	Dawid Kuliberda	Poland	2,200,000	110
3	Demetrio Caminita	Italy	1,850,000	93
4	Duco ten Haven	Netherlands	1,550,000	78
5	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	1,510,000	76
6	Leonardo Romeo	Italy	1,400,000	70
7	David Huspeka	Czech Republic	1,350,000	68
8	Erik Bauer	Netherlands	1,310,000	66
9	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	1,230,000	62
10	Mario Navarro	Spain	1,230,000	62

The overnight top ten also includes Dutch High Roller Teun Mulder (1,510,000) and the 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event champion Jack Sinclair (1,230,000). Dimitar Danchev leads the trio of former EPT Main Event winners with a stack of 845,000, followed by Ensan (765,000) and Adrian Mateos (495,000). Fellow former champions Dominik Panka and Piotr Nurzynski were sent to the rail in the penultimate level of the night.

Notables returning for Day 4 include Armin Rezaei, Robert Heidorn, Bruno Fitoussi, Paul Tedeschi, Antoine Saout, Luigi Shehadeh and Alexandros Kolonias. PokerStars ambassador Rafael Moraes was among the 119 returning contenders but ran out of chips early on, finishing in 102nd place for €11,140. He was joined on the rail by the likes of Jorryt van Hoof, Ana Marquez, Conor Beresford, Martin Kabrhel, Masato Yokosawa, Simeon Naydenov, and Daniel Dvoress.

Moraes lost a flip to Mario Navarro when ace-king failed to catch any help against pocket tens. Kabrhel was also among the early casualties when he was unable to solve a kicker problem with a dominated ace. The popular Youtuber and GPI award winner Yokosawa saw his hopes vanish after he flopped top pair only for Boris Angelov to turn two pair.

Eventual chip leader Kim consistently added chips to his growing stack and scored several knockouts including a memorable double elimination. The biggest pot of the day was awarded to Caminita over on the feature table when Germany's Andreas Boelling got it in with top pair and the nut flush blocker.

In the late stages of the day, the pace of eliminations slowed down. High-profile casualties included the two former EPT champions Panka and Nurzynski, who departed within a few minutes from each other. Nurzynski saw his pocket aces cracked by ace-ten when Alexandre Amiel hit running cards to a straight.

The remaining 42 contenders have locked up a payday of €17,780 so far but all eyes are set on the top prize worth €1,033,520. Another three tournament days remain to crown a champion and Day 4 will commence on Monday, March 14, 2022, at noon local time. The blinds will then continue in level 22 at 10,000/20,000 and a big blind ante of 20,000.

It is expected that Day 4 will consist of up to five 90-minute levels or stop at the final two tables while Day 5 will then play down to the official final table. PokerStars will be broadcasting the live stream action on a security delay of 30 minutes on the YouTube and Twitch channels. Furthermore, the PokerNews team will be on the floor from start to finish.

Hossein Ensan is chasing another EPT title in Prague

Tags: Adrian Mateos Alexandros Kolonias Daniel Dvoress Dawid Kuliberda Demetrio Caminita Dimitar Danchev Dominik Panka Gab Yong Kim Hossein Ensan Jack Sinclair Martin Kabrhel Masato Yokosawa Piotr Nurzynski Rafael Moraes Robert Heidorn Teun Mulder

03-13-2022 21:30 UTC+1

EPT Prague €5,300 Main Event Day 4 Seat Draw

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Table	Seat	Name	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	2	Carl Shaw	United Kingdom	635,000	32
1	3	Viktor Katzenberger	Hungary	550,000	28
1	4	Luigi Shehadeh	Italy	380,000	19
1	5	Juan Carlos Vecino	Spain	455,000	23
1	6	Osman Aksu	Turkey	520,000	26
1	7	Jacek Pustula	Poland	285,000	14
1	8	Dawid Kuliberda	Poland	2,200,000	110

2	1	Anton Markov	Bulgaria	340,000	17
2	2	Alexandre Amiel	France	2,200,000	110
2	3	David Vinayagamoorthy	Norway	590,000	30
2	5	Grzegorz Glowny	Poland	425,000	21
2	6	Duco ten Haven	Netherlands	1,550,000	78
2	7	Demetrio Caminita	Italy	1,850,000	93
2	8	Jelle Moene	Netherlands	381,000	19

3	1	Antoine Saout	France	470,000	24
3	2	David Huspeka	Czech Republic	1,350,000	68
3	3	Alexandros Kolonias	Greece	195,000	10
3	4	Adrian Mateos	Spain	495,000	25
3	5	George Chiriac	Romania	230,000	12
3	7	Robert Heidorn	Germany	935,000	47
3	8	Valentino Konakchiev	Bulgaria	860,000	43

4	1	Justin Steinbrenner	Germany	790,000	40
4	3	Gab Yong Kim	South Korea	2,300,000	115
4	4	Andrea Cortellazzi	Italy	1,065,000	53
4	5	Jack Sinclair	United Kingdom	1,230,000	62
4	6	Elvis Petcu	Romania	400,000	20
4	7	Leonardo Romeo	Italy	1,600,000	80
4	8	Bruno Fitoussi	France	725,000	36

5	1	Nikolai Tulin	Russia	235,000	12
5	2	Symeon Alexandridis	Greece	900,000	45
5	3	Erik Bauer	Netherlands	1,310,000	66
5	5	Manuel Labous	France	1,030,000	52
5	6	Omer Gabay	Israel	1,015,000	51
5	7	Sharon Sade	Israel	670,000	34
5	8	Hossein Ensan	Germany	765,000	38

6	1	Mateusz Szymanski	Poland	650,000	33
6	2	Teun Mulder	Netherlands	1,510,000	76
6	3	Paul Tedeschi	France	695,000	35
6	4	Armin Rezaei	Austria	1,155,000	58
6	6	Mario Navarro	Spain	1,230,000	62
6	7	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	845,000	42
6	8	Ezequiel Waigel	Argentina	952,000	48

03-13-2022 21:19 UTC+1

End-of-Day 3 Chip Counts (full)

Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gab Yong Kim	2,300,000 50,000	50,000

Dawid Kuliberda	2,200,000 -100,000	-100,000
Demetrio Caminita	1,850,000 -25,000	-25,000
Duco ten Haven	1,550,000 450,000	450,000
Teun Mulder	1,510,000 254,000	254,000

Leonardo Romeo	1,400,000 215,000	215,000
David Huspeka	1,350,000 200,000	200,000
Erik Bauer	1,310,000 10,000	10,000
Mario Navarro	1,230,000 40,000	40,000
Jack Sinclair	1,230,000 300,000	300,000

Armin Rezaei	1,155,000 -165,000	-165,000
Andrea Cortellazzi	1,065,000 -35,000	-35,000
Manuel Labous	1,030,000 -30,000	-30,000
Omer Gabay	1,015,000 -195,000	-195,000
Ezequiel Waigel	955,000 -45,000	-45,000

Robert Heidorn	935,000 360,000	360,000
Symeon Alexandridis	900,000 -70,000	-70,000
Valentino Konakchiev	860,000 -215,000	-215,000
Dimitar Danchev	845,000 -115,000	-115,000

Justin Steinbrenner	790,000 230,000	230,000
Hossein Ensan	765,000 -118,000	-118,000

Bruno Fitoussi	725,000 415,000	415,000
Paul Tedeschi	695,000 75,000	75,000
Sharon Sade	670,000 -60,000	-60,000
Mateusz Szymanski	650,000

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03-13-2022 21:17 UTC+1

Day 3 Completed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The final 42 players have bagged and tagged their chips for the night. Full chip counts and a recap of today's action are to follow.

03-13-2022 21:14 UTC+1

Szymanski Claims Big Pot from Chiriac in Last Hand of the Night

Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Mateusz Szymanski raised to 32,000 from the hijack with the and George Chiriac three-bet to 85,000 from the small blind with the . The big blind folded and Szymanski called.

The flop came , Chiriac picked up the gutshot to Broadway but Szymanski had hit top pair, Chiriac bet 52,000 for Szymanski called.

The turn was the and Chiriac bet 110,000 for Szymanski to call.

The river completed the board with the , Chiriac used a time bank card and checked. Szymanski checked too to claim the pot before they all had to bag up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mateusz Szymanski	650,000 377,000	377,000
George Chiriac	230,000 -183,000	-183,000

Tags: George Chiriac Mateusz Szymanski

03-13-2022 21:08 UTC+1

Late Double for Markov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Dawid Kuliberda raised enough out of the small blind to give Anton Markov in the big blind the option to fold or call all-in with his short stack. Markov opted for the latter as he called it off for 153,000.

Anton Markov:
Dawid Kuliberda:

The board ran out and Markov doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dawid Kuliberda	2,300,000 -300,000	-300,000
Anton Markov	330,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Anton Markov Dawid Kuliberda

03-13-2022 21:05 UTC+1

Vinayagamoorthy Loses Some to Caminita

Christian Zetzsche

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

David Vinayagamoorthy opened to 33,000 in the cutoff and then called a three-bet to 75,000 by Demetrio Caminita on the button. Both checked the flop and Vinayagamoorthy led the turn for 80,000, which Caminita called. The river was checked again and Vinayagamoorthy tabled the for a set.

However, Caminita had that beat with the for the king-high flush to win the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Demetrio Caminita	1,875,000 275,000	275,000
David Vinayagamoorthy	720,000 263,000	263,000

Tags: David Vinayagamoorthy Demetrio Caminita

03-13-2022 21:01 UTC+1

Last Three Hands

Matt Hansen

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

The tournament staff has announced that the tournament will be playing the last three hands of the evening.

03-13-2022 20:58 UTC+1

Labous Keeps on Betting

Shirley Ang

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Jelle Moene raised to 32,000 from under the gun with the and George Chiriac three-bet to 92,000 from the hijack with the . Manuel Labous used two time bank cards before opting to four-bet to 175,000 from the cutoff with the . The action folded back to Moene who folded but Chiriac made the call after looking at his cards once more.