Day 2 at the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague saw 177 players take to the felt in the €5,000 + €250 main event at the Hilton Hotel Casino in the Czech Republic. Players busted at a dizzying pace through the day and the tournament breezed through the bubble at 56 players and motored along until just 32 were left.
The unlucky bubble boy was Erich Kollman from Austria who ran A-Q into Rifat Palevic’s K-K and despite a queen on fourth street he was sent packing, no doubt cursing his luck.
Players were in the money then and the pay payouts were:
49: Marcin Jan Jedruch, Poland — €7,000
50: Andreas Eiler, Germany — €7,000
51: Atilla Pohler, Hungary — €7,000
52: Henri Kettuen, Finland — €7,000
53: Henrik Ludstrom, Sweden — €7,000
54: Jeff Sarwer, Finland — €7,000
55: Oscar Silow, Sweden — €7,000
56: Paulo Grossi, Italy — €7,000
Finn Juha Helppi busted out in 48th place with a payday to the tune of €8,300 while Dario Minieri was eliminated in 47th Place (€8,300). All-in for his tournament life preflop with Q-Q against Raul Mestre’s A-Q, Dario Minieri lost out to an ace on the flop and hit the rail.
43rd: Johnny Lodden — €8,300
45th: Riccardo Lacchinelli — €8,300
46th: Roberto Romanello — €8,300
Ludovic Lacay knocked Johnny Lodden out with pocket nines versus A-K. The board was of no use to Lodden and the nines held up. Lodden had made a slight comeback, doubling up late for the umpteenth time during the session, but it proved too little too late.
The next player to go was Petter Petterson from Sweden in 42nd place (€8,300).
33: Yury Kerzhapkin — €9,700
34: Martial Blangenwitsch, France — €9,700
36: Steve Van Zadelhoff — €9,700
37 – Juan Manuel Pastor: €9,700
38 – Peter A Hedlund: €9,700
39 – Pavel Blatny: €9,700
40 – Tome Moreira: €9,700
Swedish pro Stefan Mattsson took home the same amount for 35th place after pushing all in with pocket twos which were rivered by Brian Jensen’s ace, which paired his A-5.
The top ten in chips going into the penultimate day of play are:
- Fredrik Nygard (Finland) — 609,500
- Ludovic Lacay (France) — 513,000
- Rifat Palevic (Sweden) — 368,000
- Alexiou Konstantinos (Greece) — 267,000
- Juan Maceiras (Spain) 266,500
- Dan Pedersen (Denmark) — 260,000
- Jonathan Duhamel (Canada) — 253,500
- Manuel Bevand (France) — 248,500
- Raul Mestre (Spain) — 247,000
- Daniel Drescher (Germany) 224,000
Join us back here today all the bust outs, double ups, and bluffs at this season’s PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Prague in the Hilton Hotel and Casino.
