Day 1A at the PokerStars European Poker Tour Prague €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event saw 219 players enter action, but by the end of play, just 117 remained. Mark Gork from Germany led the way at the end of play with a stack of 169,200. He was joined in the top 10 by fellow German and Team PokerStars pro Florian Langmann (pictured right), who ended the day with 108,700 in chips.
The field played eight 60-minute levels on day 1A, and players who enter day 1B tomorrow will go through the same before all of the survivors unite on Thursday, Dec. 3 for day 2. Check back at CardPlayer.com tomorrow for another summary of the action, and be sure to follow along with the action from the PokerStars blog feed daily during the event. Here is a look at the tournament statistics for day 1A:
Notable Day 1A Eliminations: Shaun Deeb, Alimira Skripchenko, Gino Alacqua, Julian Thew, and Team PokerStars pros Ruben Visser and Ben Kang.
Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts:
Mark Gork (Germany) — 169,200
Rui Cao (France) — 169,100
Martin Hruby (Czech Republic) — 161,500
Oleh Okhotskyi (Ukraine) — 155,700
Domantas Klimciauskas (Lithuania) — 130,500
Luc Greenwood (Canada) — 117,400
Steven Thomsen (Germany) — 116,300
Andre Paiva (Brazil) — 116,100
Ramon Kulovits (Austria) — 115,100
Florian Langmann (Germany) — 108,700
Hand of the Day:
Shaun Deeb Eliminated
Martial Blangenwitsch raised to 525 from the button, and Shaun Deeb called from the big blind preflop. The flop was dealt Q
5
5
, and both players checked. The turn brought the K, and Deeb bet 625. Blangenwitsch raised to 1,675, and Deeb three-bet to 4,300. Blangenwitsch then reraised to 8,300 total. Deeb moved all in, and his opponent made the call. Their cards:
Deeb: J 10
Blangenwitsch: A 5
River: J
Deeb hit a jack, but it was not what he needed to survive. He was eliminated on the hand.
