�5,300 Main Event
Day 5 Completed
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague
�5,300 Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2015 PokerStars EPT Season 12 Prague
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,063,400
Entries
1,044
Level
36
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
50,000
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Day 5 of the European Poker Tour Season 12 Prague Main Event �C a tournament that attracted 1,044 players and created a prize pool of �5,063,400 �C saw 23 players return to action, but after 12 hours of play, just six remained with Ilkin Amirov and his stack of 9.975 million leading the way.
Others still in contention for the �921,540 first-place prize are Gleb Tremzin (7.785 million), Thomas Butzhammer (5.49 million), Slaven Popov (3.64 million), Hossein Ensan (2.715 million), and Olivier Ferrero (1.745 million).
Toward the start of the day, Henri Jaakola was the first player to go, the result of his ace-eight failing to get there against the pocket tens of Chris Walker, but he soon had company on the rail including Preben Stokkan (22nd - �30,730), who lost a race holding ace-queen against the pocket fours of Esnan; Tomas Pleticha (21st - �30,730), who shoved his short stack with ten-seven only to run into Enio Bozzano's pocket queens; and Abbas Maradi (20th - �35,800), whose pocket jacks failed to hold against Popov's king-queen.
From there, Dominik Paus (19th - �35,800) fell after his pocket jacks were outdrawn by an ace-king when an ace spiked on the river, and French rapper Bruno Lopes feel in similar fashion when his jacks were bested by the ace-king of Tremzin after a king appeared on the turn. Not long after, two back-to-back hands led to the elimination of Benjamin Lamprecht in 17th place.
After the eliminations of Sebastian Gohr (16th - �40,860), Bozzano (15th - �45,930), and Samuel Vousden (14th - �45,930), a wild hand went down, one that'll go down in the annals of EPT history.
With 13 players remaining, Walker open-shoved for 985,000 under the gun. The extremely short-stacked Marc Macdonnell, who began the day as the chip leader, must have liked the protection and opted to call off his last 165,000.
Amirov, who held the chip lead, then called from the cutoff, and when action reached Javier Gomez, who won the World Poker Tour Prague Main Event a week prior, he moved all in over the top for 2.58 million in the big blind. Amazingly, Amirov snap-called to put all three players at risk, and as fate would have it he held the best hand.
Amirov: 
Gomez: 
Walker: 
Macdonnell: 
Understandably, the players, rail, and commentators on EPTLive were amazed at what they were seeing, a level of excitement that was ramped up when the 
flop gave Gomez a flush draw. Everyone was drawing live to the turn, which ended up being the useless 
.
That meant it all came down to the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
, which missed everyone and allowed Amirov's kings to hold. Macdonnell and Walker were eliminated in 13th and 12th place respectively, both for �50,990, while Gomez took 11th for �56,950. Not long after, Gavin O'Rourke ran eights into the queens of Onur Unsel to bust in tenth, which set up the unofficial final table.
From there, Vlado Banicevic and Unsal took their leave before play was halted with just six players in contention.
Day 6 will kick off at 1:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, though coverage won't start until an hour later due to the live-stream delay. We'll be on hand to capture all the action on the way to crowning a winner, so be sure to join us then. While you wait, check out this video on the aforementioned triple-elimination hand.
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,975,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
7,785,000
3,845,000
|
3,845,000 |
|
5,490,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
3,640,000
-920,000
|
-920,000 |
|
2,715,000
-1,950,000
|
-1,950,000 |
|
||
|
1,745,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Onar Unsal has become the seventh place finisher after making an ill-timed move in a hand involved Gleb Tremzin.
Unsal opened from cutoff, Slaven Popov called on the button and Tremzin raised to 695,000 from the blinds. Usnal responded with a four-bet shove for around 2,600,000, Popov folded, but Tremzin called.
Unsal: 
Tremzin: 
The 
flop kept Tremzin in front, but the 
turn gave Unsal outs to a straight. However, it was Tremzin who improved when the completed a Broadway straight and ended play for the night.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Hossein Ensan opened on the button and both Ilkin Amirov and Onur Unsal called from the blinds. Both blinds checked to Ensan on the 
, Ensan bet and only Amirov called.
The 
turn saw Amirov check-called a 425,000 bet, before leading for 725,000 on the 
river. Ensan quickly called, but then mucked when Amirov flipped over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,005,000
1,430,000
|
1,430,000 |
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Onur Unsal opened for 225,000 under the gun and was met by an all-in three-bet to 590,000 total from Vlado Banicevic in middle position. Action folded back to Unsal, and he made the call.
Unsal:
Banicevic: 
The 
flop gave Unsal a set, but it also delivered Banicevic an up-and-down straight draw. That was rendered moot though when the paired the board to improve Unsal to a full house. The meaningless was put out on the river for good measure, and Banicevic became the last player to bust the tournament without a six-figure payday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,380,000
1,220,000
|
1,220,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
Vlado Banicevic opened the betting and then called when Onur Unsal, one of the shorter stacks, three-bet all-in.
Banicevic: 
Unsal: 
Unsal soared into the lead on the flop and improved to a straight on the turn. A king on the river would chop the pot, but it was the , leaving Banicevic with 10 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,160,000
1,080,000
|
1,080,000 |
|
|
800,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
With almost �35,000 difference between eighth place and seventh place, and the fact there are two short stacked players, it is unsurprising that there have been no clashes between the big stacks. Most posts are being settled preflop or with a simple continuation bet. It could take a cooler, or at least an elimination of one of the short stacks, to change that.
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
After Slaven Popov raised preflop and Olivier Ferrero called from the small blind, the flop came down and Ferrero checked to Popov, who bet 250,000. Ferrero check-raised to 625,000, Popov moved all in, and Ferrero called off for 1.94 million.
Popov:
Ferrero:
Both players held the same hand, but Ferrero was freerolling to running clubs. A red ten on the turn took away any chance of that happening, and the pot was indeed chopped after the was put out on the river for good measure.
Level 30
: 50,000/100,000, 10,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,575,000
-1,425,000
|
-1,425,000 |
|
|
5,240,000
780,000
|
780,000 |
|
|
4,665,000
2,260,000
|
2,260,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,560,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
3,940,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
2,175,000
-425,000
|
-425,000 |
|
|
1,115,000
305,000
|
305,000 |
|
|
1,080,000
-540,000
|
-540,000 |