€10,200 Mystery Bounty | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

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Ilia Pavlov Eliminated in 4th Place (€22,700)

Richard Hayes

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov moved all in for 485,000 from the cutoff, with Ilia Pavlov moving his stack of 410,000 into the middle from the small blind. Michail Manolakis pondered making the call in the big blind, covering both players, but ultimately folded.

Ilia Pavlov: A♥J♣ All in
Nikita Kuznetsov: A♠10♦

Pavlov had Kuznetsov dominated, but the A♣10♥4♦ flop propelled Kuznetsov into the lead with top two pair. Pavlov now required a jack to stay in it, but it did not arrive on the 6♠K♣ turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	1,075,000 425,000	425,000
Ilia Pavlov	Busted

Tags: Ilia Pavlov Michail Manolakis Nikita Kuznetsov

12-05-2024 17:47 UTC+1

Morten Klein Eliminated in 5th Place (€17,700)

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Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andras Nemeth, who had been open raising often for the last few orbits, raised to 80,000 from late position. Michail Manolakis called in the small blind and Morten Klein moved all in from the big blind for 570,000. Nemeth opted to shove over the top for 990,000 and Manolakis folded.

Nemeth and Klein flipped their cards, with Klein at risk.

Morten Klein: A♦K♥ All in
Andras Nemeth: Q♥10♥

The flop came 6♣J♦10♦ and Nemeth paired his ten. Klein still had plenty of outs to give him hope, but his chances were massively reduced when the 10♣ turn gave Nemeth trips. The river was the J♠ and Nemeth improved to a full house to win the pot.

Klein was eliminated from the tournament in fifth place for €17,700.

Klein pulled his bounty on the way out and added a further €10,000 to his prize money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	1,780,000 680,000	680,000
Morten Klein	Busted

Tags: Andras Nemeth Michail Manolakis Morten Klein

12-05-2024 17:43 UTC+1

Manolakis Wins Huge Flip to Take Chip Lead

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Matt Warburton

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Andras Nemeth raised to 80,000 from the button, Ilia Pavlov called in the small blind, then Michail Manolakis moved all in for 690,000 from the big blind. Nemeth folded and Pavlov got the count before making the call. Manolakis was at risk as players flipped their cards.

Michail Manolakis: 9♦9♠ All in
Ilia Pavlov: K♥Q♣

It was a flip and the board came 4♠10♦6♣4♥2♠. Pavlov couldn't find a pair and Manolakis held with his pocket nines, scoring a huge double up that gave him the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michail Manolakis	1,500,000 780,000	780,000
Ilia Pavlov	495,000 -455,000	-455,000

Tags: Andras Nemeth Ilia Pavlov Michail Manolakis

12-05-2024 17:39 UTC+1

Should Doug Polk Be Banned from Playing His Own Tournament? | PokerNews Podcast #867

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Sandra Barbour

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In the 867th episode of the PokerNews Podcast, sponsored by the free-to-play WSOP App, Chad Holloway, Kyna England, and Mike Holtz are at Level 9 Studio to discuss the "controversy" of Doug Polk making the final table of his own poker tournament down at The Lodge in Austin, Texas. Should a poker operator be allowed to play in their own event? That seemed to be the question of the week in the poker world.

The crew then played "Race the Ace" to determine a winner in ourgiveaway for a seat into the ClubWPT Gold $5,000,000 Freeroll Invitational (the answer to how many engraved plates are on the WPT Mike Sexton Champion's Cup was 374)! From there, it is a look at Maria Ho winning the Celebrity Poker Tour (CPT) 2024 Championship and Chad got to meet Impractical Jokers Brian "Q" Quinn and Joe Gatto, Sketch, and Vegas Matt.

Speaking of fun events, find out who won the Global Poker Table Talk event during Formula 1 featuring Antonio Esfandiari, Michael Phelps, Carlos Sainz, and Charles Leclerc, and then get a behind-the-scenes look at the Big Deal for One Drop, which both Chad and Connor Richards attended. They caught up with Phil Hellmuth and even interviewed Jennifer Tilly.

Kyna then shares highlights from her trip to England for the PokerStars Women's Winter Festival. Then things wrap with a look at the upcoming Bar Poker Open taking place in Florida from Dec. 6-8 (Norman Chad will be there to do commentary)!

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12-05-2024 17:34 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Richard Hayes

Level 20 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	1,100,000 230,000	230,000
Ilia Pavlov	950,000 -150,000	-150,000
Morten Klein	720,000 20,000	20,000
Michail Manolakis	720,000 -80,000	-80,000
Nikita Kuznetsov	650,000 -275,000	-275,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

12-05-2024 17:26 UTC+1

Pavlov Wins Pot With River Bet

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Matt Warburton

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Ilia Pavlov raised to 60,000 from the button, Michail Manolakis called in the small blind, and Morten Klein called in the big blind.

The flop came 10♥5♣8♥ and action checked to Pavlov, who continued for 60,000. Manolakis called and Klein folded. Both players still left in the pot then checked back the 4♠ turn.

On the A♠ river, Manolakis checked and Pavlov picked it up with a bet of 210,000. Manolakis folded and Pavlov won the pot to keep his stack over the one million mark.

Elsewhere, the action has been slow, with most pots taken down with a preflop raise or flop bet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilia Pavlov	1,100,000 425,000	425,000
Michail Manolakis	800,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Ilia Pavlov Michail Manolakis Morten Klein

12-05-2024 17:10 UTC+1

Klein Check-Raises River

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Richard Hayes

Level 19 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Action folded to Morten Klein in the small blind, who completed, with Nikita Kuznetsov checking his option in the big blind.

Klein led out with a bet of 30,000 on the K♠Q♦9♦ flop, which Kuznetsov called.

The 4♠ turn was checked through. On the 2♥ river, Klein check-raised to 160,000 versus a bet of 60,000 from Kuznetsov, who quickly sent his hand into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	925,000 -275,000	-275,000
Morten Klein	700,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Nikita Kuznetsov Morten Klein

Level: 19

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

12-05-2024 16:55 UTC+1

Nemeth Spikes River to Double via Pavlov

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Richard Hayes

Level 18 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Action folded to Andras Nemeth in the small blind, who completed. Ilia Pavlov pumped it up to 80,000 from the big blind, and Nemeth wasted little time in back-jamming for 410,000 total. Pavlov made the snap-call.

Andras Nemeth: A♠Q♣ All in
Ilia Pavlov: A♥K♥

In a blind on blind cooler, Pavlov had Nemeth's ace dominated.

The K♠10♠6♥ flop kept Pavlov in front with a pair of kings, but Nemeth had outs to the straight. Those outs increased when the turn brought the 6♠, and with Nemeth calling for the spade, the 9♠ rolled off on the river to give Nemeth the one-card ace-high flush and a crucial double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Nemeth	870,000 405,000	405,000
Ilia Pavlov	675,000 -445,000	-445,000

Tags: Andras Nemeth Ilia Pavlov